A group of legal and civil rights organizations late Friday sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over conditions at Camp East Montana in El Paso, the country's largest immigration detention facility. "Camp East Montana is nothing short of a civil rights catastrophe," Kyle Virgien, senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union's National Prison Project, said in a statement. "We're suing to ensure that no other human being has to endure the inhumane treatment that the Trump administration has inflicted on our clients." read more
Multiple performers booked for a festival celebrating America's 250th birthday have dropped out, many saying they were misled about the political affiliation of the event. Freedom 250, the group behind the Great American State Fair, unveiled the artists on Wednesday for the 16-day event planned on the National Mall in Washington DC between 25 June and 10 July. The group was launched last year by the Trump administration and the president appointed its CEO, but it says the event is non-partisan. US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he might instead use the occasion to give a "major speech" in Washington DC, calling the artists who dropped out "third rate".
A federal immigration officer wanted for shooting a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration's Minnesota crackdown was arrested Friday in Texas, authorities said. read more
About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company. read more
Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to "blow up" the country of Oman if it didn't bow to his wishes around control of the Strait of Hormuz ... read more
Killing a bunch of fishermen did ---- all to keep drugs from entering the US.