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32+ min ago   (516+ words) Democratic senators refuse to vote for bill authorizing continued DHS spending after killings of two US citizens Funding lapsed for several US government departments on Saturday, the result of a standoff in Congress over new restrictions on federal agents involved…...

32+ min ago   (862+ words) The brutal handling of immigration raids and the killing of Alex Pretti have tested the reticence of the corporate class During Donald Trump's first term, the US's corporate titans were prepared to literally turn their backs on the president when…...

33+ min ago   (119+ words) If it's fundamentally wrong, who cares if it's "legal? Clinging to the law might produce some carefully worded memos " it won't protect your rights in this perilous moment. Want more Amicus? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes with…...

33+ min ago   (1229+ words) A man who contradicted the government narrative about a prior shooting found himself pinned to the ground and detained after Pretti's death. Less than 40 minutes after federal immigration agents shot and killed 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti on Nicollet Avenue in…...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago   (405+ words) 30 January 2026, Quezon City." An eyeliner powder containing toxic lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic, and antimony, which has been recalled from end users and subsequently destroyed in Germany, is on sale in Quiapo, Manila, for P250 per unit. Despite being banned in Germany,…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago   (398+ words) Behind the statistics lie erased families and annihilated futures. These attacks underscore a brutal reality: displacement offers no protection, and no area of Gaza is safe. Tents, apartments, hospitals and streets are all treated as legitimate targets. The language of…...

1+ hour, 21+ min ago   (41+ words) Six years after leaving the EU, has it achieved its objectives? Has Brexit achieved its objectives six years on? Brexit aimed to achieve greater national sovereignty and an economic revival. Six years after leaving the EU, has it achieved its…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (1106+ words) What remains when everything vanishes? A voice in the dark? The echo of footsteps on stones that remember? In Ibtisam Azem's'The Book of Disappearance, short listed for Booker Prize for Literature in 2025, all Palestinians living in their original homeland occupied…...

1+ hour, 32+ min ago   (1312+ words) Ahead of the inaugural Enhanced Games in Las Vegas, Irish Olympic swimmer Max McCusker opens up about why he decided to join the controversial competition, in which athletes are free to use performance-enhancing substances. On paper, the Enhanced Games sounds…...

1+ hour, 46+ min ago   (54+ words) Half of those killed in Gaza since dawn are children, a day before the Rafah crossing is due to reopen. Half of those killed in Gaza since dawn are children, medical sources say, a day before the Rafah crossing is…...