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Immigration Tracker: Updates on TPS, ICE arrests and more
Immigrants in San Francisco face mounting uncertainty as the Trump administration continues to roll back key protections and implements policies that legal advocates say restrict due process, leaving many in legal limbo. In August, President...

Top 10 countries in APAC with the highest maternity pay
South Korea clinches first spot within the APAC region, followed by Singapore, Australia, Brunei, and New Zealand rounding up the top five. Maternity leave and pay policies differ greatly across the globe, influencing how organisations attract,...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, July 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

Bill Knight: Mama MAGA: Make it make sense
BILL KNIGHT As President Trump announced sending troops into Washington, D.C., to fight a nonexistent crime wave, he also took aim at Illinois’ bail reform, another action defying reality, commenting, “We’re going to end that in Chicago.”...

Trump Administration Announces Expansion of Crackdown at Canada's Border
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday that the Justice Department will expand Joint Task Force (JTF) Alpha to cover the U.S. northern border with Canada and all maritime borders. "We will receive more resources to prosecute these...

Troll or Truth? DoJ Mulling Bar on Firearms for Transgenders, and ... I Have Questions
As a troll, this trial balloon from the Department of Justice might achieve gold-medal status. As a trap for gun-grabbers to start defending the Second Amendment, we may look back on it and talk about it in legendary terms -- if successful. As...

Jujuy serial killer: Two more victims identified by DNA testing
Two more missing men have been identified as victims of alleged Jujuy serial killer Matías Jurado, taking the confirmed toll to four. Guillermo Beller, the prosecutor leading the case, confirmed that recent DNA tests matched remains belonging to...

Crypto-Native Traffic In LATAM Plunged 54% QoQ While Mainstream Added 20M Visits
When we at Outset PR started digging into the numbers for Latin America's crypto media in Q2, the first thing that struck us was how split the picture looked. In Q1, crypto-native traffic was already showing cracks. Volumes in Latin America fell...

Teen who solo-traveled to 118 countries reveals top spots - and the boring bits
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Hispanic Heritage Month events planned in Pittsburg
PITTSBURG, Kan. – Pittsburg will come alive this fall with a variety of events celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, open to the Pittsburg State University campus and the wider community. Many events are being organized by Hispanics of Today (HOT),...

As Trump justifies boat strike, here's what to know about Tren de Aragua
The deadly U.S. military strike in the Caribbean this week on a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela is the latest measure President Trump has taken to combat the threat he sees from the Tren de Aragua gang. The White House has offered few...

KCRA 3 Turns 70! The evolution of the station's coverage over the years
AGENCIES AND 90 OFFICERS. WELL, NOW WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO OBSERVE A HISTORIC DAY FOR EVERYBODY RIGHT HERE AT KCRA THREE. ON THIS DAY IN 1955 WAS OUR FIRST BROADCAST. AND AS DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK SHOWS YOU, WE REALLY HAVEN’T SLOWED DOWN SINCE...

Cloud Capital and our infrastructure development: A new frontier for financing growth
By Dr. Bernard TETTEH-DUMANYA Ghana stands at a critical crossroads. With infrastructure financing needs exceeding US$2billion annually, government must explore innovative alternatives to traditional funding. One emerging solution is Cloud...
The Reasons for Founding the Fourth International
I. Conjuncture and structure It has been alleged that the founding of the Fourth International had been determined by two predictions of Trotsky which turned out to be wrong. First, that the Second World War which was then imminent, would lead to...

The Blood of Martyrs Is the Seed of the Church
“Semen est sanguis Christianorum.” (“The blood of Christians is a seed.”) —Tertullian, Apologeticus Robert Royal has now published two separate volumes recounting the story of Catholic martyrdom in this century and in the last: The Catholic...

The United States Uses a Fabricated Drug Charge for a Potential Strike on Venezuela
By Vijay Prashad Author Bio: This article was produced by Globetrotter. Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, editor, and journalist. He is a writing fellow and chief correspondent at Globetrotter. He is an editor of LeftWord Books and the...

Chris Hedges: Gaza & Fake War Reporting
The barrage of Israeli lies amplified and given credibility by the Western press violates a fundamental tenet of journalism, the duty to transmit the truth to the viewer or reader. His Favorite Merchant – by Mr. Fish By Chris Hedges ScheerPost...

In Baltimore: Latin American Art at the Walters
Beginning in his teens, Henry Walters, born in 1848 in Baltimore, spent his life elsewhere: in Paris during the Civil War; at Georgetown College, then Harvard; in Wilmington, North Carolina, overseeing the railroad his father, William, founded;...

Ms. Global: Starvation’s Effects on Women in Gaza, Gisele Pelicot Awarded France’s Legion of Honor, Taliban Enforces Dress Laws for Women, and More
The U.S. ranks as the 19th most dangerous country for women, 11th in maternal mortality, 30th in closing the gender pay gap, 75th in women’s political representation, and painfully lacks paid family leave and equal access to health care. But Ms....

Tiny African country detaining five deported US migrants asked Trump team for $500 million: report
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...