Acting ICE chief to exit agency: DHS secretary

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin confirmed Thursday evening that the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will leave his role at the end of next month. Todd Lyons will depart on May 31 for a new role in the private sector, Mullin announced in a post on the social platform X. “Director… Source…

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Iran war ‘should be ending pretty soon’

President Donald Trump on Thursday said that “the war in Iran is going along swimmingly.” “It should be ending pretty soon,” Trump said at an event in Las Vegas, echoing similarly rosy predictions about the end of the war that he has made since the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran in late…

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Nikkei 225, Hang Seng Index, Kospi

Kazuhiro Nogi | AFP | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened lower Friday, as cautious optimism over the Middle East conflict tempered sentiment, diverging from Wall Street’s record-setting rally. U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said that the war in Iran “should be ending pretty soon,” reiterating rosy predictions about the end of the conflict. Hours earlier,…

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