What to know about May Day and how it has grown over the years Activists around the globe are kicking off May Day demonstrations with workers rights rallies and marches for social justice causes The Independent UK · May 1, 2025
When facts become seditious Donald Trump is killing free speech, and the press is paralyzed Salon · May 1, 2025
Trump's health agency urges therapy for transgender youth, not broader gender-affirming health care The Trump administration is calling for more reliance on behavioral therapy for transgender youth instead of broader gender-affirming medical care The Independent UK · May 1, 2025
Recent immigration arrests at courthouses around the country have advocates worried A flurry of immigration enforcement activity at courthouses around the country in the past month has renewed a legal battle from President Donald Trump’s first term The Independent UK · May 1, 2025
A plea to the west: help us save America’s democracy Countries from Canada to Japan must take steps to isolate the United States in world diplomacy The Guardian - US · May 1, 2025
Democrats Find Win-Win Scenario In Losing Vote To Stop Trump's Tariffs In The Senate Democrats lost a vote to undo Trump's tariffs in the Senate. However, even though some members questioned the leadership as a different strategy could have seen the bill passed, the move is still being seen as a win by some given its symbolic meaning Latin Times · May 1, 2025
House Dems Equate Trump's Cabinet Meeting to 'Hostage' Situation The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee compared Pam Bondi's remarks in President Donald Trump's "100 Days" cabinet meeting to a "hostage" situation. Latin Times · May 1, 2025
We’ve never seen a more error-prone, incompetent presidency In their rush to implement a barely concealed authoritarian agenda, this administration is producing a litany of blunders, gaffes and slip-ups The Guardian - US · May 1, 2025
Trump has launched more attacks on the environment in 100 days than his entire first term Blitzkrieg has hit protections in place for land, oceans, forests and wildlife, and will worsen the climate crisis The Guardian - US · May 1, 2025
Trump’s attack on federal unions a ‘test case’ for broader assault, warn lawyers Executive order cites national security to strip bargaining rights from more than 1 million federal workers The Guardian - US · May 1, 2025
May Day: protesters rally across US over workers’ and immigrants’ rights People organize in nearly 1,000 cities with focus on rallying against Trump administration and ‘billionaire profiteers’ The Guardian - US · May 1, 2025
Trump’s tariffs: ‘It feels like Covid 2.0. So many things are getting disrupted’ Pittsburgh residents, workers and business owners react to the increasingly fraught trading reality now upending supply chains and hitting prices The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2025
"It will take us a long time to recover" "It will take us a long time to recover" from the first 100 days of Donald Trump's second term Salon · May 1, 2025
Waltz was photographed checking Signal on his phone during cabinet meeting – as it happened Close-up shows recent chats with cabinet colleagues Marco Rubio, JD Vance, Steve Witkoff and Tulsi Gabbard The Guardian - US · May 1, 2025
The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2025 The truth is finally dawning on Britain: toadying to Trump has got us nowhere Jolly humouring and kind words guarantee nothing from this White House. Right now Walmart has more clout than the UK, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
The Independent UK · May 1, 2025 A crackdown on diversity programs is reshaping college graduation ceremonies Some colleges are canceling graduation ceremonies that recognize individual cultures or groups
Al Jazeera · May 1, 2025 US Senate rejects bid to block Trump’s tariffs Three Republican senators join Democrats in voting for resolution to oppose US president’s trade policy.
The Guardian - US · May 1, 2025 Kamala Harris says ‘courage is contagious’ in major speech excoriating Trump Democratic presidential candidate speaks in San Francisco in first significant appearance since election defeat
Salon · May 1, 2025 Dems can't block deportation of citizens In a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee, Democrats tried to bar ICE deportations of US citizens
International Business Times UK · Apr 30, 2025 People Are Placing Bets On Who They Think Who The Next Pope Will Be, Here's Who They Think Will Win As the Catholic Church moves towards selecting its next leader, global attention focuses on potential candidates.
The Guardian - US · Apr 30, 2025 Trump officials contacted El Salvador president about Kilmar Ábrego García, sources say Administration in touch with Nayib Bukele over detention of wrongly deported man, according to two people
The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025 Ex-FBI informant who made up bribery story about the Bidens will stay in prison, judge rules A federal judge in Los Angeles has denied the U.S. government's request to release a former FBI informant while he appeals his case
Reason · Apr 30, 2025 Another Federal Judge Concludes Aliens Generally Can't Be Deported for Their Political Advocacy Today's decision by Judge Geoffrey Crawford (D. Vt.) in Mahdawi v. Trump allows a legal permanent resident to be bailed… The post Another Federal Judge Concludes Aliens Generally Can't Be Deported for Their Political Advocacy appeared first on Reason.com.
The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025 FBI reassigns agents seen taking knee during racial justice protest, report claims The FBI has reassigned several agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, two people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025 PHOTO ESSAY: Immigrants in the Texas Panhandle live in limbo under Trump's crackdown This is a documentary photo story curated by AP photo editors.