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Officials say the likelihood Lily and Jack Sullivan are still alive after disappearing in Nova Scotia on 2 May is ‘very low’Nearly a week after two young children went missing in rural Nova Scotia, Canadian police say they are beginning to scale back search efforts given the “low” odds the children are still alive – and that they are not ruling out the possibility of foul play.Since Friday, more than 160 searchers with drones and canine units have scoured the thickly forested region of Pictou county in search of Lily Sullivan, six, and Jack Sullivan, four. Continue reading...

U.S. District Court Judge Brian E. Murphy clarified this week that President Donald Trump's administration "would clearly violate" his order if it follows through with a reported plan to send migrants to Libya.U.S. officials confirmed to multiple outlets that migrants without legal status were on track to be deported to the war-torn country. According to CNN, flight plans were scheduled for Wednesday.In an emergency motion on Wednesday, plaintiffs asked Murphy for a restraining order preventing the flights from taking place."The Court agrees with Plaintiffs that this motion should not be required," the judge wrote in an afternoon ruling, "as the relief sought is already provided by the Preliminary Injunction entered in this case."ALSO READ: ‘Pain. Grief. Anger’: Families heartbroken as Trump backlash smashes adoption dreams"The April 18, 2025 Preliminary Injunction requires all third-country removals to be preceded, inter alia, by written notice to both the non-citizen and the non-citizen's counsel in a language the non-citizen can understand as well as a meaningful opportunity for the non-citizen to raise a fear-based claim for CAT protection," Murphy explained. "If there is any doubt—the Court sees none—the allegedly imminent removals, as reported by news agencies and as Plaintiffs seek to corroborate with class-member accounts and public information, would clearly violate this Court's Order."For his part, Trump has claimed not to know the plan to deport migrants to Libya.

President Donald Trump pleaded ignorance on Wednesday when asked about reports his administration was looking to deport prisoners to Libya, in addition to El Salvador. Last week, CNN's Priscilla Alvarez reported on X, "The Trump admin has discussed with Libya and Rwanda the possibility of sending migrants who have criminal records to those two countries." Wednesday, CNN's Natasha Bertrand posted, "The Trump admin is moving forward with plans to transport a group of undocumented immigrants to Libya on a US military plane, an admin official says. Flight trackers show that a US Air Force C-17 has filed a plan to fly on Wednesday from Kelly Field in San Antonio to Misrata Airport in Libya." In the Oval Office on Wednesday, Trump responded, "Uh, I don't know. You'll have to ask Homeland Security, please," when asked about the report. Attorney John Jackson posted to X, "Transparent attempt to evade U.S. court review in one of the most remote, disconnected, and hellish places on earth as far from America as humanly possible. That's what this is. They might as well be transporting them to Mars." ALSO READ: ‘Pain. Grief. Anger’: Families heartbroken as Trump backlash smashes adoption dreams Immigration attorney Aaron Reichlin-Melnick wrote, "Yet another in a long line of examples of Trump openly saying he has no idea what his government is doing. In this case, it's about a reported plan to send migrants to Libya, a country whose migrant detention facilities were described as a 'hellscape' by Amnesty Int'l." In a second post, Reichlin-Melnick included a photo of a Lybian migrant detention facility. "Don’t look away. This is what Libya’s migrant detention facilities look like," Reichlin-Melnick wrote. "This is what Trump is doing. Amnesty International called these places a' 'hellscape' where beatings are common and sexual violence are rampant. There are reports of human trafficking and even slavery." In response, former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega posted, "He knows it's happening. He just says he doesn't know because he doesn't want to answer the question. It's his standard modus operandi." Attorney George Conway wrote, "Oh yes by all means please throw more gasoline on the six-alarm fire that used to be our Constitution."

The escalating conflict between India and Pakistan — one that has the real possibility of becoming nuclear — could turn out to be the first true test of the Trump administration's foreign policy mettle, according to a new piece in The Atlantic. On Wednesday, Pakistan claimed to have downed several Indian fighter jets in response to India's attack on Punjab province and Pakistan-administered Kashmir earlier this week. Pakistan claimed 21 people were killed in the strikes, including two children, and vowed further retaliation. India claimed it was striking back after a terror attack on India-controlled Kashmir killed more than 20 tourists in April. The Atlantic writer Tom Nichols claimed that it's in America's best interest "to prevent a larger conflict, which would be a diplomatic and humanitarian disaster on multiple levels even without the introduction of nuclear weapons."He wrote, "We must hope that the [Trump] administration, which so far seems obsessed only with political revenge, culture wars, and indulging the president’s pet economic theories, can rise to this occasion."ALSO READ: ‘Pain. Grief. Anger’: Families heartbroken as Trump backlash smashes adoption dreamsNichols postulated, "Perhaps President Donald Trump is meeting with National Security Adviser Marco Rubio, who in turn is handling meetings and contributions from administration leaders such as…well, Secretary of State Marco Rubio. And maybe Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard are working hand in glove with other top National Security Council members to provide Trump with solid options for approaching the nations (as well as other interested parties) and de-escalating a potentially existential crisis.""It would be pretty to think so," Nichols wrote, paraphrasing Ernest Hemingway.Nichols gave an example of Trump's ignorance of the situation in South Asia when the president commented, "They’ve been fighting for many, many decades, and centuries, actually, if you really think about it." Except they didn't start fighting until they became two independent nations in 1947.Nichols wrote that Secretary of State Marco Rubio, "for his part, seems engaged" in lessening the conflict, having "reached out to the Pakistani prime minister and the Indian external affairs minister in an effort to lessen tensions; he has also engaged with both countries’ national security advisers." Nichols encouraged the rest of the administration to "focus far less on its internal grievances (and insulting our allies), and more on keeping the nuclear peace."Read The Atlantic article here.

President Donald Trump's repeated claims that girls will have to get along with fewer dolls as his tariffs work their economic magic reveals an underlying MAGA misogyny that reinforces the beliefs of the manosphere, according to Salon's Amanda Marcotte.A week ago, Trump seemed to speak off the cuff when he said, "maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls." But Marcotte wrote that the "doll" talk became an actual talking point, as evidenced by the fact he told NBC's Kristen Welker, "I don't think a beautiful baby girl that's 11 years old needs to have 30 dolls. I think they can have three dolls or four dolls," then told reporters , "All I’m saying is that a young lady, a 10-year-old-girl, 9-year-old girl, 15-year-old-girl, doesn’t need 37 dolls."Marcotte argued that "Trump defended his trade-destroying tariffs by lecturing parents about not spoiling their daughters" who are inherently "frivolous" due to their gender, a point that speaks directly to the MAGA base that helped Trump get elected.Marcotte noted with interest that the the only children Trump talked about were girls, never boys or toys "more stereotypically associated with boys, like Legos or toy trucks."ALSO READ: ‘Pain. Grief. Anger’: Families heartbroken as Trump backlash smashes adoption dreams"This is likely not an accident, but part of a larger effort to sell the otherwise indefensible tariffs to the MAGA base by invoking the same misogynist resentment that helped Trump get elected," Marcotte wrote. "The image of 'too many' dolls taps right into this ugly worldview that overly indulged girls are growing into 'selfish' women who think they're too good to settle for Mr. Tweeting Incel."In fact, Marcotte wrote that "Trump superfans on X started arguing that the tariffs were the key to restoring male dominance. They falsely claim that tariffs will drive women out of the workforce and force them to get married to survive."Marcotte wrote that Fox News picked up on the sexist talk "and tried to argue that tariffs will restore the patriarchal gender order by bringing back manly manufacturing jobs, while destroying 'email jobs' that are primarily held by women in MAGA fantasy version of reality."Marcotte noted that whether or not Americans pick up on Trump's misogyny in delivering his tariff message, they do hear him "admitting prices are going up — and most people are smart enough to know it won't be limited to dolls."Read the Salon article here.

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) is getting behind-the-scenes praise for taking a stand against President Donald Trump's MAGA nominee for top D.C. prosecutor, according to an MSNBC analyst. Tillis said Tuesday that he "indicated to the White House" that he will not support Ed Martin's bid to become U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C. Tillis's announcement sent MAGA world into meltdown, with members making phone calls and pronouncing their support for Martin on social media. Some even called for Tillis's ouster from the Senate committee considering Martin. Dave Aronberg, former U.S attorney for Palm Beach County, told MSNBC's Morning Joe on Wednesday that Ed Martin had "no business being the U.S. attorney for Washington D.C." ALSO READ: ‘Pain. Grief. Anger’: Families heartbroken as Trump backlash smashes adoption dreams "This guy has never been a prosecutor ever before. He was appointed because of politics, because he represented a bunch of insurrectionists," Aronberg said. "And in addition to that, he also misled the Senate. He appeared on Russian TV more than 150 times, and refused to disclose that until called on it. So, the Senate wasn't pleased with that." Aronberg continued, "And then, on top of that, he is friends with this Nazi sympathizer...He actually gave this guy an award. He called him extraordinary. This is a guy who dresses up as Adolf Hitler, who has a copy of Mein Kampf, who has made horrible comments about Jewish people." Aronberg said that Tillis's defiance of Trump's pick has surely garnered him praise from Senate Republicans who were reluctant to speak out. "You can rest assured that the other Republican senators are giving Tillis a pat on the back because they did not want to go on the board and have to vote for this guy," Aronberg said. "So, behind closed doors, I'm sure they're very pleased with their colleague from North Carolina." Watch the clip below via CNN or click here.

MAGA TV host Gina Loudon revealed that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) was punishing members of the state legislature who supported President Donald Trump in the 2024 election.During a Wednesday panel on Real America's Voice, Loudon said she had access to inside information from state lawmakers."One of the things that my friends in the legislature are telling me is that a lot of things aren't getting done, because there is still such a chasm, politically, in the mind of Ron DeSantis, Governor DeSantis, over anyone who ever supported Trump for anything," she explained. "So if you did, he won't support your legislation. He might kill it, just to spite you. And it's really—it's been a mess."Loudon said that Trump and DeSantis each had their own "army" in the legislature."And it's kind of a mess, because we have real problems in Florida like this, like our insurance issue," she continued. "We've got some people being put out of business over some weird regulations that are good, solid, conservative businesspeople. And it can't get fixed because of this."ALSO READ: 'Sad white boys': Fear as Trump terror adviser shrugs off threat from 'inside the house'"But this really is a problem in the state of Florida, and it shouldn't be happening here," Loudon said. "We don't want any of this malarkey happening here.""More of it is cropping its ugly head, because the left is onto the fact that there is this squabble going on in our legislature, and it's dividing Republicans, and they can't use their majority to get things done."Watch the video below from Real America's Voice or click here.

More than 20 experts call on countries to act or ‘witness the slaughter of innocents’‘Desperate people’: Gaza faces wave of looting, theft and violenceThe Dutch government, seen as one of Israel’s most loyal allies in the European Union, is calling for an urgent review of the EU Israel association agreement, the basis for the EU-Israeli free trade agreement, the Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp told the Guardian.Veldkamp described the Israeli ban on the supply of aid into Gaza as “catastrophic, truly dismal” and in clear breach of international humanitarian law.You cannot starve the people of the Gaza Strip. It is against international law. It’s morally wrong. It’s dangerous. I don’t think it’s in Israel’s own interest. Continue reading...