Christina Daniels, a former employee of the Social Security Administration, pled guilty yesterday in federal court to theft of government property and aggravated identity theft.

A Miami man was sentenced to life in federal prison after pleading guilty to traveling to Colombia for the purpose of having sex with minors.

Davon Cunningham, 35, Roosevelt Richardson, 49, and Arnez Mack, 22, -- all of the District of Columbia -- were sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 126 months, 66 months, and a year-and-a-day in prison, respectively, for their roles in a narcotics trafficking conspiracy that operated an open-air drug market in the Trinidad neighborhood in Northeast. The sentencings were announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

Ricardo Trejo-Martinez and Hector Beltran-Ledesma, both illegal aliens from Mexico, were charged this week with assaulting or resisting federal deportation officers. The charges arise from two separate incidents. Additionally, Beltran-Ledesma was charged with illegally re-entering the United States after prior deportation.

US supreme court to rule on Trump’s attempt to limit birthright citizenship, a move that would drastically shift immigration policy and how the constitution has long been understood

The Trump administration is readying a package of executive actions aimed at boosting energy supply to power the US expansion of artificial intelligence, according to four sources familiar with the planning, Reuters reports.

US and China are locked in a technological arms race and with it secure an economic and military edge. The huge amount of data processing behind AI requires a rapid increase in power supplies that are straining utilities and grids in many states.

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Debt payments already exceed military spending. The president’s bill will make things worse.

The changes could cost up to £3bn which will have to come from higher taxes or cuts elsewhere, given the chancellor's self-imposed borrowing rules.

• Friday updates as the summer of football continues

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Mark Levy gets in touch: “In Ben’s list of the top 10 players in the Under-21 tournament, 7 are over 21, 2 are 21, & only 1 is actually under 21! Does the competition need a new name? The under & over 21s? Mark (sitting on my balcony in the Madrid Sierra, with nothing more pressing to do!)“

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Israeli government orders closure of Zikim crossing, which is most direct route to food distribution points located in central and south Gaza

Iran’s top diplomat said the possibility of new negotiations with the United States on his country’s nuclear program has been “complicated” by the American attack on three of the sites, which he conceded caused “serious damage.”

The US was one of the parties to the 2015 nuclear deal in which Iran agreed to limits on its uranium enrichment program in exchange for sanctions relief and other benefits, AP reported.

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