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[ad_1] Protests over poor living conditions for detainees at Delaney Hall immigration detention center erupted over the weekend, leading to the arrest of over 80 people, the Associated Press reported on Saturday. Some of the protesters arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are accused of assaulting law enforcement officers, obstruction, and threats. But questions remain about whether the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) enforcement policies violate the First Amendment and chill speech on the ongoing public debate over immigration policies. The crackdown on protesters is not surprising given Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s statements during congressional hearings last…

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[ad_1] Newly released files raise further questions about how senior British Special Air Service officers handled allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan. British soldiers conduct a helicopter borne operation in Afghanistan, in November 2011. (Sgt Wes Calder RLC / MOD / Wikimedia Commons / Open Government License) By Richard Norton-TaylorDeclassified UK An initial internal review into reports of war crimes committed by SAS soldiers in Afghanistan was dismissed in just one day, newly declassified documents have revealed. The file provides further evidence that senior special forces officers willfully ignored persistent reports that elite British troops were executing unarmed Afghans.  It is…

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[ad_1] June 9, 2026 Karl Brehmer Image by Carrie Borden. The live broadcast of Saturday’s friendly between the US and German national soccer teams in Chicago was quite the eye-opener for international fans unfamiliar with the military’s typical role at US sporting events. Even this former American, who is all too familiar with the phenomenon of color guards and flyovers at football and baseball games, was taken aback on Saturday: those were not the standard sleek fighter jets flying in tight formation and trailing red-white-and-blue plumes that US spectators have come to expect, but lumbering B-52s, aka Stratofortresses, those infamous…

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[ad_1] Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! There’s no need to leave early and beat the traffic this week, so take your time reading today’s newsletter. We’ve got four quick hits on four very different topics this week, covering everything from the World Cup, to campaigning on sports, to Formula 1, to the NBA and NHL finals. Get ready! Don’t miss sports coverage from Jason Russell and Reason. President Donald Trump’s attendance at Game 3 of the NBA Finals appeared to be relatively drama-free, other than some booing and some security chaos. (Trump thought it was amazing.)…

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[ad_1] As Washington Moves to Bind Itself Even More Closely to Israel’s Security Apparatus, Former State Department Chief of Staff Lawrence Wilkerson Warns That the Real Crisis Is No Longer Iran—It’s the Political, Moral, and Strategic Cost of Endless War. For decades, Israeli leaders argued that confrontation with Iran was essential to the country’s security and survival. But according to retired Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, that strategy has reached a dangerous dead end. In a sweeping interview with political analyst Glenn Diesen, Wilkerson argues that Israel’s long campaign to isolate…

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