The newest human rights outrage from Trump
Summary The Trump administration plans to detain migrant families together in custody rather than release them. The Flores settlement agreement allowed the government to …
Lifeline ship resisted pressure to return refugees to Libya
Summary On June 21, German charity Mission Lifeline picked up 233 refugees and migrants just outside Libya’s 12-mile territorial waters and refused to hand over …
Trump Warns NATO Allies to Spend More on Defense, or Else
Summary President Trump wrote at least a dozen of letters to the leaders of several NATO allies, including Germany, Belgium, Canada, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, the …
Maduro warns Venezuela army over Trump’s ‘invasion’ plans
Summary: Another country has been threatened by President Trump and this time it is Venezuela. President Nicolas Maduro has warned the country’s armed forces to …
Trump-Putin summit: US and Russia agree to hold meeting in ‘third country’
Summary According to Kremlin foreign policy Yuri Ushakov, Donal Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet soon in a mutually convenient third country. US national …
Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Travel Ban, Delivering Endorsement of Presidential Power
Summary On Tuesday, the Supreme Court issued a ruling upholding President Trump’s ban on travel from mostly-Muslim nations. The ruling restricts entry from seven …
Hungary Tries to Stop Asylum Seekers with New Law
Summary Hungary’s Parliament passed a law that makes it a crime to help migrants and refugees. If Hungarian President Janos Ader signed it into …
What comes after the trade war?
Summary After President Trump announced his plan to impose stiff tariffs on Chinese exports to the United States, the tension between the two states …
Argentina’s lower house of Congress approves bill liberalizing abortion laws
Summary The Argentine Chamber of Deputies voted to legalize elective abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. The bill now goes to the more …
Trump urges House GOP to fix immigration system, expresses no strong preference on rival bills amid uproar over family separations
Summary President Trump scheduled to visit Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill this Tuesday to lobby them on producing comprehensive immigration legislation, which would also provide …