Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.

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America's War on Drug Smugglers at Sea Is Unlawful—and It Is Failing

U.S. strikes against alleged drug-trafficking vessels mark an unlawful expansion of military force into a law enforcement mission.

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ICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits, Whistle-Blower Says

An official who oversaw the vetting of ICE recruits cited an “unprecedented lowering of standards” amid a hiring surge.

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Crypto giant Tether promised careful vetting. Some early customers were later implicated in financial crimes. - ICIJ

Financial records obtained by ICIJ show that they included individuals later accused of or sanctioned for money laundering and other financial crimes.

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‘The Nest of Snakes’: Warring Cartels Target Women in Mexico

A two-year war between rival Sinaloa Cartel factions is driving a surge in killings and disappearances targeting women.

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Opinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World

A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.

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A Venezuelan oilman faced a Swiss arrest warrant. The U.S. had other plans for him.

The Trump administration intervened in a Swiss criminal investigation of Alejandro Betancourt, who has been helping Washington as an intermediary in Caracas.

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A former Mike Collins staffer posted KKK and Nazi images. Some Republicans see a pattern.

Rep. Mike Collins (R-Georgia) is challenging Sen. Jon Ossoff (D). The former Collins staffer posted a swastika and shared an image of himself in what appear to be KKK robes.

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ICE agent Christian Castro Released From Texas Jail After Minnesota Loses Court Fight

The state had sought to have the agent extradited from Texas to answer charges in Minneapolis related to an on-duty shooting that wounded an immigrant.

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Russian Sanctions Are Fueling a Canadian Car Theft Epidemic

Russia is the largest destination for stolen Canadian cars. Smugglers are meeting the demand of a booming black market.

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Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly

President Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together.

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Nayib Bukele’s Content Machine Is Reshaping Latin America

How El Salvador’s authoritarian leader loomed over Colombia’s Presidential race.

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How Tether's bitcoin mining plans in Uruguay unraveled

Uruguay seemed like the perfect place for cryptocurrency giant Tether to launch a bitcoin mining operation.

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Cambodia-US operation uncovers money laundering link to Sinaloa Cartel

Cambodian and U.S. anti-drug agencies have uncovered a network using cryptocurrency to launder money for Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel.

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Pentagon to start using Grok as part of a $200 million contract with Elon Musk's xAI

The announcement comes just days after Grok generated antisemitic responses and praised Hitler, which were later deleted.

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Navy weighs major warship redesign to match Trump’s preferences

The president wants the new fleet of aircraft carriers to more resemble those from World War II. Such a change could cost billions.

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Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them.

The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights. But the fleet has largely sat idle for months.

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Treasury Rolls Back Ownership Reporting Obligations for U.S. Companies

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How Raúl Castro’s Grandson, Raúl G. Rodríguez Castro, Became a Power Broker

The Castro family envoy, Raúl G. Rodríguez Castro, who has been in talks with the Trump administration, was once named in a case targeting a Cuban smuggling ring.

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Trump Crypto Took $100 Million From a Businessman With Red Flags

The curious case of Guren “Bobby” Zhou shows the ease with which investors with shady backgrounds and unknown motivations can funnel money to the president.

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Freedom Fuel, praised by Trump, sells cheap gasoline. But how?

Despite recent price hikes, the mysterious company is still offering a significant discount at 29 stations across Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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How the Reflecting Pool Came to Mirror Trump’s Washington

A hospitality manager for the Trump Organization traveled to Las Vegas to find a solution to problems at a national landmark. This is the untold back story of the fallout.

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EXCLUSIVE: Under Patel, FBI forges unprecedented law enforcement ties with China, Russia

FBI Director Kash Patel says he has forged new law enforcement partnerships with China and Russia, two longtime U.S. rivals, over the past year in hopes of gaining allies in combating transnational cr...

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Trump accounts were closed in 2021 due to concerns over possible money laundering, Capital One says

Capital One closed President Donald Trump’s accounts in mid-2021 after flagging financial activity that resembled money laundering.

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How predatory trade schools drained $300 million from the GI Bill and cheated veterans

Trade schools fleeced VA — and taxpayers — of more than $300 million, often by teaching short and easy courses, a Post investigation finds.

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