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ICE Releases New Detention Regulations Benefiting For-Profit Prison Companies

GEO Group asked ICE to make modifications to benefit the company.

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Construction Companies May Be Aiding and Abetting Israel’s War Crimes in Lebanon

“This trail of destruction across southern Lebanon has rendered entire areas uninhabitable,” said an Amnesty director.

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Trump Admin Admits to Using Grok to Bomb Iran In Federal Lawsuit Backing Musk

Trump Admin Admits to Using Grok to Bomb Iran In Federal Lawsuit Backing Musk

The Trump administration is defending Musk’s data center by admitting that it has used its AI to launch strikes on Iran.

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Iran’s Soccer Team Forced to Return to Mexico Immediately After First Game

Iran’s Soccer Team Forced to Return to Mexico Immediately After First Game

Iran’s soccer team is “the most oppressed” of the teams participating in the World Cup, said the team’s head coach.

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Feds Charge 15 Minnesotans With Conspiracy for Anti-ICE Protests

Feds Charge 15 Minnesotans With Conspiracy for Anti-ICE Protests

Community defense attorney Anna Hall called the charges a “naked political attack on Minnesota.”

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Maersk Still Shipping Weapons Components to Israel, Despite Claiming Otherwise

Maersk Still Shipping Weapons Components to Israel, Despite Claiming Otherwise

“Maersk facilitated the transport of bullets Israel used to snipe Palestinian children in the head," said one activist.

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FIFA Proposes Opening Match Between Israel and Palestine for Youth Tournament

FIFA Proposes Opening Match Between Israel and Palestine for Youth Tournament

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has long been accused of currying favor with Trump and other autocrats.

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Dozens of Women Join Hunger and Labor Strike at Delaney Hall ICE Jail

Dozens of Women Join Hunger and Labor Strike at Delaney Hall ICE Jail

“We are mothers, daughters, sisters. We are women that are being unjustly imprisoned,” the women said in a video.

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Israeli Firm Accused of Launching Smear Campaigns During US, European Elections

Israeli Firm Accused of Launching Smear Campaigns During US, European Elections

The smear campaigns reportedly targeted left-wing and pro-Palestine candidates in Scotland, New York, and France.

12.06.2026 3

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DOJ Targets Michigan Palestine Solidarity Activists With Federal Charges

DOJ Targets Michigan Palestine Solidarity Activists With Federal Charges

The charges follow escalating repression by the University of Michigan against pro-Palestine students since 2024.

12.06.2026 3

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Somali Referee Denied US Entry for World Cup Gets Hero’s Welcome Back Home

Somali Referee Denied US Entry for World Cup Gets Hero’s Welcome Back Home

The Trump administration baselessly accused the award-winning referee of having “terror” ties.

11.06.2026 5

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British Politicians Accuse Elon Musk of Stoking Racist Violence in Belfast

British Politicians Accuse Elon Musk of Stoking Racist Violence in Belfast

Musk encouraged his base to take to the streets shortly before rioters stormed immigrant neighborhoods in Belfast.

10.06.2026 8

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Trump Admin Moves to Denaturalize 17 Americans in Attack on Legal Immigration

Trump Admin Moves to Denaturalize 17 Americans in Attack on Legal Immigration

“The government has used this power in the past to target people it views as political opponents,” said a law professor.

10.06.2026 4

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Hunger Strikers in Adelanto ICE Jail Moved to Solitary After Meeting Congressmen

Hunger Strikers in Adelanto ICE Jail Moved to Solitary After Meeting Congressmen

People are “risking their own well-being just to have their voices heard,” said one advocate.

09.06.2026 5

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Iran’s Soccer Team Says US Revoked Its Ticket Allocation Ahead of World Cup

Iran’s Soccer Team Says US Revoked Its Ticket Allocation Ahead of World Cup

The US has posed numerous obstacles for Iran’s soccer team, and is now restricting other participants.

09.06.2026 2

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Israel Moves Gaza Hospital Director Hussam Abu Safiya to Solitary Confinement

Israel Moves Gaza Hospital Director Hussam Abu Safiya to Solitary Confinement

Abu Safiya was “one of the most prominent voices of Gaza’s decimated healthcare sector,” according to Amnesty.

09.06.2026 5

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House Rejects Ro Khanna’s Effort to Block US-Israel Military Integration

House Rejects Ro Khanna’s Effort to Block US-Israel Military Integration

Khanna introduced an amendment to strike down the proposal on Thursday, but was met with widespread opposition.

08.06.2026 5

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UK to Sanction Israel Over Settlement Project That Would Cut West Bank in Half

UK to Sanction Israel Over Settlement Project That Would Cut West Bank in Half

The settlement project would make a two-state solution, which the UK and other European countries support, impossible.

08.06.2026 5

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Outrage Mounts at Assaults of Journalists and Hunger Strikers at Delaney Hall

Press freedom groups and hunger strikers detail abuses and retaliation by ICE agents, police, and GEO Group staff.

05.06.2026 6

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Senate Bill to Fund ICE and CBP Contains Zero Reforms to ICE

This rewards agencies “that have terrorized communities across the country,” said Amnesty International.

05.06.2026 9

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Adam Hamawy, Doctor Who Served in Gaza During Genocide, Wins New Jersey Primary

Hamawy called for “health care, not bombs; to abolish ICE; and to unrig this economy.”

05.06.2026 10

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Trump Says a Ceasefire in the Middle East Means “Shooting in a Moderate Manner”

Trump’s comments excuse his failure to end the Iran war, and justify Israel’s violations in Gaza and Lebanon.

04.06.2026 8

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Pentagon Hires Convicted January 6 Rioter to Counterterrorism Role

The 24-year-old Trump loyalist was hired for a Defense Department role on ‘irregular warfare and counterterrorism.’

04.06.2026 9

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Mullin Says DHS Would Obey Courts If They Were Not “Politicized”

At Tuesday’s Senate hearing, Democratic senators questioned Mullin about the DHS budget and ICE’s continued abuses.

03.06.2026 6

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Democrats Opposed to Tlaib’s Resolution to Stop U.S. Joining War on Lebanon

Israel’s war on Lebanon is “quickly turning southern Lebanon into the ‘next Gaza,’” according to advocacy groups.

03.06.2026 6

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Protests in Albania Grow in Opposition to Kushner’s $4 Billion Luxury Resort

“Don’t defend the oligarchs, these are the citizens’ properties!” protestors shouted.

03.06.2026 8

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Russia Taking Advantage of Shortage of US Interceptor Missiles to Attack Ukraine

Ukraine is suffering from a global shortage of defense missiles – weaponry that the US has depleted in its war on Iran.

02.06.2026 6

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Michigan Governor Joins AI CEOs at Ceremony for Controversial Data Center

“We think every community in the country should try to get one of these,” said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

02.06.2026 8

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Far Right Israeli Leaders Join New York Democrats in NYC’s Israel Day Parade

Israeli far right minister Bezalel Smotrich and members of Israel’s ultranationalist Otzma Yehudit party took part.

01.06.2026 10

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Iranian Media Says Iran Is Suspending Talks With US Over Ceasefire Violations

“We now live in a world where ceasefire means that Israel can continue bombing,” said a Lebanese professor.

01.06.2026 9

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New Jersey Governor Acquiesces to DHS, Deploys Police Outside Delaney Hall

“There has been collaboration in the tactics [ICE and the police] used to attack the protesters,” said an activist.

01.06.2026 10

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ICE and Prison Guards Retaliate Against Detainees and Protestors at Delaney Hall

ICE and prison guards have escalated their attacks on detainees and activists at Delaney immigrant jail in New Jersey.

29.05.2026 10

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Netanyahu Says Israeli Military to Take Over 70 Percent of Gaza

“Gaza’s humanitarian space is further shrinking,” said the EU commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management.

29.05.2026 9

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Trump’s “Board of Peace” Has No Funds for Gaza Reconstruction

“For us, it doesn’t look like a peace deal, it looks like a trap,” said Bisan Owda, a Palestinian journalist in Gaza.

29.05.2026 10

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Student Journalist Awarded by CBS Condemns Network’s Shift Right at News Emmys

“Journalism that serves the people becomes increasingly harder to come by, yet ever more crucial,” said Santiago Campos.

28.05.2026 10

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DHS Secretary Claims Plans Underway to Stop Intl Flights from Sanctuary Cities

DHS Secretary Mullin threatened to stop processing international flights in sanctuary cities in response to protests.

28.05.2026 10

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Biden-Era Advisors Who Oversaw Gaza Genocide Regroup to Shape Dem Foreign Policy

Biden-era advisors are reconvening to plan the party’s approach for the coming election cycle.

28.05.2026 10

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Trump Defends Prediction Market Companies Against State Regulations

Trump’s second term has overturned regulations that guarded this industry, allowing it to grow exponentially.

27.05.2026 9

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Judge Dismisses Criminal Charges Against Kilmar Abrego Garcia as “Vindictive”

Abrego Garcia was the “victim of a politicized, vindictive White House,” said one of Abrego Garcia’s lawyers.

27.05.2026 8

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Protests Erupt at New Jersey Immigrant Jail in Support of Striking Detainees

Some 300 detainees launched a hunger and labor strike on Friday in protest of the conditions at the ICE jail.

26.05.2026 7

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Israel Expands Strikes and Ground Invasion in Lebanon as Iran Negotiations Stall

Iran has repeatedly insisted that a deal must include Lebanon, while Israel has demanded otherwise.

26.05.2026 9

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US Military Using More Missiles to Defend Israel than Israel Itself

This raises questions about the US relationship with Israel as well as the US’s use of weapons throughout the war.

22.05.2026 10

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Rubio Baselessly Smears Bolivia’s Protestors as “Criminals and Drug Traffickers”

Rubio’s comments came amidst over three weeks of protest in Bolivia by Indigenous groups, peasants and workers.

22.05.2026 10

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Private Equity Now Owns 1 in 8 Apartment Units, a 50 Percent Increase Since 2021

Private equity’s expansion into housing comes at the same time as Americans are increasingly struggling to afford rent.

22.05.2026 10

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Newly Released Footage Highlights ICE’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology

The technology is used on both immigrants and “legal observers, peaceful protestors, and US citizens,” an analyst noted.

21.05.2026 10

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Trump Demands End to Birthright Citizenship Ahead of Supreme Court Decision

The US has had birthright citizenship since the ratification of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution in 1868.

21.05.2026 10

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Israel Announces Plan to Build Military Complex at UNRWA Site It Bulldozed

The UN compound provided services to Palestinian refugees in occupied East Jerusalem from 1952 through 2024.

20.05.2026 10

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US Employers Spend Over $1.5 Billion a Year to Fight Union Efforts, Study Finds

“Union avoidance law firms have constructed an industry providing counsel on union busting,” the report says.

20.05.2026 10

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Ben Gvir Taunts Flotilla Activists, Highlighting Israel’s Abuse of Detainees

Israel is “employing a criminal policy of abuse and humiliation against activists,” said a human rights center.

20.05.2026 10

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Legal Workers Protest After Woman Forced to Give Birth in Brooklyn Courtroom

“Arraignments have become a place where people now die in cuffs and give birth in cuffs,” said one legal advocate.

19.05.2026 10

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