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There was a deal to fund the TSA! Then Mike Johnson got involved.
Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images, checha/Getty Images Plus, and Oleksandr Malai/Getty Images Plus. Sign up for the Surge, the newsletter that covers most important political nonsense of the week, delivered to your inbox every Saturday. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge. Due to short staffing, the Surge has brought on Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
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Anti-Trump protesters rally against ICE, Iran war : NPR
Demonstrators hold signs while marching towards the Minnesota State Capitol during a No Kings protest in St. Paul on Saturday. Steven Garcia/Minnesota Public Radio hide caption toggle caption Steven Garcia/Minnesota Public Radio Protesters took to the streets in cities across the U.S. on Saturday to oppose the policies of President Trump, according to organizers of the “No Kings” rallies, with…
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ICE is at NYC area airports. Here’s what travelers should know before they go.
The deployment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to airports across the region and country is prompting frantic calls to immigration advocates and lawyers from travelers seeking guidance on how to proceed. The immigrant callers seek information about what scrutiny they should expect, what their rights are and whether they should fly at all, according to the advocates and…
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‘It didn’t matter whose child I rescued’: parents of Iran school bombing victims describe their worst day | Children
Zahra’s family When Marzieh heard the first bang, an almighty crash that rattled the room, her first thought went to her youngest son, Mohammad. He must have got out on to the balcony and discovered a new game, she thought: using all of his small might to smash its sliding doors closed. Marzieh stood up from where she was working…
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Two Waves of Bombing: New Videos Reveal Further Details About Iran School Strike
Bellingcat has geolocated and verified two new videos showing the deadly strikes that hit an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) compound as well as an adjacent school in the city of Minab in late February. The new videos were released by Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and show multiple missiles hitting the complex. One of the new videos shows the…
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LIVE UPDATES: Trump considers sending up to 10,000 more troops to Middle East during Iran war
6 hours ago Pinned 12 US troops wounded in Iranian attack on Saudi base Twelve U.S. service members were wounded in an Iranian missile and drone attack on a military base in Saudi Arabia, Fox News has confirmed. The strike hit Prince Sultan Air Base on Friday, damaging several U.S. refueling aircraft, officials said. Two of the wounded troops were…
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VA re-terminates AFGE contract for 300K employees, despite court order to restore it
The Department of Veterans Affairs has re-terminated a labor contract with its largest union — a move that a federal judge called “blatant disrespect” for her order to restore it. Earlier this month, a federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the VA to restore its collective bargaining agreement with the American Federation of Government Employees’ National VA Council while the case…
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Staff sexual misconduct, accusers say
Marie was released from prison in late 2023 and tried to put Ross out of her mind. But it was hard to move on, she said, because he called her almost every day, telling her he missed the things they did together. Those things had shattered her self-worth and her long-term relationship with her child’s father, she said. She had…
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‘No Kings’ protests expected across the country this Saturday
Millions of people are expected to join a national rally on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump’s policies, the higher cost of living and the war against Iran, event organizers say. More than 3,100 “No Kings” demonstrations – about as many events as there are counties in the US – are expected in all fifty states, including an Alaskan city…
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Taking Kharg Island is seen as key to opening Hormuz. There are better options
The future of the war in Iran is increasingly focused on less than 9 square miles of coral outcrop in the Persian Gulf. Kharg Island, which lies about 30 kilometers (19 miles) off the Iranian mainland and 500 kilometers (300 miles) northwest of the Strait of Hormuz, is the export terminal for 90 percent of Iran’s oil shipments. The island…
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