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UN Expert Calls for Global Condemnation After 3 More Killed in Trump Boat Strike

UN Expert Calls for Global Condemnation After 3 More Killed in Trump Boat Strike

The total death toll of the administration’s illegal boat bombing operation is now at least 211 people.

19.06.2026 7

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Fired Journalist Says Bari Weiss Pushed to Air Propaganda on CBS News

“Bari Weiss is not a journalist. She is an asset of the Trump administration,” said progressive group Our Revolution.

08.06.2026 7

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Pentagon Announces Policy Designating Its Press Office as a “Classified Area”

“This is the most transparent War Department in history,” a Pentagon official said following the policy barring media.

02.06.2026 10

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DOJ Begins Investigating E. Jean Carroll, Who Won Two Civil Cases Against Trump

The former magazine columnist prevailed in separate lawsuits against the president for sexual abuse and defamation.

28.05.2026 8

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Trump Administration Plans to Send Citizens With Ebola Exposure to Kenya

“This is unbelievable and infuriating,” said Dr. Craig Spencer, a professor of public health who survived Ebola in 2014.

27.05.2026 9

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SCOTUS Denied VA Dems’ Attempt to Salvage Congressional Map Approved by Voters

The map would have added several Democtratic-leaning districts as a counter to GOP gerrymandering in other states.

16.05.2026 10

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Officials Decry Retribution as Vance Defers $1.3B in Medicaid Payments to CA

Vance’s task force meant to root out alleged fraud has so far only focused on states that did not vote for Trump.

14.05.2026 10

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Rutgers Criticized for Canceling Commencement Speaker Over Palestine Advocacy

“The message Rutgers is sending to this class and everyone around the country is alarming,” said Rami Elghandour.

07.05.2026 10

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Republican Senators Push for $400M in Taxpayer Funds to Build Trump’s Ballroom

Democrats criticized the plan, noting many taxpayers are struggling to afford rising grocery and gas prices.

28.04.2026 10

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Judge Orders Release of Mother and 5 Children Held in ICE Jail for Nearly a Year

The El Gamal family, including two 5-year-old children, reportedly faced severe medical neglect in the Dilley facility.

21.04.2026 10

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US Carries Out Fifth Boat Strike in Under a Week, Bringing Death Toll to 177

Trump's "supposed armed conflict with ‘narco-terrorists’ appears to be entirely make-believe,” said one expert.

16.04.2026 10

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MN Prosecutor Investigates ICE Arrest of US Citizen as Possible Kidnapping

Federal agents were filmed taking ChongLy Thao from his home in freezing temperatures wearing only his underwear.

14.04.2026 10

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Pentagon Reportedly Threatened First American Pope for Criticizing Trump

The pope is not likely to visit the US under Trump’s presidency due to the threat, reports said.

09.04.2026 10

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Trump Threatens to Commit War Crimes If Iran Maintains Blockade on Hormuz Strait

In threats to civilian infrastructure, he said Tuesday “will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one."

06.04.2026 10

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IAEA Sounds Alarm on US-Israeli Strike Near Iran Nuclear Plant

At least one person was killed in the strike near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant, raising safety concerns.

04.04.2026 10

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Trump Slashed Medicaid. Now He Says US Can’t Fund It Because of His War on Iran.

The president's comments come as the Pentagon seeks $200 billion to continue funding the unpopular, destructive war.

02.04.2026 10

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Advocates Condemn New Israeli Law Instituting Death Penalty for Palestinians

Discriminatory Israeli military courts, which have a 99 percent conviction rate, can now mandate death by hanging.

31.03.2026 20

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Judge Calls Murder Charge in Georgia Abortion Case “Extremely Problematic”

The judge also noted that Georgia law prohibits the criminalization of someone who has induced an abortion on themself.

24.03.2026 10

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19-Year-Old Royer Perez-Jimenez Dies in ICE Jail Known for Abuse

Perez-Jimenez is at least the 49th person who has died in detention since Trump returned to office in January 2025.

20.03.2026 20

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ICE Is Deporting Parents Without Letting Them Bring or Find Care for Their Kids

Some parents report being forced to abruptly leave their children in precarious situations — or even entirely alone.

19.03.2026 10

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Department of Justice Drops Defense of Trump’s Orders Punishing Law Firms

While some firms caved to Trump’s demands, a handful were vindicated with quick legal victories.

03.03.2026 40

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Footage Contradicts DHS Claim of Dropping Refugee at “Safe Location” in Buffalo

“They abandoned him in the parking lot of a closed Tim Hortons in the middle of a winter evening,” noted an observer.

27.02.2026 20

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Nearly Blind Rohingya Refugee Found Dead After Being Stranded by Border Patrol

Nurul Amin Shah Alam’s family spent days searching for him in sub-freezing temperatures before his body was found.

26.02.2026 20

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Trump Admin to Spend $40B to Turn Warehouses Into Massive Immigration Jails

As medical neglect and abusive treatment threaten those imprisoned, DHS prepares for a massive expansion of detention.

14.02.2026 400

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Pentagon Kills 2 More in Another Boat Strike, Bringing Death Toll to 128

The attack comes a week after the Trump administration was sued by the families of two men killed in an earlier strike.

08.02.2026 20

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20K in Gaza Need Medical Evacuation. 5 Were Let Through Rafah Crossing on Day 1.

Israeli restrictions could ultimately kill thousands of Palestinians who have been waiting for years for treatment.

03.02.2026 20

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More Than 120 Civil Society Groups Urge EU to Cancel US Trade Deal

The groups point out the demands that Trump has made on the EU and his “contempt for international law.”

29.01.2026 20

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Israel Wiped Out 2,700 Families in Gaza Entirely Since October 2023

In 6,000 families, just “a single sole survivor” has been left behind, according to Hani Mahmoud of Al Jazeera.

27.01.2026 40

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“This Is Blackmail”: Critics Slam Pam Bondi’s Demand for Minnesota Voter Rolls

Trump's attorney general demanded records on Medicaid and food aid programs and that Walz repeal sanctuary policies.

26.01.2026 20

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Outrage at Latest DHS Killing Erupts Across Minnesota and the US

In the past months ICE and CBP have opened fire nearly 2 dozen times — killing at least 6 people including Alex Pretti.

25.01.2026 10

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New Video Contradicts DHS Claims About Minneapolis Killing of Alex Pretti

“The final act of his life was trying to help a woman who was being physically assaulted,” described one journalist.

25.01.2026 20

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ICE Reports Third Death at Texas Migrant Jail in 44 Days

Officials in both Texas and Minnesota are calling for an investigation into Camp East Montana at Fort Bliss.

20.01.2026 20

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Trump Administration Suspends Processing of Immigrant Visas From 75 Countries

Rep. Pramila Jayapal slammed Trump’s use of “lies, racism, and xenophobia to block entire groups of people.”

16.01.2026 20

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Schumer and Jeffries Refuse to Back Growing Democratic Calls to Defund ICE

Amid outrage over the killing of Renee Good, Democratic leaders are declining to use their leverage to fight the agency.

10.01.2026 30

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Miller Says “Free World” Depends on US Ability to Take Over Other Countries

“Greenland should be part of the United States,” Miller told CNN. “That is the formal position of the US government.”

07.01.2026 100

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All Security Council Members Except US Condemn Israeli Recognition of Somaliland

Somalia’s permanent representative to the UN called the move an “act of aggression.”

30.12.2025 10

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ICE Documents Expose Plan to Hold 80,000 People in Warehouses

“They want to build a network of concentration camps,” said one critic.

24.12.2025 20

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New Report Exposes Torture, Abuse, and Medical Neglect in Florida Migrant Jails

An Amnesty official noted that the abusive conditions the organization observed at the facilities “are not isolated.”

04.12.2025 20

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US Progressives Accuse Trump of Interfering in Honduran Elections

Trump endorsed right-wing presidential candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura and smeared his progressive opponent Rixi Moncada.

30.11.2025 10

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Trump Declares Venezuelan Airspace “Closed” in Latest Illegal Escalation

Analysts warn the move signals a “scorched earth” policy and could portend imminent airstrikes.

30.11.2025 20

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Workers Who Make Black Friday Deals Possible Face Attacks on Right to Organize

New reports detail how the fashion industry relies on underpaid and overworked labor in the Global South.

28.11.2025 20

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European Leaders Condemn Trump’s Military Escalation Against Venezuela

War would deliver “not security but a torrent of bloodshed,” said a letter signed by dozens of political leaders.

23.11.2025 50

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NC Residents Stand Up Against ICE as Trump Admin Pivots Operations From Chicago

Siembra NC said “the most immigrants were arrested in a single day in state history” on Saturday.

18.11.2025 10

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Venezuela Mobilizes Military in Response to Approaching US Aircraft Carrier

The US now has about 15,000 troops in the area where tensions have escalated since the boat strikes began in September.

13.11.2025 20

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After More Than 2 Weeks in ICE Detention, UK Commentator Sami Hamdi Released

The Trump administration’s agreement acknowledged that he is not “a danger to the community or to national security.”

11.11.2025 20

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New Report Warns Fossil Fuel Expansion Is Accelerating Far Beyond Global Limits

As global leaders prepare to convene in Brazil for COP30, experts say the industry is “racing toward climate breakdown."

04.11.2025 20

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UN Climate Progress Report Ahead of COP30 Is “a Warning Siren”

Countries pledged just a 10 percent emissions cut; breaching 1.5°C warming is now “inevitable,” said António Guterres.

28.10.2025 10

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Big Banks Poured $2B Into Oil and Gas Financing in the Amazon Since Last Year

“These investments are complicit in genocide,” said Jonas Mura, chief of the Gavião Real Indigenous Territory in Brazil.

21.10.2025 20

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Senators Launch a Bipartisan Bid to Block Possible Trump War on Venezuela

This comes as two survivors of the US’s most recent drone strike on a boat have reportedly been detained by US forces.

18.10.2025 20

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Major News Outlets Will Refuse to Sign “Unconstitutional” Pentagon Press Policy

The policy would bar reporters from seeking or reporting information not explicitly authorized by the Trump admin.

14.10.2025 20

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