(2025-06-03). 'Un-American,' 'Help people already here'- birthright citizenship debate divides NY. presstv.ir With the new administration of Trump rolling out immediate policy pushes on immigration, reaction on the street ran the gamut from horror to firm support.
(2025-06-03). Activists in Mexico rally against incoming Trump's anti-immigration policies. presstv.ir Migrant rights groups in Mexico demonstrated against the proposed anti-immigration measures of US President-elect Donald Trump.
(2025-06-03). Australian Labor government prepares to boost military spending at Trump's demand. wsws.org The Albanese government is totally committed to the US war path, which means a wholesale assault on social spending.
(2025-06-03). Treasury secretary says US will never default on its debt. wsws.org Scott Bessent's remarks were delivered to try and reassure markets which have been roiled by rising US debt and the violent swings in Trump's tariff war.
(2025-06-03). DHS thugs detain congressional aide to New York Rep. Jerry Nadler in his Manhattan office. wsws.org In an interview with the New York Times following the incident, Nadler accused the Trump adminstration of "behaving like fascists."
(2025-06-03). Trump's Repression: "Worse than McCarthyism" internationalviewpoint.org America had two previous political purges of the left, the Red Scare of the 1920s and McCarthyism in the 1950s, and now we're in the midst of the Trump purge—and it's worse than the earlier ones. | – | / |
(2025-06-03). Trump Tariffs and US Imperialism. socialistproject.ca On April 2, 2025, US President Donald Trump declared a "Day of Liberation" and slapped massive tariffs on most countries — excluding Russia but including a 50% tariff on Lesotho. The standard Left argument is that Trump's tariffs represent capital's warfare against the working class in response to the More immediately, it doesn't explain the f…
(2025-06-03). The Golden Dome Is Nothing More Than A Massive Corporate Welfare Program. popularresistance.org The Trump administration is reviving previous administrations' plans to build a missile defense system in space. They are calling it the "Golden Dome," similar to Israel's Iron Dome. The Congressional Budget Office estimates it will cost trillions of dollars at a time when the United States has a record-high national debt and is failing to meet domestic needs. Clearing the FOG speaks with Bruce Gagnon, the coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, about the history of the US project to control space and mine its resources in defiance of United Nations treaties and who will bene…
(2025-06-03). Nigel Farage faces backlash after Trump-style attack on journalist. leftfootforward.org "Attacking the media has become commonplace under Donald Trump in the US and today we have seen it here in Scotland, by Reform UK, against The Herald."
(2025-06-03). Swell Of Support For Pro-Palestine Student Yunseo Chung. popularresistance.org Following a court hearing on Thursday, May 29, a federal judge extended an order blocking Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agents from arresting 21-year-old college student Yunseo Chung. Chung, like fellow Columbia students and graduates Mahmoud Khalil, Mohsen Mahdawi, and Ranjani Srinivasan, has been targeted by the Trump administration amid its broader attacks on immigrants, institutions of higher education, and the pro-Palestine movement. The temporary restraining order on Chung's detention by ICE is now extended until her next court hearing on June 5.
(2025-06-03). Trump: New Iran Deal Must Allow US To 'Blow Up Whatever We Want'. popularresistance.org President Donald Trump argued that any revived nuclear accord with Iran should permit the United States to destroy the country's nuclear infrastructure and send inspectors to Iranian facilities at any time. | The president outlined his vision for a new agreement during a White House presser on Wednesday, calling for a "very strong document" that would effectively give Washington carte blanche over Tehran's nuclear energy program. | "I want it very strong — where we can go in with inspectors, we can take whatever we want, we can blow up whatever we want, but [with] nobody getting killed," he told reporters.
(2025-06-03). Stopping Covid-19 Vaccines to Force Testing of Their Efficacy is Bad Science and Bad Public Health Policy. counterpunch.org Should a healthy 52-year-old woman with a normal BMI who has had Covid-19 three times and has received six previous doses of a Covid-19 vaccine get vaccinated with the latest update of the vaccine? The question is asked in a New England Journal of Medicine by Dr. Martin A. Makary, Trump's commissioner of the FDA and Dr. Vinay Prasad, who was appointed by Makary as head of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. Their answer is that this is not known and that therefore they were removing the FDA's recommendation that healthy individuals between 4 and 64 years of age receive the updated vaccine. They expl…
(2025-06-03). Climate Change and the Border-Industrial Complex in the Trump Era. counterpunch.org Believe it or not, I had a transcendent experience at this year's Border Security Expo, the annual event that brings Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) together with private industry. I hesitate to describe it that way, though, because I was on the exhibition hall floor and instantly found myself in
(2025-06-03). Evil Times: Trump's Cruelest Policies. counterpunch.org Most of Trump's second term declarations and executive orders have been unwise (tariffs) or just plain silly (Gulf of America). Some of them have been much worse—evil by design and execution. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Eleventh Edition), defines evil as "arising from actual or imputed bad character or conduct" or as "morally reprehensible." The presence of evil infects
(2025-06-03). The Nuclear Trump Factor. counterpunch.org Hardly a day goes by without the phrase "Donald Trump is a danger to the world" being given new life. The threat posed by the U.S. president applies of course to the U.S. itself, which is in danger of sliding into fascist authoritarianism, and to the planetary boundaries that the billionaire cabinet is enthusiastically trampling all
(2025-06-03). Trump asks US Supreme Court to allow mass federal layoffs. geo.tv Demonstrators hold up signs of support outside of the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, on April 2, 2025. — ReutersDonald Trump's administration asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to halt a judicial order blocking mass job cuts and the restructuring of agencies, part of…
(2025-06-03). Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful' tax bill. cadtm.org
(2025-06-03). EconoScope | U.S. tariff flip-flops mirror broad strategic turmoil. ecns.cn U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to raise import tariffs on steel and aluminum to 50% on Friday.
(2025-06-03). Students protest ties with Trump's US. greenleft.org.au
(2025-06-03). Gaza aid fund denies responsibility for Palestinians killed near aid hubs. haaretz.com U.S.: Suspect in Boulder, Colorado attack, which authorities say wounded eight people, charged with federal hate crime ‚ñ GAZA: IDF calls on residents to evacuate areas in Khan Yunis ‚ñ IRAN: Trump says U.S. will 'not allow any enrichment of uranium' in deal with Iran…
(2025-06-03). US: Bans on Gender-Affirming Care Harm Trans Youth. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Lily, a 10-year-old trans girl, said she was devastated when her family felt forced to relocate to protect her from anti-trans hostility. | © 2025 Illustrations by Barrack Rima, Art directed by Studio Safar for Human Rights Watch | Laws banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the United States are inflicting severe harm on young people and their families as well as health care systems and civil society.Under the Trump administration, families are being pushed to the brink, forced to navigate impossible barriers to care, while the federal government intensifies its as…
(2025-06-03). Why Trump Should Pursue Peace with Iran. moderndiplomacy.eu The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a neoconservative think tank based in Washington, is well known for its hardline stance against Iran and its support for a "maximum pressure" policy. Often described as a pro-Israel lobbying group, FDD vehemently opposes any attempt at diplomacy with Iran and intensifies its attacks on U.S. administrations whenever …
(2025-06-03). Ex-Biden spox Miller says Israel committed Gaza war crimes. newarab.com Miller's comments, made during an appearance on Sky News's 'Trump 100' podcast, mark the most direct acknowledgement from a senior official in the Biden administration – one who remained in post until Donald Trump's inauguration – that Is…
(2025-06-03). Trump admin seeks pause of second tariff case after loss. newarab.com
(2025-06-03). Trump 'open' to meeting Ukraine, Russia leaders for truce push. newarab.com Delegations from both sides did, however, agree another large-scale prisoner exchange
(2025-06-03). Trump says Iran deal would not allow 'any' uranium enrichment. newarab.com US President Donald Trump on Monday ruled out allowing
(2025-06-03). Ross Douthat: Condition of America. newleftreview.org Nick Burns quizzes the New York Times columnist on the contradictory ideological forces and factions driving the second Trump Administration, the strengths and weaknesses of American liberalism and the state of the country that he's described as sinking into economic and cultural stagnation.