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Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now

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The search warrant to raid a Washington Post reporter’s home shows how authorities can open your phone without your consent.
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Trump Has Already Spent $500 Million Deploying Troops to U.S. Cities

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A report from the Congressional Budget Office reveals the immense expenses of the Trump administration’s military occupations.
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Zohran Mamdani Wants NYC to Divest From Israel — But New Comptroller Pledges to Buy War Bonds

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A human rights group fanned the flames of conflict by threatening legal action if the city invested in war crimes.
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Controversial Warrantless Spying Law Expiring Soon and Trump Officials Are Silent On It

Matt Sledge

The Trump administration won’t say what it thinks about Section 702 of FISA, the NSA law that allow searches of Americans’ information without a warrant.
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Israeli Military Found Gaza Health Ministry Death Toll Was Accurate. Will These Deniers Admit It?

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Denial of the Gaza Health Ministry’s death toll helped buoy American support for Israel’s genocide.
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“Melania” Is as Vacuous as Its Subject

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Melania Trump seems so unfazed by the sins of her milieu, it only makes sense that the film’s director is in the Epstein files.
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An American Citizen Has Been Stuck in El Salvador’s Prison System Since the Biden Administration

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Two years before Trump sent Kilmar Ábrego García to CECOT, the Bukele regime arrested a U.S. citizen for his tattoos. The Biden administration didn’t intervene.
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