3 h. ago Gray wolf is latest victim of Trump’s retaliation campaign, Colorado says

Democrats say the Trump administration is mounting a politically motivated campaign against the state over 2020 election

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8 h. ago Man freed after Minneapolis immigration raid says he now fears leaving home

A man who fled civil war in Liberia as a child says he has been afraid to leave his Minneapolis home since being released from an immigration detention center following his arrest during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown

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10 h. ago ‘You don’t want this smoke’: US sheriff reflects on her viral remarks about ICE

Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal’s words have become a rallying cry against Trump’s immigration crackdown“You don’t want this smoke,” Rochelle Bilal, Philadelphia’s sheriff, warned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during an 8 January press conference. Her words have since become a rallying cry for resistance to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. At the conference with Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s district attorney, and city council members, Bilal spoke out against the 7 January fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. “We stand here today with all those who stand against the made-up, fake, what you can call ICE, professional law enforcement,” she said at the conference. “I don’t call them none of that. I call them made-up, fake, wannabe law enforcement. Because what they do is against not only legal law, but the moral law.”Bilal is part of a growing body of elected officials who are speaking out against the Trump administ...

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13 h. ago Climate activist predicts high electricity prices and Trump's attacks on green energy will hurt GOP

Longtime climate activist Bill McKibben finds hope in solar energy despite the Trump administration rolling back environmental regulations and freezing offshore wind projects

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13 h. ago The Republicans’ latest Clinton stunt will not work | Arwa Mahdawi

Focusing on the ex-president won’t distract Americans from the Trump administration’s foot-dragging on the Epstein filesI’ve got a sneaking suspicion that, somewhere in a makeshift situation room in Mar-a-Lago, there’s a whiteboard with “very high IQ strategies to distract everyone from Jeffrey Epstein” written on the top.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Tony Blair ‘honoured’ to be part of Donald Trump’s efforts to rebuild Gaza

The former prime minister was listed alongside high-profile Trump administration officials.

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16 h. ago Tony Blair 'honoured' after appointment to Donald Trump's ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza

Former Prime Minister named alongside high-profile Trump administration officials as a founding member of board to lead long-term peace efforts in the Middle East

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16 h. ago Tony Blair ‘honoured’ to be part of Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza

The former prime minister was listed alongside high-profile Trump administration officials.

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18 h. ago US House candidate buys nazis.us domain to redirect visitors to homeland security

Mark Davis, running in Florida, says he bought domain because Republican party had gone ‘full fascist’A Florida congressional candidate says he bought the online domain nazis.us and set it up to redirect visitors to the US Department of Homeland Security, under whom federal agents have been carrying out brutal immigration crackdowns at the behest of the Trump administration.Mark Davis, who says he is running as a Democrat for Republican Vern Buchanan’s seat in November’s midterms, took responsibility for the ploy in a Friday X post – as polling showed most Americans believe the killing of Minneapolis woman Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent demonstrated problems with the way ICE has been operating. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Sir Tony Blair appointed to Donald Trump's ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza

Sir Tony’s named alongside high-profile Trump administration officials as a founding member of the founding executive board” to lead long-term peace efforts in the Middle East

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23 h. ago Minnesota leaders decry targeting by US justice department over ICE turmoil

Governor Tim Walz says ‘weaponizing the justice system is an authoritarian tactic’ as he and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey reportedly will be subpoenaedThe US justice department is investigating Minnesota’s political leaders for allegedly conspiring to obstruct the Trump administration’s controversial immigration crackdown there, according to multiple reports.The investigation, which CBS News first reported, marks an extraordinary use of federal power to challenge two of the crackdown’s most vocal Democratic critics, including the state’s governor, Tim Walz, and the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago US justice department to inquire into Minnesota leaders for alleged conspiracy to obstruct ICE

Tim Walz, state’s Democratic governor and Jacob Frey, Minneapolis mayor, have been vocal critics of immigration crackdownThe US justice department is investigating Minnesota’s political leaders for allegedly conspiring to obstruct the Trump administration’s controversial immigration crackdown there, according to multiple reports.The investigation, which CBS News first reported, marks an extraordinary use of federal power to challenge two of the crackdown’s most vocal Democratic critics, including the state’s governor, Tim Walz, and the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Former PM Sir Tony Blair chosen by Donald Trump for Gaza ‘Board of Peace’

Sir Tony’s name appeared alongside high-profile Trump administration officials, as a founding member of the Gaza ‘Board of Peace’.

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29 h. ago White House announces Gaza ‘board of peace’ with Tony Blair, Jared Kushner and Marco Rubio

Body chaired by Trump tasked with overseeing reconstruction of Gaza and transitional administrationThe White House has released a list of officials appointed by Donald Trump to what he’s calling a “board of peace”, tasked with overseeing the reconstruction of Gaza, and its transitional administration.The names included US secretary of state Marco Rubio, former British prime minister Tony Blair, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff, the White House said. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Trump administration delays plan to withhold wages for student loan borrowers in default

The Trump administration is delaying its plans to withhold pay from student loan borrowers who default on their payments, backing off a measure that threatened to deliver a financial blow to millions of Americans

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33 h. ago Joanna Lumley slams Donald Trump's team for 'leaning on' UK over sick trophy hunting

The Ab Fab star joined Downton actor Peter Egan in speaking out after the Trump administration

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33 h. ago US cities increasingly compelled to police abuses by immigration agents

Federal agents face widespread accusations of misconduct – but Trump administration leaders won’t prosecute themUS politics live – latest updatesUS citizens and permanent residents: have you been racially profiled by ICE?Rochelle Bilal, Philadelphia’s sheriff, warned ICE agents last week: “If any of them want to come in this city and commit a crime, you will not be able to hide.“Nobody will whisk you off,” she said. “You don’t want this smoke, ’cause we will bring it to you.” Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Trump team discussing ‘recalibrating’ its immigration agenda after disastrous ICE blowback: report

President reportedly does not like how the public perceives his mass immigration agenda but wants to continue mass deportations

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35 h. ago People in Minneapolis and St Paul: what is life like in the Twin Cities right now?

We want to hear from people in Minnesota about the surge of thousands of federal immigration agents in the areaThousands of federal immigration agents have been sent into Minneapolis in recent days, with protests taking place in Minnesota and across the country in response to last week’s shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer.The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing federal immigration authorities in Minnesota of racial profiling and unlawful arrests. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Press advocates condemn Pentagon move to seize editorial control of Stars and Stripes

Trump administration struck policy requiring news outlet to have civilian editor and independent ombudsmanPress freedom advocates have condemned a move by the Pentagon to seize editorial control of the independent Stars and Stripes newspaper, a daily publication for service members that has covered the US armed forces since the US civil war.The Trump administration announced on Thursday that the outlet would no longer cover “woke distractions”, and instead “modernize its operations and adapt to serve a new generation of service members”. Continue reading...

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