Council of Europe strips former head of immunity over Epstein probe The Council of Europe, the continent's leading human rights watchdog, said it has agreed to lift the diplomatic immunity of its former Norwegian secretary general, allowing police to investigate his links to Jeffrey Epstein.

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US DOJ lawyer hit with bar complaint over search of reporter’s home A press freedom organization has urged Virginia's attorney licensing body to discipline a federal prosecutor who applied for a warrant last month to search the home of a Washington Post reporter.

"The complaint asserted that Kromberg likely violated ethics rules by not informing the judge of the Privacy Protection Act of 1980, a law that limits searches for reporting materials...[and] that Kromberg was likely 'well aware of applicable law, but deliberately chose not to mention it.'"

European Publishers Council files EU antitrust complaint about Google's AI Overviews The European Publishers Council has complained to EU antitrust regulators about Alphabet unit Google's AI-generated summaries known as AI Overviews, the lobbying group said on Tuesday.

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ICE is cracking down on people who follow them in their cars Becky Ringstrom was heading home after following federal immigration officers in her gray Kia SUV in suburban Minneapolis when she was suddenly boxed in by unmarked vehicles.

ICE has been tracking the names of protesters in an internal database for several months, according to two US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss operations reut.rs/46wwn1j

Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.

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Breaking down the symbolism in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show transformed the field in Santa Clara, California, into a vibrant tribute to Puerto Rico.

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show transformed the field in Santa Clara, California, into a vibrant tribute to Puerto Rico.

The Trump Administration’s War on Data A series of recent steps have erased the shared facts that help uphold democracy.

The demise of the CIA World Factbook is “part of a broad war on information being waged by the Trump administration,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.

Moderate Republican willing to break with party is set to lead ICE hearing Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-New York) faces the challenge of leading the questioning of top immigration officials at the peril of angering the White House.

On Tuesday, Rep. Andrew R. Garbarino (R-New York) plans to lead what is likely to be the most contentious and closely watched hearing of his short tenure as a House committee chairman.

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The AI boom is so huge it’s causing shortages everywhere else The hundreds of billions of dollars being spent by tech companies on AI projects are diverting resources from other parts of the economy.

The domino effect from the tech industry’s $700 billion AI spending spree is diverting resources and attention from other sectors of the economy, making finding an electrician or a reasonably priced smartphone increasingly difficult.

HHS Is Using AI Tools From Palantir to Target ‘DEI’ and ‘Gender Ideology’ in Grants Since March of 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services has been using tools from Palantir and the startup Credal AI to weed out perceived alignment with “DEI” or “gender ideology.”

Since March 2025, the Trump administration has used tools from Palantir and the startup Credal AI to weed out “DEI” and “gender ideology" from child welfare programs.

Threats, exile, censorship: DRC journalists besieged in year of rebel rule - Committee to Protect Journalists For Congolese journalist Prince Cikala Mihigo, the first day of 2026 brought a brutal reminder of the risks of reporting: rebel soldiers beat and kicked him while questioning him about his work,…

CPJ spoke with 20 journalists in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who said that violence, threats, detention, and censorship had worsened since the M23 rebels' advance began a year ago, forcing many to flee within the DRC and abroad. Read more:

New DOJ rules seek to limit asylum appeals, Colorado immigrant advocates say it denies due process rights The Department of Justice has proposed a rule change to clear a backlog of 200,000 immigration appeals.

"The new rule proposes that appeals be filed quickly -- in 10 days, down from 30 -- which immigration advocates say is not enough time to find a lawyer or to present an appeal."

New rule will go into effect in March.

DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.

Shameful and unnecessary.

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ICE agents can't make warrantless arrests in Oregon unless there's a risk of escape, US judge rules ICE agents can't make warrantless arrests in Oregon unless there's a risk of escape, US judge rules

ICE agents can't make warrantless arrests in Oregon unless there's a risk of escape, US judge rules

Threatened consequences include:
Students being marked absent and districts losing state funding.
Educators being investigated and disciplined, including losing their teaching license.
Districts facing state oversight, including the replacement of an elected school board with a board of managers.

Trump Is Said to Have Dropped Demand for Cash From Harvard

#Harvard, hold the line. Donald is blustering and weak.

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‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and send

ICE is running a “conveyor belt” of illegally detained Minnesota families.

Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota.

The cruelty is endless.

And here we go again. Some federal employees are starting to receive furlough notices as lawmakers in Washington weigh how to end the partial government shutdown that began over the weekend.

"Instead of a blanket shutdown, Galloway is calling for Americans to focus on major tech companies by unsubscribing from — or opting out of — services like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Amazon's Prime Video, and Microsoft Office."

"So over the next year, as many of us in the States have been and will continue working hard to mitigate and lessen all the damage done, we'll keep at it. The change is gonna come. Yes, it is."

Can we please get ahead of this one? The Kennedy Center is the memorial to a former president.

If Donald starts the wrecking ball, Lincoln or Jefferson Memorials could be next.

He should have NO authority to make significant changes.

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Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti “In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.

“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.

DOJ misconduct complaint against D.C. federal judge dismissed Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg of D.C. was accused of bias by the Justice Department, which then failed to provide evidence against him.

A judicial misconduct complaint against Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg of D.C. was dismissed after an appeals court judge found insufficient evidence of bias against the Trump administration.

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Texas A&M University is ending its women's and gender studies program, changing the syllabuses of hundreds of courses and canceling six classes as part of a new policy that limits how professors can discuss some race and gender topics, school officials announced Friday.
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