1.  A statement from the Socialist Equality Party about how Donald Trump is attempting to overturn the Constitution and establish a dictatorship in his second term as president of the United States-- and what we must do

2. Under orders from President Trump who demands quotas, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) dramatically increases its daily arrests of immigrants across the US

3.  The small Chinese startup company, DeepSeek's advanced AI system roils US tech companies, Wall Street and the political and military establishment because AI is regarded as an existential issue for the maintenance of US dominance

4. Hundreds of thousands of Europeans demonstrate to demand justice for those who died in the 2023 Tempi train crash that was the deadliest in Greek rail history

5.  Recent political turmoil in Samoa reflects broader political instability across the Pacific which is bound up with sharp shifts in global politics

6. The United Auto Workers (UAW) bureaucracy defies the near unanimous vote to strike by 500 Daimler Trucks Detroit Axle workers and makes plans to ram through a pro-company contract against the resistance of rank and file workers

7.  Saying that the US state of Maryland is "facing the worst fiscal crisis in at least 20 years," the Democratic governor, Wes Moore, proposes a draconian and pro-big business budget for his state

8. A powerful and moving five part docudrama series, Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, explores the circumstances and questions around the explosion of Pan Am flight PA103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988

9. Intended to prepare a stepped-up campaign by US imperialism against China, the newly confirmed CIA director John Ratcliffe promotes the fascist-inspired conspiracy theory that China created the SARS-CoV-2 virus and unleashed it on the world

10. Many questions linger about the murders and mayhem committed by Axel Rudakubana, a 17-year old, now sentenced to serve 52 years in prison in Britain-- chief among the questions is how may similar tragedies be avoided in the future?

11. US President Trump issues pardons for Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officersconvicted of charges of conspiracy and second-degree murder

15. Canada Post mail delivery workers' bargaining rights at an impasse as arrogant executives and officials maneuver to squeeze profits from the Crown corporation overseen by the Canadian federal government

16. Australia’s far-right opposition coalition adapts to better accommodate the US Trump administration

17.  The Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP, the German chapter of the ICFI) is certified to stand in the federal election in Berlin

18.  Free Ukrainian socialist and anti-war activist, Bogdan Syrotiuk!