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ICE agents approach a house before detaining two people on Jan. 13 in Minneapolis. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Shortly after Inauguration Day in 2025, Planet Money visited Little Village, a predominantly Mexican-American neighborhood in Chicago.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands as they depart following a bilateral meeting at Gimhae Air Base on October 30, 2025 in Busan, South Korea.
The Philippine lower house of parliament on Monday voted to advance impeachment proceedings against the vice president. Under the constitution, the case now proceeds to a Senate trial.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer struck a combative tone in London on Monday, saying he had no intention of resigning after heavy election defeats around the country last week. This comes amid public pressure and even some voices within his party urging him to rethink his position.
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J. Schuberth, who is running for Oregon governor as Pencil, speaks with voters and curious passersby as they walk around downtown Portland, Ore., to campaign on April 23. Schuberth is an advocate for reforming the state's K-12 school system. Eli Imadali/OPB hide caption toggle caption Eli Imadali/OPB PORTLAND, Ore.
Trump says Iran's response to the U.S. ceasefire proposal is "totally unacceptable," Trump heads to China amid Iran war, Congress returns after week-long break.
The Supreme Court of Brazil on Saturday suspended the implementation of a law that would reduce the prison sentence of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, pending the outcome of legal challenges against it. Bolsonaro is currently serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election.
Conservative Peter Magyar was sworn in as Hungary's new prime minister on Saturday. Magyar's center-right Tisza party defeated Viktor Orban's right-wing populist Fidesz by a landslide last month, ending his 16-year rule. "Hungarian people have given us a mandate to put an end to decades of drifting," Magyar said.
Australia's far-right One Nation party won a key by-election on Saturday in a rural seat that had been held by traditional conservatives for more than half a century. Preliminary results showed its candidate, David Farley, was on track to win 59.1%, defeating the incumbent center-right Liberal Party by a wide margin.
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