Can Judicial Resistance Last?

Judge Paula Xinis had reached her limit. She invited the lawyers of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to seek contempt of court sanctions against the Trump Administration. She’d “gotten nothing” from the Administration as far as complying with a court order to...

Jamaica and why it didn’t walk out when Netanyahu spoke

By Colin Hyde Jamaica, which yooz to be the capital for here, is going the extra mile to explain why it sat through Netanyahu’s speech at the UN. You can bet that the majority of Jamaicans weren’t pleased with their leaders sitting there, giving...

Politics The Independent ‘I really really wish I never got into politics’: Bro influencers who backed Trump are turning on the MAGA movement

Podcasters and livestreamers with primarily male audiences who boosted President Donald Trump's 2024 election campaign are reportedly feeling buyer's remorse after peddling him to their hundreds of thousands of viewers. In the run-up to the 2024...

HRC60: Civil society presents key takeaways from the session

On 12 March 2025, Secretary-General António Guterres launched the UN80 Initiative. This comes at a time of unprecedented erosion of international human rights law and institutions, and an unprecedented need for respect for human rights and...

‘I really really wish I never got into politics’: Bro influencers who backed Trump are turning on the MAGA movement

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

De costa a costa: cómo celebran las ciudades estadounidenses el Mes de la Herencia Hispana y la Independencia de México

Con casi un millón de residentes latinos, San Diego se llena de vida cada año para celebrar el Día de la Independencia de México y el Mes de la Herencia Hispana. Sin embargo, es solo una de varias ciudades de los Estados Unidos, junto con Los...

Quiet but explosive, Haiti’s soccer winger Don Deedson Louicius faces a make-or-break moment

Overview: Haitian winger Don Deedson Louicius is at a defining point in his career. After a breakout season in Denmark, he’s fighting for playing time with FC Dallas and to keep his spot on Haiti’s national team, a test that could shape his...

The US Proposal to Reinvent International Refugee Law

Several weeks ago, it was reported by Reuters (here) that the United States would seek to radically reshape the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 Convention) at a side event it had organised at the 80th session of the UN...

A look back at every government shutdown in US history

Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports after test votes failed in the Senate as Democrats continue holding out for healthcare subsidies. Lawmakers were hoping to prevent another government shutdown in 2025 but failed to...

Cristiano Ronaldo becomes football's first billionaire

Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has underlined his status as one of the pre-eminent athletes of modern sport as he became football's first billionaire player. According to financial media firm Bloomberg, the Portugal and Al Nassr star's...

The Boat Strikes Are Just the Beginning

The videos of carnage on the open seas have, by now, become almost routine: A small, fast-moving boat skips along the waves. Seconds later, it erupts into a ball of flame after munitions flying too quickly to be seen on camera strike their target....

How to conduct post-atrocity research – key insights from practitioners in the field

From Gaza to Myanmar and Sudan, communities around the globe continue to suffer the consequences of war, civil strife and sectarian violence. Indeed in 2024, 111 countries experienced some form of mass atrocity against civilians. While it is...

Without guardrails, nothing can stop Trump

When I was in college, I studied South and Central American politics, which often consisted of various strongmen taking over their respective countries. These strongmen sometimes entered power through a Democratic election, later using force to...

How Washington became a testing ground for ICE

A man from El Salvador was stopped for allegedly driving a landscaping truck through federal parkland. A Honduran man was pulled over when police said he ran a stop sign as his family left a local park. A Jordanian man was detained while working...

Riyadh Air to take flight on October 26 to London Heathrow – with a twist

Riyadh Air's long-anticipated first flight is set for October 26, when it will take to the skies bound for London Heathrow using a leased Boeing 787 aircraft – albeit with an unconventional launch strategy. The maiden flight from the Saudi capital...

'I voted for none of this': Trump-friendly podcasters now walking away from him

Several prominent internet personalities who helped boost President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign are now publicly distancing themselves from his administration, nine months into his second term. Rolling Stone noted in a report...

Pro-Trump influencers are now trying to distance themselves from the controversial president

Pro-Trump influencers are gradually distancing themselves from president Donald Trump as the administration continues to spark controversy. In today’s day and age, manosphere influencers and podcasters can have huge sway with their (often...

From cheerleaders to critics: Podcasters who supported Trump now distancing themselves from him - Here is why

Some of the internet’s biggest podcasters and streamers — once Donald Trump’s loudest online allies — are now turning on him. Less than a year after they helped amplify Trump's message to millions of young men, figures like Joe Rogan, Theo Von,...

Garry Kasparov, From Chess Icon to State Dept Cheerleader

After retiring from the world of chess, Garry Kasparov has found a new calling: promoting U.S. foreign policy goals. From his hawkish foreign policy positions, including supporting American invasions and the use of nuclear weapons against its...

Manosphere Influencers Who Boosted Trump Are Now Cooling on Him

Creators like Theo Von and Adin Ross are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House Manosphere podcasters didn’t win Donald Trump the presidency in the 2024 election cycle, but they went a long way to...