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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants WOW! Marco Rubio reveals the US has now secured deportation agreements with 20 third-party countries to deport our illegals. These deals grant the U.S. leverage by enabling the government to send migrants to foreign countries if they refuse to return to their nations of origin https://gatewayhispanic.com/2026/05/secretary-state-marco-rubio-announces-deportation-third-country/
Immigration Expert Slams Marco Rubio Over ‘Nonsense’ ‘Safe Country’
Deportation Claims: ‘It’s Legalized People Trafficking.’ It did not take long for social media users to scrutinize Rubio, who criticized him for sharing what they viewed as misleading information.
https://www.aol.com/articles/immigration-expert-slams-marco-rubio-230925860.html
ICE Sued Over ‘Civil Rights Catastrophe’ at West Texas Concentration Camp. “The conditions here in this ICE tent camp in a desert are inhumane and cruel,” said one Cameroonian plaintiff in the suit. “No human being should ever have to go through this.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/30/lawsuit-camp-east-montana-texas-us-immigration-ice
Pro- and anti-ICE protesters face off at Delany Hall over weekend as hunger strike continues. A Newark detention center has been at the forefront of anti-ICE protests – and now counterprotests https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/30/protests-ice-immigration-detention-center-new-jersey
Second ICE agent to be criminally charged following Operation Metro Surge arrested in Texas: Christian Castro, ICE agent charged in Metro Surge shooting, arrested in Texas. Castro is the second federal agent to be criminally charged for conduct during Operation Metro Surge.
Christian Castro is one of the two agents ICE Director Todd Lyons acknowledged lied about the circumstances of this incident.
https://www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2026/May/castro-arrested
ICE looks into buying advertising data, raising ethical debate in
industry: Leading trade groups in the adtech industry, concerned that it may be bad for business, are proposing rules that would limit selling information to law enforcement
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/30/ice-immigration-privacy-data-advertising-00939078
Texans rally against Gov. Greg Abbott over federal immigration enforcement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAEeJuW6Evk
Thousands of children are losing parents to ICE detention, report say: A yearlong investigation, found more than 5,000 children stuck in foster care because their parents were detained by ICE. One in four deportees have U.S.-born kids and face total loss of parental rights.
https://colorlines.com/articles/thousands-kids-lost-parents-us-deportation-system
ICE has abruptly deported thousands of kids. Their families say it traumatized them. Families left behind keepsakes, medicine, pets, cars and homes, sometimes leaving the U.S. with little more than their clothes https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/03/18/ice-children-deportation-detention-trump
# Illicit Drugs / Trafficking / DEA / Gangs Fentanyl threat grows as DEA detects new synthetic ‘orphine’ compound.
Officials are warning that the nation’s drug crisis is entering a more dangerous phase due to illicit fentanyl mixed with synthetic drugs.
Federal officials issued urgent warnings about the escalating threat of new, ultra-potent synthetic opioids infiltrating the illegal drug supply. These emerging compounds—such as cychlorphine, nitazenes, and carfentanil—are often mixed into counterfeit pills or street drugs without the user’s knowledge.
https://www.hmpglobalevents.com/east-coast-symposium/news-insights/dea-issues-public-safety-warning-fentanyl-and-emerging-synthetic
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies Proposed $250 bill could be a boon for drug cartels, experts warn. A proposal to create the largest U.S. currency denomination in more than
50 years could unintentionally benefit drug cartels, money launderers and tax cheats, according to experts and Treasury Department records.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_88e53b6c-c6d6-4e5a-be45-f11186716d3c.html
Bipartisan IRS whistleblower reform bill gains momentum in Senate after House approval. The IRS said that it has collected around $7.5 billion due to whistleblowers since 2007.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/05/bipartisan-irs-whistleblower-reform-bill-gains-momentum-senate-after-house-approval/413856/?oref=ge-home-top-story
The Massive Scale of Financial Loss: The financial damage caused by fraud reaches staggeringly high numbers across both public and private sectors. The amount of fraud being found in the United States is staggering. And this isn’t just a problem of crime. It’s a problem so severe that it may eventually, whether intentionally or not, achieve a strategy to destabilize the country, drain its resources, and then force changes that Americans would otherwise never accept.
https://www.ntd.com/ntdplus/why-americas-fraud-problem-is-bigger-than-you-think_1148576.html
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants Japan is preparing to attempt something that sounds straight out of a sci-fi movie… A satellite called OHISAMA, Japanese for ‘Sun,’ is expected to beam solar energy from space directly back to Earth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk5s132z-Ms
# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
24 groups, including Native nonprofits, join lawsuit over $127M of canceled USDA grants. A coalition of land trusts, local governments and Native organizations joined a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s cancellation of more than $127 million in USDA grants for farmland access, agricultural lending and farmer training projects.
https://tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/food-agriculture/15629-24-groups-including-native-nonprofits-join-lawsuit-over-canceled-usda-grants
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Jail transfer of Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell questioned in Congress. A Congressman investigating the scandal said moving the convicted British socialite to a less restrictive facility “seemed too coincidental” shortly after she was interviewed by then deputy attorney general Todd Blanche.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/pam-bondi-donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-todd-blanche-b2986283.html
# Gov / Politics / US
Congress makes a move nobody expected! One historic vote just reignited America’s biggest constitutional debate and left Washington stunned today. He’s now doing it again amid the war with Iran.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/28/politics/trump-claims-nobody-knows-quotes
Trump Admits ‘We Shouldn’t Have Been in Iran https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-iran-war-fox-news
“No One Is Watching”: How Trump Reversed Biden’s Crackdown on Gun Trafficking. After Biden clamped down on the flow of illegal guns, Trump has referred fewer ATF trafficking charges for prosecution, eased up on irresponsible gun shops and shifted hundreds of ATF agents to immigration work.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-trump-reversed-biden-gun-crackdown-atf
The redistricting war isn’t only about voting rights. It’s about affordability, too. Discriminatory redistricting directly harms housing and financial affordability by diluting the political power of communities that rely on state and local governments for essential economic investments https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/25/redistricting-war-is-transforming-us-politics-with-no-end-sight/
Explainer: What’s happening with gerrymandering in the United States—and who will “win” the redistricting battle? HKS Professor Ben Schneer discusses recent redistricting in Texas, California, Virginia, and Florida, and the Supreme Court’s ruling on Louisiana v. Callais.
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/democracy-governance/explainer-whats-happening-gerrymandering-united
‘They may have really overshot this’: How redistricting could backfire on GOP. The GOP are ahead in the redistricting war, but it may backfire nationally. MS NOW Elections Director Kabir Khanna says Republicans drawing out Democratic districts will, “add fuel to the fire in terms of engaging people and driving turnout,” when midterms usually have lower turnout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvhpp9B3e7M
Trump’s new push for his ballroom at White House – ‘DronePort’ to safeguard Washington from ‘death, destruction.’ After the court injunction, Donald Trump has now pitched the construction of a ‘DronePort’ above the White House ballroom which, he says, will safeguard the capital city for the years to come.
https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/trumps-new-push-for-his-ballroom-at-white-house-droneport-to-safeguard-washington-from-death-destruction-11780276410713.html
Former California Mayor Pleads Guilty to Acting as Agent for China.
Eileen Wang announced her resignation on May 11, the same day the U.S.
Attorney’s Office Central District of California announced the charge
https://people.com/former-mayor-pleads-guilty-to-acting-as-an-illegal-agent-for-china-11987270
Trump rewrites Iran deal while strikes continue. President Trump has sent a revised, tougher framework for a peace agreement back to Iran, demanding stricter commitments regarding their nuclear program and the reopening of the blockaded Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, both nations continue to trade military strikes https://san.com/cc/trump-rewrites-iran-deal-while-strikes-continue-platner-challenges-new-reports/
Trump is trying to make sure investigators can never subpoena his White House records. If Trump prevails, Baron said, he could try to block any future investigation involving subpoenas of his records by asserting personal property rights. “There is no guarantee that those records will ever be made accessible to the public,” Baron warned.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-documents-2676977970/
MS NOW Anchor Feels ‘Deep Unease’ About Celebrating America’s 250th
Birthday: US Has Never ‘Fully Reckoned With Its Racist Past https://www.mediaite.com/media/ms-now-anchor-feels-deep-unease-about-celebrating-americas-250th-birthday-us-has-never-fully-reckoned-with-its-racist-past/
GOP strategist: ‘There are 8 senators in the Republican conference, who are put out with the White House https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/03/18/ice-children-deportation-detention-trump
McConnell lets loose on Trump on his way to Senate retirement. “So the nation’s top law enforcement official is asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops? Utterly stupid, morally wrong — take your pick,” he said in a statement. At other times, McConnell has critiqued the administration’s “illegal” tariffs and Trump’s perceived coziness with Russia. He’s also one of the few Republican wild cards on the Senate floor.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcconnell-lets-loose-on-trump-on-his-way-to-senate-retirement/ar-AA24u7TI?item=flightsprg-tipsubsc-v1a?loadi
# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp GOP lawmakers push to save hemp from impending federal ban. To prevent this recriminalization, GOP members of the U.S. House and Senate have introduced a series of legislative fixes, amendments, and alternative regulatory frameworks https://www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/hemp/news/15826349/3-us-house-republicans-attempt-to-thwart-intoxicating-hemp-product-ban
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes ‘Now More Than 200 Trump Summary Executions’ as US Bombs Another Boat.
One legal expert said the grim milestone raises the question of whether the US is committing a “crime against humanity.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/death-toll-us-strikes-alleged-drug-boats-climbs-above-200-eastern-pacific-caribbean/
Midnight Hammer F-16 pilots flew their non-stealth jets deep into Iran protecting bombers. Then they flew out critically low on fuel
https://www.businessinsider.com/pilots-protected-bombers-over-iran-flew-home-on-fumes-2026-5
# Military / Global
‘Ceasefire Is a Joke’: Israeli Soldiers Recount Ongoing Indiscriminate Killings in Gaza. “It was a jungle,” one soldier said. The soldiers said they were speaking out because they were angered and saddened by what they saw in the Israeli-controlled part of Gaza since the deal went into effect seven months ago. “After the ceasefire, the order was: If someone crosses the line, you shoot them.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/30/to-call-it-a-ceasefire-is-a-joke-israeli-soldiers-share-rare-accounts-from-gaza-with-ap-00943657
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