ICE documents reveal plans to double immigrant detention space by 2026 - The Washington Post
Internal documents reveal ICE’s plans to double immigrant detention to more than 100,000 beds, including new detention centers for families.
wapo.st
August 15, 2025
Douglas MacMillan , N. Kirkpatrick and Lydia Sidhom
ICE & Immigration
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Meet Leqaa Kordia: Palestinian Protester Freed After a Year in "ICE Dungeon"
We speak with Palestinian activist Leqaa Kordia, who was freed on March 16 after spending more than a year in an ICE jail in Texas. She was arrested in 2025 as part of the Trump administration's campaign to target student activists and others who advocated for Palestinian rights.
Kordia was born in the occupied West Bank and lives in New Jersey. She was arrested in 2024 during the Gaza solidarity protests at Columbia University. The charges against her were dropped the next day, but she was detained in March 2025 by ICE during a routine immigration check-in. "It was supposed to be just a regular meeting with my lawyer [and the] ICE agents. It led to arrest," says Kordia. "They took me in an unmarked car directly to the airport, and they had informed my lawyer that I'm going to upstate New York, but they took me to Texas instead."
While in custody, Kordia experienced destitute conditions at the Prairieland Detention Center, including overcrowding, inedible food, inadequate medical care, broken facilities, negligence by guards and more. "The detention center conditions and the ICE agents' methods brought to my mind a lot of bad memories from the West Bank," she says.
youtube.com
April 03, 2026
Democracy Now!
ICE & Immigration
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Iran Is Quickly Repairing Missile Bunkers, U.S. Intelligence Says
Reports cast doubt on how close the United States is to destroying Iran's missile capability, a key goal in the war.
nytimes.com
April 03, 2026
Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt
US/International Conflict
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Untaxed wealth hidden offshore by richest 0.1% surpasses entire wealth of the poorest half of humanity | Oxfam International
The amount of untaxed wealth hidden offshore by the richest 0.1 percent exceeds the entire wealth of the poorest half of humanity (4.1 billion people), reveals new Oxfam analysis published today ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Panama Papers. The findings show that, a decade later, the super-rich continue to exploit offshore systems to evade taxes and conceal assets, highlighting the urgent need for coordinated international action to tax extreme wealth and end the use of tax havens.
oxfam.org
April 02, 2026
Oxfam
Economy & Finance
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Videos show large explosions near Isfahan - CNN
Dramatic video geolocated by CNN shows large explosions and smoke rising near Baharestan, approximately 13 miles south of Isfahan, Iran, on Wednesday.
The footage captures bright orange flashes consistent with munitions exploding after being hit, as well as flaming debris falling from the sky.
A second video shows large columns of smoke rising from the area.
CNN verified the videos by matching road layouts, mountain features, buildings, traffic signs, and lampposts against high-resolution satellite imagery of the area.
Since the start of the war, the US has carried out several strikes on Isfahan, a central city about 350 kilometers (220 miles) south of the capital Tehran. On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said US bombers carried out a strike targeting an ammunition depot near the city.
Isfahan is also home to a nuclear site believed to be storing much of Iran’s highly enriched uranium stockpile.
cnn.com
April 02, 2026
CNN
US/International Conflict
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Over 100 International Law Experts Warn: U.S. Strikes on Iran Violate UN Charter and May Be War Crimes
Over 100 international law experts sign letter on Iran War, UN Charter, and international humanitarian law.
justsecurity.org
April 02, 2026
Tom Dannenbaum, Rebecca Hamilton, Adil Ahmad Haque, Oona A. Hathaway, Gabor Rona
US/International Conflict
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Immigrant Workers in Colorado Lead "Historic Strike" at JBS, Largest U.S. Meat Processor
More than 3,000 meatpacking workers in Greeley, Colorado, have been on strike since mid-March, the first major labor strike in the U.S. meatpacking industry since 1985. Workers at JBS USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Brazilian-based multinational JBS, are protesting unfair and dangerous labor conditions, including low wages, lack of personal protective gear and discrimination against its majority-immigrant workforce. "This company is one of the richest companies in the world, and the wage increases that they're offering simply just don't keep up with the economy and the high cost of living," says Kim Cordova, president of the union that represents JBS workers in Greeley. "These workers literally feed America," adds organizer Caitlyn Clark, director at the labor rights nonprofit Essential Workers for Democracy. "This is really a historic strike. These workers are standing up not just for their own plant, but the meatpacking industry as a whole."
youtube.com
April 01, 2026
Democracy Now!
Protests & Activism
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The “Casualty Cover-Up” Amid Trump's Wars in the Middle East
The Pentagon has sent outdated statements on the number of U.S. troops killed or wounded during the Iran War, resulting in undercounts.
theintercept.com
April 01, 2026
Nick Turse
US/International Conflict
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MS NOW reporter chased by Israeli settlers while reporting on West Bank violence
MS NOW reporter David Noriega travels to the West Bank to document a surge in Israeli settler violence against Palestinians and is chased off by settlers while reporting firsthand on the attacks and lack of accountability.
youtube.com
April 01, 2026
MS NOW
Middle East
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Russia claims full control of Ukraine’s Luhansk region but Kyiv denies it ahead of US envoy talks
Russia’s armed forces have taken control of the entire Luhansk region of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed Wednesday, but a Kyiv military official denied the claim as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared for talks with U.S. envoys trying to mediate an end to Moscow’s invasion.
apnews.com
April 01, 2026
Associated Press
Ukraine War
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At least seven killed in Israeli strikes in Beirut area, Lebanon says
BEIRUT, April 1 (Reuters) - At least seven people were killed and 24 wounded in two Israeli strikes in the Beirut area, the Lebanese health ministry said on Wednesday, in attacks that hit vehicles in Beirut's southern outskirts and in an area just south of the capital.
reuters.com
April 01, 2026
Middle East
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Risky commando plan to seize Iran’s uranium came at Trump’s request
A plan briefed to Trump last week to insert ground forces to remove Iran’s nuclear material would be a very difficult endeavor of a type never before attempted in wartime.
washingtonpost.com
April 01, 2026
Ellen Nakashima , John Hudson , Alex Horton and Karen DeYoung
US/International Conflict
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War's Environmental Fallout: U.N. Expert Decries Targeting of Oil Sites & Desalination Plants
We take a look at how war in the Middle East is impacting the environment in "one of the most water-stressed regions in the world," with Kaveh Madani, the renowned U.N. scientist, former Iranian politician and recipient of the 2026 Stockholm Water Prize. Madani discusses threats to civil water infrastructure in the Gulf region, how the Strait of Hormuz crisis highlights consumer countries' overreliance on oil and gas, and his prize-winning work on the global effects of "water bankruptcy." Madani ties the antiwar and climate struggles together and calls for wider popular resistance to the long-term environmental harms of global warfare. "All the weapons that have been produced have had carbon footprints — the missiles that fly, the jets, the tanks that are burned, the oil fields that are being attacked and the gas fields that are being burned. All of these are producing a lot of greenhouse gas emissions," he says. "They are going to impact us in the long term."
youtube.com
April 01, 2026
Democracy Now!
Climate & Environment
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Trump Targets More Children With Strike on Iranian Orphanage | The New Republic
The U.S.-Israeli attacks have killed at least 230 children during the war so far.
newrepublic.com
March 31, 2026
Edith Olmsted
US/International Conflict
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Seeking $56 Million, Legal Migrant Claims ICE Intentionally Sent Him to Salvadoran Prison | Common Dreams
“The Trump administration knowingly and unlawfully locked up an innocent person for four months in a concentration camp-like prison," said one attorney for the plaintiff.
commondreams.org
March 31, 2026
Brett Wilkins
ICE & Immigration
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Huge explosions rock Isfahan as US–Israel air strikes target cities across Iran
Explosions have been seen in Tehran and the western city of Isfahan as the US and Israel carry out strikes.
President Donald Trump posted online, footage of strikes on Isfahan. US media reported that a weapons depot was hit there.
Al Jazeera’s Tohid Asadi has the latest from Tehran.
youtube.com
March 31, 2026
Al Jazeera English
Middle East
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Trump Goes Commando - Ken Klippenstein
Iran "raid" replaces ground war and you're supposed to clap
kenklippenstein.com
March 30, 2026
Ken Klippenstein
US/International Conflict
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Israel’s Knesset Passes Death Penalty Law Targeting Palestinians | WION
Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has passed a controversial law introducing the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks. The bill was approved by a 62–48 vote and backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The law makes capital punishment the default sentence in military courts for such cases, with executions to be carried out within a set timeframe. Critics say the legislation will primarily apply to Palestinians, raising concerns over discrimination and unequal legal standards.
Palestinian leaders, European governments and human rights groups have condemned the move, warning it could violate international law and further escalate tensions in the region.
youtube.com
March 30, 2026
WION
Middle East
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Pete Hegseth’s broker looked to buy defence fund before Iran attack
Morgan Stanley wealth manager approached BlackRock about multimillion-dollar investment for US defence secretary
ft.com
March 30, 2026
Paul Murphy and Harriet Agnew in London, Joshua Franklin in New York and James Politi in Washington
Political Corruption
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Giant oil tanker off Dubai hit by Iranian strike, Trump threatens to obliterate Iran energy, oil plants
TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - Iran attacked and set ablaze a fully loaded crude oil tanker off Dubai on Monday, as President Donald Trump warned the U.S. would obliterate Iran's energy plants and oil wells if it does not open the Strait of Hormuz.
reuters.com
March 30, 2026
Alexander Cornwell, Trevor Hunnicutt and Yomna Ehab
US/International Conflict
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New Evidence Corroborates Claims of Trump and Epstein Sex Accuser, 13
A new investigation has backed up evidence given by a woman who has accused Donald Trump of sexually abusing her when she was 13, according to a report.
The woman conducted four interviews with the FBI in 2019 in which she detailed alleged abuse by Trump and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Her interviews referencing Trump were initially withheld by the Department of Justice.
thedailybeast.com
March 30, 2026
Cameron Adams
Political Corruption
