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Federal prosecutors announced charges against 15 protesters in Minnesota on Tuesday, accusing them of “conspiring to interfere with law enforcement” during the ICE surge in Minnesota earlier this year. buff.ly/f34EKbh
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The U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota began his presser by asserting that “political violence is a national scourge in our times.” He was not, however, referring to the violence of agents who shot and killed Alex Pretti and Renee Good, but about anti-ICE protests.
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Members of Iran’s national soccer team were forced to fly back to Mexico immediately after playing their opening World Cup game. Their late-night flight left the team traveling in the late hours of Monday into early Tuesday morning. truthout.org/articles/irans-…
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Additionally, winger Mehdi Torabi’s U.S. visa expired Monday night, leaving the team uncertain if he will be able to return to the U.S. for the team’s subsequent two games. Torabi was issued only one single-entry visa instead of the multiple-entry visas given to other players.
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Donald Trump’s name has been removed from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., after a judge ruled its addition was illegal. buff.ly/3P1ag30
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Trump is facing a choice: Ending the war with Iran, which is tanking his popularity and the economy, or continuing his deference to Israel. buff.ly/CFi24AC
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Maersk has continued to ship weapons to Israel amid its genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, despite claiming otherwise. truthout.org/articles/maersk…
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Elon Musk marked his looming trillionaire status by using X to whip up anti‑immigrant mobs in Belfast, where far‑right violence has burned dozens of people out of their homes.
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Within seven months, two separate recalls of baby formula linked to infant botulism have heightened alarm about formula safety and exposed apparent gaps in federal oversight of infant food production.
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Nonconsensual drug testing of pregnant people has funneled tens of thousands into criminalization and family surveillance, and advocates warn New York must finally pass informed-consent protections instead of repeating its failures.
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A new report finds Maersk is still moving key weapons components like bullet parts and bomb bodies to Israel, despite its claim to have stopped such shipments—fueling outrage from activists who link the cargo to killings of Palestinian children.
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Is Affordability a Climate Issue? Philadelphia Hunger Strikers Said Yes.
A recent hunger strike in Philadelphia demonstrated the expanding scope of environmental justice organizing.
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FIFA plans a youth tournament opener featuring Israel vs. Palestine, a symbolic move drawing attention. President Gianni Infantino also faces criticism for alleged ties and favoritism toward Trump and other autocratic leaders.
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A federal judge found that the EPA unlawfully canceled its climate justice grant program but stopped short of ordering it restarted or extending the deadline to award grants, leaving communities without the promised funding.
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The DOJ has signed off on a $111 billion Paramount–Warner Bros. merger, sparking fears that Trump-aligned billionaire owners will tighten their grip on CNN and CBS, as free press advocate Craig Aaron warns of growing media consolidation.
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Obama says he doubts any Trump-brokered “deal” to end the Iran war will meaningfully improve on the 2015 agreement, and criticizes Trump’s foreign policy for trying to “bully our way” to solutions.
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Public backlash and bad “optics” helped deter moves to invoke the Insurrection Act or suspend habeas corpus, proof that public pushback and agitation still matter, as law professor Leah Litman urges people to “keep it up.”
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