A dire humanitarian crisis has reached catastrophic levels in the Gaza Strip, with the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) issuing an urgent alert on Tuesday declaring that the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out” across the Palestinian territory. The IPC findings reveal that famine thresholds have been reached […]
Retired CIA official Susan Miller has rebutted claims made by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard regarding the Obama administration’s handling of intelligence on Russian interference in the 2016 election, dismissing Gabbard’s allegations as politically motivated lies. Miller, who led the CIA team that conducted the 2017 intelligence assessment on […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has launched a new Detention Support Grant Program offering $608 million to state and local governments to construct temporary immigrant detention facilities. FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) is the lead federal agency responsible for helping people in the United States prepare for, respond […]
Convicted sex-trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell is again being framed as a victim by her legal team and a growing chorus of right-wing media figures. Maxwell’s attorney David Markus told reporters outside the Justice Department on Friday that his client has endured “unjust treatment for more than five years,” adding that “if […]
The Trump administration announced Friday that it will release $5.5 billion in previously frozen education funding. The Department of Education said states can expect the funds to begin flowing next week. The decision comes after mounting bipartisan pressure, including from Republican and Democratic senators who signed a public letter calling […]
President Donald J. Trump signed a new executive order aimed at stabilizing the rapidly changing landscape of collegiate athletics in the United States. Since the Supreme Court’s 2021 antitrust ruling and subsequent changes to NCAA regulations, the door was opened for college athletes to earn money from their name, image, […]
A federal judge in the Western District of Washington has issued a preliminary injunction halting enforcement of a new state law, SB 5375, that would have required clergy, including Catholic priests, to report suspected child abuse or neglect, even if the information was obtained during sacramental confession. Signed into law […]
The State of Palestine now faces one of the world’s most severe humanitarian emergencies, with 1.7 million children requiring urgent assistance out of 3.3 million people in desperate need. The crisis has displaced nearly 2 million Palestinians, approximately 59% of those requiring aid, with many families forced to flee multiple times. Israel controls and/or has destroyed all the primary […]
The U.S. Supreme Court issued an order Thursday pausing a lower court mandate in a closely watched North Dakota redistricting case, temporarily preserving the state’s current legislative map while the legal process continues. The intervention in the North Dakota redistricting case is tightly bound to the future of the Voting […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a district court injunction blocking former President Donald J. Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to parents who are undocumented or in the country on temporary visas. The Ninth Circuit concluded that Executive […]
