One year ago, ICE arrested me for protesting for Palestine. Leqaa Kordia is still caged – for also daring to speak the truth Sunday marked one year since Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate, was arrested last year for his political advocacy. Below, he writes to Leqaa Kordia, a fellow Palestinian currently … Read more
Save Act would limit voting access in the US and centers on Trump’s unfounded claims of noncitizens stealing elections Donald Trump threatened not to sign any bills until Congress approves the Save America Act, a curtailment of voting access. The president, fixated on unsubstantiated claims that noncitizens are stealing US elections ahead of midterm elections … Read more
Anthropic sued the Defense Department and other federal agencies after the Pentagon announced last week it would label the leading AI company as a threat to national security and ban the use of its products for defense purposes.
Federal authorities apparently never searched the property, but now state authorities will reopen a 2019 investigation Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox When Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on 6 July 2019 for sex trafficking teenagers, New York federal prosecutors said the ultra-wealthy predator “exploited and abused … Read more
QB signed $212.4m extension with team in 2024 Hit will be spread over two seasons The Miami Dolphins are moving on from Tua Tagovailoa, the quarterback they drafted with the fifth overall pick in 2020 in hopes of turning the franchise’s fortunes around. The move will cost the Dolphins an NFL record $99m in dead … Read more
Comments from defense secretary come as number of US service members killed in conflict has climbed to seven Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, has said “there will be more casualties” in the US military from the Trump administration’s war … Read more
The Department of Homeland Security blamed Democrats for travelers facing long security lines amid a DHS funding lapse. “Americans are now enduring the severe fallout from the Democrat shutdown of DHS. Today, travelers are facing TSA lines of up to nearly 3 hours long at some major airports causing missed flights and massive delays during … Read more
Ruling could free $175bn, but legal hurdles and higher costs have left businesses questioning if claims are even worth it The US supreme court recently struck down Donald Trump’s tariffs, opening the door to up to $175bn in refunds for businesses that paid the import taxes. However, the process for claiming that money is by … Read more
ICE launched ‘Operation Buckeye’ and ‘influencers’ claimed Somalis are running fraudulent businesses after Trump repeatedly used racist language against group in December The men started showing up at around 6am in late December. In their cars, they circled the 161 Child Care facility in Columbus, before parking at the front of the building. Then they … Read more
Iranian oil installations were engulfed in flames after Israeli strikes on Sunday and now thick smoke is rising from a Bahrain oil refinery as the war in Iran escalates across the Middle East. NBC’s Keir Simmons reports for TODAY.
