2019

Immigration Agency Says It Plans Deportation Operation Aimed at Undocumented Families

Politics /

Among the 2,000 undocumented immigrants being targeted now are those whose court cases were expedited, having typically missed a court date and been ordered deported from the country in absentia. They were sent letters in February demanding they report to an immigrations and customs office to leave the country, Mr. Morgan said. While Mr. Morgan […]

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Early brain ‘signs of Parkinson’s’ found

Lifestyle /

Image copyright Getty Images Scientists say they have identified the earliest signs of Parkinson’s disease in the brain, 15 to 20 years before symptoms appear. Scans of a small number of high-risk patients found malfunctions in the brain’s serotonin system, which controls mood, sleep and movement. The King’s College London researchers say the discovery could

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All aboard Britain’s first hydrogen train

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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionHydrogen trains: Are these the eco-friendly trains of the future? Hydrogen-powered trains are arguably the greenest trains out there. “Mini power stations on wheels”, is how Alex Burrows from the University of Birmingham describes them. He is the project director for the ‘Hydroflex’ train which was showcased

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Trump Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Arthur Laffer, Tax-Cut Guru

Politics /

WASHINGTON — President Trump bestowed the nation’s highest civilian honor on the conservative economist Arthur Laffer on Wednesday, praising him for policies that he said brought “greater opportunity for all Americans.” Mr. Laffer is the father of so-called supply-side economics and the namesake of the Laffer Curve, which posits that reducing certain tax rates can

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Top US trade official plans to meet Chinese counterpart

Finance /

The top U.S. trade negotiator said he will meet with his Chinese counterpart to discuss a trade dispute between the world’s two biggest economies before a summit next week in Japan between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping of China. Appearing before the House Ways and Means Committee Wednesday, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said

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