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Report: Trump Administration Seeking to “Decimate” Asylum Seekers’ Rights at UN

Officials reportedly propose only allowing asylum seekers to seek protection in the first country they enter.


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Leading Genocide Scholars Say Israel’s War in Gaza Fits the Definition

Leading genocide scholars have ruled that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide. In a resolution issued Sunday by the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS), the scholars argue that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide under the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the […]


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Rubio Revokes Visas for Palestinian Officials, Denying Address at UN Meeting

Numerous countries have said that they plan to recognize a Palestinian state at the General Assembly meeting.


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State Dept Official Fired After Pushing to Denounce Gaza Displacement Speaks Out

Shahed Ghoreishi shares details of the internal debates around language on Israel policy that led to his ouster.


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Six Months in, Trump Has Made American Life Immeasurably Worse

Sunday marked six months of President Donald Trump’s return to office. To celebrate, he and top Republicans kicked the hagiography into full gear. “Today is Six Month Anniversary of my Second Term. Importantly, it’s being hailed as one of the most consequential periods of any President,” Trump claimed in a Truth Social rant. House Speaker […]


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The State Department Guts Its Office Combating Human Trafficking

As President Donald Trump takes a beating from his own MAGA crowd for his handling of the case of Jeffrey Epstein, the deceased pedophile and sex trafficker, his State Department pulled a surprising move: It decimated its office combating human trafficking. As part of a downsizing, the Trump administration on Friday cut 1,353 positions at […]


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State Department Employees Brace for Friday Layoffs

Inside the State Department, employees are packing up their belongings in anticipation of a reorganization and reduction in force that is expected to cut nearly 2,000 jobs. The significant cuts and reorientation of the department’s mission will cripple the agency’s work to promote democracy, combat human rights abuses, and negotiate conflict resolution. Trump officials plan […]


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