Pedro Almodóvar calls Trump ‘greatest mistake of our time’ as he receives Chaplin award Celebrated Spanish director slams Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants and trans rights The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025
Trump administration tells Congress it plans to label Haitian gangs as foreign terror organizations The Trump administration has told Congress that it intends to designate Haitian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2025
Trump fires Doug Emhoff and others from US Holocaust Memorial Council Husband of Kamala Harris calls move political and decries turning historical atrocity into ‘a wedge issue’ The Guardian - US · Apr 29, 2025
ICE raids wrong Oklahoma home, seizes life savings and leaves family ‘traumatized for life’ The state agreed earlier this year to increased cooperation with federal immigration agents The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2025
U.S., Mexico agree to new deal that sends water to South Texas The latest development in a years-long push by South Texas farmers and officials to get Mexico to fulfill a 1944 treaty would still fall short of what is owed. The Texas Tribune · Apr 29, 2025
Tufts PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk will stay in ICE detention in Louisiana - for now Trump administration lawyers are trying to block court order to transfer Turkish international student to Vermont The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2025
Decision looming for Trump administration on first PFAS drinking water limits The Trump administration is expected to soon say whether it intends to stand by strict drinking water standards for forever chemicals set last year The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2025
Fact-check: Is the US blocking German plans to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine? As German chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz hints at a change in policy on the transfer of Taurus missiles to Kyiv, unfounded claims are circulating that the Trump administration could block the move. Euronews · Apr 29, 2025
"Sinners" defies Black history erasure The film's triumph at the box office affirms that Black narratives don't need white validation to thrive Salon · Apr 28, 2025
Trump Administration Admits ICE Arrested Mahmoud Khalil Without a Warrant The administration's lawyers claim that this was justified by Khalil's likelihood of escape. Reason · Apr 28, 2025
America tells Musk that they dislike him and don’t think he has helped cut government waste The unfavorable poll comes as Musk prepares to step back from the Trump administration to devote more time to his businesses The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2025
Trump team litters White House lawn with mugshots of arrested migrants About 100 posters were set up capturing ‘some of the worst illegal immigrants and criminals’ that have been arrested since Trump reclaimed the White House, an official said The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2025
Canada 'Opens' Suicide Hotline to American LGBTQ+ Youth as Trump Moves to Shut It Down – What We Know No official statement from the Canadian government has confirmed the hotline is available to American citizens. International Business Times UK · Apr 28, 2025
Life as a federal worker is a roller coaster ride, park ranger says - Roll Call Park ranger Marinell Chandler describes the roller coaster ride of a federal employee in the first three months of the Trump administration. Roll Call · Apr 28, 2025
The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2025 North Korea makes first public admission it sent troops to fight for Russia The admission comes as top US diplomat Marco Rubio warned the Trump administration would walk away from brokering peace talks if there was no realistic prospect of a deal in sight
The Guardian - US · Apr 26, 2025 Trump news at a glance: Battle with judiciary escalates as FBI arrests county judge FBI director Kash Patel accuses judge Hannah Dugan of helping an ‘illegal alien' evade arrest – key US politics stories from 25 April at a glance
Reason · Apr 25, 2025 Trump Administration Restores Thousands of Terminated Foreign Student Visa Records Earlier this month, 4,700 foreign students were at risk of detainment after ICE inexplicably terminated their visa records.
Latin Times · Apr 25, 2025 Experts Warn Getting Food Is 'Going To Be Complicated' As Trump Deportations Target Farm Workers As the Trump administration ramps up its deportation efforts, workers across the agricultural sector are experiencing more raids and difficulty finding jobs.
The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2025 In reverse of a longtime stance, US says UN Palestinian refugee agency isn't immune from lawsuits The Trump administration has decided that the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees is not immune from being sued, reversing the U.S. government’s longstanding position that the organization was protected from civil liability
Euronews · Apr 25, 2025 Syria's foreign minister to appear at UN Security Council in first US visit since al-Assad's fall The Trump administration has yet to officially recognise the current Syrian government, led by Ahmad al-Sharaa, an Islamist former insurgent who led the offensive that toppled Assad.
Latin Times · Apr 25, 2025 Trump Admin's Deal With Contractor To Build Tent City for Migrants Falls Through, Posing Obstacle in Mass Deportation Efforts A deal between the Trump administration and contractor Deployed Resources to build tent facilities for migrants waiting deportation was terminated.
The Guardian - US · Apr 25, 2025 US revokes policy restricting subpoenas of reporters’ phone records – as it happened Pam Bondi, US attorney general, says conduct of federal employees who leak information to media is ‘treasonous’. This blog is now closed.
The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2025 The Latest: Hegseth had an unsecured internet line in his office for Signal, AP sources say Two people familiar with the case have told AP that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer
The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2025 In unintended filing, feds say Trump administration strategy to end New York toll is a losing battle The federal prosecutor’s office in Manhattan on Wednesday accidentally filed an internal memo that poked holes in the Trump administration’s strategy to kill New York’s $9 congestion toll in Manhattan
Latin Times · Apr 24, 2025 'Thousands' of Social Security Employees Changed to 'Political Appointees' Despite Career Status: Report The SSA moved to strip thousands of government workers of civil service protections, leaving career employees vulnerable to termination.