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Maps are powerful political tools shaping a nation’s past, present and future – counter maps allow everyday people to reclaim the narrative
Throughout time, maps have been useful tools for those in power to stake their claim over territories and markets. Politicians start nationwide redistricting battles to ensure partisan control, weakening the power of voters. The Trump administration’s geopolitical posturing over Greenland builds on a long history of imperialism aided by ...Read more
The World Cup and human trafficking: What the research reveals about the real risks at major sporting events
As U.S. cities prepare to host the FIFA World Cup, familiar warnings about human trafficking “spikes” at major sporting events have reemerged.
Media outlets point to elevated risks, advocacy groups roll out awareness campaigns, and city authorities and law enforcement ramp up anti-trafficking efforts.
This is all well ...Read more
Pro-Trump outsider wins Colombia vote, sets up heated runoff
Celebrity lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella unexpectedly topped the first round of Colombia’s presidential vote, as Latin America heads into another highly polarized election.
The conservative outsider is in a strong position to become the nation’s next president when he faces leftist Senator Iván Cepeda, an ally of current President Gustavo...Read more
Editorial: Slush fund is the biggest heist in history
The man who boasted that he could get away with murder on Fifth Avenue is pulling off something just as brazen. The $1.8 billion slush fund from which President Donald Trump intends to reward people who tried to steal the 2020 election for him is the biggest heist in our history.
It’s like breaking into Fort Knox and driving off with a ...Read more
DOJ probe of the E. Jean Carroll case points to an intensely personal battle for Trump
Donald Trump’s ongoing use of the Justice Department to settle scores became highly personal this week, with the federal government’s vast investigative resources turned on an old grievance stemming from the sexual assault and defamation cases he lost to E. Jean Carroll.
Following CNN’s bombshell report on Wednesday that the feds were ...Read more
Here are the big cases the Supreme Court will decide in June
The Supreme Court heads into the final month of its yearly term facing decisions on birthright citizenship, gun rights, transgender athletes and President Trump's power over independent agencies.
Unlike in years past, the term's most significant rulings were not left for the last week in June.
The court dealt Trump a major defeat in February ...Read more
Trump adds Iraq to special envoy Tom Barrack's role in Syria
President Donald Trump said he’s expanding the scope of his special envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, to include Iraq.
Barrack, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey, became Trump’s Syria envoy in 2025, soon after President Ahmed al-Sharaa took power. His now-renewed appointment to that post had expired on Friday.
“As we advance our strategic ...Read more
'Unhelpful': Top Democrats say Jill Biden's memoir is reopening 2024 wounds
Democrats have spent nearly two years trying to move past the 2024 presidential election. Now, Jill Biden's new memoir is forcing them to relive it.
Her new book, "View from the East Wing," which comes out Tuesday, is already drawing sharp rebukes from top Democrats, some of whom say it is a poorly timed and misleading account of the events ...Read more
Economic model and US relations at stake in Colombian election
Colombians are voting in presidential elections in which the economic model, counter-narcotics policies and relations with Washington are all at stake.
Senator Iván Cepeda, an ally of leftist President Gustavo Petro, has pledged to tax the rich, boost social spending, seek peace deals with cocaine-trafficking militias.
His main opponents, ...Read more
Trump floats rally after musical acts abandon 250th event
President Donald Trump responded to a wave of cancellations by artists who were scheduled to perform in Washington for the U.S.’s 250th birthday by proposing himself as a better alternative.
“I am thinking about bringing the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World,” Trump wrote in a social media post Saturday. The president said he ...Read more
Vanilla Ice defends performing at Trump's Freedom 250 concert after nearly every act backs out
Vanilla Ice is defending his participation in the “Great American State Fair,” insisting he’d perform for anyone — from President Donald Trump to former President Joe Biden to Russian President Vladimir Putin — if it meant showing his fans a good time.
As of Saturday, Ice is one of the few acts remaining on the roster for the event, a...Read more
Miami federal judge probes Trump's $1.8 billion IRS lawsuit settlement
A federal judge in Miami is looking into allegations that President Donald Trump defrauded her court by suing the IRS for the sole purpose of forcing a $1.8 billion settlement that would compensate victims of “government weaponization” and shut the door on the government’s pursuit of tax claims against the president, his family and their ...Read more
Trump floats rally speech after musical acts abandon 250th event
President Donald Trump responded to a wave of cancellations by artists who were scheduled to perform in Washington for the U.S.’s 250th birthday by proposing himself as a better alternative.
“I am thinking about bringing the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World,” Trump wrote in a social media post Saturday. The president said he ...Read more
Mamdani turns his back on another mainstream Latino Democrat in NY-13 race
NEW YORK — Rep. Adriano Espaillat was already facing an unexpectedly tough Democratic primary fight against leftist insurgent Darializa Avila Chevalier in upper Manhattan’s NY-13 district.
Then, Mayor Mamdani lobbed a political grenade into the race late Thursday when he endorsed fellow DSA members Chevalier, instantly turning the June 23 ...Read more
Trump in 'excellent health,' took cognitive test, doctor says
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump “remains in excellent health,” according to the White House doctor, after undergoing a physical earlier this week that included a cognitive test.
A memorandum by the physician, Capt. Sean Barbabella, concluded that Trump, who turns 80 next month, “is fully fit to carry out all duties of the commander ...Read more
US to appeal judge's order for broad refund of Trump tariffs
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said it will appeal a judge’s authority to order across-the-board refunds of all tariffs ruled illegal by the U.S. Supreme Court, potentially injecting legal chaos into a claims process that’s already underway.
The Justice Department filed notice on Friday that it will appeal a court order compelling ...Read more
Trump ordered to address 'grievous' fraud claims in IRS case
WASHINGTON — A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump to respond to “grievous allegations” that his deal with the government to create a $1.8 billion fund to resolve his lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service was the result of a “fraud” on the court.
In an order on Friday, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams gave the ...Read more
Trump gives coveted endorsement in SC governor's race. Here's his pick
COLUMBIA, S.C. — In a Friday evening post, President Donald Trump backed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette’s campaign, the highly sought after endorsement in the race for the Republican nomination for South Carolina governor.
The endorsement was shared on Truth Social.
“Pam Evette is a good friend, fighter and winner and will be a terrific governor...Read more
Republican election judge assaulted Democratic judge, Texas Democrats say
FORT WORTH, Texas — A Tarrant County Democratic election judge says she was assaulted by a Republican election judge while working at her polling place for the primary runoff election Tuesday morning.
When the Democratic election judge, who has run her polling location for 15 years, arrived at the polls Tuesday morning, she found that a ...Read more
Trump ordered to address 'grievous' fraud claims in IRS case
WASHINGTON — A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump to respond to “grievous allegations” that his deal with the government to create a $1.8 billion fund to resolve his lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service was the result of a “fraud” on the court.
In an order on Friday, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams gave the ...Read more
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