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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Trump administration sues Catholic diocese to seize land on religious site near El Paso for border barrier. The lawsuit argues that 14 acres on Mount Cristo Rey, which features a 29-foot-tall statue of Jesus, are needed for barriers and other technology to secure the border.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/15/texas-cristo-rey-mountain-new-mexico-border-wall-lawsuit/
$1.7 billion contract awarded “for border wall in Big Bend” amid public confusion over construction plans. The contract comes just a week after Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said the agency would not build a wall in Big Bend National Park.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/15/texas-big-bend-border-wall-contract-awarded-billion/
CBP axes plan to build portion of border wall in Big Bend National Park. A top U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) official told the Washington Examiner that plans to build a 30-foot-tall border wall in Big Bend National Park have been axed.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2026/05/11/cbp-axes-plan-to-build-portion-of-border-wall-in-big-bend
He Monitors ICE. At 3 A.M., Federal Agents Kicked Down His Door. A targeted pre-dawn raid on the home and business of a volunteer with VC Defensa, an immigration monitoring network in Ventura County, California. Such tactics have sparked major civil rights concerns regarding how authorities handle monitoring groups
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/federal-agents-raids-vc-defensa_n_6a07738fe4b0a33000e1ca34
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
New York Mayor Mamdani Applauded for Closing $12 Billion Budget Deficit Without Austerity Measures. “We didn’t close the gap on the backs of working people,” said Mayor Zohran Mamdani. “We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets and making historic investments in public housing.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/mamdani-nyc-budget-deficit
Did Zohran Mamdani’s New Budget Really Eliminate New York City’s Deficit? Here are some of the key policies in Mamdani’s budget:
https://time.com/article/2026/05/13/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-deficit-budget-funding/
Most Corrupt President Ever Has Found Yet Another Profit Center: Stock Trading. Donald Trump has bought and sold millions of dollars in stock from tech companies and government contractors.
https://newrepublic.com/post/210518/donald-trump-stocks-federal-contracts
Donald Trump Called Out After New Financial Disclosure: ‘He Is the Swamp’: For someone who campaigned under the promise of “drain the swamp,” Donald Trump’s new financial disclosures seem a little questionable. His first-quarter financial disclosures revealed that the former reality TV host traded at least $220 million in major American companies—many of which are directly impacted by his administration’s policies.
https://www.aol.com/articles/donald-trump-called-financial-disclosure-180004000.html
# Gov / Politics
“Americans can’t make ends meet”: Schumer torches GOP for backing Trump’s billion-dollar ‘gold-plated ballroom’ and abandoning struggling families. Democrats argue this is a betrayal of struggling American families who are pleading for relief from the soaring costs of groceries, gas, healthcare, and housing.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uAk3waddx3o
Mapped: Where Redistricting Battles Are Unfolding Nationwide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htopjT3eaRU
Destroy the Files’ — Raskin Plays Miller’s 2:47 AM Voicemail LIVE — Room Goes Silent for 358 Seconds. Jamie Raskin plays Steven Miller’s 2:47 AM voicemail saying “destroy the files” in shocking congressional hearing. Miller invokes Fifth Amendment and stays silent for 358 seconds as Raskin presents voicemail recording, text message confirmations, and building security logs proving obstruction of Congress.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kUXNk6MmKU
MAGA Supreme Court OKs GOP Overthrow of American Democracy. Disenfranching 40% of a state’s citizens cannot be reconciled with representative democracy. . The decision allows states to engage in partisan gerrymandering even if it results in the elimination of minority-opportunity districts, provided the stated intent is political rather than explicitly racial.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/supreme-court-vs-democracy
Trump Attacks Reporter Inches From His Face on Air Force One: ‘Treasonous! Fake Guy!’ The president’s trip to China appears to have left him especially cranky
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/trump-attacks-reporter-inches-from-his-face-on-air-force-one-treasonous-fake-guy,261647
Trump announces location for planned ‘Garden of American Heroes.’ The National Garden would be located in a highly regulated park along the Potomac River
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-national-garden-statue-potomac-river-b2977585.html
# Gov / Politics / Global
Israel announces it killed Hamas military chief tied to Oct. 7 attacks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG-X2enVPok
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
If the Marshals Go Rogue, Courts Have Other Ways to Enforce their Orders
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220245421
What Courts Can Do If the Trump Administration Defies Court Orders. Judges have a range of tools for enforcing their orders in the face of noncompliance.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/what-courts-can-do-if-trump-administration-defies-court-orders
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
The GOP Is Attacking the VRA From All Angles — and Could Soon Make it All But Useless
https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the-gop-is-attacking-the-vra-from-all-angles-and-could-soon-make-it-all-but-useless/
VRA: Voting Rights Act of 1965 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
The Supreme Court Has Completed Its Quest to Kill the Voting Rights Act: The GOP Is Attacking the VRA From All Angles — and Could Soon Make it All But Useless
https://www.reddit.com/r/ThePeoplesPress/comments/1ngbugm/the_gop_is_attacking_the_vra_from_all_angles_and/
“My Time on 60 Minutes and Why I Refuse To Stay Silent” is an opinion essay written by lawyer Marc Elias. The piece details Elias’s television appearance discussing Donald Trump’s political retribution and the legal industry’s handling of the former president
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-time-on-60-minutes-and-why-i-refuse-to-stay-silent/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
‘Effort to Stifle and Intimidate’: Trump DOJ Subpoenas News Outlets Over Iran War Coverage. President Donald Trump has complained for months about the media’s coverage of the Iran war, telling reporters in April that “if you read the New York Times, it’s actually seditious, in my opinion.”
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trumps-doj-cracks-iran-coverage-treason.html
Justice Department defends decision to subpoena Wall Street Journal reporters, citing national security. The Wall Street Journal said on Monday the subpoenas, which it received March 4, relate to a Feb. 23 article that reported the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and others at the Pentagon had warned President Trump about the risks of an extended military campaign against Iran. Other news media outlets published similar stories around the same time.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-wall-street-journal-subpoenas/
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
California officials accuse Trump admin of ‘political retribution’ as Vance suspends Medicaid payments. “Withholding reimbursements only further hurts patients, strains providers, and drives up costs,” said one Democratic congresswoman. “We will fight this with everything we’ve got.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/california-home-health
# Medical / Nursing / Biologicals / Pharmaceutical / Chemistry / FDA / CDC / Recalls
Blood Pressure Drug Recalled: The recall is ongoing and nationwide, the notice said. Neither Alkem nor Ascend issued a press release for the action. Several blood pressure medications have been recalled due to issues like potential cancer-causing impurities and failed testing.
https://medshadow.org/drug-updates-recalls/fda-recalls-and-warnings/metoprolol-not-dissolving-properly-novo-nordisk-warned-glp-1-side-effects/
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
13 men killed by US military boat strikes identified: ‘These were flesh-and-blood people.’ All victims of US strikes in eastern Pacific and the Caribbean identified so far came from extremely poor communities
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/15/us-military-airstrikes-caribbean-pacific-victim-identities
# Security / DHS / Communications / Surveillance / Secret Service
Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ Shield Exposed as ‘Trillion-Dollar Boondoggle’ by CBO. Sen. Jeff Merkley called the project “nothing more than a massive giveaway to defense contractors paid for entirely by working Americans.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-golden-dome-cbo
# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics
With 4,900 AI Data Centers, There’s Likely One Coming to Your Neighborhood
https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/4900-ai-data-centers-theres-likely-one-coming-your-neighborhood
# Transportation / Trucking
Palm Beach was told to approve Trump’s airport naming deal or risk losing state funding. Now, the fine print reveals how his family profits from it. The grifting continues.
https://attackofthefanboy.com/politics/palm-beach-was-told-to-approve-trumps-airport-naming-deal-or-risk-losing-state-funding-now-the-fine-print-reveals-how-his-family-profits-from-it/
Will Trump profit from Palm Beach airport being renamed after him? What we know: Airport stores would be forced to buy branded merchandise only from Trump-approved retailers. Trump’s company gets control over who manufactures those products. Trump gets veto power over how his biography is presented in airport materials. And thanks to a loophole, Trump-linked entities could still profit off airport-branded merchandise sold off-site. The airport’s new name will go into effect on July 1, 2026.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/05/12/palm-beach-airport-renamed-trump/
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