“We Are Going to Run the Country”: Trump Boasts of Regime Change in Venezuela

Noah Hurowitz, Nick Turse

U.S. forces attacked Caracas and multiple states in Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
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AI’s Imperial Agenda

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“Empire of AI” author Karen Hao on how Silicon Valley’s young AI companies parallel colonial empires of old.
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Unnamed Source in Viral Minnesota Somali Fraud Video Is Right-Wing Lobbyist Who Called Muslims “Demons”

Jacqueline Sweet

David Hoch, identified only by first name in Nick Shirley’s video, got info for his anti-Somali campaign from a GOP state House staffer.
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Blackwater Successor Hunts Immigrants for ICE

Sam Biddle

Constellis Holdings, which traces its roots to Erik Prince’s mercenary firm Blackwater, landed an ICE contract as a bounty hunter.
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Israel Accuses Zohran Mamdani of Antisemitism for Reversing Orders Adams Gave Under Indictment

Jessica Washington

New York civil liberties groups celebrated Mamdani’s orders as a step to protect the First Amendment right to criticize Israel.
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ICE Drives Unmarked Cars. This Public Database Tracks Their License Plates.

Noah Hurowitz

“ICE is doing whatever they can to be undetected, and so anything we can do to chip away at that.”
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American Labor Needed Unity. Then Came Trump’s Immigration Crackdown.

Jessica Washington

Trump has aimed to turn American workers against their immigrant colleagues. Labor leaders say it backfired.
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It’s 2026. Why Is Richard Glossip Still in Jail?

Liliana Segura

Nearly a year after the Supreme Court tossed his death penalty conviction, Oklahoma is struggling to retry Glossip.
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