news2shortsRümeysa Öztürk says she’s experienced difficulty getting care and had her hijab ripped off without permission Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University student who was detained by US immigration authorities last month, says she has had multiple asthma attacks since she was arrested and detained and has had difficulty getting medical attention. Öztürk, 30, was detained … Read more
The EU neither ‘kissed ass’ nor unleashed its most powerful trade weapon. Now it must provide the world with an alternative to US chaos My condolences to everyone who spent days trying to play 5D chess with Donald Trump’s market-exploding tariff mess. Where Trump is involved, there is a cloud of malevolent chaos, and there … Read more
The Justice Department filed a motion Thursday to drop all charges against a Salvadoran man who Attorney General Pam Bondi described two weeks ago as one of the top leaders of the MS-13 gangs in the country.
President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs, and possibly sanctions against Mexico, if it continues to rob South Texas farmers of Rio Grande water promised under a decades-old treaty. In a post on Truth Social on Thursday, Trump proclaimed that Mexico owes Texas 1.3 million acre-feet of water under the 1944 Water Treaty, though Mexico … Read more
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink is stepping down, the State Department confirmed Thursday, as the Trump administration ramps up its efforts to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Tammy Bruce, a State Department spokesperson, said Brink would be leaving her role, though she didn’t give a specific departure date. The news comes … Read more
President Donald Trump announced a handful of nominations and appointments Thursday, including a position to combat antisemitism. Trump selected Yehuda Kaploun, a prominent Miami-based businessman and longtime confidant of the president, to serve as the U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism as an ambassador-at-large. “Yehuda is a successful businessman, and staunch advocate for … Read more
Trump told he’s causing US economy ‘worst self-inflicted wound’; supreme court orders Salvadorian man’s return – key US politics stories from 10 April at a glance It was another day of chaos on Thursday as markets sank again after a short-lived rally . The optimism brought about by Donald Trump’s retreat on global “reciprocal” tariffs … Read more
The Trump administration was handed another win on Thursday after a federal judge ruled that everyone in the U.S. illegally must register with the federal government and carry documentation. The Associated Press reported that Judge Trevor Neil McFadden, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, sided with the administration after arguing it was enforcing an … Read more
Workers had spent weeks in limbo amid legal rollercoaster but letters confirm block on terminations no longer in effect Letters went out to hundreds of workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) on Thursday, informing them their jobs had been terminated – again. The probationary employees, many who performed important roles at the … Read more
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Trump Administration “should be prepared to share what it can concerning the steps it has taken and the prospect of further steps” to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported to El Salvador’s mega prison as a result of an error.
