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Building the Deportation Machine for Trump 2.0

Ahead of Trump’s second term, Democratic and Republican lawmakers are advancing sweeping measures to make life harder for immigrants.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of Defense, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill Jan. 14, 2025. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio Get a Pass on Suffering in Gaza

The secretaries of defense and state will play key roles in U.S. policy on Israel, but they faced little scrutiny on Palestinian suffering.

Men inspect their home following an Israeli airstrike in Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip, on January 15, 2025, as the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement continues. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via AP)

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Gaza Changed the World

There is no more status quo, no going back, and yet, after the ceasefire, so much will remain the same.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators face of with a line of police outside the Stata Center at MIT, Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. Police detained at least three members of a group of close to 100 demonstrators who held signs criticizing MIT for research they claim was being conducted for Israeli military drones. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

Israel’s War on Gaza

MIT Shuts Down Internal Grant Database After It Was Used to Research School’s Israel Ties

Israel’s War on Gaza

A Deal Too Late: Israel Agrees to the Ceasefire It Rejected Months Ago, Thousands More Died

Trump Decried This Law as a Deep State Spy Weapon. His Nominees Sure Seem to Love It.

FILE - Republican candidate for U.S. House of Representatives Bo Hines, of North Carolina, waves to the crowd before former President Donald Trump takes the stage at a rally Saturday, April 9, 2022, in Selma, N.C. Hines on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023 filed candidacy papers with federal elections officials and released a video for his bid in the 6th Congressional District. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File)

Does This Trump Crypto Appointee Even Have Crypto Experience? Yes, With a Trump-Themed Meme Coin.

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Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and National Director of the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL), speaking at the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) "Never is Now" conference in New York City at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

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ADL Chief Invokes Pager Attack as Inspiration for Taking on Internet Trolls

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 27: Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk raises his hands as he takes the stage during a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, at Madison Square Garden on October 27, 2024 in New York City. Trump closed out his weekend of campaigning in New York City with a guest list of speakers that includes his running mate Republican Vice Presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Tesla CEO Elon Musk, UFC CEO Dana White, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, among others, nine days before Election Day. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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My Ban From X Is About One Simple Thing: Elon Musk Controlling the Flow of Information

Jacqueline Sweet

Politics

Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Director, Office of Management and Budget, responds to questions during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

White House Budget Office Nominee Tries to Whitewash Trump’s First Term

Jessica Washington

Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, speaks at the 2023 Margaret Thatcher Freedom Lecture in Washington, April 12, 2023.

SCOTUS Won’t Hear the Real Reason Porn Age-Verification Laws Are Spreading

The War on Immigrants

Congress Considers Putting Ken Paxton in Charge of Choosing Who to Deport

Israel’s War on Gaza

The TikTok Ban Is Also About Hiding Pro-Palestinian Content. Republicans Said So Themselves.

Jessica Washington

Justice

Rupert Murdoch talks with the media in London, Friday, July 15, 2011.

The Trump DOJ Loved Leaking, as Long as It Was to Rupert Murdoch’s Newspapers

Out for Blood

She Lost Her Dad to Trump’s Killing Spree. Now She Wants Biden to Clear His Name.

Victoria Valenzuela

President-elect Donald Trump is sentenced to an "unconditional discharge" following his conviction in the Stormy Daniels hush money criminal case.

A Tale of Two Justice Systems: Only Trump Gets Convicted of 34 Felonies and Receives No Punishment

Jessica Washington

Fans leave the Caesars Superdome with a large presence of security after the Sugar Bowl NCAA College Football Playoff game, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Everyone’s Making Millions But the Super Bowl Haltime Show Wants to Hire New Orleans Locals for $12 an Hour

National Security

Fire vehicles surround the valet area of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada where active-duty Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger detonated a Cybertruck on January 1, 2025.

U.S. Military Service Is the Strongest Predictor of Carrying Out Extremist Violence

Ridge, N.Y.: A drone is seen over Ridge, New York, on Thursday evening, on Dec. 12, 2024.(Photo by Grant Parpan/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

America Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine: Drone Terror

A demonstrator holds a banner depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu behind bars reading "Accused" during a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians and Lebanon and calling on Spain to cease exporting arms to Israel, in Madrid, on December 15, 2024. (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP) (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

U.S. Defied Spanish Embargo on Arms Bound for Israel by Making Enforcement More Difficult

Natasha Lennard

The US District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, is seen ahead of a plea hearing by Alexanda Kotey, a member of the notorious Islamic State kidnapping cell dubbed the "Beatles," where he is expected to enter a guilty plea to charges of conspiring to murder four American hostages, September 2, 2021. - Alexanda Kotey, a member of the notorious Islamic State kidnapping cell dubbed the "Beatles," was expected to plead guilty Thursday in a US court to charges of conspiring to murder four American hostages.
The federal court in Alexandria, Virginia outside Washington posted a notice this week for a "change of plea" hearing for Kotey, a former British national and one of two kidnap cell members brought to the United States for trial. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

Judge Reverses Decision to Release Alleged CIA Leaker Ahead of Trial

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An illustration of a man with a walker gazing through a hole in his wall.

Queer, HIV-Positive, and Running Out of Medication in Gaza

Afeef Nessouli, Steven W. Thrasher

A Syrian woman called Um Imad holds up a passport photo at Syria's Palestine Branch prison in Damascus, where her daughter was held for months, on December 17, 2024.

Searching for Justice and the Missing in the New Syria

U.S. and Nigerian officials join to celebrate $38 million in Kainji Air Force Base improvements, in part to support A-29 Super Tucano warplanes supplied by the U.S., on April 27, 2023.

Nigeria’s Military Gets Billions in U.S. Aid. On Christmas Day, It Bombed Its Own Civilians Again.

A screenshot of a video posted by Al Jazeera showing Dr. Abu Safiya leaving Kamal Adwan hospital.

Israel’s War on Gaza

The Scramble to Find the Gaza Doctor in the White Coat

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Government Sites Across the U.S. Are Awash in Hardcore Porn

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) and Facebook's Vice President of Global Public Policy, Joel Kaplan (R) chat after leaving a meeting with Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) in his office on Capitol Hill on September 19, 2019 in Washington, DC.

Leaked Meta Rules: Users Are Free to Post “Mexican Immigrants Are Trash!” or “Trans People Are Immoral”

To Ban TikTok, Supreme Court Would Rank “National Security” Before First Amendment

Congress Loves Crypto. So Why Do So Few Members Buy It?

Environment

A home burns during the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, on January 8, 2025.

LA Budgeted Money For Cop Jobs While Cutting Fire Department Positions. Now the City Is Burning.

Schuyler Mitchell

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 14: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a climate event at the White House complex November 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. Biden spoke on his administration’s efforts to address the global climate crisis and the Fifth National Climate Assessment. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

EPA Staffers Demand Biden Release Climate Funds Withheld Over Gaza

TRIANGLE, VIRGINIA - APRIL 22: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on Earth Day at Prince William Forest Park on April 22, 2024 in Triangle, Virginia. Biden, along with Sens. Bernie Sanders (D-VT), Edward Markey (D-MA), and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), announced a seven billion dollar "Solar For All" program with the Environmental Protection Agency and an American Climate Corps initiative, while commemorating the 54th anniversary of Earth Day, started in 1970 to raise awareness and support for environmental protection. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Biden Makes His Own Attack on Nonprofit Over Palestine

The FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Program Has a New Target: Animal Rights Activists