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Monday’s ICE-involved killing in Maine is at least seventh instance of a person shot dead during immigration enforcement operations since January 2025

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A US immigration officer shot and killed a man identified by rights groups as a 26-year-old Colombian on Monday, the second such killing by federal agents in less than a week.

Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, has been named as her late brother’s temporary replacement in the US Senate after his unexpected death over the weekend.

Nordone would serve the remaining months on Graham’s current term.

More https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/13/who-is-darline-graham-nordone-lindsey-graham">here.

The US has launched its third consecutive night of strikes on Iran hours after Donald Trump said Washington would reinstate a maritime blockade on the country and, in an apparently policy reversal, charge ships for safe passage.

More https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/13/us-launches-third-night-of-strikes-on-iran-as-trump-announces-hormuz-blockade">here.

The US defense secretary, ⁠Pete Hegseth, ​announced that the Pentagon and the US Department of Justice have created a “joint taskforce ​to identify and ​prosecute” what he called the “unauthorized disclosure ​of sensitive” information to the press, marking the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s effort to crackdown on leaks.

More https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/13/pete-hegseth-doj-taskforce-press-leaks">here.

Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, launched a campaign to dismantle the international criminal court (ICC), claiming the global tribunal was interfering with US military and law enforcement operations at the risk of American sovereignty.

More https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/13/marco-rubio-dismantle-international-criminal-court">here.