'A Devastating Day for Oregon': Suspect Dead, Kids Among Victims in Elementary School ShootingA 16-year-old boy killed three children—ages 5, 8, and 11—and a teacher in a Thursday shooting at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon. Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz confirmed their deaths during an evening press conference, where he was joined by department communications manager Sheila Miller, Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook, Mayor…Common Dreams2d agoWhole story →SecurityEducation
Trump DOJ Sues After California Refuses to Disqualify Voters Based on Faulty Citizenship DatabaseIn what one former election official called a significant "escalation" of President Donald Trump's interference in the midterm elections, his Department of Justice sued California on Thursday for not disqualifying over 20,000 mail ballots from voters it claims could be noncitizens. The suit comes two days after acting Deputy US Attorney General Trent…Common Dreams2d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentcalifornia voter lawsuit
Ilhan Omar’s Office Slams Trump Deportation Plot as ‘Authoritarian Move to Silence an Opponent’The office of Rep. Ilhan Omar slammed the Trump administration on Thursday over its reported plot to have the Minnesota Democrat stripped of her US citizenship. On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the raid on Omar's home carried out earlier this week by Department of Homeland Security agents was part of and effort to build "a case to…Common Dreams2d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentomar citizenship probe
Omar Raid and Investigation Aimed at Deporting Congresswoman, Officials Say"I have rarely wanted to be wrong more," said one journalist Wednesday night after The Wall Street Journal confirmed what many supporters of US Rep. Ilhan Omar had suspected: that the Department of Homeland Security's raid on her home this week was part of an investigation that is ultimately aimed at deporting her. The Journal reported that US officials…Common Dreams2d agoWhole story →JusticeSecurity
