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Donald Trump has threatened the EU with “serious tariffs” and a halt to trade after the bloc proposed making Canada its first ever associate member – an idea he derided as “laughable”. The US president said that if the EU moved forward with the plan, W...
TAT: [Foreign policy | Suppressing dissent]
TAT: [Foreign policy | Suppressing dissent]
Trump threatens to stop trading with EU over ‘laughable’ membership offer to Canada
US president responds as Mark Carney seeks to move closer to Europe and diversify defence ties
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Donald Trump has threatened the EU with “serious tariffs” and a halt to trade after the bloc proposed making Canada its first ever associate member – an idea he derided as “laughable”. The US president said that if the EU moved forward with the plan, W...
TAT: [Foreign policy | Suppressing dissent]
TAT: [Foreign policy | Suppressing dissent]
An analysis found that the second Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177bn in federal grants since January 2025. Cuts affect all 50 states and DC, with health, nutrition, the environment and disaster relief making up the largest share of cuts, according to the S...
TAT: [Hollowing state]
TAT: [Hollowing state]
Trump 2.0 has cut or frozen $177bn in grants across every state, analysis finds
Cuts hit all 50 states and DC, with environment, health, nutrition and disaster relief making up the largest share
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 7:29 PM
An analysis found that the second Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177bn in federal grants since January 2025. Cuts affect all 50 states and DC, with health, nutrition, the environment and disaster relief making up the largest share of cuts, according to the S...
TAT: [Hollowing state]
TAT: [Hollowing state]
The US has announced visa restrictions on some South Africans as Donald Trump’s administration continues to claim that South Africa’s government racially discriminates against white minority Afrikaners. US secretary of state Marco Rubio wrote on X:"“The South ...
TAT: [Nationalism | Foreign policy]
TAT: [Nationalism | Foreign policy]
US to bar some South Africans over claims of anti-white discrimination
Announcement of visa restrictions follows Trump’s false claims of ‘white genocide’ taking place in South Africa
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 7:14 PM
The US has announced visa restrictions on some South Africans as Donald Trump’s administration continues to claim that South Africa’s government racially discriminates against white minority Afrikaners. US secretary of state Marco Rubio wrote on X:"“The South ...
TAT: [Nationalism | Foreign policy]
TAT: [Nationalism | Foreign policy]
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr) encouraged (Food and Drug Administration) FDA advisers to allow pharmacy compounding of BPC-157 despite FDA scientists’ concerns over insufficient safety and efficacy evidence. New analysis found the number of ...
TAT: [Corruption | Attacking science]
TAT: [Corruption | Attacking science]
Use of untested 'Wolverine' peptide backed by US Health Secretary Kennedy on the rise, study finds
An experimental peptide backed by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and marketed online for pain, healing and performance enhancement is being used for a wide range of ailments despite little safety and efficacy evidence from human studies, a new analysis found.
www.reuters.com
September 17, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr) encouraged (Food and Drug Administration) FDA advisers to allow pharmacy compounding of BPC-157 despite FDA scientists’ concerns over insufficient safety and efficacy evidence. New analysis found the number of ...
TAT: [Corruption | Attacking science]
TAT: [Corruption | Attacking science]
José Serrano, a prominent former Ecuadorian government official, was deported last month in an unusual move by U.S. immigration authorities, who reversed a ruling that had blocked his removal because he could face torture back home. He... [link]
TAT: [Nationalism | Corruption | Suppressing dissent]
TAT: [Nationalism | Corruption | Suppressing dissent]
September 17, 2026 at 6:43 PM
House Speaker Mike Johnson suddenly cancelled votes in the House and sent representatives home until after the Midterm elections on November 9th. The change in schedule means that the House won’t vote on Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky...
TAT: [Suppressing dissent | Undermining democracy]
TAT: [Suppressing dissent | Undermining democracy]
House to leave early, punting Hegseth impeachment vote until after November elections
House Republican leaders canceled votes planned for Thursday. Members won’t return to Washington until Nov. 9.
www.nbcnews.com
September 17, 2026 at 6:28 PM
House Speaker Mike Johnson suddenly cancelled votes in the House and sent representatives home until after the Midterm elections on November 9th. The change in schedule means that the House won’t vote on Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky...
TAT: [Suppressing dissent | Undermining democracy]
TAT: [Suppressing dissent | Undermining democracy]
Acccording to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) the US government paid federal workers $9.5bn not to work in 2025 as part of the administration’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) attempts to shrink the federal workforce. Of the $9.5bn p...
TAT: [Hollowing state]
TAT: [Hollowing state]
US government paid federal employees $9.5bn not to work amid Doge cuts – report
GAO report shows how use paid administrative leave rose by 435% from 2023 to 2025 and incurred a sixfold cost
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Acccording to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) the US government paid federal workers $9.5bn not to work in 2025 as part of the administration’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) attempts to shrink the federal workforce. Of the $9.5bn p...
TAT: [Hollowing state]
TAT: [Hollowing state]
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), was accused of using a 235-word list to prevent topics from health equity to climate change from being funded. A class-action lawsuit filed argues that the Trump administration is blocking and cancelling scie...
TAT: [Attacking science | Suppressing dissent]
TAT: [Attacking science | Suppressing dissent]
New lawsuit accuses Trump administration of blocking NIH grants as form of censorship
Administration has used a list of 235 keywords – such as ‘gender’ and ‘racist’ – to prevent topics from being funded
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 5:57 PM
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), was accused of using a 235-word list to prevent topics from health equity to climate change from being funded. A class-action lawsuit filed argues that the Trump administration is blocking and cancelling scie...
TAT: [Attacking science | Suppressing dissent]
TAT: [Attacking science | Suppressing dissent]
The State Department announced that it would extend a visa ban on Palestinian officials including Mahmood Abbas (leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority). This will prevent their attendance of the the annual United Nations General Assem...
TAT: [Foreign policy]
TAT: [Foreign policy]
State Department Extends Visa Ban on Abbas, Other Palestinian Officials
The move would prevent Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of two governing Palestinian groups, from traveling to the United States next week for the United Nations General Assembly.
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2026 at 5:42 PM
The State Department announced that it would extend a visa ban on Palestinian officials including Mahmood Abbas (leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority). This will prevent their attendance of the the annual United Nations General Assem...
TAT: [Foreign policy]
TAT: [Foreign policy]
Trump attacked the Federal Reserve following its decision to increase interest rates and repeated threats to cut off broad swaths of US trade unless the central bank bows soon to his demands for lower borrowing costs. [link]
TAT: [Suppressing dissent | Undermining democracy]
TAT: [Suppressing dissent | Undermining democracy]
September 17, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The Pentagon declined to provide information requested by the Congressional Budget Office about the cost and military impact of the Iran war. After the CBO estimated that the US had probably used half to two-thirds of its missile-defence int...
TAT: [Controlling information | Undermining democracy]
TAT: [Controlling information | Undermining democracy]
Independent Budget Office Estimates Iran War Has Cost $38 Billion
The Congressional Budget Office said its analysis had been limited by the fact that the Defense Department did not respond to requests for information on the costs of the conflict.
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2026 at 5:12 PM
The Pentagon declined to provide information requested by the Congressional Budget Office about the cost and military impact of the Iran war. After the CBO estimated that the US had probably used half to two-thirds of its missile-defence int...
TAT: [Controlling information | Undermining democracy]
TAT: [Controlling information | Undermining democracy]
In two letters the Interior Department outlined a plan for 12 temporary signs to be put up outside the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History to warn visitors of the content inside. One letter argued that visitors should enter “with relevant information abou...
TAT: [Attacking education]
TAT: [Attacking education]
Trump Administration Outlines Plan for Signs Outside Smithsonian Museum
In a letter, the Interior Department detailed what it hoped to convey on 12 signs to be installed outside the National Museum of American History.
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2026 at 4:56 PM
In two letters the Interior Department outlined a plan for 12 temporary signs to be put up outside the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History to warn visitors of the content inside. One letter argued that visitors should enter “with relevant information abou...
TAT: [Attacking education]
TAT: [Attacking education]
According to an internal memo from the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Trump administration is quietly moving to strip a core protection of the Endangered Species Act, by re-interpreting its language. under this new interpretation, the accidental killing or injury ... [link]
TAT: [Attacking science]
TAT: [Attacking science]
September 17, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Following a vote by the Trump-appointed board of the Kennedy Center to close the building over safety and financial concerns, Trump threateend to cancel a planned renovation of the institution if federal courts did not allow his name to be placed on the fr...
TAT: [Corruption | Attacking education]
TAT: [Corruption | Attacking education]
Kennedy Center to close as Trump threatens to block repairs over name dispute
President says he will block renovation project unless court decision to bar his name from being added is overturned
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Following a vote by the Trump-appointed board of the Kennedy Center to close the building over safety and financial concerns, Trump threateend to cancel a planned renovation of the institution if federal courts did not allow his name to be placed on the fr...
TAT: [Corruption | Attacking education]
TAT: [Corruption | Attacking education]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) revealed that it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages in detained pregnant people after 3 October 2025. A Freedom of Information Act request by the Guardian newspaper re...
TAT: [Nationalism | Attacking science | Controlling information]
TAT: [Nationalism | Attacking science | Controlling information]
Revealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant women
ICE says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025. Lawmakers, advocates and immigration attorneys have raised alarms that pregnant detainees are not receiving basic prenatal care and screenings
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) revealed that it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages in detained pregnant people after 3 October 2025. A Freedom of Information Act request by the Guardian newspaper re...
TAT: [Nationalism | Attacking science | Controlling information]
TAT: [Nationalism | Attacking science | Controlling information]
Trump lashed out at the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) after it declined to allow a U.S. Postal Service rule which would restrict the use of mail-in ballots in the November midterm elections. On social media he wrote: "This Supreme Court is bullied and cajoled by the Radica...
TAT: [Undermining democracy]
TAT: [Undermining democracy]
Trump lashes out at Supreme Court justices after ballots ruling
President Donald Trump lashed out on Tuesday at his own Supreme Court appointees a day after the top U.S. judicial body declined to allow a U.S. Postal Service rule restricting the use of mail-in ballots in the November midterm elections in his latest acidic criticism of the court after an unfavor
www.reuters.com
September 16, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Trump lashed out at the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) after it declined to allow a U.S. Postal Service rule which would restrict the use of mail-in ballots in the November midterm elections. On social media he wrote: "This Supreme Court is bullied and cajoled by the Radica...
TAT: [Undermining democracy]
TAT: [Undermining democracy]
According to an intergovernmental report by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International Idea), democracy indicators in US are at their lowest levels for 50 years and the Trump administration is undermining rule of law at home an...
TAT: [Undermining democracy]
TAT: [Undermining democracy]
Democracy indicators in US at lowest levels for 50 years, data shows
Trump administration undermining rule of law at home and worldwide, according to intergovernmental report
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:52 PM
According to an intergovernmental report by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International Idea), democracy indicators in US are at their lowest levels for 50 years and the Trump administration is undermining rule of law at home an...
TAT: [Undermining democracy]
TAT: [Undermining democracy]
The Justice Department secured a $25m settlement with Accenture over alleged use of race and sex in hiring and promotion, as the administration continues its campaign against DEI initiatives.
TAT: [Weakening civil rights]
TAT: [Weakening civil rights]
Accenture to pay $25 million to settle US government allegations over DEI
IT consulting firm Accenture will pay $25 million to settle U.S. government allegations over diversity practices, which President Donald Trump's administration has targeted in his second term in office.
www.reuters.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:37 PM
The Justice Department secured a $25m settlement with Accenture over alleged use of race and sex in hiring and promotion, as the administration continues its campaign against DEI initiatives.
TAT: [Weakening civil rights]
TAT: [Weakening civil rights]
The F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, suggested that he was open to sending federal agents to polling places, raising alarms from Democrats that the Trump administration would act aggressively to assert greater control over the coming elections.
TAT: [Suppressing dissent | Undermining democracy]
TAT: [Suppressing dissent | Undermining democracy]
Kash Patel Suggests FBI Agents Could Go to Election Polling Sites
Federal law prohibits armed federal officers or military personnel from being deployed to polling stations.
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:22 PM
The F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, suggested that he was open to sending federal agents to polling places, raising alarms from Democrats that the Trump administration would act aggressively to assert greater control over the coming elections.
TAT: [Suppressing dissent | Undermining democracy]
TAT: [Suppressing dissent | Undermining democracy]
Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, a close associate of Vladimir Putin, paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for celebrations at Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding, including a private island and fireworks. Trump Jr. and his wife confirmed that Kremlev provided the celebrations as ... [link]
TAT: [Corruption]
TAT: [Corruption]
September 15, 2026 at 11:07 PM
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will erase any limits and regulation on emissions from coal and gas plants under the Clean Air Act, thus removing a key tool to address the climate crisis.
TAT: [Attacking science]
TAT: [Attacking science]
US ends limits on coal and gas plant emissions, removing key tool to battle climate crisis
Trump’s EPA strips itself of regulation ability, gutting Clean Air Act in what experts say is a gift to planet polluters
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2026 at 10:52 PM
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will erase any limits and regulation on emissions from coal and gas plants under the Clean Air Act, thus removing a key tool to address the climate crisis.
TAT: [Attacking science]
TAT: [Attacking science]
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' leaders, who are all Trump appointed, stated that the Center was at risk of bankrupcy, and stated that putting Trump's name on its facade may be the only way to avoid imminent and “certain fiscal collapse”. ...
TAT: [Corruption | Undermining democracy]
TAT: [Corruption | Undermining democracy]
Kennedy Center leaders say Trump’s name on facade may avoid ‘fiscal collapse’
Center’s Trump-installed leaders also say it is on brink of bankruptcy and could close as early as Tuesday
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2026 at 10:36 PM
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' leaders, who are all Trump appointed, stated that the Center was at risk of bankrupcy, and stated that putting Trump's name on its facade may be the only way to avoid imminent and “certain fiscal collapse”. ...
TAT: [Corruption | Undermining democracy]
TAT: [Corruption | Undermining democracy]
Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) officers have raised concerns over potentially illegal voter searches and unreliable data. According to an whistelblower, officers were instructed to search state voter databases and create federa...
TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening civil rights | Undermining democracy]
TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening civil rights | Undermining democracy]
DHS officers raise concerns over potentially illegal voter searches and unreliable data, whistleblower says
Officers were instructed to search state voter databases and create federal records on suspected non-citizen voters despite concerns over the process
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) officers have raised concerns over potentially illegal voter searches and unreliable data. According to an whistelblower, officers were instructed to search state voter databases and create federa...
TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening civil rights | Undermining democracy]
TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening civil rights | Undermining democracy]
A report from the office of the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) found that practices at the now shuttered detention facility "Alligator Alcatraz" did "not align with standards for humane treatment...
TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening civil rights | Undermining democracy]
TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening civil rights | Undermining democracy]
Alligator Alcatraz held detainees in cages the size of phone booths, DHS watchdog says
Office of inspector general’s report says practice at Florida immigration jail is not aligned with ‘humane treatment’
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2026 at 10:06 PM
A report from the office of the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) found that practices at the now shuttered detention facility "Alligator Alcatraz" did "not align with standards for humane treatment...
TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening civil rights | Undermining democracy]
TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening civil rights | Undermining democracy]
The Centers for Disease Conrol and Prevention (CDC) announced changes to how it reports measles deaths, shifiting from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) to data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Th...
TAT: [Attacking science | Controlling information]
TAT: [Attacking science | Controlling information]
Trump administration changes how it counts measles deaths amid Pennsylvania outbreak
CDC announces changes to how it reports measles deaths as Pennsylvania continues to confirm more cases
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2026 at 9:51 PM
The Centers for Disease Conrol and Prevention (CDC) announced changes to how it reports measles deaths, shifiting from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) to data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Th...
TAT: [Attacking science | Controlling information]
TAT: [Attacking science | Controlling information]