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US forces launched airstrikes in Somalia from February 22 to February 26, US Africa Command has announced, as the Trump administration continues its record-breaking bombing campaign in the country. AFRICOM said in a press release that it conducted airstrikes on those days against the ISIS affiliate in Somalia’s northeastern Puntland region, about 43 miles southeast […]

Data Shows Where ICE Has Been More Effective... And Why Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that President Donald Trump “is seeking to lower the profile of his mass deportation effort, and has directed his top advisers to adopt a new approach on one of his central campaign promises.” According to the report, Trump has had conversations with his top advisors and First Lady Melania Trump in which he’s indicated that he’s “become convinced that some of his administration’s deportation policies have gone too far, and voters don’t like the...

President Donald Trump’s war with Iran is widely unpopular with the American people.  According to a Reuters poll conducted on Sunday, only 27% of Americans support the US attacking Iran. 43% of Americans oppose the war.  Trump ordered the war on Iran on Saturday morning. The US and Iran were in the process of negotiating […]