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'Homeland Security' has spawned political insecurity since DHS was born

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). [](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/g-s1-123455/republicans-ice-spending-trump) ### [Politics](https://www.npr.org/sections/politics/) ### [Senate Republicans rebel against Trump

Are India and Pakistan quietly preparing to restart dialogue?

reports of such contacts, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs declined to comment. “If I was to comment, there would be no back channel,” Andrabi said during his briefing. ## The altered equation These quiet engagements

Ketanji Brown Jackson condemns conservative justices’ pro-Trump orders

immigration, steep federal funding cuts and other topics, after lower courts found they were probably illegal. While designed to be short-term, those orders have largely allowed the US president to move ahead

Jeff Landry’s trying to swing the Louisiana GOP Senate race. Will it work?

Court’s rejection of Louisiana’s congressional map, [sending the election system into chaos](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/01/lousiana-republicans-election-chaos-00902893). “This is unchecked power,” said Daigle, the GOP parish chair, of Landry’s decision to suspend House elections

Wes Streeting insists he can win Labour leadership race despite ‘underdog’ status

report until 2028. “I think the timetable is bonkers, to be honest,” he said. “And this was a fight I lost with No 10 and the Treasury. So I’d bring that commission forward

First Thing: White House correspondents’ dinner suspect to be charged as motive examined

reports of hail, according to AccuWeather. ## **In other news …**  The US military said three men were killed when it struck a boat ‘engaged

Fisa surveillance vote sparks fierce debate as Congress splits on warrantless monitoring

changes as “[ineffective tweaks to a fundamentally broken law](https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/risaa-56-reforms-preserve-status-quo)” – and that abuses of the law will continue without a warrant requirement. These critics also say the federal government has repeatedly violated internal

New High Street crime unit to target gangs fronting shops after BBC investigation

change the law. [In April 2025 the BBC joined the NCA as it raided barbers, mini-marts and vape shops](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3677xzk56no) in response to growing intelligence reports that some of these shops

The SPLC survived firebombs and death threats. Will it survive Trump 2.0?

court wins against extremists and their organizations. From the Klan to Aryan Nations and Tom Metzger, the so-called "godfather" of the neo-Nazi skinhead movement in the U.S., the SPLC demonstrated that hate groups

Requests for US legal aid linked to Palestine activism far surpass pre-2023 levels

report published on Tuesday. Pro-Palestinian protests were smaller and more sparse in 2025 than they were in spring 2024, when thousands of students across the country were arrested. Universities responded with an array

Primary elections in Ohio, Indiana offer latest temperature check on Trump popularity

changes to the state's existing boundaries – and not all of them in favor of Republicans. These primaries come the week after a Supreme Court decision [that weakened Section 2 of the Voting Rights

Migrants making false domestic abuse claims to stay in UK, BBC investigation finds

court order against their partner which can be obtained "ex parte", meaning without their partner's notice. More than a decade ago, in 2014, an internal Home Office assessment "identified the potential for abuse

Will the Texas primary run-off give Democrats a chance to flip the state?

changes could be on the way for Texas in November. ## Who are the candidates? Ken Paxton, 63, is the Republican attorney general of Texas, who was endorsed by Trump in a lengthy post

Escapes, fires, stabbing: catastrophic security failures revealed in Australia’s immigration detention network

court documents show, including alleged failures that led to the gang-rape of a woman in detention and the murder of two retirees by escaped prisoners. Both [cases were settled](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/sep/05/the-egregious-history-of-likely-new-nauru-operator-includes-allegations-of-gang-and-in-its-us-prisons).

First Thing: Microsoft and Meta cut thousands of staff as they bet big on AI

reporters on Thursday that a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon would be extended by three weeks. Hezbollah has not been a participant in the talks and bouts of fighting have continued throughout the most recent

What’s behind the secessionist movement in the Canadian province Alberta?

reporters as he leads a rally in front of the Elections Alberta headquarters in Edmonton, Canada, on May 4, 2026 [Henry Marken/AFP] ## How many signatures were collected? Alberta secessionists said on Monday that they

Why is India’s Manipur burning for three years?

changed the chief minister. Yet none of those moves has been able to resolve the conflict or rebuild bridges between communities that have lived by each other for centuries. At least seven people have been

Forced out of the military — and into the redistricting wars

immigration crackdown. He is also co-chair and founder of the Federal Workforce Caucus, which advocates for federal workers.  Bruce

'I didn't know where DR Congo was': Latin Americans deported by US tell BBC of their shock

court and an Olympic-sized swimming pool. At least two police officers stand guard outside and the BBC was denied permission to enter. One member of staff told the BBC they have sometimes played football

Sen. Bill Cassidy loses primary. And, WHO declares Ebola outbreak a global emergency

court seats. **The World Health Organization yesterday declared a new Ebola outbreak in Central Africa to be** an international public health emergency. More than 80 people have died. The outbreak started in the Democratic Republic