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Protesters clash with ICE agents outside New Jersey detention center : Protesters outside a New Jersey migrant detention center where a hunger strike is under way alleged that US immigration agents deployed pepper spray and batons against them during a demonstration on Monday. The protesters tried to stop ICE from transferring Martin Soto – who announced the strike – but officials said that they were able to move him to the Elizabeth contract detention facility. Demonstrators claimed that the incident unfolded early this morning outside Delaney Hall in Newark, which has been roiled by an ongoing hunger strike, ABC 7 reported. Protesters have stood outside Delaney Hall since Friday. Tensions mounted late on Sunday, however, when dozens of protesters heard that guards were preparing to move detainee Soto – who on Friday announced a hunger and work strike. The strike is demanding the immediate release of elderly and young detainees, as well as those with medical conditions, accord...

Mexico steps in to host Iran’s World Cup team after US refusal : Mexico steps in to host Iran’s World Cup team after US refusal Mexico says it has agreed to host Iran’s World Cup team after the US declined to allow the squad to stay, with President Claudia Sheinbaum saying Mexico saw ‘no reason to refuse’ FIFA’s request.

The genocide continues... : A Palestinian woman and a young girl were killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza on Monday, hospital authorities said. The strike hit a tent sheltering a displaced family in the area of Muwasi, on the western side of Khan Younis, according to the Kuwait field hospital, which received the casualties. The hospital said another girl was wounded. The military said it had struck a militant, but gave no further details. The fatalities were the latest among Palestinians in the coastal enclave since an October ceasefire deal attempted to halt a more than two-year war between Israel and the Palestinian militant Hamas group in Gaza. While the heaviest fighting has subsided, the shaky ceasefire has seen almost daily Israeli fire. Israeli forces have carried out repeated airstrikes and frequently fire on Palestinians near military-held zones, killing more than 880 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The ministry, which is part of the...

CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin Warns ‘Crash Is Coming’ — But CEOs Too ‘Scared’ to Stand Up to Trump : CNBC’s Squawk Box co-anchor Andrew Ross Sorkin warned that a market crash “is coming” as he claimed that top corporate CEOs in America are too “scared” of what “criticizing” President Donald Trump could cost them. The striking comments came during a sit-down with CBS 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl , with whom he reiterated his fears that the U.S. is reliving the 1929 Wall Street crash, the subject of his most recent book. The Squawk Box co-anchor described a climate of anxiety among top tech executives who fear political retaliation from the White House if they publicly criticize the president or his policies. “Most CEOs in America today are very scared to speak out publicly about anything,” Sorkin said. “They are so worried that they are going to be potentially attacked by the administration or regulated. They’re going to have a merger in front of some a...

Erin Brockovich Asks Americans for Help as She Launches Data Center Map : The activist has launched a website to track community concerns as AI data centers proliferate across the country.