Trump officials reportedly reach $5m settlement in January 6 wrongful death suit Family sought $30m in damages after Ashli Babbitt was fatally shot by police during 2021 US Capitol breach The Guardian - US · May 19, 2025
US Top Court Allows Lifting Of Legal Protections For Venezuelans The US Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration on Monday to end legal protections that have shielded some 350,000 Venezuelans from potential deportation. International Business Times · May 19, 2025
Supreme Court Allows DHS to Suspend Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans The latest SCOTUS order shows the justices are taking a more nuanced approach to district court injunctions of Trump Administration policies than its critics, left or right. Reason · May 19, 2025
Hundreds Of Thousands Of Venezuelans Can Be Deported After Supreme Court Allows Revoking of TPS The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Trump administration can revoke temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the U.S. Latin Times · May 19, 2025
Pope Leo XIV receives White House invitation in meeting with JD Vance US vice-president delivers letter from Donald and Melania Trump during talks with pontiff at the Vatican The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2025
Judge reverses Trump administration takeover of Institute of Peace - Roll Call A federal judge in Washington issued an order Monday that wipes out the Trump administration’s takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace. Roll Call · May 19, 2025
Eisenhower Warned Us About the 'Scientific Elite' The Trump administration's plans to slash science funding could end up liberating researchers from the corrupting influence Dwight Eisenhower warned about. Reason · May 19, 2025
JD Vance invites Pope Leo to the White House on behalf of Trump during first meeting Vice president’s closed-door meeting with U.S.-born pontiff comes almost a month after he met with the late Pope Francis The Independent UK · May 19, 2025
Cutting HIV aid means undercutting US foreign and economic interests − Nigeria shows the human costs A little over two decades ago, addressing Nigeria’s HIV crisis topped U.S. President George W. Bush’s priorities. Africa’s most populous nation had 3.5 million HIV cases, and the disease threatened to destabilize the region and ultimately compromise U.S. interests. These interests included securing access to Nigeria’s substantial oil reserves, maintaining… The Conversation · May 19, 2025
Bigotry, Hypocrisy, and Trump's Admission of Afrikaners as Refugees The Administration isn't wrong to admit white South African migrants. But it is wrong to exclude all other refugees, including many fleeing far worse discrimination and oppression. Reason · May 18, 2025
The world must speak out against Israel’s brutal war and Gaza’s suffering THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Trump administration’s proposal to relocate Palestinians to Libya is a grotesque injustice. The world must act to prevent a historic crime and further catastrophe The Independent UK · May 17, 2025
Supreme Court Issues Ruling Temporarily Blocking Alien Enemies Act Deportations The ruling held that migrants detained under AEA had not been given adequate notice of their potential deportation. It also reflects the Court's growing distrust of the Trump Administration. Reason · May 16, 2025
Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ at a crucial juncture The bill proposes sweeping changes, including Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and enacting deep cuts to social programmes. Al Jazeera · May 16, 2025
Afrikaners' arrival in US as refugees sparks international debate Amid a refugee resettlement freeze, 59 Afrikaners arrived in the US, welcomed by Trump officials, sparking debates over discrimination and refugee policies. Euronews · May 16, 2025
Latin Times · May 16, 2025 Chuck Schumer Slams Trump Admin Over Deal With Family Of 'El Chapo' Guzman: 'Come Right In' Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer slammed the Trump administration over its apparent deal to let in over a dozen family members of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman
The Independent UK · May 16, 2025 Takeaways from AP's report on Afghan refugees in Virginia Religious groups have long been at the heart of U.S. refugee resettlement work that is now in peril
The Independent UK · May 16, 2025 Trump policy moves worry Afghan refugees in US military town and Christian groups that assist them The Trump administration’s suspension of the federal refugee program has upended the lives of many Afghans who worked with the United States during wartime
Radio France Internationale · May 16, 2025 France draws US scientists amid Trump cuts but slashes €1bn at home Following President Donald Trump’s slashing of research budgets, France has been recruiting scientists from the United States, while climate scientists who arrived in France during the first Trump administration have found opportunities to continue their work. However, some French scientists are questioning the value of spending on foreign recruitment in…
Euronews · May 16, 2025 US loses business travellers with demand dampened by political turmoil Many fear that policies from the Trump administration are hurting the US' soft power and dampening demand to visit the country.
The Independent UK · May 16, 2025 US wants to withhold details in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. Judge will hear arguments A federal judge in Maryland will hear arguments over whether the Trump administration can invoke the state secrets privilege in the court case involving Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Latin Times · May 15, 2025 Trump-Appointed Justice Turns On Admin to Grill Top Official on Ending Birthright Citizenship Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett challenged the Trump administration's solicitor in a hearing on the legality of nationwide injunctions.
Texas Observer · May 15, 2025 Shipped to El Salvador: An Austin Immigration Lawyer on Her Teen Client’s Forced ‘Disappearance’ “Due process hasn’t been protected. The process that is set in place in this country that is the basis and foundation of our legal system was not allowed to work.”
The Independent UK · May 15, 2025 Seattle judge rescinds order directing Trump administration to admit 12,000 refugees A judge has rescinded an order that would have required the Trump administration to admit some 12,000 refugees into the United States
The Independent UK · May 15, 2025 Alina Habba taunted with boos and shouts of ‘shame’ as she arrives at hearing for arrested Newark mayor Ras Baraka says he was ‘targeted’ by the Trump administration with politically motivated selective prosecution
The Guardian - US · May 15, 2025 Republicans say they want more American babies – but which kind? Trump administration policies on immigration, families and children have been pockmarked by contradictions