Huckabee once said that he believes there’s “really no such thing as a Palestinian.” The Senate has confirmed former Arkansas governor and fervent Christian Zionist Mike Huckabee as the U.S.’s next ambassador to Israel after numerous rights groups called on the Senate to oppose his nomination. Huckabee was confirmed 53 to 46, in what was...
Hundreds of recently deported immigrants were labeled as gang members despite having no criminal histories. Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s so-called “border czar,” has said that nothing more than the word of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent is needed to prove that a noncitizen living in the U.S. is a gang member, and...
“You are not welcome here,” read a chilling statement from a top DHS official. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it is monitoring immigrants’ social media accounts for supposed “antisemitism” — a seeming code word for speech criticizing Israel’s U.S.-backed occupation of Palestine and genocide of Palestinians. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...
The White House announced on Tuesday that it has suspended federal funds exceeding $1 billion for Cornell University and about $790 million for Northwestern University amid ongoing investigations into dubious accusations of civil rights violations at both universities. The Trump administration has increasingly leveraged the threat of revoked grant funding to pressure universities into aligning...
As federal agencies face crippling cuts and are forced to cut essential services, President Trump has announced he will seek a $1 trillion budget for the Pentagon, a record-setting number that would mark the highest level of U.S. defense spending since World War II. William Hartung, a senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute for...
“They were scattered and torn into pieces,” a witness said of a family killed by the strike. The strike on Yemen that was celebrated by Trump administration officials in a now-infamous leaked Signal chat killed a newborn baby and charred and killed a 5-year-old boy, according to new witness testimony of the strike. In a...
According to several sources, officials have discussed bombing cartels with or without Mexico’s consent. An NBC News report published on Tuesday suggests that the Trump administration is considering responding to drug cartels with military force, with the White House floating plans to work with — and without — the Mexican government’s cooperation. The report relies...
One soldier said they’re directed to make the buffer zone look like the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The Israeli military is now occupying over half of the land area of Gaza after having massively expanded the “buffer zone” spanning the entirety of Gaza’s border and systematically destroyed everything in it, as Israeli...
These bills are “a critical step” to protect gender-affirming care and abortion services in the state, advocates say. The Colorado House has passed four bills aimed at safeguarding abortion access and transgender rights amid a rising tide of federal hostility. Senate Bill 183 updates state law to align with Amendment 79, which voters approved last...
This story was originally published by Waging Nonviolence. With President Trump constantly flooding the zone, there’s a chance to think ahead about the possible implementation of the Insurrection Act. One of Trump’s presidential actions calls for the Secretary of Defense and Homeland Security to submit a joint report by April 20. The report will offer...
On Monday evening, the U.S Supreme Court ruled that, at least for now, the Trump administration can continue invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport migrants. The ruling comes after President Donald Trump issued an executive order last month asserting his right to use the law. The ruling wasn’t a total win for...
“Trump plans on liquidating Medicaid and SNAP benefits while giving the Pentagon a trillion dollars,” wrote one critic. President Donald Trump on Monday publicly backed an annual budget of roughly $1 trillion for the U.S. military as his administration rushed ahead with a destructive tariff scheme that amounts to a major tax increase on American...
An analysis of Trump’s tariffs shows they will cost the typical US family around $3,800 in extra spending per year. In a Truth Social post on Monday, President Donald Trump falsely insinuated that his administration’s across-the-board tariffs on dozens of countries wouldn’t affect consumer costs in the U.S., and that prices of commonly purchased goods...
“Diversity is a superpower here in New York City,” said NYC Public Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos. New York state leaders have rejected the Trump administration’s directive to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in public schools, stating they will uphold these programs even if it risks the loss of federal education funding. “Diversity is...
Part of the Series Challenging the Corporate University In 2023-2024, students in solidarity with Palestine launched the largest campus movement in the U.S. since the anti-Vietnam War protests, and chapters of Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine and Educators for Justice in Palestine sprang up to support them. The Palestine solidarity movement has continued...