ICE Beat Teen at Gunpoint Before Realizing They Had Wrong Person

Breaking News from Washington and beyond

Edith Olmsted 

May 8, 2026/1:42 p.m. ET

ICE then dropped the teenager off at a 

completely random location

Federal immigration agents held a teenage boy at gunpoint on Wednesday and bloodied him up, before they realized they had the wrong person.

Jeury Concepcion, 19, told NBC New York he’d been a victim of a violent, wrongful immigration arrest in the Bronx’s Norwood neighborhood earlier this week. In a video of the incident, a masked federal agent can be seen running up behind Concepcion with his gun drawn. Concepcion stopped and appeared calm, as more masked agents pulled up in an unmarked car.

UK is sending a warship to the Middle East to join the French Carrier Strike Group ahead of potential Hormuz mission

May 9th, 2026

Sources: AFP, USNI News

The UK plans to send the destroyer HMS Dragon to the Middle East ahead of any international mission to help protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the British defense ministry said. Meanwhile, France announced that its Carrier Strike Group transited the Suez Canal on Wednesday en route to the Red Sea.

Trump says he ‘might’ move US troops to Poland from Germany

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned that Warsaw should not “poach” troops from allies.

May 9, 2026

By Leonie Cater

U.S. President Donald Trump said he “might” move U.S. troops from Germany to Poland, as the Pentagon prepares to pull around 5,000 American soldiers out of Germany over the next year.

British election results show what happens when mainstream parties treat nationalism and racism like background noise

May 9th, 2026

Source: The Associated Press 

British voters delivered a warning shot on Saturday—one that goes far beyond the defeat of Keir Starmer’s Labour Party in local elections.

Across England, Labour hemorrhaged council seats, lost long-held local power, and was thrown out of government in Wales after 27 years. At the same time, Reform UK, led by veteran nationalist politician Nigel Farage, surged—winning hundreds of seats in places long considered Labour strongholds and making meaningful inroads across the UK’s nations.

These Poor Billionaires Are Melting Down Over Taxing the Rich

05.08.2026
United States Politics Rich People
By Branko Marcetic
Facing the prospect of paying a bit more in taxes, billionaires are responding calmly and rationally: by calling themselves a marginalized, oppressed minority group being traumatized.

Turkiye unveils its first intercontinental ballistic missile: What we know

EXPLAINER
News Weapons
The Yildirimhan ICBM has a range of 6,000km, a maximum speed of Mach 25, and a payload capacity of 3,000kg.
By Priyanka Shankar
Published On 7 May 2026

Turkiye has unveiled a prototype of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as part of a push to become self-reliant and to gain a foothold as a key defence player in the Middle East and among its NATO allies.

'You never see numbers like this': Trump's economy approval with independents plunges 79 points

Vishesh Raisinghani

Sat, May 9, 2026

4 min read

During the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump's approval ratings on the economy and inflation were among his key weapons. But just 15 months into his second term, the approval rating has plummeted so deeply and abruptly that CNN's Harry Enten (1) thought it was a typo.

Murdoch Paper Savages Trump After His Embarrassing Defeat

GIVE IT UP, DON

The Wall Street Journal’s editors are practically begging the president to abandon his signature economic policy.

Janna Brancolini

Published May 8 2026 9:34AM EDT 

The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board is encouraging President Donald Trump to “quit while he’s behind” after a court ruled his latest tariffs were illegal.

US isn’t looking at imminent military action in Cuba despite Trump threats, AP sources say

By  MATTHEW LEE

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is not looking at imminent military action against Havana despite President Donald Trump’s repeated threats that “Cuba is next” and that American warships deployed in the Middle East for the Iran conflict could return by way of the island, U.S. officials say.

The companies making billions from the Iran war

1 day ago
Archie Mitchell
Business reporter

As households across the globe count the costs of the US-Israel war in Iran, some companies have been counting bumper profits instead.

Meta Is Dying. It’s About Time.

OPINION

GUEST ESSAY

By Julia Angwin

May 8, 2026

Ms. Angwin, a contributing Opinion writer, 

is an investigative journalist.

There is a moment when internet companies get the stink of death on them. For AOL, it was 2003, when it became clear that its users were abandoning its clunky dial-up internet service for far-faster broadband. For Yahoo, it was 2015, when its last-ditch acquisition spree failed and it sold itself to Verizon.

For Meta, that time is now. I believe the company — one of the most powerful media organizations in the world and one of the most valuable members of the S&P 500 — is at the start of a long, slow decline that will trigger aftershocks to our economy and our society.

U.S. says it struck two Iran-flagged oil tankers trying to skirt blockade

Politics
Published Fri, May 8 2026

10:23 AM EDT

Updated 26 Min Ago
Kevin Breuninger

Key Points

• The U.S. military said it struck two Iran-flagged unladen oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
• The strikes prevented the vessels from entering an Iranian port in violation of a U.S. naval blockade.
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday morning that he expects Iran to respond later in the day to a U.S. proposal to end the war and tee up nuclear talks.

In Huge Blow to Democrats, Virginia Court Strikes Down House Map

The decision is a major victory for Republicans, wiping away a measure approved by voters that would allow Democrats to gain as many as four House seats in the midterms.

By Campbell Robertson, Nick Corasaniti and Reid J. Epstein

May 8, 2026 Updated 10:47 a.m. ET

The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a measure allowing state Democrats to redraw congressional districts, dealing a significant blow to the party’s efforts to keep pace with Republicans in a nationwide redistricting battle.

Marco Rubio’s campaign-style video sparks presidential run speculation

David Smith in Washington
Thu 7 May 2026 16.31 BST
Comments with an optimistic tone went viral on social media, with some calling it an unofficial start to his 2028 campaign

Marco Rubio, the top US diplomat, has stoked speculation about a potential run for president in 2028 by releasing a campaign-style video that articulates a hopeful vision of America.

Trade court strikes down Trump 10% universal tariffs

Courtenay Brown

Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The Court of International Trade on Thursday ruled that President Trump's newest round of tariffs were illegal — but the duties will keep collecting for most importers while the administration appeals.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Trump is not getting what he initially wanted from the Iran war

Analysis by Aaron Blake
2 hr ago
It remains to be seen what, if anything, comes from the latest Iran war peace talks as the countries exchanged fire Thursday. President Donald Trump has claimed a deal was imminent before. And the potential agreement on the table seems to be preliminary, regardless. What does seem increasingly clear, though: Trump is not getting what he initially wanted from this war.

Trump shelved ‘Project Freedom’ after Saudis refused use of bases and airspace

Riyadh told White House it would deny access for operation to provide tankers military escort through strait of Hormuz

Middle East crisis – live updates

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Thu 7 May 2026 

A refusal by Saudi Arabia to allow the US to use its bases and airspace to provide a military escort for oil tankers passing through the strait of Hormuz lay behind Donald Trump’s decision to shelve the plan days after it had been launched.

Strange Rumblings in Aztlan

Hunter S. Thompson 

Issue #81 April 29, 1971

"Morning comes hard to the Hotel Ashmun; this is not a place where the guests spring eagerly out of bed to greet the fresh new day. But on this particular morning, everybody in the place is awake at the crack of dawn: There is a terrible pounding and shrieking in the hallway, near room No. 267. Some junkie has ripped the doorknob off the communal bathroom, and now the others can’t get in—so they are trying to kick the door down. The voice of the manager wavers hysterically above the din: “Come on now, fellas—do I have to call the sheriff?” The reply comes hard and fast: “You filthy gabacho pig! You call the fuckin sheriff, and I’ll cut your fuckin throat.” And now the sound of wood cracking, more screaming, the sound of running feet outside my door, No. 267.