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Trump administration withdraws US from Greco anti-corruption monitoring body
‘The era of writing blank checks to international bureaucracies is over,’ state department spokesperson says Donald Trump ’s administration has withdrawn the United States from the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption monitoring body, arguing that paying to belong to the multilateral group no
admin · September 30, 2026
Burundi agrees to receive ‘third-country’ migrant deportees from US
Burundi joins several other African nations in accepting people deported under Trump’s hardline policy Burundi has agreed to join a clutch of ⁠other African nations in receiving migrants from other countries deported from the US under ⁠ Donald Trump ’s hardline ⁠ immigration ​policy . Ho
admin · September 30, 2026
Top Trump figures push to direct human rights funding to rightwing causes
Support for white Afrikaners, anti-communism and others reveals how US redefining what qualifies as human rights With hours left before the funding expires, the Trump administration is pushing to direct more than $175m of the state department’s flagship human rights fund to a slate of awards that
admin · September 30, 2026
‘So much uncertainty’: Michigan’s Arab American businesses navigate Trump’s Canada trade war
Arab communities on both sides of the border grapple with ongoing tensions as US-Canada relations continue to sour In Dearborn, Michigan, home to the largest community of Arab Americans in the US, one industry has risen above all others in recent years: Yemeni cafes. At the forefront is Qahwah House
admin · September 30, 2026
From mass raids to quiet crackdown: a timeline of Trump’s strategic ICE pivot
After switching tactics, federal agents are detaining and deporting record numbers of people from the US When federal agents fatally shot US citizen protesters Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis in January during the nation’s largest immigration-enforcement operation ever, it marked a turni
admin · September 30, 2026
Trump campaign ads paid with public money violate federal law, critics say
White House has labeled ads ‘public service announcements’ and has responded defiantly to criticism Federal regulators have been urged to stop the broadcast of White House advertisements promoting Donald Trump that critics say amounts to government propaganda and violate laws against using publi
admin · September 30, 2026
As AI images become common, the threat to elections draws alarm: ‘How will voters know what’s true?’
Deepfakes and misinformation driven by artificial intelligence have become a point of deep concern for legislators, advocates and the public An image of College Park, Georgia mayor Bianca Motley Broom kissing a man – who was not her husband – in a bar spread far and wide on Facebook. The fact th
admin · September 30, 2026
US Senate blocks resolution demanding accountability over Israeli violence in West Bank
Nine American citizens have been killed by Israeli settlers or security forces in occupied West Bank since 2022 The US Senate on Tuesday evening rejected along mostly party lines a Democratic resolution that would have forced the state department to report to Congress on violence in the occupied Wes
admin · September 29, 2026
Trump announces vague ‘morally binding’ AI deal among tech CEOs for ‘tremendous self-policing’
US president also issued executive order officially rebranding ‘artificial intelligence’ as ‘superintelligence’ Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the heads of the largest US tech and AI companies had signed onto a “morally binding” agreement to put controls on artificial intelligenc
admin · September 29, 2026
Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas charged with assaulting an officer
Garcés Pérez, who was shot in his car by agents, is accused of striking officer with side mirror while trying to drive away Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced an assault charge against a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in his car by a federal immigration agent in Texas, accusing the
admin · September 29, 2026
Trump agrees to end court fight against $5m verdict in E Jean Carroll case
The verdict stems from Carroll’s 2023 sexual abuse and defamation civil trial against Trump Donald Trump has agreed to stop fighting in court the disbursement of E Jean Carroll’s $5m verdict in her 2023 sexual abuse and defamation civil trial against him, a procedural development as these funds
admin · September 29, 2026
‘You make me want to throw up’: Republicans attack ex-special counsel Jack Smith at Senate hearing
GOP senators lash out on Smith, who led criminal cases against Trump, with invective and inaccurate information Former special counsel Jack Smith, who led two criminal cases against Donald Trump in 2023, faced attacks from Republicans in a wide-ranging hearing on Tuesday that included a basketball m
admin · September 29, 2026