by Alexandra Martinez | Nov 8, 2025 | big tech, ICE, immigration, Israel, News, Surveillance, Trump Administration
Civil rights attorneys are suing the Trump administration to force the release of records detailing whether federal immigration agencies are using sophisticated Israeli spyware to track, monitor, and target immigrants and activists across the country. The lawsuit, filed on Oct. 30 in federal court by Just Futures Law and the Center for Constitutional Rights, demands that Immigration and…
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by Amy Goodman | Nov 7, 2025 | Donald Trump, Emergency Powers, Interview, John Roberts, Supreme Court, Tariffs, Trump Administration, Voting Rights
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week in a case challenging President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with plaintiffs arguing that his unilateral levies on imported goods violate the Constitution, which grants Congress the power to impose taxes and regulate foreign commerce. The Trump administration has justified his unprecedented use of tariffs under a 1977 law known as the International…
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by Mike Ludwig | Nov 7, 2025 | AI, big tech, Economy, News Analysis, OpenAI, Trump Administration
Hype around artificial intelligence, or AI, could be about to collide with reality. Watchdogs are blasting the sense of “corporate entitlement” displayed by the OpenAI leaders as they make public gaffes and investors grow increasingly wary that the AI bubble propping up the economy could burst. In a social media post on November 6, OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar appeared to walk…
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by Michael Fox | Nov 7, 2025 | Barbados, Boat Strikes, Carribbean, Latin America, mexico, News, Nicolás Maduro, Trump Administration, Venezuela
The tiny Caribbean island nation of Barbados — with a population roughly the size of Anchorage, Alaska, or Lincoln, Nebraska — might not be the country one would first imagine taking the lead to stand up to U.S. military actions and ambitions in the region. But as the Trump administration continues to attack boats, first in the Caribbean Sea and now in the Pacific, leaders in Barbados have been…
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by Erin Reed | Nov 7, 2025 | LGBTQ Rights, News, nonbinary, passports, Supreme Court, Trans Rights, Trump Administration
In a ruling issued from the shadow docket, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority sided with the Trump administration on an emergency request on transgender passport restrictions — a process historically reserved for true national crises but increasingly deployed to fast-track administration policies. In the unsigned decision, the majority asserted that banning transgender people’s correct…
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by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg | Nov 7, 2025 | CBP, Deportations, DHS, Donald Trump, ICE, immigration, News, Trump Administration, US Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it’s received more than 35,000 applications for the position of “Homeland Defender” since it began its hiring campaign in September. “USCIS is cutting bureaucratic red tape to hire fiercely dedicated, America-first patriots to serve on the front lines and hold the line against terrorists, criminal aliens, and bad actors intent on…
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