After winning the Tory leadership, Boris Johnson will succeed Theresa May as Britain's next prime minister. Amid Gov. Rosselló's refusal to resign, hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans protested in the streets of San Juan yesterday. The ICE raids that targeted thousands of families in the
A slip of the tongue may best explain Trump's collective foreign policy: to align the United States with white nations. Secretary of State Pompeo calls China's large-scale detention of Muslims and other minorities the human rights "stain of the century." From a meeting
Trump says the Navy shot down an Iranian drone that came within 1,000 yards of a US warship, a claim Iran denies, saying none of its drones have been lost, and that the US may have downed one of its own drones. The EPA has rejected a ban on
The White House’s immigration policies follow a model pioneered by the European Union and Australia. What the US-China trade war is really about: Huawei's communications technologies and the future of Taiwan. “Send her back” joins “build that wall” as the latest Trump rally chant. On the
Federal prosecutors won’t bring criminal charges against the New York City cop who choked Eric Garner to death. "Trump appeared in a live-action remake of racial comments," and other handy euphemisms for white supremacists. Snopes stops saying "fake news," as the term is too
The White House projects the deficit to surpass $1 trillion for the first time in US history. A new Trump rule effectively kills asylum protections for most migrants at our southern border. Democrats will censure the president for doubling down on remarks that four of its members “go back” to
Now 40 miles off the coast of Lafayette, La., Hurricane Barry is currently a Category 1, and is expected to make landfall sometime today. A Palantir user manual shows how the secretive company, which manages information for ICE and other government agencies, uses data to identify and track individuals. A
Tropical Storm Barry presents New Orleans with an unprecedented problem: a Mississippi river cresting at 19 feet. Secretary of Labor R. Alexander Acosta steps down amid criticism of the Jeffrey Epstein plea deal. See also: R. Kelly arrested on a 13-count federal indictment of child pornography and sex trafficking
The ICE raids that were postponed a few weeks ago are now scheduled to begin on Sunday. Today's White House social media summit won't include anyone from Facebook or Twitter, but will have invitees from a site once popular with neo-nazis. Photos from yesterday'
Migrant arrests at the US-Mexico border fell 28% in June after reaching a 13-year high in May. Mexico's finance minister quit abruptly, saying the current administration's policymaking was not "based on evidence." The Affordable Care Act is being challenged in court again.
