(2025-07-19). ICE deportation action lands Marshallese, Micronesians in Guantánamo 'terror' base. asiapacificreport.nz By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent United States immigration and deportation enforcement continues to ramp up, impacting on Marshallese and Micronesians in new and unprecedented ways. The Trump administration's directive to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest and deport massive numbers of potentially illegal aliens, including those with convictions from decades…
(2025-07-19). Why Trump's New Tariffs Went Easy on Indonesia. moderndiplomacy.eu As Donald Trump returns to the White House for a second term, his signature approach to foreign economic policy—tariff diplomacy—is once again remapping the global trade landscape. Yet amid sweeping new duties imposed on countries like China, Vietnam, and Mexico, one Southeast Asian nation stands out as an exception: Indonesia. Despite being a large exporter …
(2025-07-19). World Report] Millions to lose Medicaid coverage under new law. thelancet.com President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act makes the largest cuts to Medicaid since its creation, with doctors warning that patients will suffer. Susan Jaffe reports.
(2025-07-19). Trump, Tariffs, BRICS and ASEAN: Much Ado About What? moderndiplomacy.eu Authors: William J. Jones, Asia Brand*, Pattarakorn Songwarat** Since taking office again, President Donald Trump has been busy reshuffling relationships with American partners. The latest and most dramatic were his 'liberation day' tariffs, which looked set to undermine decades of trade relationships. He has also been commenting prolifically about BRICS and the 'threat' that BRICS …
(2025-07-19). NYT Obscured Worst Harms of Trump's Budget. scheerpost.com
(2025-07-19). Even Mike Huckabee is fed up with Israel. responsiblestatecraft.org 
Mike Huckabee is many things. A former Republican presidential candidate. The former governor of Arkansas. Father of the current governor of Arkansas. A Baptist minister.He is also the current U.S. Ambassador to Israel. President Donald Trump said he
(2025-07-19). Trump says more captives to be released from Gaza 'shortly'. newarab.com 
Another 10 captives will be released from Gaza shortly, U.S. President Trump made the comment during a dinner with lawmakers at the White House, lauding the efforts of his special envoy Steve Witkoff. | Israeli and Hamas negotiators have been taking part in the latest round of
(2025-07-19). Zhang Yongle: Reconfiguring Hegemony. newleftreview.org A view from China of the battle for America's ideological soul, pitting Trump, home-grown nemesis of Western liberal democracy, against Francis Fukuyama, subtlest philosopher of its world-historical triumph. Are these contrasted figures two manifestations of the same hegemonic principle?
(2025-07-19). Chris Hedges Report: Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump And Sexual Blackmail Networks. popularresistance.org Perhaps the biggest elephant in the room of American politics is the existence of a pedophilic blackmail network that involves some of the most powerful people in the country and the world. Despite efforts to get to the bottom of the Jeffrey Epstein case, which saw the trafficking and sexual exploitation of thousands of children, justice continues to be evaded and the cabal associated with Epstein — President Donald Trump notwithstanding — continues its conspiracy. | Nick Bryant is a journalist and author who first published Epstein's infamous "black book" in 2015 as well as Epstein's flight logs.
(2025-07-19). Trump's name on 2003 birthday letter to Epstein, WSJ reports. newarab.com 
The Journal reported that the letter was one of several included in a leather-bound album meant to celebrate Epstein's 50th birthday, about three years before sex-abuse allegations emerged against the financier.
(2025-07-19). Trump's Concentration Camps Are Not New To The United States. popularresistance.org Donald Trump is perhaps unique among modern presidents in his determination to fulfill his very retrograde vision for the United States. He goes beyond the cajoling and arm twisting that other presidents were known for, and dispenses with precedent, the Congress and the law itself in order to realize a key part of his vision, getting as many Global South immigrants out of the U.S. as he possibly can. | He was quite serious about enacting a mass deportation policy. Immigrants attempting to follow the law and legalize their status are set upon in courtrooms by masked agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I…
(2025-07-19). Family of Palestinian-American man killed by settlers in West Bank demands US take action. peoplesdispatch.org The crime is part of an unprecedented brutal wave of settler violence across the occupied West Bank, which has been encouraged by Ben-Gvir's fascist measures.