What is Tren de Aragua and has the group ‘invaded’ the United States?

found 2025 › Apr › 27 (Sun) @ 13:35 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Trump has fixated on the Venezuelan gang, but experts say he’s concocted a bogeyman to fuel immigration crackdowns

The Trump administration has fixated on portraying a Venezuelan gang called Tren de A…

The United States is witnessing the return of psychiatric imprisonment | Jordyn Jensen

found 2025 › Apr › 27 (Sun) @ 11:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

From ‘wellness farms’ to expanded involuntary commitment policies, the US is embracing psychiatric incarceration under the guise of compassion

Across the country, a troubling trend is accelerating: th…

Trump says US ships should have free use of Panama and Suez canals

found 2025 › Apr › 27 (Sun) @ 02:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

US president tasks secretary of state Marco Rubio with making ‘immediate’ progress

Donald Trump has demanded free transit for American commercial and military ships through the Panama and Suez canals,…

A massive explosion at an Iranian port linked to missile fuel shipment kills 5, injures over 700

found 2025 › Apr › 26 (Sat) @ 21:10 UTC

a story from CNBC › World News

The blast at the Shahid Rajaei port happened as Iran and the United States met Saturday in Oman for the third round of nuclear talks.

A massive explosion at an Iranian port linked to missile fuel shipment kills 5, injures over 700

found 2025 › Apr › 26 (Sat) @ 21:10 UTC

a story from CNBC › Top News

The blast at the Shahid Rajaei port happened as Iran and the United States met Saturday in Oman for the third round of nuclear talks.

Browns select Shedeur Sanders with 144th pick to end QB’s agonizing slide down NFL draft

found 2025 › Apr › 26 (Sat) @ 18:40 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Quarterback had been expected to go in first two rounds
Analysis: Sanders’s fall exposes cruelties of draft

One of the most extraordinary storylines in the history of the NFL draft came to a conclusion…

Detained Chinese immigrants carved their anguish into a wall a century ago. Those words inspired a ballet

found 2025 › Apr › 26 (Sat) @ 15:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Oakland Ballet Company takes on a harrowing chapter of US-Chinese history with a piece about Angel Island, ‘the Ellis Island of the west’

One sunny March day on Angel Island, a hilly landmass in the m…

Trump officials deported two-year-old US citizen ‘with no meaningful process’, judge says

found 2025 › Apr › 26 (Sat) @ 14:15 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Child’s father pushes to have her returned to US as White House challenges law with its immigration crackdown

The Trump administration appeared to have deported a two-year-old US citizen “with no mean…

Why Virginia Giuffre fled the United States for a tiny town in Australia with a population of less than 300 people

found 2025 › Apr › 26 (Sat) @ 06:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Just weeks after a string of mysterious social media posts, Virginia Giuffre's family confirmed on Friday that she had died by suicide in the tiny town of Neergabby, north of Perth.

Philly Fed: State Coincident Indexes Increased in 43 States in March (3-Month Basis)

found 2025 › Apr › 25 (Fri) @ 21:15 UTC

a story from Calculated Risk › Calculated Risk

From the Philly Fed:

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has released the coincident indexes for the 50 states for March 2025. Over the past three months, the indexes increased in 43 states, …