by Stephen Zunes | May 6, 2026 | Cold War, Donald Trump, Europe, Iran, Iran nuclear agreement, Iran Nuclear Deal, Iran nuclear program, iran war, Iraq War, Jared Kushner, JCPOA, negotiations, Op-Ed, Sanctions, Steve Witkoff, Strait of Hormuz, Trump Administration, uranium enrichment, Vietnam War, War, war in Iran
U.S. efforts to force an end to the stalemate in the Strait of Hormuz by attempting to escort a few U.S.-flagged ships through the Iranian closure will not only fail to relieve the worsening global fuel crisis and disruption of supply chains, it risks a resumption of full-scale war. The Trump administration has rejected Iran’s suggestion for negotiating an end to the blockade followed by a…
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by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | May 6, 2026 | CBP, Deportations, DHS, Fees and Fines, Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act, News, Project Homecoming, Trump Administration
Sanchez was already nervous about receiving a letter from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, but nothing could prepare him for seeing the dollar amount the government said he owed them: $1,820,252.00 The Cuban landscaper, who came to the United States with his family 20 years ago, was floored. The Arizona Mirror isn’t identifying Sanchez by his full name because he fears he will be…
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by Brad Reed | May 4, 2026 | Election Denial, Election Deniers, elections, MAGA, News, Republicans, The Big Lie, Trump Administration, Voter Rolls
As President Donald Trump continues to push Republicans to aggressively gerrymander ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, a new analysis has found more than 50 candidates running for key offices who have in the past engaged in efforts to nullify election results. As reported by NPR on Monday, election watchdog States United Action has released a report showing that election-denying candidates…
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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 Jon Queally | May 2, 2026 | cuba, Donald Trump, Miguel Díaz-Canel, News, Sanctions, Trump Administration, War
President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez of Cuba on Saturday responded with stark and defiant words to the latest attacks coming from U.S. President Donald Trump, who on Friday signed a new executive order authorizing even more aggressive sanctions against the island nation and later threatened to invade the country. “The President of the United States escalates his threats of military aggression…
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by Mike Ludwig | Apr 30, 2026 | Activism, big tech, Civil Rights, Delia Ramirez, Democrats, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, doxxing, EFF, Facebook, Fascism, First Amendment, free speech, Google, ICE, Israel, Meta, News, Privacy, Reddit, Social Media, spying, Spyware, Summer Lee, Surveillance, Technology, Trump Administration
Lawmakers and privacy advocates are demanding answers from the Trump administration about its weaponization of digital tools and popular web platforms to spy on critics and activists. Targets have included a student who attended a pro-Palestine protest and anonymous web users posting about President Donald Trump’s violent immigration crackdown, but the administration’s secret systems of…
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