Voters want higher taxes on billionaires, white supremacists plan segregated communities, Iran war plans, Texas "Antifa" trial tests the government's power to label protesters as domestic terrorists, Trump invokes the Defense Production Act for pesticides. Department of Homeland Security manages $22 billion in seized crypto via outdated spreadsheets.

A federal tool flags citizens as noncitizens in Texas, while a new poll shows 54% of voters support Democratic demands for ICE reforms. The U.S. oil blockade grinds life in Cuba to a halt, and Kim Prost, an International Criminal Court judge, is locked out of her daily life by U.S. sanctions. Attorney General Pam Bondi admits to a secret domestic terrorist list, and federal agents in Minnesota seize phones and documents from protesters without charges. Homeland Security expands "masked engagement" surveillance on social media, while the FBI targets climate activists at their homes. Trump scraps the EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding, and the New York Fed reports that U.S. consumers are shouldering 90% of tariff costs. Google fulfills ICE subpoenas for student journalists' data, and the Pentagon pushes OpenAI to deploy tools on classified networks. Spotify developers stop writing code due to AI, and the U.S. smuggles Starlink terminals into Iran. Gender studies programs shut down across the U.S., Nick Fuentes calls women "political enemies," and Kristi Noem faces backlash for "chaos" inside the DHS.

Trump Gives Coal Participation Trophy, Half of Americans Think Trump is Lying About Epstein and that Biden Was a Better President

Russian Tech Bros Make AI Pigeons, GOP Pushes Bogus Election and Climate Claims, and more

The Trump Administration aims for “total victory” over a livable future, Erik Prince might be in captivity in the DRC, what it was like to be in Bad Bunny’s halftime grass, and more.

Nearly half of Americans believe false claims, Trump sanctions U.N. and ICC staff, GOP fast-tracks the SAVE America Act, Homeland Security monitors Reddit, a $55 billion contract for domestic military bases raises alarms. ICE neglects trans immigrants, AI spending causes national labor shortages, the EU targets TikTok's "addictive design," Texas fracking threatens floodplains, Trump reopens the Atlantic monument to fishing, massive hidden methane emissions, Substack profits from Nazi newsletters, and the FCC probes "The View."

Bitcoin plunges as $2 trillion vanishes from crypto markets, Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino is booted from a Vegas bar, ICE agents leave "death cards" for immigrants, and the National Park Service erases "racist" references from Medgar Evers' history. Hillary Clinton dares James Comer to a public hearing, Antifa threats lead to a Minneapolis arrest, and Jeff Bezos-funded Melania documentary sets suspicious Rotten Tomatoes records.