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ACLU Sues over Legal Black Hole at “Alligator Alcatraz” ICE Jail August 20, 2025
We speak with ACLU lawyer Eunice Cho about a new federal lawsuit brought on behalf of immigrants held at the detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” The detainees allege being routinely subjected to human rights abuses, denied due process and access to legal counsel, while families have complained of being unable to […]
Video: “Unprecedented Power Grab”: Trump & Texas Try to Create 5 More GOP House Seats with New Gerrymander (DemocracyNow) August 4, 2025
President Trump is pushing for a major redrawing of Texas’s congressional districts to favor Republicans and shape the outcome of future elections, including next year’s midterms. Voting rights expert Ari Berman says this “unprecedented” Republican gerrymandering scheme manipulates an already-gerrymandered map that “limits democratic representation. It already limits representation for communities of color, and now […]
Columbia U punishes dozens of students as it seeks to restore federal funding July 22, 2025
WASHINGTON – Columbia University took disciplinary action against dozens of students involved in campus protests as the school negotiates with the Trump administration to restore funding that was cut over accusations of civil-rights violations. Columbia disciplined more than 70 student protesters who occupied a campus library in May, a university spokesperson said on July 22. […]
Trump threatens to sue WSJ over story on alleged 2003 letter to Epstein July 18, 2025
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump on July 17 threatened to sue The Wall Street Journal after it published a story about an alleged off-colour letter written by him to late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein that featured a drawing of a naked woman. The Journal story, which quickly reverberated around the US capital, says the […]
Trump warns protests at military parade will be met with force June 10, 2025
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump warned people on June 11 against protesting at the weekend military parade in Washington marking the US Army’s 250th anniversary. “For those people that want to protest, they’re going to be met with very big force,” Mr Trump told reporters in the White House’s Oval Office. Law enforcement agencies […]
UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway sanction Israeli Cabinet ministers June 10, 2025
Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway said Tuesday they have imposed sanctions on two far-right Israeli government ministers for allegedly “inciting extremist violence” against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich face asset freezes and travel bans from the five countries. The ministers are champions of expanding Israeli settlements in the […]
Marines arrive in LA under Trump orders as protests spread to other cities June 10, 2025
LOS ANGELES – Hundreds of US Marines arrived in Los Angeles overnight and more were expected on June 10 under orders from President Donald Trump, who has also activated 4,000 National Guard troops to quell protests despite objections from California Governor Gavin Newsom and other local leaders. Los Angeles has seen days of public outrage […]
When Ideas Become Too Dangerous to Platform June 9, 2025
Professor Gigi Foster delivered a TEDx talk titled The Manipulators’ Playbook at the University of New South Wales in 2024. It was an examination of how, in times of crisis, fear and conformity can be deliberately harnessed by those in power to manipulate public behaviour. Her message was a call to defend the freedom to question authority […]
The Manipulators’ Playbook – Gigi Foster June 8, 2025
Video: TedX talk by Gigi Foster in Australia, October 2024
US decision to sanction ICC judges ‘deeply corrosive’ to justice: UN rights chief June 6, 2025
Mr. Türk was responding to an announcement by Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, on Thursday, of measures targeting the judges, who are overseeing a 2020 case of alleged war crime committed in Afghanistan by US and Afghan military forces, and the 2024 ICC arrest warrants issued against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and […]
Did the Feds Label You a Covid “Violent Extremist?” June 3, 2025
Biden administration policy-makers hated you more than you knew. From the start of the Covid pandemic, I warned that the feds were vilifying anyone who failed to kowtow to the latest commands. In October 2023, I wrote: “Federal bureaucrats heaved together a bunch of letters to contrive an ominous new acronym for the latest peril to […]
US detains Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi at citizenship interview April 15, 2025
Mahdawi’s lawyer says Columbia University student detained as ‘retaliation’ for pro-Palestinian stance. United States immigration agents have arrested a Palestinian man who led demonstrations at Columbia University against the war on Gaza. A green card holder since 2015, Mohsen Mahdawi was detained on Monday as he attended an interview at an immigration office regarding his […]
Video: Bodies of eight missing paramedics found in Gaza mass grave April 10, 2025
The Palestine Red Crescent says it’s located the bodies of eight of the nine paramedics who went missing about a week ago. The medics had been surrounded by Israeli forces while responding to the scene of an attack in Rafah. Gaza’s Health Ministry says their bodies had been discovered in a hole, and that some […]
Jeep & Chrysler parent Stellantis lays off 900 US workers as tariffs bite April 4, 2025
In sum: Stellantis pauses production in Mexico and Canada due to tariffs Automakers face 25% import tax on imported autos UAW criticizes Stellantis for unnecessary layoffs US automaker shares fall sharply
Musk’s father says Tesla tycoon admires Putin April 4, 2025
Errol Musk says his family looks up to the Russian leader for his calm leadership and logical speeches Errol Musk has said that his son Elon and their family admire Russian President Vladimir Putin. Speaking to the BBC in an interview, the billionaire’s father described the head of state as a “strong leader” and praised […]

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Statement from Assistant Director Bryan Vorndran on Joint Cybersecurity Advisory Regarding Chinese State-Sponsored Cyber Operations

FBI Statement in Response to Inspector General Report

Iranian Intelligence Officials Indicted on Kidnapping Conspiracy Charges

FBI Statement on Kaseya Ransomware Attack

The FBI Encourages the Public to Report Hate Crimes

Deputy Director Speaks at Press Conference on Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack

FBI Statement on Recent Ransomware Attacks

FBI Statement on JBS Cyberattack

Two Iranian Nationals Charged for Cyber-Enabled Disinformation and Threat Campaign Designed to Influence the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election

FBI Statement on Investigation into Bomb Threats to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Houses of Worship

FBI Statement on Incident Involving Fake Emails

U.S. v. Faysal Kalayaf Manahe, et al.

FBI Statement on the Ongoing Investigation into Bomb Threats to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Houses of Worship

Department of Justice Announces Initiative to Protect Americans from Collusive Schemes Amid Supply Chain Disruptions

Justice Department, ICE, and the FBI Recognize International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

FBI Director Christopher Wray Statement on Indictment of Man for the Murder of FBI Task Force Officer and Terre Haute, Indiana Police Detective Gregory Ferency

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