After Istanbul talks, Russia-Ukraine conduct largest prisoner exchange since war began
Ukraine and Russia have traded the largest number of prisoners since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, 2022.
Can Trump suspend habeas corpus?
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem got a pop quiz at a senate hearing this week. The question came from Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan, of New Hampshire.
Hassan asked Noem to to explain habeas corpus.
For the record, habeas corpus is the legal principle, enshrined in the Constitution, that protects people from illegal detention.
The reason that this bit of Latin is under discussion – is because the Trump administration says it’s considering suspending habeas corpus.
This core constitutional protection has been an obstacle to the President’s mass deportation plan.
Habeas corpus is a principle that’s hundreds of years older than America itself.
What would it mean if the President suspended it? And could he, under the Constitution?
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Inside a Drone Factory in Ukraine
Throughout the more than three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, drones have been a key tool and weapon used by both sides in the conflict. Because of this, Ukraine is at the cutting edge of drone innovation, churning out some two mi…
Ukraine and Russia begin the largest prisoner-of-war exchange since the invasion
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Trump threatens steep tariffs on trade with the European Union — and on iPhones
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‘Grandpa robbers’ guilty: 8 convicted in Kim Kardashian Paris heist trial
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Harvard’s ability to enroll international students revoked. And, summer book releases
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Record floodwaters in eastern Australia leave 4 dead and 1 missing
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Trump’s Harvard visa threat could wipe out several of the school’s sports teams
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Voice of America’s prospects appear grim after appeals court order
A federal appeals court said it would not intervene — at least for now — to thwart the Trump administration’s plans for the near-total dismantlement of Voice of America.
Two Israeli embassy staffers killed amid a rise in antisemitism
Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim worked for the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C.
This weekend, they were slated to go to Jerusalem — Milgrim was to meet Lischinsky’s family for the first time. According to Israeli ambassador Yechiel Leiter, Lischinsky had bought a ring and was planning to propose.
Instead, they were gunned down outside an event at the Capitol Jewish Museum on Wednesday night.
The killing comes aside a rise in antisemitic incidents. Daniel Shapiro, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, reacts to the news.
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