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What Should We Do If Trump Invokes the Insurrection Act?
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 “any recommendations regarding additional actions that may be…
Read MoreSupreme Court Lets Trump Continue Using Alien Enemies Act for Deportations
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…
Read MoreHer Husband Is Trapped in a Salvadoran Prison. She Has No Idea How to Get Him Back.
Courtesy Luz Zambrano Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On February 7, Luz Zambrano gave birth to her second child, Alana Samantha. She hadn’t expected to do so without her husband, Julio Zambrano Perez, by her side. But Luz went into labor only days…
Read MoreTrump Administration’s Food Aid Cuts “a Death Sentence for Millions,” WFP Says
Termination notices said that the contracts were being canceled “for the convenience of the US Government.”
Read MoreSCOTUS Allows Trump to Send Venezuelans to a Salvadoran Mega-Prison
A soldier stands guard at the Terrorist Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador.Salvador Melendez/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In a Monday evening ruling, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume the removals of Venezuelan migrants accused of being members of…
Read MoreHistory of Hollywood Red Scare Offers Insight Into Trump’s Free Speech Attacks
President Donald Trump, now well into his second term, is hell-bent on retribution, threatening journalists, political opponents, judges, academia, pro-Palestinian protesters, and more, with jail, budget cuts and deportation. His authoritarian crackdown on free speech and political dissent comes just as a new book is out documenting the FBI’s repression in Hollywood at the beginning…
Read MoreLegal US Resident Languishes in El Salvador Prison After SCOTUS Ruling
The Supreme Court has paused a lower court order that instructed the Trump administration to immediately bring back a U.S. legal resident who was “mistakenly” sent to El Salvador, giving the court more time to deliberate on the case. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was expelled from the U.S. on March 15 despite holding protected status,…
Read MoreTrump Is Trying to Axe Collective Bargaining for 1 Million Federal Employees
On Monday morning, lawyers for six trade unions that represent federal employees went to federal court in San Francisco, seeking a temporary restraining order against Trump’s recently signed executive order that aims to end collective bargaining rights for their members. Trump’s order is couched in the language of national security, asserting that a union presence…
Read MoreIsraeli Military Kills Palestinian American Child Living in the West Bank
After shooting 14-year-old Amer Rabee, Israeli soldiers blocked an ambulance from reaching him for more than 30 minutes.
Read MoreTrump Cuts to Federal Health Funding Thwart Cities’ and States’ Measles Response
Cities and states fighting a historic measles outbreak find themselves undermined by the Trump administration as they struggle to provide crucial vaccinations and overcome disinformation. As of this week, cases were nearing 650 in 22 states, on track to reach a 34-year high. A second unvaccinated child died of measles in West Texas last week.…
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