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Xi Warns Support for Taiwan Could Lead to Conflict Between China and US
Congress has approved a new $14 billion arms package for Taiwan, but Trump has not yet moved it forward.
Trump’s FDA Chief Is Pushed Out. Acting Head Is Nonscientist Friend of Don Jr.
Mass layoffs and the loss of scientific expertise had already thrown the Food and Drug Administration in turmoil.
Flotilla Activist Describes Kidnapping by Israel in International Waters
Saif Abukeshek was detained for 10 days after his boat, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, was intercepted by Israel.
Far Right Reform Party Saw Big Wins in UK Local Elections at Labor Party’s Cost
The Green Party also won control of several local councils, while Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces calls to resign.
Contractors Razed a 1,000-Year-Old Indigenous Site to Build Trump’s Border Wall
Bulldozers destroyed part of a Sonoran Desert intaglio that holds special significance for the Hia-Ced O’odham people.
GOP and SCOTUS Unleashed a “Gerrymandering Arms Race” at Expense of Black Voters
Without the Voting Rights Act, “multiracial democracy in America will be under threat forever,” reporter Ari Berman says.
Press Freedom Plummets in US, Reaches Crisis in Middle East and North Africa
“This isn’t just a Trump problem,” says Clayton Weimers, the North America director for Reporters Without Borders.
FCC Orders Early Review of ABC Licenses the Day After Trump Attacks Jimmy Kimmel
The only Democratic commissioner calls the move “the most offensive assault on the First Amendment so far by this FCC.”
Israel Continues to Detain Flotilla Members Intercepted in International Waters
“We saw a level of violence that I genuinely didn’t anticipate,” a flotilla member said after being detained by Israel.
TPS Holders Fear SCOTUS Ruling Could Send Them Back to Harm’s Way
The court heard oral arguments this week on Trump’s push to strip temporary protected status from Haitians and Syrians.