Source: US News & World Report

“Uganda has not reached any agreement with the United States to take in illegal [sic] immigrants because it lacks necessary infrastructure to do so, a senior foreign affairs ministry official said on Wednesday. ‘To the best of my knowledge we have not reached such an agreement. We do not have the facilities and infrastructure to accommodate such illegal [sic] immigrants in Uganda. So, we cannot take in such illegal [sic] immigrants,’ Okello Oryem, state minister for foreign affairs, told Reuters in a text message. On Tuesday, CBS News, citing internal documents, reported that Washington had reached deportation deals with Honduras and Uganda as part of its effort to strike more agreements with countries that would accept [abducted] migrants deported from the U.S. who were not their citizens.” (08/19/25)

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-20/uganda-foreign-affairs-official-says-no-agreement-reached-with-us-to-take-illegal-immigrants

Source: SFGate

“A federal judge has ordered Mississippi to redraw its Supreme Court electoral map, after finding the map dilutes the power of [b]lack voters. U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock ruled the map, which was enacted in 1987, violates the Voting Rights Act and cannot be used in future elections. The Mississippi branch of the American Civil Liberties Union helped litigate the lawsuit, arguing the map cut Mississippi’s Delta region — a historically [b]lack area — in half. ‘This win corrects a historic injustice,’ said Ari Savitzky, a senior staff attorney at the ACLU Voting Rights Project. ‘All Mississippians will benefit from fair district lines that give [b]lack voters an equal [sic] voice — and new generations of [b]lack leaders an equal chance to help shape the state’s future by serving on the state’s highest court.’ The lawsuit, which was filed on April 25, 2022, argued the map diminished [sic] the [b]lack vote in the Central District.” (08/20/25)

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/mississippi-supreme-court-map-violates-voting-20824763.php

Source: Politico

“Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard revoked the security clearances of 37 former intelligence officials, the Trump administration’s latest move against Obama-era officials whom the White House accuses of undermining the Trump administration. In a memo she posted Tuesday on social media, Gabbard directed the heads of several national security agencies to immediately revoke the clearances of the officials, at the direction of the president, alleging they politicized or weaponized intelligence for personal or partisan gain.” [editor’s note: I’m against the idea that government should be allowed to keep anything secret in the first place, but if they are, wouldn’t it make sense for “security clearances” to be AUTOMATICALLY revoked any time someone leaves the job they’re issued for, instead of only when political distractions are needed? – TLK] (08/19/25)

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/19/gabbard-security-clearance-00515195

Source: Fox News

“Longtime Trump political foe Democrat Sen. Adam Schiff for years has been accused of leaking classified documents — long before the release of a ‘bombshell’ whistleblower testimony claiming the California lawmaker approved leaking classified information in order to discredit the president during the Russiagate probe, Fox News Digital found. Schiff, who served in the U.S. House for more than two decades before securing his spot in the U.S. Senate in 2024, is facing heightened scrutiny following FBI Director Kash Patel declassifying claims from a Democrat whistleblower that Schiff approved the release of classified information on Trump that allegedly ‘would be used to indict President TRUMP,’ according to the report. The whistleblower, who reportedly had worked for Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee for more than 10 years, made the claims to the FBI in 2017. (08/20/25)

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-schiff-leak-claim-from-whistleblower-echoes-years-similar-accusations