by Common Dreams Staff | May 3, 2026 | Congress, Donald Trump, Iran, iran war, Marco Rubio, Middle East, News, Trump Administration, United Arab Emirates, Weapons Deal
As the U.S. voting public continues to express its discontent over the disastrous war of choice against Iran that U.S. President Donald Trump launched just over two months ago, fresh criticism followed after weekend reporting revealed the administration skirted congressional review to approve an $8.6 billion weapons deal with the United Arab Emirates and other allies in the Middle East.
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by Mike Ludwig | Apr 21, 2026 | Canary Mission, Civil Rights, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, doxxing, ICE, Israel, Mahmoud Khalil, Marco Rubio, Milwaukee, News, Palestine, Protests, Rümeysa Öztürk, Trump Administration, west bank, Wisconsin
Nearly a dozen agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surrounded Muslim community leader Salah Sarsour on March 30 after he left his home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Born in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and serving as president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, the city’s largest mosque and Muslim institution, Sarsour is a husband, father, and grandfather described as a pillar of…
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by Sharon Zhang | Apr 13, 2026 | Department of Homeland Security, Mahmoud Khalil, Marco Rubio, Mohsen Mahdawi, News, Palestine, Rümeysa Öztürk, State Department
The Trump administration has fired two judges who ruled against them in their cases attempting to deport pro-Palestine student advocates Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi, as officials seek to reshape federal immigration courts to speed deportations. According to The New York Times, the two judges, Roopal Patel and Nina Froes, were dismissed by the administration alongside four other judges…
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by Sharon Zhang | Apr 1, 2026 | Affordable Care Act, Donald Trump, Iran, Marco Rubio, Medicaid, News, Republicans, Socialism
Secretary of State Marco Rubio lectured Iran in interviews this week, saying that the country should be spending money on supporting its people rather than on weapons and militaristic causes — an ironic statement coming from an administration that has gutted the U.S.’s social safety net while requesting a record-shattering Pentagon budget. “Imagine an Iran that, instead of spending their…
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by Sharon Zhang | Mar 18, 2026 | DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Fossil Fuels, Iran, Israel, Marco Rubio, News, oil and gas, State Department
The Trump administration purged the State Department of its oil and gas experts last year, prior to launching its war on Iran, including people who would be responsible for examining scenarios related to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a new report says as the gas prices spike. NOTUS reports that the administration laid off a wide swath of oil and gas analysts in the State Department’s…
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by Alexander Main | Mar 6, 2026 | Boat Strikes, Caribbean, China, cuba, Daniel Noboa, Donald Trump, Ecuador, Interventionism, Javier Milei, Latin America, Marco Rubio, Nasry Asfura, Nicolás Maduro, Op-Ed, Trump Administration, Venezuela
For nearly three years the Dominican Republic had been excitedly preparing to host the region’s biggest multilateral event: the 2025 Summit of the Americas, bringing together the leaders of nearly every government in the Western Hemisphere. But on November 3rd, only a month before the summit was to take place, the DR’s foreign ministry abruptly announced the postponement of the event citing…
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