“[This is] a devastating blow to the rights of people seeking asylum, to the rule of law, and to this country’s legacy as a beacon of hope for people fleeing persecution and torture,” Melissa Crow, a co-counsel in the case, told Jezebel in a statement.
After Donald Trump kicked off his personalized celebration of America’s 250th birthday with a rally on the National Mall on Wednesday night, news accounts described the event as very sparsely attended. Trump himself practically begged for more people to show up to the next event, set for July 4. Amusingly, this comes after Fox News madly hyped the Wednesday rally in an effort to drum up excitement. But then, as Matt Gertz of Media Matters reports in a good piece on all this, Fox grappled with the bad initial turnout by largely avoiding any discussion of it. We think that’s pretty revealing. So we talked to Gertz about all of it: We discuss why Trump’s gala is so important for the broader, more sinister Trump-Fox project that’s underway, the real reason Trump-Fox want the 250th anniversary to be a celebration of Trump’s “personalist” rule, and what it will really mean if it’s all a bust. Listen to this episode here. A transcript is here.
The decade of economic sanctions imposed by Washington means that Venezuela was already short on medical supplies, equipment, and other vital materials to help rescue efforts.
Zoe. , June 26, 2026