
Declaring for change
The ideals of U.S. independence were hypocritical from the start, but they have inspired millions of people and continue to do so today

The ideals of U.S. independence were hypocritical from the start, but they have inspired millions of people and continue to do so today

The leading Democratic figure is not only one of the president’s great opponents in Washington, he is also an expert on Thomas Paine. On occasion of the 250 anniversary celebrations, he speaks about the enduring relevance of the author of ‘Common Sense,’ a key document in the Declaration of Independence

From Gaza to Sudan, Libya to Yemen, and Syria to Lebanon, hospitals, schools, housing, and electricity and water networks have been destroyed by Israeli belligerence, the Iran war and civil conflicts. The hope that Gulf countries could be a lifeline clashes with their need to repair their own damage
The Silicon Valley congressman is leading the push to release the Epstein files and does not rule out a 2028 presidential bid. ‘They are not going to silence me,’ he warns

The United States is celebrating the 250th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence on July 4. It does so amidst protests from the ‘No Kings’ movement, which rallies against Trump’s authoritarianism. The ideals of Thomas Jefferson – one of the Founding Fathers – look worse for wear on a date marked by the government’s rewriting of history and by doubts about what remains of the American Dream

The Fifth Circuit’s decision represents a setback for the Trump administration’s immigration policy in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, as it found that the practice violates due process

Many relatives are asking the same questions: why the Trump Administration did not notify them of the deportation, and why the Venezuelan government did not release the deportees, who landed before the earthquake struck

Several recent polls show the pessimism with which the public views this year’s Fourth of July celebrations

Growing recognition of the military leader Bernardo de Gálvez is helping highlight the role played by Spain and Latin America in the founding of the United States

Since its founding in 1776, the United States has intervened abroad more than 500 times. A third of those interventions have taken place since 1999

The 147 men, women and children who landed in Caracas after being deported from the United States were being held at a hotel that collapsed. Only 12 have been found alive, but one survivor says: ‘I’m sure more of us survived’

Edmundo González, the opposition candidate in the 2024 election, insists the Nobel Peace Prize laureate has the right to return
On the 250th anniversary of the country’s founding, the scholar proposes a revision of those events from a global perspective, with resistance to the British Empire as its guiding thread

The president owns a vast real estate empire, with luxury residences and skyscrapers located across the world

The Venezuelan community is demanding that the Trump administration reinstate TPS for the nearly 600,000 migrants at risk of being sent back to a quake-devastated country
The richest and most prestigious university in the United States fears the consequences for the coming academic year as it faces a new wave of threats from the Republican administration

The agreement will now be reviewed annually, adding uncertainty to trade relations among the three countries

The US president is urging Congress to end the policy, which is a long-standing goal of the MAGA movement. The chances of succeeding through legislation, however, are slim

Phil Weiser enters November’s general election as the favorite to succeed Jared Polis

The court blocked the president’s attempt to restrict automatic citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants and those with temporary status

The justices deal a heavy blow to the White House’s immigration policy. Resounding though it might be, the rebuke does not come as a surprise

The Trump administration has pointed, through a series of media leaks, to the governors of Sonora and Tamaulipas, both of whom deny any wrongdoing. Suspicion has also fallen on the governor of Baja California

The president urges the Senate to confirm his nominee to lead the enforcement arm of his immigration policy ‘IMMEDIATELY’

The justices upheld state laws allowing mail-in votes to be counted, and said Fed Governor Lisa Cook cannot be immediately removed

The Italian prime minister has paid for playing both sides between the US and the EU. After months of underscoring her good standing with the US president, she is now moving away from a relationship that costs her votes

The Supreme Court’s decision to strip migration protection from more than 350,000 people from the Caribbean nation has filled the community with uncertainty, fear and anger, leaving them vulnerable to deportation

This week justices will rule on birthright citizenship, a case that touches the nation’s core, and decide whether Trump has the authority to remove a Fed governor