WASHINGTON (AA) – President Donald Trump announced Monday that he will be imposing what he called a “secondary” tariff on Venezuela over allegations that Caracas covertly sent tens of thousands of gang members to the US. Trump said Venezuela “has been very hostile to the United States,” and has sent “tens of...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Voice of America (VOA) journalists have sued the Donald Trump administration and senior adviser Kari Lake, saying the abrupt shutdown of the US-funded network violates the First Amendment and congressional authority, according to media reports. The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court on Friday, seeks reinstatement o...
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski accused her Republican colleagues of being too afraid to challenge President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, fearing political backlash. Speaking to reporters, Murkowski said many GOP lawmakers prefer to stay silent to avoid primary challenges and media attacks. Murkowski is known for breaking ranks with her party. Sh...
A U.S. judge has blocked the deportation of Badar Khan Suri, an Indian Muslim student at Georgetown University. Suri was detained by U.S. immigration agents earlier this week. Authorities say Suri is promoting Hamas and antisemitism on social media. Suri is doing PhD research on peacebuilding in Iraq and Afghanistan. The university says it re...
Three people are facing charges after allegedly threatening individuals outside a mosque in Portland with guns. Police responded to the Cumberland Islamic Center around 9 p.m. local time on Tuesday. The complaint said two people in a black BMW brandished firearms and made threats. Shortly after, authorities found the vehicle at the Maine Musli...
The Trump administration has detained Indian Muslim scholar Badar Khan Suri for supporting the cause of Palestine. Authorities say the postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University is being deported over alleged ties to Hamas and spreading antisemitic propaganda. The Department of Homeland Security claims Suri’s activities pose a threat t...
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil calls himself a “political prisoner” after being detained by U.S. immigration authorities. Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate, wrote a letter from an ICE detention center in Louisiana, describing harsh conditions. He accused the U.S. of targeting him for his activism. He was arrested M...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called on President Donald Trump to take action against Israel for its airstrikes on Gaza. These have so far killed roughly 450 Palestinians, mostly women and children. CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad condemned the attacks as genocidal and accused Israel of committing mass slaugh...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The White House has denied claims that it defied a judge’s order halting the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador. The controversy centers on the deportation of Venezuelan migrants under the rarely invoked 18th-century Alien Enemies Act—an unusual and contentious move that could signal an overreac...
Three deportation flights landed in El Salvador despite a judge’s order to halt them. A U.S. federal judge barred the Trump administration from using a wartime law to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members. The judge also ordered planes that had already taken off to turn around. But flight records reviewed by The Washington Post show […...
