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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, July 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Inside the lucrative and surreal world of people training chatbots to be more like us
Serhan Tekkılıç listened intently on a Zoom call as his friend on the screen recounted the first time she had ever felt sad. A 28-year-old mixed media artist, Tekkılıç had not planned on having a profound conversation that April afternoon while...

World Reuters Exclusive-Guatemalan document undercuts U.S. claims on child deportations
By Emily Green, Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Many family members of unaccompanied Guatemalan migrant children who are part of a group the Trump administration attempted to deport over the weekend did not want their children...

Exclusive-Guatemalan document undercuts U.S. claims on child deportations
By Emily Green, Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Many family members of unaccompanied Guatemalan migrant children who are part of a group the Trump administration attempted to deport over the weekend did not want their children...

Guatemala Waits, Planes Idle, and Children Linger in a Legal and Political Crossfire
A judge’s last-minute order grounded U.S. deportation flights and forced a pause in an urgent, disputed campaign to send unaccompanied Guatemalan children home. Behind the halted buses and frozen manifests are families waiting by the door—and...

Costa Rica, Guatemala and El Salvador Eye Historic 2026 World Cup Entry
Six Central American and six Caribbean teams will compete starting Thursday for the final Concacaf spots for the 2026 World Cup, in a never-before-seen final qualifying round made possible by the absence of the United States, Mexico, and Canada....

Across America there are stirrings of a giant backlash against Trump
As I travel around the country flogging my new book Coming Up Short (which, please remember, you can order here, and the audiobook here), I’m seeing a groundswell of revulsion against Trump. His economy is a disaster. He promised to bring down...

California Politics 360: Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino, Sen. Alex Padilla, Chevron's Andy Walz
California Politics 360: Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino, Sen. Alex Padilla, Chevron's Andy Walz KCRA 3's Political Director Ashley Zavala speaks with Border Patrol Chief for the El Centro Sector Gregory Bovino in a one-on-one interview about...

From Guatemala to Alaska, early reviews set the stage for film festival
By Kirk Boxleitner It’s my second week of advance reviews for films screening at the 26th Annual Port Townsend Film Festival from Sept. 18-21, thanks again to the fine folks at PTFF. It’s another four films by first-time feature directors, many of...

ICE raid on central New York food manufacturer leads to dozens of detentions
CATO, N.Y. (AP) — Federal agents forced open the doors of a snack bar manufacturer and took away dozens of workers in a surprise enforcement action that the plant's co-owner called "terrifying." Video and photos taken at the Nutrition Bar...
Guatemala refuerza acciones para recibir de forma “segura y ordenada” a menores no acompañados desde EE.UU.
Por CNN en Español Tras el bloqueo temporal ordenado por una jueza federal en Estados Unidos a las repatriaciones de menores guatemaltecos no acompañados, el Gobierno de Guatemala informó que ha reforzado las acciones logísticas necesarias para...

An L.A. honors student was about to begin her senior year. Now she's hiding from gangs in Guatemala.
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala — On June 29, the summer heat in Los Angeles, California, was beginning to rise. Seventeen-year-old Nory Sontay Ramos and her mother, Estela Ramos Baten, slipped into jeans and T-shirts and headed to a relative’s home for...

Jerome Corsi: How an Obama/Biden Deal with Honduras to Flood the U.S. with Illegal Immigrants Financed ActBlue
Guest post by Jerome Corsi, Ph.D. Mike McCormick, who served for six years as Joe Biden’s White House stenographer, is the key to understanding the origin of the criminal mortgage money laundering scheme that financed the Democrat fundraising...

RFK’s destruction of a once-great CDC | Letters to the editor
We all should be concerned by the firing of the newly appointed director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Dr. Susan Monarez, over her refusal to endorse HHS Secretary RFK Jr.’s delusional vaccine conspiracy theories and pseudoscience. Her...
Crowley’s new LNG-powered containership begins commercial service
US-owned and -operated maritime solutions company Crowley on 12 August 2025 said its latest LNG-powered containership, Torogoz, began its inaugural commercial service, departing from Port Everglades, Florida, to serve Central America. The vessel’s...
Farmers Market: Wordplay Coffee gets clever with local ingredients
Megan Milstead got into business partly to support LGBTQ+ groups Megan Milstead makes a hot beverage at the Wordplay Coffee booth at the Durango Farmers Market on Aug. 23. (Nick Gonzales/Durango Herald) Nick Gonzales × Wordplay Coffee came to...

Inside the world's only McDonald's where you can order from other countries
A fast food lover has wowed fans after sharing a unique McDonald's branch where you can order anything from anywhere in the world. Valencian Jorge González has become a social media sensation, emerging as one of Spain's top influencers in the...

Why SVG needs new economic vision in these uncertain times
UNCERTAIN TIMES The conscious and informed know for a fact, and based on evidence all around us on planet earth, that we are living in uncertain times … but the conscious need not fear, as we know that these are the signs of the times. Political...

CNN WIRE — Judge blocks removal of Guatemalan children in U.S. custody: VIDEO
(COVER PHOTO CREDIT: John Moore/Getty Images via CNN Newsource) By Priscilla Alvarez, Angelica Franganillo Diaz, Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Sunday afternoon temporarily blocked the removals of unaccompanied Guatemalan minors in US...

Arévalo dice que Guatemala puede recibir semanalmente a 150 menores no acompañados bajo custodia de EE.UU.
Por CNN en Español El presidente de Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, afirmó este lunes que su país puede recibir cada semana a unos 150 menores no acompañados que actualmente están bajo custodia de Estados Unidos. Los dichos del mandatario llegan en...