The White House posted a digitally altered image of a woman who was arrested on Thursday in a case touted by the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, to make it seem as if she was dramatically crying, a Guardian analysis of the image has found.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:36 AM
The White House posted a digitally altered image of a woman who was arrested on Thursday in a case touted by the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, to make it seem as if she was dramatically crying, a Guardian analysis of the image has found.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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The head of Trump DOJ's Civil Rights Division boosts prediction markets placing 36% odds she'll be able to prosecute Don Lemon for his journalism, after a federal magistrate judge found no probable cause of a crime.
January 22, 2026 at 11:16 PM
The head of Trump DOJ's Civil Rights Division boosts prediction markets placing 36% odds she'll be able to prosecute Don Lemon for his journalism, after a federal magistrate judge found no probable cause of a crime.
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ICE detained a 5-year-old Minnesota boy coming home from school + took him and his dad to Texas, school officials say. The family has an active asylum case + entered the US at a port of entry.
"They’re taking children. They're not violent criminals. They're little kids," the superintendent told me.
"They’re taking children. They're not violent criminals. They're little kids," the superintendent told me.
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy as he came home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:21 AM
ICE detained a 5-year-old Minnesota boy coming home from school + took him and his dad to Texas, school officials say. The family has an active asylum case + entered the US at a port of entry.
"They’re taking children. They're not violent criminals. They're little kids," the superintendent told me.
"They’re taking children. They're not violent criminals. They're little kids," the superintendent told me.
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January 19, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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oh it's going to be a Recession recession
January 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM
oh it's going to be a Recession recession
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BREAKING:
We've found 40+ cases of agents using banned chokeholds & other moves that can cut off breathing
People have had seizures. They passed out.
“I felt like I was going to die” said 16-yr-old citizen
Admin won't say whether any agents have been punished
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
We've found 40+ cases of agents using banned chokeholds & other moves that can cut off breathing
People have had seizures. They passed out.
“I felt like I was going to die” said 16-yr-old citizen
Admin won't say whether any agents have been punished
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 13, 2026 at 12:06 PM
BREAKING:
We've found 40+ cases of agents using banned chokeholds & other moves that can cut off breathing
People have had seizures. They passed out.
“I felt like I was going to die” said 16-yr-old citizen
Admin won't say whether any agents have been punished
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
We've found 40+ cases of agents using banned chokeholds & other moves that can cut off breathing
People have had seizures. They passed out.
“I felt like I was going to die” said 16-yr-old citizen
Admin won't say whether any agents have been punished
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Federal Liberals are discovering the price of having been so brazen in their politicisation of the Bondi terror attack and many appear to have buyers' remorse.
Analysis from Clare Armstrong:
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Analysis from Clare Armstrong:
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Politicising Bondi backfires for Liberals who got what they asked for
Federal Liberals are discovering the price of having been so brazen in their politicisation of the Bondi terror attack and many appear to have buyers' remorse.
www.abc.net.au
January 14, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Federal Liberals are discovering the price of having been so brazen in their politicisation of the Bondi terror attack and many appear to have buyers' remorse.
Analysis from Clare Armstrong:
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Analysis from Clare Armstrong:
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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As the internet shutdown in Iran endures, FP has taken a look at how this latest bout of technological repression stacks up against other bans domestically and globally.
Iran’s Internet Blackout by the Numbers
How the Islamic Republic’s repressive tactics stack up against regimes around the world.
foreignpolicy.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
As the internet shutdown in Iran endures, FP has taken a look at how this latest bout of technological repression stacks up against other bans domestically and globally.
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The man cops overlooked in Eloise Worledge disappearance: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-14/eloise-worledge-disappearance-alistair-webster-beaumaris/106221614
The man cops overlooked in Eloise Worledge disappearance
As police up the reward to $1 million for information that will lead to the remains of missing school girl Eloise Worledge, questions remain about why police disregarded a known rapist in their investigation.
www.abc.net.au
January 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM
The man cops overlooked in Eloise Worledge disappearance: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-14/eloise-worledge-disappearance-alistair-webster-beaumaris/106221614
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Louise Adler has now quit as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week. She says 180 writers have now withdrawn from the 2026 festival (the 2025 festival had 231 writers on its program) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler
Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Louise Adler has now quit as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week. She says 180 writers have now withdrawn from the 2026 festival (the 2025 festival had 231 writers on its program) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Has anyone tried Eyeball? Or any good alternatives to Pocket?
January 12, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Has anyone tried Eyeball? Or any good alternatives to Pocket?
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It's wild that they (I assume) thought this would be a better outcome than a hyperbolic article in The Australian if they hadn't cancelled her.
January 11, 2026 at 8:54 AM
It's wild that they (I assume) thought this would be a better outcome than a hyperbolic article in The Australian if they hadn't cancelled her.
Fifty years after schoolgirl Eloise Worledge disappeared, could new leads solve one of Australia’s most haunting cold cases?
Read Maddison Connaughton's long read: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Read Maddison Connaughton's long read: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
A missing child, the botched case and the aunt who never stopped asking why
Fifty years after Beaumaris schoolgirl Eloise Worledge vanished, could new leads solve one of Australia's most haunting cold cases?
www.abc.net.au
January 11, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Fifty years after schoolgirl Eloise Worledge disappeared, could new leads solve one of Australia’s most haunting cold cases?
Read Maddison Connaughton's long read: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Read Maddison Connaughton's long read: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
"For years, this is what our authoritarianism has looked like: not autocratic socialism, but the worst kind of primitive capitalism. In Venezuela, we have long faced a brutal paradox: an absent yet omnipotent state. It is everywhere and nowhere."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/o...
Opinion | This Is What Venezuelans Really Want
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:36 AM
"For years, this is what our authoritarianism has looked like: not autocratic socialism, but the worst kind of primitive capitalism. In Venezuela, we have long faced a brutal paradox: an absent yet omnipotent state. It is everywhere and nowhere."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/o...
What should you be watching in 2026?
Here's what the ABC's foreign correspondents think:
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
And our political journalists: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
And our economics writers: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Here's what the ABC's foreign correspondents think:
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
And our political journalists: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
And our economics writers: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Political outlook 'dramatically shifted' after Bondi
What are you watching in Australian politics in 2026? That's the question we put to the ABC's political journalists and columnists.
www.abc.net.au
January 4, 2026 at 11:45 PM
What should you be watching in 2026?
Here's what the ABC's foreign correspondents think:
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
And our political journalists: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
And our economics writers: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Here's what the ABC's foreign correspondents think:
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
And our political journalists: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
And our economics writers: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Great article by Gina Rustin in @abcnewsbot.bsky.social and one of the best I have seen distilling the issues and effects of pregnancy criminalization. Really glad I got to speak with Gina and to be part of this group of people telling their stories and their fights.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
'This was a wanted pregnancy': The mothers facing prosecution in Trump's America
In the wake of widespread abortion bans, US prosecutors launch hundreds of cases charging people with crimes related to their pregnancy, miscarriage, stillbirth or birth.
www.abc.net.au
December 12, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Great article by Gina Rustin in @abcnewsbot.bsky.social and one of the best I have seen distilling the issues and effects of pregnancy criminalization. Really glad I got to speak with Gina and to be part of this group of people telling their stories and their fights.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
I declined to participate in this but I'm thrilled my recent long read is recommended in here! You can read it here: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
December 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I declined to participate in this but I'm thrilled my recent long read is recommended in here! You can read it here: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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Bari Weiss, CBS’s new editor in chief, faces widespread blowback across the media for pulling a “60 Minutes” segment she argues was not ready for publication, while a top journalist at the network contends the decision was based on political pressure and capitulation to the Trump administration.
thehill.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Bari Weiss, CBS’s new editor in chief, faces widespread blowback across the media for pulling a “60 Minutes” segment she argues was not ready for publication, while a top journalist at the network contends the decision was based on political pressure and capitulation to the Trump administration.
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As Sydney marks one week since the antisemitic Bondi attack, the Jewish community is grappling with the question of where to go from here.
In the darkest week, Bondi's Jewish community looks for the light
As Sydney marks one week since the antisemitic Bondi attack, the Jewish community is grappling with the question of where to go from here.
www.abc.net.au
December 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
As Sydney marks one week since the antisemitic Bondi attack, the Jewish community is grappling with the question of where to go from here.
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Takes time to verify these things and find out, which @donnadlu.bsky.social did. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
December 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Takes time to verify these things and find out, which @donnadlu.bsky.social did. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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“All three women encountered by the Colorado hospital staff were reluctant to take their monitors off, fearing that doing so would trigger an alert to ICE or BI Inc, the staff said, even if removing the device was deemed medically necessary.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women, even during labor: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby’
Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention during labor and delivery
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“All three women encountered by the Colorado hospital staff were reluctant to take their monitors off, fearing that doing so would trigger an alert to ICE or BI Inc, the staff said, even if removing the device was deemed medically necessary.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Incredible episode with Perry Duffin, best crime reporter in the country, recounting arriving on the scene at the Bondi massacre after his friend was shot.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
24 hours after the Bondi shooting - ABC listen
On Sunday the 14th of December, two men; a father and son, used a range of firearms to attack a large Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach playground. At least 16 people were killed, including one of t...
www.abc.net.au
December 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Incredible episode with Perry Duffin, best crime reporter in the country, recounting arriving on the scene at the Bondi massacre after his friend was shot.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
"Yes, the population has increased at the same time but there is now a larger number of guns in the community per capita than in the aftermath of Port Arthur, with at least 2,000 new firearms lawfully entering the community every week."
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
December 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
"Yes, the population has increased at the same time but there is now a larger number of guns in the community per capita than in the aftermath of Port Arthur, with at least 2,000 new firearms lawfully entering the community every week."
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Missed this story but v concerning.
"The instructional document, circulated among the state’s leading barristers and obtained by this masthead, provides advice on the best time to apply for a gag order and exactly what to ask psychiatrists to include in reports."
"The instructional document, circulated among the state’s leading barristers and obtained by this masthead, provides advice on the best time to apply for a gag order and exactly what to ask psychiatrists to include in reports."
📢 A how-to guide for barristers representing high-profile clients outlines tactics for obtaining suppression orders and seeking favourable treatment from police.
The document helping lawyers keep their clients’ names secret
www.smh.com.au
December 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Missed this story but v concerning.
"The instructional document, circulated among the state’s leading barristers and obtained by this masthead, provides advice on the best time to apply for a gag order and exactly what to ask psychiatrists to include in reports."
"The instructional document, circulated among the state’s leading barristers and obtained by this masthead, provides advice on the best time to apply for a gag order and exactly what to ask psychiatrists to include in reports."
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We are horrified and shaken in the wake of the mass shooting at a Chanukah event in Bondi this evening, which has left at least ten people dead and injured many more.
This is the first night of Chanukah when we gather with loved ones and friends to light the Chanukiah. 1/4
This is the first night of Chanukah when we gather with loved ones and friends to light the Chanukiah. 1/4
December 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
We are horrified and shaken in the wake of the mass shooting at a Chanukah event in Bondi this evening, which has left at least ten people dead and injured many more.
This is the first night of Chanukah when we gather with loved ones and friends to light the Chanukiah. 1/4
This is the first night of Chanukah when we gather with loved ones and friends to light the Chanukiah. 1/4