Sweep Archives Two

Work and payments at universities, businesses and non-profits disrupted nationwide after executive orders

The US president last week announced plans to expand the detention of migrants at the base in Cuba.

Attorney general Rob Bonta tells Guardian that health providers have duty to provide gender-affirming treatment amid Trump attacks

Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-ytAn executive order that purports to combat antisemitism on university campuses is likely to chill…

Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-ytSecretary of State Marco Rubio is visiting Latin America on his first foreign trip in his new pos…

It’s France vs. the rest on buying U.S. weapons.

Syria’s interim president is calling for international pressure on Israel to force it to withdraw from the buffer zone in southern Syria.

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El Salvador has agreed to house violent US criminals and receive deportees of any nationality, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday, in an unprecedented – and legally problematic deal – that has alarmed critics and rights groups.

FBI officials have complied with demands to provide the Justice Department with details of thousands of employees who worked on investigations related to the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot, according to people familiar with the situation.

The impact of the billionaire’s declaration has been swift and brutal, with food and crucial drugs abandoned in warehouses, vital programmes closed and workers laid off

President Donald Trump has suggested that displaced Palestinians in Gaza be permanently resettled outside the war-torn territory and proposed the U.S. take “ownership” in redeveloping the area.

The US president has unveiled a plan for the US to take long-term ownership of the Gaza Strip. Here are are the key points from the press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu

The rebels say they will not seize any further territory but will protect their positions.

Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-ytElon Musk, the tech billionaire and unelected adviser to President Donald Trump, is asserting con…

Panama President José Raúl Mulino has so far rejected Trump’s demands to hand canal control back to the United States.

Revoking TPS puts hundreds of thousands of people at risk of deportation.

Officials are discussing executive order as part of efforts by Musk’s Doge team to seize control of federal spending

Germany’s opposition conservative leader says his party will not work with the far right if – as expected – the conservatives win this month’s national elect…

In this video, Professor Wolff explores the growing divide in MAGA, where donors on the top push for cheap immigrant labor, while grassroots supporters, infl…

U.S. tariffs on Mexico and Canada will be put on hold for 30 days.

Ross Douthat sits down with Steve Bannon to discuss the many right-wing factions vying for dominance in the Trump administration.5:27 – From the Tea Party to…

Abdaljawad Omar returns to MAKC to discuss the ceasefire in Gaza, and other recent developments including the current IOF campaign in the West Bank.This is o…

US President Donald Trump has announced he is imposing tariffs on the US’ three largest trading partners – Canada, Mexico and China – starting on Saturday. T…

After US President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on goods coming into the US from Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a stern rebuke, detailin…

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday pledging to deport college students on educational visas who take part in protests in suppor…

Pakistan News: At least 18 soldiers were killed and five others injured in attacks by separatist militants in Balochistan’s Kalat district. Security forces managed t

President Trump’s DEI rollback targets Black History Month, fueling concerns over historical erasure. Historians warn this isn’t just about diversity—it’s about who controls America’s narrative.

After meeting with Maduro, Trump envoy Grenell announced that Venezuela will also begin receiving deported migrants back into the country.

The chair of Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party defeated Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler on the first ballot.

As Germans prepare to vote on Feb. 23, an almighty argument over whether mainstream parties should work with the anti-immigration AfD is threatening to upend politics in Europe’s most powerful demo…

Assault by the Rapid Support Forces in city of Omdurman also leaves more than 150 people wounded

A canopy collapse, which killed 15 people in the city of Novi Sad, has become a flashpoint reflecting wider discontent with the increasingly autocratic rule of populist President Aleksandar Vucic.

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to claim more territory in one of the world’s most mineral-rich territories.

Marco Rubio heads to Latin America on his first trip as secretary of state, including Panama, where President Trump wants control of the canal.

One America News Network would soon replace NBC News and Breitbart would swap with National Public Radio in coveted Pentagon press corps workspace under a plan shared with journalists Friday night.

Rohit Chopra had led the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since 2021. Consumer groups praised his leadership, while Republicans have frequently attacked the agency.

The US secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, indicated multiple jihadists were killed and no civilians were harmed

On Saturday, President Donald Trump made good on his promise to impose steep tariffs on America’s three largest trading partners — Canada, China and Mexico — citing a national emergency on the flow of fentanyl and undocumented immigrants into the United States.

Anti-Colonialism, Climate Change and Social Transformation In SenegalA critical dialogue with Ibrahima Thiam hosted by Kali Akuno.In March 2024, the Senegale…

CDU/CSU leader Friedrich Merz broke a postwar political taboo by working with the far-right party.

There is a good chance that inside your device is some metal dug up in a mine controlled by rebels.

Musk’s allies repeatedly demanded access to sensitive government payment systems, according to the Washington Post.

It’s the first known criminal charge against a physician under a state’s shield laws.

If enacted tariffs will increase inflation, slow economic growth, and result in US consumers footing the bill

If implemented, President Trump’s tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico could upend U.S. trade. These nine charts show what’s at stake, what comes next, and why it matters.

Seasoned members of the nation’s top law-enforcement agency are bracing for a mass expulsion as the president roots out anyone he sees as disloyal to him.

DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company, this week changed the global AI landscape, not to mention caused $1 trillion losses in the New York…

A non-binding motion to restrict immigration has sparked outrage after citizens said the conservative CDU/CSU broke a promise not to work with the far-right AfD. Protesters in Berlin gathered outside CDU headquarters.

Three people, including two women, from Haryana were among those who died in a stampede at the Mahakumbh mela in Prayagraj, in the early hours of Wednesday.

Three more Israeli and five Thai hostages have been released by Palestinian militants from captivity and returned to Israel, after being held for more than 15 months in Gaza.

José Raúl Mulino rules out talks on waterway with secretary of state: ‘That is sealed. The canal belongs to Panama’

More than a dozen civil servants detailed to NBC News their experiences over the past 10 days as Trump moves to quickly upend the federal workforce.

Unions and attorneys who represent federal employees are telling workers not to take the offer from the Trump administration to resign from their jobs by Feb. 6 and still be paid through September.

Canada and Mexico draw plans to mitigate effect of duties Trump has threatened, possibly sparking a trade war

Some of the aspiring health secretary’s answers suggested he may not fully understand how Medicaid works.

It’s an acceleration of Trump’s already unprecedented purge of the federal workforce.

On the campaign trail and beyond, Donald Trump and MAGA right have repeatedly presented themselves as the true representatives of America’s beleaguered worki…

Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-ytThe long-simmering conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo escalated this week when Rwan…

On his first full day back in power, Donald Trump trumpeted a 500-billion dollar plan to build giant data centers for artificial intelligence. The photo op p…

The top diplomats of China and India have called for their nations to provide further mutual support, but avoided making any public statements about a long-standing border dispute when they met Monday in Beijing.

The metaphorical clock measures how close humanity is to self-destruction, because of nuclear disaster, climate change, AI and misinformation.

The capture marks a sharp escalation in one of Africa’s longest wars, threatening to dramatically worsen a dire humanitarian crisis and spill into a wider regional conflict.

While crime has long been a problem in their neighborhood, Bronx residents said, immigration enforcement actions there are rare.

The order says the U.S. will not “fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support” transition-related care for minors, which it defines as those under age 19.

Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-ytAs U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres renews his call for an immediate halt to fighting in S…

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After a 48-hour delay to Israel’s opening of the Netzarim corridor, which connects northern Gaza to the rest of the enclave, tens of thousands displaced Palestinians are returning home. Drone footage shows the mass crowd of Palestinians travelling north with their belongings after months of exile in temporary camps due to the Israel-Hamas war.

The president spoke Monday afternoon about the new AI model that roiled the U.S. tech industry.

Donald Trump’s message to the world more broadly is that the United States is no longer a cooperative member of the global community.

Donald Trump will declare national energy emergency, with goal of allowing more energy production in Alaska.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 956 people on Sunday — the largest number of arrests on a single day by the Trump administration to date.