Exclusive: Rubio's secret squeeze on Raul Castro's Cuba The talks show that the Trump administration sees 94-year-old revolutionary Raul Castro as the communist island's true decision-maker. Axios · Feb 18
Eleven killed in narcoboat strikes amid Trump’s Latin America drug war US strikes on three alleged drug boats kill 11, escalating Trump’s campaign against narcotraffickers in South American coastal waters. Euronews · Feb 18
Lawsuits challenge renewed push for oil drilling in Alaska petroleum reserve and upcoming lease sale Conservation organizations and an Iñupiat group have filed legal challenges to the Trump administration’s renewed push for oil and gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and an upcoming lease sale The Independent UK · Feb 18
Trump news at a glance: Hillary Clinton urges Trump administration to release millions of withheld Epstein files ‘We have nothing to hide,’ former secretary of state says ahead of her and Bill Clinton’s congressional depositions next week The Guardian - US · Feb 18
Judge blocks deportation of Palestinian activist who led protests at Columbia An immigration judge has dismissed the Trump administration’s deportation case against Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian graduate student and Columbia protest leader The Independent UK · Feb 17
Planned Parenthood’s no-show rates in Minnesota spike as pregnant women avoid ICE, report says Medical providers across the region say patients and staff are afraid of being arrested by immigration agents The Independent UK · Feb 17
The Clintons agreed to testify about Epstein, and what Hillary just told makes it clear they’re not going down quietly Shots fired. We Got This Covered · Feb 17
Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks, lawsuit argues Conservation and historical organizations are suing the Trump administration over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America’s national parks The Independent UK · Feb 17
Trump and Maryland Gov. Moore trade barbs over Potomac River sewage spill blame Trump slammed state and local officials for not requesting help. Moore said the Trump administration "failed to act" over the spill. Axios · Feb 17
More third-country nationals deported to nation they have no ties to Their lawyer says deporting them to a third country is effectively a legal ‘loophole’ The Independent UK · Feb 16
Tiny island’s climate reparations proposal labelled 'major threat' to US industry Vanuatu wants a vote on its UN climate reparations plan in March, but the Trump administration is urging nations to oppose it. Euronews · Feb 16
Trump news at a glance: Danish PM believes US president still wants to own Greenland Mette Frederiksen and her Greenlandic counterpart, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, said the pressure on the island’s people was “unacceptable”. Key US politics stories from 14 February at a glance The Guardian - US · Feb 15
Federal judge orders Trump administration to bring back deportees The Judge pointed out that the Trump Administration violated constitutional rights. We Got This Covered · Feb 14
Find Out How Being Married Could Keep You From Cashing In Your 2K Dividend Check Here's a look at what's currently known about the proposed dividend and how your filing status could get in the way. GOBankingRates · Feb 14
The Guardian - US · Feb 14 Venezuelan deportee can return to US but fears repeat of ordeal: ‘I’m not over that nightmare yet’ Luis Muñoz Pinto, 27, who was sent to notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador, would like to clear his name after US judge’s ruling
The Guardian - US · Feb 14 What is it about Minnesota that made it a target for Trump’s ICE crackdown? The Democratic-leaning midwestern state where federal agents killed two citizens is in many ways anathema to the administration
The Independent UK · Feb 13 Minnesotans welcome the immigration surge drawdown but remain vigilant The Trump administration is scaling back its immigration enforcement surge in and around the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, but state officials and residents say its effects on Minnesota’s economy and immigrant communities will linger
Euronews · Feb 13 US orders its largest aircraft carrier to Middle East in show of force to Tehran The USS Gerald R Ford, the world’s most advanced carrier, is redeployed to the Middle East as Washington signals it is keeping military options open on Iran.
Reason · Feb 12 Judge Preliminarily Blocks Military Disciplinary Measures Against Senator (and Retired Navy Captain) Mark Kelly An excerpt from Judge Richard Leon's long (and exclamation-point-filled) opinion today in Kelly v. Hegseth (D.D.C.): United States Senator Mark… The post Judge Preliminarily Blocks Military Disciplinary Measures Against Senator (and Retired Navy Captain) Mark Kelly appeared first on Reason.com.
The Independent UK · Feb 12 Trump administration reaches a trade deal to lower Taiwan's tariff barriers Taiwan has reached a trade deal with the United States that cuts almost all of its tariff barriers
The Independent UK · Feb 12 A timeline of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minnesota The Trump administration is ending Operation Metro Surge, a sweeping immigration crackdown in Minnesota that sparked weeks of protests and left two U.S. citizens dead
The Independent UK · Feb 12 Kristi Noem struggles to compete with protesters and sirens blaring during theatrical press conference decorated with drug props Noem was at the southern border in California Thursday to tout the Trump administration’s drug-seizure efforts
The Independent UK · Feb 12 Judge says US must help bring back a handful of Venezuelans deported to notorious prison A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to make arrangements to allow some of the Venezuelan migrants flown to a notorious prison in El Salvador to return to the U
The Independent UK · Feb 12 Trump rolls back the clock again and returns car and power pollution to American skies ANALYSIS: Rescinding the 2009 rule will leave Americans to pay a high price — up to nearly $4 trillion by 2055, and a health risk to tens of millions, writes Julia Musto
The Conversation · Feb 12 Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the evidence says otherwise The Trump administration took a major step in its efforts to unravel America’s climate policies on Feb. 12, 2026, when it moved to rescind the 2009 endangerment finding – a formal determination that six greenhouse gases that drive climate change, including carbon dioxide and methane from burning fossil fuels, endanger…