February 15, 2025

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Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch says Trump’s attacks on judiciary are ‘demoralizing’ – The Washington Post

Abby Phillip, Robert Barnes and Ed O'Keefe017 mins

President Trump’s escalating attacks on the federal judiciary drew denunciation Wednesday from his Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, who told a senator that the criticism was “disheartening” and “demoralizing” to independent federal courts. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said Gorsuch made the comments during their private meeting Wednesday, and the account was confirmed by Ron Bonjean,…

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What’s largely and glaringly missing from Trump’s list of terrorist attacks: Non-Western victims – The Washington Post

Katie Mettler and Derek Hawkins015 mins

An Iraqi man weeps during his visit to the site of a suicide truck bomb attack in Karada district in central Baghdad on July 6. (Ali Abbas/European Pressphoto Agency) On Monday in Florida — the same state devastated by the Pulse nightclub massacre last year — President Trump told members of the military that the…

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The White House released a list of ‘under covered’ terror attacks it would like you to look at – The Washington Post

Philip Bump08 mins

Yellow police tape is strung in front of the Inland Regional Center, site of the mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. in 2015. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) After President Trump made the baffling claim in a speech on Monday that the media was not reporting on terror attacks (“It’s gotten to a point where it’s not…

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Press Secretary Sean Spicer Falsely Accuses Iran of Attacking U.S. Navy Vessel, an Act of War

Alex Emmons, Zaid Jilani07 mins

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer asserted at Thursday’s press briefing that Iran had attacked a U.S. naval vessel, as part of his argument defending the administration’s bellicose announcement that Iran is “on notice.” National Security Adviser Michael Flynn on Wednesday said he was  “officially putting Iran on notice” following the country’s ballistic missile test and…

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“Bowling Green massacre”: Kellyanne Conway, Rand Paul fabricate attack to defend Muslim ban – Salon.com

Sophia Tesfaye07 mins

This story has been corrected since it was originally published. Kellanne Conway appears to be dabbling with “alternative facts” again. In an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews that aired on Thursday night, Donald Trump’s former campaign manager and now an adviser in his administration, referenced the “Bowling Green massacre” when justifying the president’s controversial executive order…

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Trump Bars Refugees and Citizens of 7 Muslim Countries – The New York Times

Michael D. Shear and Helene Cooper014 mins

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday closed the nation’s borders to refugees from around the world, ordering that families fleeing the slaughter in Syria be indefinitely blocked from entering the United States, and temporarily suspending immigration from several predominantly Muslim countries. In an executive order that he said was part of an extreme vetting plan…

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Terrorist Attack at Nightclub in Istanbul Kills Dozens – The New York Times

an Employee of The New York Times and Christopher Mele012 mins

close media-action-overlay close image Istanbul Nightclub Attack CreditMurat Ergin/Ihlas News Agency, via Reuters BURSA, Turkey — At least 39 people were killed and dozens more were wounded when a single gunman attacked a crowded Istanbul nightclub about an hour after midnight on New Year’s Day, Turkish officials said. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu called it an…

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How U.S. Torture Left Legacy of Damaged Minds – The New York Times

Matt Apuzzo, Sheri Fink and James Risen068 mins

Beatings, sleep deprivation, menacing and other brutal tactics have led to persistent mental health problems among detainees held in secret C.I.A. prisons and at Guantánamo. Before the United States permitted a terrifying way of interrogating prisoners, government lawyers and intelligence officials assured themselves of one crucial outcome. They knew that the methods inflicted on terrorism…

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Exclusive: Yahoo secretly scanned customer emails for U.S. intelligence – sources | Reuters

Joseph Menn012 mins

Yahoo Inc last year secretly built a custom software program to search all of its customers’ incoming emails for specific information provided by U.S. intelligence officials, according to people familiar with the matter.   The company complied with a classified U.S. government directive, scanning hundreds of millions of Yahoo Mail accounts at the behest of…

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