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ICE Abducts Then Releases Columbia Student After Mamdani Intervenes & Calls to Dismiss More Cases
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- ICE Abducts Then Releases Columbia Student After Mamdani Intervenes & Calls to Dismiss More Cases
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- 15:13
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- 7 months ago
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Federal agents detained a Columbia University student early Thursday after Department of Homeland Security officers allegedly gained access to a university-owned residence by presenting a fake missing person poster of a 5-year-old. As news broke of the student, Ellie Aghayeva, and her detention, students and community members rallied en masse demanding her release and an end to immigration enforcement on campus. Due to restrictions implemented by the university in response to pro-Palestine protests, the students were unable to protest on campus proper, but instead took to nearby streets.
Aghayeva was released Thursday afternoon, shortly after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani brought up her case during a meeting with President Donald Trump to discuss housing. “For that decision to be quickly flipped is remarkable because it shows the power of opposition, but also how loose and flippant these arres...
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- Missing DOJ Files: As Clintons Testify About Epstein, Where Are FBI Interviews with Trump Accuser?
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- 17:28
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- 7 months ago
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As fallout from the Epstein files continues, we speak with investigative journalist Barry Levine, author of _The Spider: Inside the Tangled Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell_. Recordings of the House Oversight depositions of Bill and Hillary Clinton are set to be released today and tomorrow. The Clintons were called by House Republicans to testify on their relationships with Jeffrey Epstein, but Levine emphasizes that credible allegations tying either the Clintons or Donald Trump to Epstein’s criminal activities are currently limited. Meanwhile, files known to contain allegations of sexual abuse of a minor by President Trump have been withheld or removed by the Department of Justice. Levine says that the focus on the Clintons is a political distraction targeted at Trump’s “perceived enemies” while millions of documents on the Epstein case that could directly implicate his other associates have ...
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 27, 2026
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- 9:57
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- 7 months ago
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- New CPJ Report on Abuse of Palestinian Journalists in Israeli Prisons
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- 1:37
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- 7 months ago
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- Testimony and evidence from 59 Palestinian journalists reveals “strikingly consistent” reports of beatings, sensory deprivation, sexual violence, starvation and medical neglect while detained, according to a review by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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- Activists organize flotilla to Cuba amid U.S. embargo
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- 1:06
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- 7 months ago
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- In response to the growing humanitarian crisis in Cuba, activists are organizing a flotilla to deliver aid to the island.
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- A Record 129 Journalists Killed in 2025, Israel Responsible for 2/3 of the Deaths: CPJ
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- 6:50
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- 7 months ago
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A record 129 press workers were killed worldwide in 2025, more in one year than in any of the previous three decades for which the Committee to Protect Journalists has collected data. The previous record was set in 2024. For both 2024 and 2025, the Israeli military was responsible for two-thirds of all press killings. “This shows the systematic pattern that Israel is using to silence the journalists, whether by killing them, targeting them, imprisoning them, intimidating them, and also smearing them,” says Sara Qudah, Middle East and North Africa regional director at the Committee to Protect Journalists. CPJ also documented the killings of journalists in Ukraine, Mexico, Yemen, and more.
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- Beaten, Starved, Tortured: New CPJ Report on Abuse of Palestinian Journalists in Israeli Prisons
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- 5:19
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- 7 months ago
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Testimony and evidence from 59 Palestinian journalists reveals “strikingly consistent” reports of beatings, sensory deprivation, sexual violence, starvation and medical neglect while detained, according to a review by the Committee to Protect Journalists. Most of them were held under Israel’s so-called “administrative detention” policy and were never charged with any crime. The journalists lost an average of 52 pounds in Israeli prisons. “This report was one of the most difficult reports to work on, because you are listening to human beings who are describing inhuman conditions they had to face for months, and some of them for years,” says Sara Qudah, Middle East and North Africa regional director at the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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- "Flagrant War Crime": Investigation Recreates 2025 Israeli Massacre, Cover-Up of 15 Gaza Aid Workers
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- 15:21
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- 7 months ago
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It's been almost one year since Israeli forces killed 15 Palestinian medics and aid workers in a brutal two-hour massacre on a vehicle convoy in southern Gaza. Israeli soldiers had attempted to cover it up by burying the bodies in a shallow mass grave, and crushing the rescue vehicles with heavy machinery, but a new investigation by Forensic Architecture and Earshot has recreated a minute-by-minute accounting of what took place. Director of Earshot Lawrence Abu Hamdan, who analyzed audio from video evidence alongside witness accounts, calls the Israeli response to the attack an "obstruction of justice.” He says “there is no reason why the Israeli army, with all of its GPS coordinates, its drones in the sky, couldn't have done this internal investigation at a way higher resolution than we can have done.”
“We've been able to show that the attack continues for over two hours — until 7 a.m. in ...
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- Cuba Kills 4 Exiles Trying to "Infiltrate" Island by Boat as U.S. “Medieval Siege” of Cuba Continues
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- 13:35
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- 7 months ago
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Cuban exiles on a U.S.-registered speedboat attempted to enter Cuba undetected, but were confronted by border patrol in Cuban waters on Wednesday. According to the Cuban Interior Ministry, the Cuban nationals on the speedboat fired on the border agents who then returned fire — killing four and injuring six of the men. This comes as the Trump administration’s blockade of fuel has triggered a severe humanitarian and economic crisis in Cuba, compounding the impact of the U.S. economic embargo in place since 1962. In response to the growing humanitarian crisis, activists are organizing a flotilla to deliver aid to the island. “We cannot allow us to go back to the days of gunboat diplomacy, where the U.S. thinks that it is allowed to violate sovereign nations, and it can have hegemony over the hemisphere,” says CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin, who is taking part in the flotilla. “These are sovereign count...
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 26, 2026
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- 15:03
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- 7 months ago
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- Why was Aliya Rahman removed from SOTU speech?
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- 1:20
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- 7 months ago
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- Aliya Rahman is a U.S. citizen who was violently arrested and detained by federal immigration officers last month in Minneapolis, later released without charge. She attended the State of the Union address Tuesday as a guest of Congressmember Ilhan Omar but she was ejected from the chamber after silently standing during President Trump's speech.
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- Joseph Stiglitz: Trump's policies "have failed" on the economy
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- 1:42
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- 7 months ago
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- President Trump touted his economic record during the State of the Union address, but economist Joseph Stiglitz says tariffs have been a failure.
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- “Lies, Gaslighting and Maligning”: Rep. Adelita Grijalva Boycotts Trump's Speech
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- 4:37
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- 7 months ago
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"I couldn't in good conscience sit there and listen to Trump go on and on with what we knew was going to be hours of lies, gaslighting and maligning the very people that I represent," says Congressmember Adelita Grijalva on her decision to skip Tuesday's State of the Union address. "There was no attempt to bring the country together."
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- DHS Assault Victim Aliya Rahman Arrested at State of the Union Address
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- 8:43
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- 7 months ago
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We speak with Minneapolis resident Aliya Rahman, who attended Tuesday's State of the Union address as a guest of Congressmember Ilhan Omar. Rahman was removed from the chamber Tuesday and spent several hours in jail following what she describes as an aggressive arrest by Capitol Police — all for silently challenging Trump during the speech.
"There are only two things you can do at the State of the Union, and they are sit down and stand up," says Rahman. "I was arrested for standing up."
Rahman, a U.S. citizen, was violently dragged out of her car and detained by federal immigration officers last month and later released without charge.
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- Rep. Summer Lee on Boycotting Trump Speech, Jesse Jackson, Voting Rights, “Endless Wars” & More
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- 11:12
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- 7 months ago
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Many Democratic lawmakers boycotted Tuesday's State of the Union address to attend alternative events, including our guest Congressmember Summer Lee of Pennsylvania, who gave the Working Families Party response to President Trump. "The president is disgraceful, and I don't think it's worth our time to give him an audience," says Lee, who encourages opponents to keep challenging his falsehoods. "When you take away the lie, there is no foundation for President Trump."
Lee also challenges Trump's claims about non-citizen voting, which experts say is exceedingly rare, and the decision by Republican House leadership to deny honors to the late Reverend Jesse Jackson at the Capitol following the civil rights icon's death.
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- Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz Slams Trump’s Myths About Tariffs, Affordability
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- 10:45
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- 7 months ago
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Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz responds to Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday, when the president repeatedly touted his tariffs as saving the country money and boosting the economy. Stiglitz says Trump's "lies" about tariffs can't erase the truth about how they have raised costs for most U.S. residents. "It is estimated the average family is paying somewhere between $1,000 and $1,700 in extra money because of the tariffs," says Stiglitz. "His policies have failed."
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- Democrats Protest Trump's State of the Union
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- 6:00
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- 7 months ago
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered the longest State of the Union address in modern history, speaking for nearly two hours as he claimed the United States is entering a "golden age" under his leadership. Trump spent much of his speech touting his economic policies and his administration's immigration crackdown. We play excerpts from Trump's address as well as responses to it from different Democratic lawmakers, many of whom skipped the speech to attend alternative events.
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 25, 2026
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- 14:42
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- 7 months ago
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- Violence erupts after Mexico kills high-level cartel leader “El Mencho”
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Will the U.S.-sponsored war on drugs actually stem the flow of illegal goods and spread of gang violence across the Americas — or, will it further entrench a cycle of death and destruction that targets the poor and vulnerable?
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- Whistleblower calls ICE’s training program “deficient, defective and broken”
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- 1:34
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Ryan Schwank, a former ICE attorney and training instructor who quit his job last week in protest, has accused the federal agency of drastically slashing its training standards for new officers — directly contradicting the agency’s claims.
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- Rodrigo Duterte faces the ICC
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- 1:31
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court are presenting their war crimes case against former Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte this week. The pre-trial hearings will allow judges to determine if Duterte, currently incarcerated in The Hague, should stand trial for his role in the Phillipines’ deadly drug war.
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- Are storms in the U.S. getting worse?
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- A bomb cyclone blizzard has blanketed the Northeast United States. Climate scientist Michael Mann explains the science behind the blizzard and the changing climate is affecting the frequency and intensity of storms.
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 24, 2026
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- 16:15
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- 7 months ago
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- War Crimes Prosecutor Reed Brody on Epstein Files, Duterte's ICC Case & Ukraine War Anniversary
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- 8:37
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- 7 months ago
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War crimes prosecutor Reed Brody joins _Democracy Now!_ to discuss a number of ongoing human rights issues, including the international fallout of the so-called “Epstein files,” the International Criminal Court case against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, the Russian invasion of Ukraine — now marking its fourth anniversary — and more.
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- Aided by U.S. Intelligence, Mexican Army Kills Top Cartel Leader After Threat of Trump Intervention
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- 22:34
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- 7 months ago
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Aided by U.S. intelligence, Mexican security forces killed the nation’s most wanted man, the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” on Sunday. At least 70 people were killed in the raid and aftermath as armed groups retaliated in more than a dozen states.
“There's a real sense in Mexico and beyond that governments need to show the U.S. that they are willing and able to take military action on their own, lest Washington send special forces into the country,” says Reuters correspondent Laura Gottesdiener about the raid and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s wider crackdown on organized crime. While Sunday’s operation will help Sheinbaum “stave off some of the pressure from Trump,” Latin American historian Alexander Aviña warns that “this is not going to do much in terms of stopping the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into...
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- A Warming Planet Makes Nor'easters & Other Storms More Intense: Climate Scientist Michael Mann
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- 8:04
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- 7 months ago
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As the Northeast United States contends with the aftermath of a historic bomb cyclone blizzard that blanketed the region, we speak to climate scientist Michael Mann about the causes and effects of increasingly intense weather events. “We expect to see that increase as long as we continue to warm up the planet by burning fossil fuels and putting carbon pollution into the atmosphere,” says Mann. Meanwhile, he adds, policy decisions are making it harder to prepare for extreme weather. With its defunding of scientific infrastructure across the country, “the Trump administration is truly putting Americans in harm's way.”
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- Mosab Abu Toha reacts to Mike Huckabee’s extreme Christian Zionism
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Mosab Abu Toha responds to U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee’s recent comments suggesting Israel has the biblical right to expand throughout the Middle East.
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- Amber Glenn speaks out for LGBT community under Trump admin
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Amber Glenn, the first openly queer woman to represent the U.S. in Olympic singles figure skating, speaks out for the LGBT community under the Trump administration.
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- Poet Mosab Abu Toha on Reality of “Ceasefire” in Gaza
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- 0:47
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Mosab Abu Toha, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Palestinian poet and author from Gaza, notes that the situation in Gaza remains dire despite the so-called ceasefire.
“It's still a genocide, ongoing.”
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- U.S. Olympians Take on the Trump Administration
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- 12:12
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- 8 months ago
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As the winter Olympics come to a close, a number of athletes have drawn controversy for their political statements. U.S. athletes, in particular, have expressed conflicting feelings about representing the United States during the current political moment.
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- "It's Still a Genocide": Poet Mosab Abu Toha on Reality of "Ceasefire" in Gaza
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- 16:17
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- 8 months ago
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We speak with Mosab Abu Toha, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Palestinian poet and author from Gaza, who responds to recent developments in the region including the Trump administration’s policy on Palestine, a recent report finding that the genocide’s death toll is much higher than originally reported and more.
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- Trump Lashes Out & Attacks Justices After Supreme Court Limits His Power to Impose Tariffs
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- 13:57
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- 8 months ago
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The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Friday in a 6-3 vote. The justices ruled that the tariffs — which were imposed by a series of executive orders — exceeded presidential powers under a 1977 law that gives the president authority to regulate commerce only in the case of international emergencies. Trump called the ruling a “disgrace” and responded Friday by announcing a new 10% global tariff — which he increased to 15% Saturday.
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 23, 2026
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- 12:55
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- 8 months ago
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- Can social media companies be held accountable for online child sexual abuse?
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Meta and Google are on trial in Los Angeles following a lawsuit accusing them of fueling addictive behaviors and prioritizing profit over the safety of children.
Lennon Torres, a former child performer who appeared on reality TV shows like “Dance Moms,” experienced online exploitation as a child on platforms like Instagram. She now works on campaigns to hold social media companies accountable for facilitating abuse.
Torres says, “social media platforms could easily stop strangers from being able to contact kids” and calls tech leaders “lazy” and unmotivated to truly protect and benefit their platforms’ users.
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- Trump's dystopian vision for Gaza
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Donald Trump, now chairing a so-called Board of Peace, has offered a dystopian vision for Gaza that leaves Palestinians under permanent Israeli occupation.
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- Mohsen Mahdawi defeats Trump admin's deportation case against him
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- 1:37
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- An immigration judge has blocked the Trump administration from deporting Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia University graduate and green card holder who was detained last April after becoming a prominent critic of Israel's genocidal war on Gaza.
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- Jeremy Scahill: Trump is obsessed with destroying Iran's government
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- 2:08
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Journalist Jeremy Scahill reports that a "spirit of delusion" has taken hold within the Trump administration as it weighs a major military attack on Iran that could quickly spiral out of control.
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- Palestinian Student Mohsen Mahdawi Celebrates After Deportation Case Is Tossed Out
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- 7:40
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- 8 months ago
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An immigration judge has blocked the Trump administration from deporting Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia University graduate and green card holder who was detained last April at what he thought was a citizenship interview. Mahdawi grew up in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank and was an outspoken critic of Israel’s genocide in Gaza while attending Columbia. He spent two weeks in ICE custody before a federal judge ordered his release. Mahdawi’s case is part of a broader pattern of the Trump administration targeting international students for expressing solidarity with Palestinians and demanding divestment from the Israeli government.
Mahdawi says even though immigration judges are part of the executive branch, the Trump administration clearly “violated the rules of law” in targeting him. “The harder they come on me, the more energy and power I will have, and I will continue to work for the ...
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- Jeremy Scahill: Despite Ongoing Talks, Trump Admin Is "Obsessed" with Destroying Iran
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- 16:53
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- 8 months ago
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Despite chairing the first meeting of his newly formed Board of Peace on Thursday, President Donald Trump continues to threaten war against Iran as the Pentagon positions a massive fighting force in the Middle East. Trump said he would give Tehran about two weeks to reach a deal on its nuclear program, but media reports indicate that he could launch an attack within days. Iran maintains its nuclear enrichment program is for peaceful civilian purposes.
Journalist Jeremy Scahill says Trump already “used the veneer” of negotiations to attack Iran last year, and that despite ongoing talks between the two countries, he has essentially already decided to launch a new war that could quickly spiral out of control.
“I’ve been told by military experts who spent decades working in the Pentagon that there’s a spirit of delusion that has just taken hold in the administration,” says Scahil...
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- As U.K. Arrests Ex-Prince Andrew, Will U.S. Authorities Hold Anyone Accountable over Epstein Ties?
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- 17:33
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- 8 months ago
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British police released former Prince Andrew on Thursday after 11 hours in custody, with his shocking arrest earlier in the day making him the first senior British royal to be arrested in nearly 400 years. Police are probing his connections to the deceased sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein and whether he shared classified government information with him while serving as a U.K. trade representative from 2001 to 2011. King Charles’ brother, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after being stripped of his royal title, is the most high-profile figure in the U.K. to be implicated in a widening scandal over ties to Epstein, who died in a New York jail in 2019 awaiting trial on sex trafficking. Authorities did not reference sexual abuse allegations against Mountbatten-Windsor or Epstein’s sex trafficking case; Mountbatten-Windsor settled a lawsuit with Epstein survivor Virginia Roberts Giuffre in 2022 and has denie...
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 20, 2026
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- 13:15
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- 8 months ago
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- How Big Tech profits off the addictive properties of social media
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- 1:06
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen says the company routinely ignores user safety, including for children who are more vulnerable to getting hooked on social media. "They have been getting warned about this for 10-plus years and yet they continue to optimize for spending more and more time on these platforms."
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- Former Prince Andrew Arrested in U.K. as Global Fallout from Epstein Files Grows
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- 6:29
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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U.K. police have arrested the former Prince Andrew, the brother of King Charles, on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was previously sued in 2021 by Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of multiple instances of sexual assault when she was underage. The lawsuit was settled out of court shortly after it was filed, but Mountbatten-Windsor was allowed to keep his royal title and privileges at the time. Those were recently stripped following revelations about the extent of his friendship with the American serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Their friendship has been widely known to the public since at least 2008, when Epstein was first convicted for soliciting a minor for sex.
British authorities are now reportedly investigating whether Mountbatten-Windsor shared confidential government information with Epstein in 2010 while serving as a U.K. trade represe...
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- Courts Have Ruled 4,400+ Times That ICE Jailed People Illegally; Despite Rebukes, ICE Keeps Doing It
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- 6:12
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- 8 months ago
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Following violent and indiscriminate sweeps of immigrant communities across the United States, the number of people in ICE detention has increased 75% since President Trump returned to the Oval Office. Yet, as the number of lawsuits against the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign skyrockets, the federal government has continued to jail people indefinitely. Although judges across the U.S. have handed down more than 4,400 rulings of illegal detentions of immigrants since October, very few of these rulings have been acted upon. Reuters reporter Brad Heath says the unprecedented “pile-up” of tens of thousands of cases is straining the capacity of the rapidly shrinking staff at the Department of Justice and further delaying the release of immigrants from ICE jails.
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- “Predatory Tech”: Silicon Valley on Trial in Landmark Youth Social Media Addiction Case
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- 31:14
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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Meta — the parent company of Facebook and Instagram — and Google are on trial in Los Angeles in a lawsuit accusing them of fueling and profiting from addictive behaviors aimed at children and young adults. We host a roundtable with victims and advocates who say the "predatory tech" giants
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 19, 2026
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- 11:54
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- 8 months ago
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- Analilia Mejía Won NJ Congressional Primary After Speaking Out Against ICE & Genocide in Gaza
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- In a surprise victory, progressive candidate Analilia Mejía won the Democratic primary to fill the House seat left vacant by New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill.
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- “Extremely Dangerous Situation”: Trita Parsi Warns U.S. & Iran Have Incentives to Escalate Conflict
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- 1:44
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- As U.S. and Iranian officials continue negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, President Trump has ordered a buildup of U.S. forces in the Middle East, including two aircraft carriers.
“Both sides actually believe that a short, intense war may improve their negotiating position.”
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- Jesse Jackson Fought for Justice at Home & Abroad: Juan González
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- “Of all the U.S. leaders of the past half-century, I believe none had a more international view and a commitment to worldwide social justice as Jesse Jackson did.”
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- Meet Analilia Mejía, Who Won NJ Congressional Primary After Speaking Out Against ICE & Genocide
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- 7:49
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- 8 months ago
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In a surprise victory, progressive candidate Analilia Mejía won the Democratic primary to fill the House seat left vacant by New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill. Mejía served as 2020 national political director for Bernie Sanders and as deputy director of the Labor Department's Women's Bureau under President Joe Biden. As a proponent of community organizing, she has pledged to refuse corporate PAC and AIPAC dollars. "It is training each other, engaging each other, understanding our history, so that we can protect our democratic institutions and we could preserve the kind of self-governance that we strive for in the United States," Mejía says.
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