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BREAKING: A federal judge ruled Mahmoud Khalil's case must proceed in New Jersey, and denied the Trump admin's motion to dismiss the challenge to his detention. This is the second federal judge to deny the Trump admin's attempt to transfer Khalil's case to Louisiana.

Palestinians have made a historic return to their homes in north Gaza, after over a year of genocidal war. Dramatic images show them in mass going around and breaking through Israeli barriers on foot, determined to go back and rebuild.

Housing profiteers caused the LA fires to spread way farther than they should have. The real estate industry not only ignored warnings about building in high fire risk areas, they spent millions lobbying against efforts to regulate it. BT's Kei Pritsker reports from the Palisades rubble

Contrary to what the corporate media reports on Venezuela, there is still a mass base of support for Maduro and the Bolivarian Revolution. BT was in Caracas for the inauguration and spoke to his supporters in the streets.

The LA fires are exposing the predatory nature of for-profit insurance. 2.8 million California homeowners had their fire insurance canceled because the companies knew what was likely to come.

Multiple wildfires are ripping through Los Angeles, fueled by extremely strong winds and drought conditions in Southern California. LA firefighters are overwhelmed: while LAFD got a $17.6M budget cut, LAPD’s budget jumped by $138M.

JUST NOW: Activists in Mexico City destroy a wax statue of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with hammers

Trudeau’s fall deepens the main trend among Western elites: the center cannot hold. Candidates of the ruling status quo are seeing plummeting approval ratings, a punishment for inflation, neoliberal economic policies, and endless war. So far, though, far-right parties have capitalized the most from the discontent and political disintegration.

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BREAKING: Over 300,000 people are without power in freezing temperatures “and the heaviest snowfall in a decade.” One out of every three families across eastern and western Kentucky are experiencing outages. There are four known deaths nationwide so far, along with hundreds of car accidents and an untold number of vehicles stuck roadside.

If the New Jersey drone sightings freak you out, wait until you see what the Pentagon is preparing next

Even those who want regime change in Cuba admit the blockade achieves nothing but misery for the people. From a hearing last week in Congress

The number one cause of bankruptcy in the US is medical debt. And in a for-profit healthcare system, pharmaceutical companies are closing hospitals to save money and it's killing patients. In 2022, we followed Put People First! PA, an organization fighting against the healthcare profiteers devastating rural America.

Democrats in Congress are about to give Trump dictatorial powers to crush his opposition. Here’s what you need to know

Israel is Ethnically Cleansing Gaza to Build Israeli Settlements. Here’s What You Need to Know

Greater Israel Explained: The Israeli Plan to Conquer the Arab World

Iran has fired hundreds of missiles at Israel in one of the biggest attacks on Israel in its history. Iranian officials say this is in response to the assassinations of resistance leaders Haniyeh, Nassrallah and IRGC General Nilforushan

There's only one explanation for the pager attack: Israel is trying to provoke a war with Lebanon.

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Senator Bob Menendez just resigned after being found guilty of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes including gold bars, luxury cars, expensive watches and other gifts to act as a foreign agent of Egypt and Qatar. It's being called one of the worst corruption scandals in recent congressional memory. Ironically, he spent most of his career accusing other countries of this type of corruption, and demanding sanctions. BT's Kei Pritsker reviews the indictment