<p>Death of woman released by <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> on a winter day is now ruled a <a href="/tags/homicide/" rel="tag">#homicide</a> </p><p>The grainy security footage from the Pittsburgh transit authority shows Daphy Michel seated on a steel bench. She had been released hours earlier from ICE custody, & temperatures that night would dip to freezing. The 31-year-old <a href="/tags/asylum/" rel="tag">#asylum</a> seeker wore only a hooded sweatshirt to keep herself warm.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/extrajudicialkillings/" rel="tag">#ExtrajudicialKillings</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/06/16/death-woman-released-by-ice-winter-day-is-now-ruled-homicide/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/06/16/death-woman-released-by-ice-winter-day-is-now-ruled-homicide/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/immigra</span><span class="invisible">tion/2026/06/16/death-woman-released-by-ice-winter-day-is-now-ruled-homicide/</span></a></p>
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<p>Wisconsin’s Name-Change Law Raises Safety Risks for Transgender People<br>—</p><p>A 167-year-old statute requires trans people to publish their old and new names in a newspaper. Families and advocates worry the requirement now poses a risk as President Donald Trump has attacked transgender rights.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-law-transgender-name-changes?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-law-transgender-name-changes?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/wis</span><span class="invisible">consin-law-transgender-name-changes?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/wisconsin/" rel="tag">#Wisconsin</a> <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#Trans</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#Transgender</a> <a href="/tags/transrights/" rel="tag">#TransRights</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin is proposing increasing the “<a href="/tags/refugee/" rel="tag">#refugee</a>” admissions ceiling for fiscal year 2026 to 17,500 but only for <a href="/tags/white/" rel="tag">#White</a> <a href="/tags/southafricans/" rel="tag">#SouthAfricans</a>, according to an “emergency” determination sent to <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> & obtained by CNN.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#racism</a> <a href="/tags/asylum/" rel="tag">#asylum</a> <a href="/tags/factcheck/" rel="tag">#FactCheck</a> <a href="/tags/trumplies/" rel="tag">#TrumpLies</a> <br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/18/politics/trump-additional-white-south-african-refugees?cid=ios_app" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cnn.com/2026/05/18/politics/trump-additional-white-south-african-refugees?cid=ios_app"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cnn.com/2026/05/18/politic</span><span class="invisible">s/trump-additional-white-south-african-refugees?cid=ios_app</span></a></p>
<p>Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More<br>—</p><p>By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-data-collection-hhs-epa-cdc-maternal-mortality?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-data-collection-hhs-epa-cdc-maternal-mortality?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-doge-data-collection-hhs-epa-cdc-maternal-mortality?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a></p>
<p>Stifling Voices, literally<br> <br>The New York Times<br> @nytimes.com<br>· 1m<br>Breaking News: The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> administration laid off more than 600 people at the federally funded news outlet Voice of America, reducing its staff to less than 200. The news organization provides independent reporting to countries with limited press freedom.</p>
<p><a href="/tags/winning/" rel="tag">#winning</a> </p><p>Via Steve Benen:</p><p>As former Fox News [sic] contributor Janette Nesheiwat's surgeon general nomination collapses, <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>'s list of personnel failures keeps growing.<br>- Matt Gaetz<br>- Chad Chronister<br>- Dave Weldon<br>- Elise Stefanik<br>- Kathleen Sgamma</p><p><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-surgeon-general-nesheiwat-casey-means-rcna205458" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-surgeon-general-nesheiwat-casey-means-rcna205458"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-sh</span><span class="invisible">ow/maddowblog/trump-surgeon-general-nesheiwat-casey-means-rcna205458</span></a></p>
<p>Hundreds of scholars have had their visas revoked and dozens have been detained.</p><p>What’s exceptional about Öztürk’s case is how her detention was caught on camera.</p><p>What’s scariest, immigration lawyers say, is how little is known about all the others.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/rumeysa-ozturk-best-friend-inside-story-tufts-trump-louisiana-ice?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/rumeysa-ozturk-best-friend-inside-story-tufts-trump-louisiana-ice?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/rum</span><span class="invisible">eysa-ozturk-best-friend-inside-story-tufts-trump-louisiana-ice?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/university/" rel="tag">#University</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a></p>
<p>Obi Wan says: “I’ve seen a security hologram of Anakin killing younglings”<br>Amidala replies “But the Dow is over 50,000”<br><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/dow50k/" rel="tag">#dow50k</a></p>
<p>NEW: More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program</p><p>Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show children are losing access.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/snap-benefits-children-food-stamps?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/snap-benefits-children-food-stamps?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/sna</span><span class="invisible">p-benefits-children-food-stamps?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/food/" rel="tag">#Food</a> <a href="/tags/snap/" rel="tag">#SNAP</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/kids/" rel="tag">#Kids</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#Poverty</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>The shuttered DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties “was one of the very few tools we had to check ICE, to hold ICE accountable,” immigration lawyer Sophia Genovese said. “Now you see them speeding to complete authoritarianism.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/homeland-security-crcl-civil-rights-immigration-border-patrol-trump-kristi-noem?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/homeland-security-crcl-civil-rights-immigration-border-patrol-trump-kristi-noem?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hom</span><span class="invisible">eland-security-crcl-civil-rights-immigration-border-patrol-trump-kristi-noem?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a></p>
<p>Xi Jinping told Donald Trump during their talks last week that Russian President Vladimir Putin might end up regretting his invasion of Ukraine. </p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/567c57b0-6346-43e6-9d14-840a793b4d1d?syn-25a6b1a6=1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ft.com/content/567c57b0-6346-43e6-9d14-840a793b4d1d?syn-25a6b1a6=1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ft.com/content/567c57b0-63</span><span class="invisible">46-43e6-9d14-840a793b4d1d?syn-25a6b1a6=1</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#Ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#Russia</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/xi/" rel="tag">#Xi</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#China</a> <a href="/tags/putin/" rel="tag">#Putin</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> imposes <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> on 60 countries over "forced labor," — Reuters Additional tariffs of 10% and 12.5% are planned on imports from 60 countries, including Canada and <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#Europe</a>. The Office of the US Trade Representative said the 10% <a href="/tags/tariff/" rel="tag">#tariff</a> will</p>
<p>"Each new offensive makes it harder not to suspect that the ultimate goal of Netanyahu’s far-right coalition is to ensure Gaza is uninhabitable and drive Palestinians from their land. For two months, Israel has blocked delivery of all aid into the strip."</p><p>~ Financial Times</p><p><a href="/tags/netanyahu/" rel="tag">#Netanyahu</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a> <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> <a href="/tags/starvation/" rel="tag">#starvation</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/f5fd6f8d-06a7-4d1f-b842-752e3aca9272" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ft.com/content/f5fd6f8d-06a7-4d1f-b842-752e3aca9272"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ft.com/content/f5fd6f8d-06</span><span class="invisible">a7-4d1f-b842-752e3aca9272</span></a></p>
<p>🙄</p><p>“ <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> set to grant another extension to avoid <a href="/tags/tiktok/" rel="tag">#TikTok</a> disruption</p><p>The social media platform is technically prohibited under U.S. law unless it can find an American buyer.”<br> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-extension-tiktok-rcna213625" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-extension-tiktok-rcna213625"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/t</span><span class="invisible">rump-extension-tiktok-rcna213625</span></a></p>
<p>Every time I hear the tangerine dictator speak I’m reminded of what grandma always said: ‘The empty can makes the most noise’.</p><p>It didn’t really make sense to me until Trump ran for office in 2015.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#musk</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#republicans</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#gop</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/quotes/" rel="tag">#quotes</a></p>
<p>Largest Bribe in <a href="/tags/american/" rel="tag">#American</a> History</p><p>The largest bribe...so far.</p><p><a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/cryptocurrency/" rel="tag">#cryptocurrency</a> <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#Crypto</a> <a href="/tags/binance/" rel="tag">#Binance</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE2pm3omzMI" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE2pm3omzMI"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE2pm3</span><span class="invisible">omzMI</span></a></p>
<p>"Donald Trump’s approval rating hit a new low this month, but there’s one group that still staunchly stands by him.</p><p>According to a recent Pew poll, 69 percent of white evangelical Christians approve of his job performance. That number has dropped slightly from last year, but the investment Trump made in winning over religious conservatives continues to pay dividends."</p><p>~ Stephen Robinson</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/whiteevangelicals/" rel="tag">#WhiteEvangelicals</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> <a href="/tags/whitechristiannationalism/" rel="tag">#WhiteChristianNationalism</a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-evangelical-support" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-evangelical-support"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ev</span><span class="invisible">angelical-support</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/recklessendangerment/" rel="tag">#RecklessEndangerment</a></p><p>A 12-year-old boy was left behind on a street after an <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> raid in Waltham, Massachusetts. </p><p><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> agents were seen on camera leaving the boy by himself on a sidewalk after arresting the person he was with.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/thecrueltyisthepoint/" rel="tag">#TheCrueltyIsThePoint</a> <br><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/waltham-mass-ice-arrest-boy-left-alone/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/waltham-mass-ice-arrest-boy-left-alone/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/wa</span><span class="invisible">ltham-mass-ice-arrest-boy-left-alone/</span></a></p>
<p>In my latest post for <span class="h-card"><a href="https://me.dm/@medium" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>medium</span></a></span>, I share how I’m coping as a <a href="/tags/black/" rel="tag">#Black</a> trans person in the US, in light of Donald <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> ’s recent display of blatant <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#racism</a>.</p><p>Here’s a link to bypass the paywall:</p><p><a href="https://funcrunch.medium.com/responding-to-racism-df538790007f?sk=3f7dd91ee85696dff94aea24b4010314" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="funcrunch.medium.com/responding-to-racism-df538790007f?sk=3f7dd91ee85696dff94aea24b4010314"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">funcrunch.medium.com/respondin</span><span class="invisible">g-to-racism-df538790007f?sk=3f7dd91ee85696dff94aea24b4010314</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/blackmastodon/" rel="tag">#BlackMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> would brag about this:</p><p>"US surpassed 1,000 <a href="/tags/measles/" rel="tag">#measles</a> cases for the 1st time in 5 years..</p><p>1,001 cases have been confirmed in 30 states incl AK, AR, CA, CO, Fla, Ga, HI, Ill, In, Ks, Ky, La, Md, Mi, Minn, MO, MT, NJ, NM, NY, ND, OH, OK, Pa, RI, TN, TX, Vt, Via and Wash"<br><a href="https://thereport.be/article/?app=breaking&u=https%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FHealth%2Fus-surpasses-1000-measles-cases-1st-time-5%2Fstory%3Fid%3D121635906" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thereport.be/article/?app=breaking&u=https%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FHealth%2Fus-surpasses-1000-measles-cases-1st-time-5%2Fstory%3Fid%3D121635906"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thereport.be/article/?app=brea</span><span class="invisible">king&u=https%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FHealth%2Fus-surpasses-1000-measles-cases-1st-time-5%2Fstory%3Fid%3D121635906</span></a></p>
<p>In <a href="/tags/mideast/" rel="tag">#Mideast</a>, <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> plans to focus on <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#business</a> deals, not <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a><br>Trump leaves Monday for a 4-day trip to <a href="/tags/saudiarabia/" rel="tag">#SaudiArabia</a>, <a href="/tags/qatar/" rel="tag">#Qatar</a> & the <a href="/tags/uae/" rel="tag">#UAE</a>, a mission that is expected to focus heavily on business deals & new investments from the <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#oil</a>-rich region.
The swing through deep-pocketed <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#MiddleEast</a> monarchies, Trump’s first major international travel of his 2nd term, is a marker of Trump’s priorities & another sign of his intention to de-emphasize the traditional <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/allies/" rel="tag">#allies</a>.<br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/11/trump-mideast-trip/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/11/trump-mideast-trip/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/politic</span><span class="invisible">s/2025/05/11/trump-mideast-trip/</span></a></p>
<p>JOBS REPORT:</p><p>We now have a full year of jobs data for Trump's second term and can compare it to the final year of jobs data under Biden, after the benchmark revision.</p><p>Bottom Line: Dramatic slowdown in job creation under Trump</p><p><a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#Economy</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>"The damage President Trump has inflicted on the United States and the world is so enormous and wide-ranging that it is hard to grasp. ...Voters in this country twice elected a president with no ethics, no empathy and no end to his narcissism."</p><p>"Easily the worst president in U.S. history…."</p><p>~ Thomas B. Edsall</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/destruction/" rel="tag">#destruction</a> <a href="/tags/narcissism/" rel="tag">#narcissism</a> <a href="/tags/megalomania/" rel="tag">#megalomania</a> <a href="/tags/instability/" rel="tag">#instability</a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/opinion/trump-legacy-history-presidents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.clA.gJGK.v0d2cceYoEpO&smid=url-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/opinion/trump-legacy-history-presidents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.clA.gJGK.v0d2cceYoEpO&smid=url-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/opi</span><span class="invisible">nion/trump-legacy-history-presidents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.clA.gJGK.v0d2cceYoEpO&smid=url-share</span></a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> Forces Claim to Seize 2 Ships After <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Extends “Truce”</p><p>Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had attacked & seized 2 cargo ships near the <a href="/tags/straitofhormuz/" rel="tag">#StraitOfHormuz</a>, state media reported. Both sides were seeking to exert control in the waterway even as Trump renewed a <a href="/tags/ceasefire/" rel="tag">#ceasefire</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/iranwar/" rel="tag">#IranWar</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/piracy/" rel="tag">#piracy</a> <a href="/tags/warcrimes/" rel="tag">#WarCrimes</a> <a href="/tags/rulesofwar/" rel="tag">#RulesOfWar</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/warpowers/" rel="tag">#WarPowers</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#MiddleEast</a> <a href="/tags/inflation/" rel="tag">#inflation</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#oil</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#energy</a> <a href="/tags/energycrisis/" rel="tag">#EnergyCrisis</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/22/world/iran-war-trump-ceasefire-talks?smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/22/world/iran-war-trump-ceasefire-talks?smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/2</span><span class="invisible">2/world/iran-war-trump-ceasefire-talks?smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
<p>The Department of Education Forced Idaho to Stop Denying Disabled Students an Education. Then Trump Gutted Its Staff.<br>—</p><p>For years, the Education Department was the only agency that could ensure states would improve conditions for disabled children. Now, Trump’s cuts threaten to hamper its oversight.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-idaho-students-disabilities-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-idaho-students-disabilities-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dep</span><span class="invisible">artment-of-education-idaho-students-disabilities-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>