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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

ADL removes ‘Protect Civil Rights’ from website as it narrows its mission amid right-wing attacks - Jewish Telegraphic Agency The removal took place after FBI Director Kash Patel said he would cut ties with the ADL, though it is unclear if that has happened.

The removal eliminated a passage that read, “Our founders established ADL with the clear understanding that the fight against any one form of prejudice or hate cannot succeed without countering hate of all forms.”

As Darfur's last city falls, fears grow 'there will be no one left to save' Sudan's army has lost its last foothold of el-Fasher, in Darfur, to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Now warnings are mounting of a second genocide as mass killings unfold before the world.

Sudan's army has lost its last foothold of el-Fasher, in Darfur, to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Now warnings are mounting of a second genocide as mass killings unfold before the world. n.pr/4oe3DRM

What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.

Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.

Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica and threatens to be the island's strongest recorded storm Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a Category 5 storm as it draws closer to Jamaica, where forecasters say it will unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage.

Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica and threatens to be the island’s strongest recorded storm

The flame of a candle with words above it reading: "Seven years ago today, 11 Jewish people were murdered in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. May their memories be for a blessing. Joyce Fienberg, 75 Richard Gottfried, 65 Rose Mallinger, 97 Jerry Rabinowitz, 66 Cecil Rosenthal, 59 David Rosenthal, 54 Bernice Simon, 84 Sylvan Simon, 86 Daniel Stein, 71 Melvin Wax, 88 Irving Younger, 69." A logo for Bend the Arc: Jewish Action appears at the bottom.

Today, we remember the 11 beloved Jewish community members who were murdered at a synagogue in Pittsburgh seven years ago.

May their memories be a blessing and may their families be comforted.

Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds.

ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds.

Accusing Jordan Silverman A D.C. teaching assistant was accused of molesting up to 15 kids. Multiple law enforcement agencies cleared him. But his nightmare was just beginning.

New from me:

Elite law firms, multiple media outlets, the D.C. attorney general, and a group of parents accused a teacher of molesting 15 kids. They were wrong.

This piece is two-and-a-half years in the making. And as you'll see, it took some incredible turns, even as I was reporting it.

One reason you don’t wanna fall in love with one guy from Maine because he says “corporate power” on his website is that you are handing Republicans a bipartisan excuse for having Nazi associations.

“I was only 35 and didn’t know what the ‘14 words’ meant.”

As his two sons watch and cry, ‘Pa, te amo,’ federal agents arrest man outside of Naperville apartments A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday as his two sons cried and begged for him not to be hurt.

A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.

Who Were the Assad Regime's Top Enforcers in Syria? (Gift Article) An ongoing reporting project to uncover the roles and whereabouts of the key officials who powered President Bashar al-Assad’s brutal reign in Syria.

When the Assad regime fell in December 2024, many of its enforcers disappeared without a trace. Some are believed to have fled to Libya or Russia or the United Arab Emirates. One thing is clear: These are not people who want to be found — or held accountable for the regime's brutality.

Professors: Most Jewish Americans believe Donald Trump is exploiting antisemitism to assault universities A wide majority of Jewish Americans say Trump is exploiting antisemitism in disingenuous fashion, as revealed by a national survey.

Commentary: A wide majority of Jewish Americans say President Trump is exploiting antisemitism in disingenuous fashion — that it’s a thinly veiled disguise to justify his assault on higher education, as revealed by a national survey.

Denial and amnesia: Is the global community ready to welcome Israel back? Analysts express concern over the rehabilitation of Israel, even as it says it has done no wrong.

According to observers from within Israel, no public reckoning with the human cost of its war looks likely. Without acceptance of that cost, a resumption of hostilities – whatever the international consensus may be – remains possible.

Google email shows it ruled Israel’s ads claiming ‘There is food in Gaza’ aren’t misleading An internal Google email said it received many complaints about Israeli government YouTube ads about food access in Gaza, but ruled they could remain online.

As famine struck Gaza, Google let Israel run YouTube ads claiming, ‘There is food’

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.

The video, which included the lyrics “Jew me” and “kike me,” was deleted from the platforms on Wednesday morning, though it’s not clear whether the offensive content was taken down by Border Patrol or Meta.

34 trenches, 2 kilometres long filled with bodies. As these were dug up and potentially tens of thousands of corpses reburied, the Assad regime was being interviewed in Western media outlets, his English skills mattering more than anything he was doing.

Syria's Sharaa tells Putin at Kremlin meeting he will respect all past deals with Moscow Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday he would honour all past deals struck between his country and Moscow, a pledge suggesting Moscow's two main military bases in Syria are safe.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday he would honour all past deals struck between his country and Moscow, a pledge suggesting Moscow's two main military bases in Syria are safe.

Trump Calls Out San Francisco as Next Target for National Guard Deployment | KQED Top city officials on Wednesday fired back at recent comments suggesting President Donald Trump should send the National Guard to San Francisco.

Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s casting his focus on San Francisco as one of the next cities on his list of places where he’s looking to deploy the National Guard.

Exclusive: Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds From 2019 to 2021, Syria’s authoritarian government carried out a secret operation to move tens of thousands of bodies from the exposed Qutayfah mass grave to a hidden site in the desert east of Damascus. The goal of the clandestine reburial was to hide evidence of atrocities as Bashar Assad tried to regain international standing

From 2019 to 2021, Syria’s authoritarian government carried out a secret operation to move tens of thousands of bodies from the exposed Qutayfah mass grave to a hidden site in the desert east of Damascus.

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

She Studies the Russian ‘Red Man’ Whose Bloody War Evokes Soviet Tyranny

“I would say that I am a human ear,” she said. “When I walk down the street and catch words, phrases and exclamations, I always think — how many novels disappear without a trace!”

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’ During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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L.A. Times journalists vote to authorize newsroom’s first open-ended strike — Media Guild of the West Eighty-five percent of the Los Angeles Times Guild, the union that represents reporters, editors, designers, photographers and other journalists at the West Coast’s largest newspaper, voted this week ...

An overwhelming majority of Los Angeles Times journalists have voted to authorize their union’s leaders to call a strike if such a step is necessary to reach a new contract.

Marwan Barghouti will not be released in Gaza deal, says Israeli spokesperson Longtime prisoner is the most popular Palestinian political figure according to polls

Prominent Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti will not be released as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal

Good lord.

@apnews.com

‘My father can bring democracy to Palestinian politics. Y... The son of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has called on Keir Starmer to lobby for his freedom

Despite his imprisonment, Barghouti, who is now 66, has remained an influential political figure.

Trump says he plans to travel to region this weekend if agreement inked; Hamas tells interlocutors it's committed to securing Barghouti's release

Neither Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson nor Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has been accused of criminal wrongdoing, though both have emerged as prominent opponents of Trump's immigration crackdown and deployment of National Guard troops in Democratic-leaning cities.

Trump sends California troops to Portland after court denies order - BBC News The move appears aimed at circumventing a court order that barred deploying troops in Portland.

President Donald Trump has sent federalised troops from California to Oregon after a court denied his attempt to deploy the National Guard in Portland

Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."