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What could go wrong under a new bill to take away passports from Americans who the Secretary of State claims support terrorism? Use our new action center tool to tell Congress to reject this unconstitutional passport bill.

What could go wrong under a new bill to take away passports from Americans who the Secretary of State claims support terrorism? Use our new action center tool to tell Congress to reject this unconstitutional bill.

Airlines sell 5 billion plane ticket records to the government for warrantless searching Read this important (and alarming) story by @josephcox.bsky.social for free, thanks to @404media.co’s commitment to dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting (and support them by subscribing if you’re able).

The Trump administration appears to be abusing FOIA to hide records about Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk’s arrest — citing unspecified “privacy” concerns. Watch @laurenleharper.bsky.social explain why that excuse is flimsy, and why we are taking them to court.

Following a recent trip to Israel and the West Bank, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley says the US and its allies have a moral obligation to stop providing military aid for the war in Gaza.

Texas outlawed talking on campuses after 10 p.m. Students are fighting back. Check out this op-ed from FPF Senior Adviser @caitlinvogus.bsky.social in @houstonchronicle.com:

Tell Congress not to grant itself the power to censor information about its members on the internet. Use our new, easy action center tool to stop lawmakers from sacrificing transparency for a false sense of security.

Spanish national broadcaster officially votes to boycott Eurovision over Israel - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/spanish-national-broadcaster-officially-votes-boycott-eurovision-over-israel

UPDATE: U.S. Army Cadet Command confirmed it will retain 10 universities where the service expected to close its Reserve Officer Training Program at the end of this school year.

Sixteen nations warn Israel not to attack Global Sumud Flotilla - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/sixteen-nations-warn-israel-not-attack-global-sumud-flotilla

A Democrat asked her colleagues to all strive for unity and turn down the temperature. A Republican responded with a veiled threat that included a racial slur and compared Democrats to foreign attackers. story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

A group of Democratic senators say they are concerned that a plan to allow military lawyers to work as temporary immigration judges will violate a ban on using service members for law enforcement and affect the military justice system.

Mariah Rosanna Samuels asked for a court order for protection from a former boyfriend for herself and her 11-year-old son. Just weeks later, the same man allegedly fatally shot her.

Israel's Katz boasts Gaza City 'is burning' as army begins ground invasion - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israels-katz-boasts-gaza-city-burning-army-begins-ground-invasion

Journalists are being massacred in Gaza and the U.S. is doing nothing to stop the bloodbath it’s bankrolling. Use our easy, new tool to tell Congress you’re fed up with the government’s inaction.

🔴 LIVE NOW: Join us to discuss first steps newsrooms need to take when ICE arrests a journalist, with @attorneynora.bsky.social, @scarletprim.bsky.social, @caitlinvogus.bsky.social, @writeralejandra.bsky.social, Samantha C. Hamilton, and Marium Uddin. RSVP: http://freedom.press...

Palestine's top brewmaster says Israeli settler attacks won't stop Taybeh beer - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestines-top-brewmaster-says-settler-attacks-wont-stop-taybeh-beer

🔔 At the top of the hour: Join us to discuss first steps newsrooms need to take when ICE arrests a journalist, with @attorneynora.bsky.social, @scarletprim.bsky.social, @caitlinvogus.bsky.social, @writeralejandra.bsky.social, Samantha C. Hamilton, and Marium Uddin. RSVP: http://freedom.press...

Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of genocide in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/top-un-legal-investigators-conclude-israel-guilty-genocide-gaza

Two years ago, Patricia Hall was shot and killed in the East Germantown home she had lived in with her adult daughter, granddaughter, and younger children. (1/4)

Texas’ mid-decade redistricting packs Houston’s 9th into the 18th, likely cutting Black House representation from two seats to one. bit.ly/3Ip3kE8

Turkey, Spain and 14 others warn against attacks on Gaza Sumud Flotilla - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-spain-others-warn-against-attacks-gaza-sumud-flotilla

Thanks to everyone who joined our webinar about first steps newsrooms need to take when ICE arrests a journalist, and a special thanks to our panelists: @attorneynora.bsky.social, @scarletprim.bsky.social, @writeralejandra.bsky.social, Samantha C. Hamilton, and Marium Uddin. Watch it below:

China ordered its air force and navy to track U.S. and British warships as they passed through the Taiwan Strait on a recent joint patrol that Beijing said sent "the wrong signal" and "undermines peace and stability." (from @alexmwilson.bsky.social)

Eight out of 10 Muslims experience 'widespread' hatred in France, survey says - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/eight-out-muslims-experience-widesoread-hatred-france-survey

The Department of Homeland Security has proposed new restrictions on visas for foreign journalists and others. Join PEN America on Thursday, Sept. 18, at noon ET/9 a.m. PT to learn how you can oppose this change. Register here:

The military failed to keep watch of a family housing landlord, resulting in an overpayment of performance bonuses and possibly putting families at risk of living in homes with life, health and safety hazards, a Pentagon watchdog report found.

Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of genocide in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-concludes-israel-guilty-genocide-gaza

"The reality isn’t that Mainers are being replaced, as Kirk put it. It’s that they’re doing what it takes to forge a future worthy of the hard work of our ancestors and the dreams of our children."

Family mourns Palestinian killed by Israeli forces while trying to reach work - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/family-mourns-palestinian-killed-israeli-forces-while-trying-reach-work

The real bias monitor at CBS is Donald Trump. “The hiring of Kenneth Weinstein as an ombudsman hands the US president a seat at the editors’ desk,” FPF’s @seth-stern.bsky.social writes in the @theguardian.com.

New York governor endorses pro-Palestinian candidate Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/new-york-governor-endorses-pro-palestinian-zohran-mamdani-mayor

The Gaza flotilla: What you need to know about 'sumud' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/explainers/gaza-flotilla-what-you-need-know-about-sumud

'Relentless': How UK Lawyers for Israel targets pro-Palestinian voices - https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/relentless-how-uk-lawyers-israel-targets-pro-palestinian-voices

🚴 The Manayunk Wall will be climbed again next summer as the Philadelphia Cycling Classic is slated to return, bringing some of the world’s top riders back to the city for the first time in 10 years. (1/3)

Israel’s Ben-Gvir vows 'magnificent' Gaza beach settlement for Israeli police - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israels-ben-gvir-vows-magnificent-gaza-beach-settlement-israeli-police

Gulf states to activate joint defence mechanism, as Qatar calls for 'concrete' response to Israeli attack - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gulf-states-convene-joint-defence-mechanism-qatar-calls-concrete-response-israeli-attack

President Donald Trump announced the U.S. military conducted a second strike Monday morning against alleged drug smugglers from Venezuela. Three were killed. No U.S. forces were harmed.

Israel kills 91 in Gaza City since dawn on Tuesday - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-kills-91-gaza-city-dawn-tuesday

Trump’s top immigration deputies including Homeland Security Kristi Noem and chief patrol agent of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Gregory Bovino are in Chicago. 🔴 LIVE updates: trib.al/WkRCFFK

The Pentagon's Office of Inspector General is undertaking a review of how the Defense Department is handling violent crimes and sexual assaults committed by U.S. personnel against Japanese civilians. (from @brianmcelhiney.bsky.social & @keishirkoja.bsky.social)

Israel’s Ben-Gvir vows 'magnificent' Gaza beach settlement for Israeli police - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israels-ben-gvir-vows-magnificent-gaza-beach-settlement-israeli-police

Calls in Ghana to cancel Israeli film festival - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/calls-ghana-cancel-israeli-film-festival

The new face of the military will be one without facial hair, even if that means enduring painful razor bumps. Service members who require a medical shaving waiver for more than one year must be separated from the military, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered.

The chief of Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command pointed to wariness toward Russia as a “regional superpower” in the far north and highlighted what he called “a very good relationship with the U.S. military.”

A California man pleaded guilty this week to federal charges of illegally landing his small aircraft at the U.S. Navy base on San Clemente Island, then stealing a Navy truck and crashing it into locked gates.

Death toll in Gaza exceeds 40 today - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-gaza-exceeds-40-today

Rainy weather didn't discourage American and Italian kids this past weekend from taking to the fields at U.S. military bases in Italy for a pair of camps sponsored by Major League Baseball.

Israeli military says it will strike Yemen's port of Hodeidah - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-military-says-it-will-strike-yemens-port-hodeidah

Israel’s Katz says Gaza is ‘burning’ - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israels-katz-says-gaza-burning

CALLING ALL VIRGIN ISLANDS WOMEN VETERANS 📣 The USVI Office of Veterans Affairs is calling all Virgin Islands women who have previously served or currently serve in the U.S. Armed Forces to register their service to be honored in the Military Women’s Memorial in Washington, D.C. Learn more:

More than 100 Korean War veterans were honored Monday during a ceremony in Incheon on the 75th anniversary of Operation Chromite, the daring amphibious assault that turned the tide for South Korea and the U.S.-led U.N. Command. (from @choiboy.bsky.social)

Netanyahu says Israel 'in isolation', blaming Qatar, China and Muslims in the West - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/netanyahu-israel-isolation-blaming-qatar-china-muslims-west-sparta

The nearly century-old Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania is set to close for good in May, following years of declining enrollment, numerous abuse scandals and allegations of financial mismanagement.

Adm. Stuart Munsch, commander of Naval Forces Europe-Africa and Allied Joint Force Command Naples, was awarded Norway’s Defense Service Medal.

🔴 Israel’s war in Gaza amounts to genocide, the United Nations has formally assessed for the first time

Temple University plans to phase out a partnership with the Chinese Scholarship Council that brought 25 to 35 students to the school each of the last two years. (1/2)

Senator Merkley Calls For US to Cease Aid to Israel, Journalists Fired Over Charlie Kirk, and We Need to Talk About Nepal. It's GOOD MORNING, NEWS!

'More dangerous than S-300s': Israeli air defence in Cyprus extends intel reach over Turkey - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/more-dangerous-s-300s-israeli-air-defense-cyprus-extends-intel-reach-over-turkey

Gaza death toll rises since dawn - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-rises-dawn

Fad or cure? A new coalition is advocating for the use of psychedelic-assisted therapies at VA hospitals and clinics, but some veterans are uncertain whether those proposals can address their problems. Read more:

"He was everywhere. Played with great effort." 💪 Troy Franklin made big plays vs. the Colts and set new career marks » buff.ly/WxzEG1j

Israel's Katz boasts Gaza City 'is burning' as army begins ground invasion - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israels-katz-boasts-gaza-city-burning-army-begins-ground-invasion

France chairs call with western allies, Arab nations on Middle East - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/france-chairs-call-western-allies-arab-nations-middle-east

Former soldier who went on to abuse infant son gets new term for 2012 assault on baby girl

Surprised? U.S. military officers were in Belarus this week to observe a portion of the country’s joint war games with Russia. The U.S. Embassy in Minsk was invited to the Zapad exercise as part of a distinguished visitor day.

Sales of American-made drones to foreign militaries will be handled going forward in the same way as exports of manned fighter aircraft, part of a broader U.S. push to accelerate a shift to the transformative battlefield technology.

Israel and the United States showed a unified front Monday in the face of growing international anger over Israel's airstrikes on Hamas leaders in Qatar and its intensifying bombardment of Gaza City.

The Navy is upgrading the security of submarines and nuclear weapons at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Wash., by building a $24 million Armored Fighting Vehicle Support Facility.

The U.S. Army on Monday unveiled its Typhon mid-range missile system, meant to counter seaborne threats, for the first time on Japanese soil. (from @janiquarob.bsky.social)

Morning update - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/morning-update-412

Every time it looks like Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is getting the best of Beto O’Rourke in court, the former El Paso congressman pulls off another victory. But at what cost? bit.ly/4mfxVlh

FROM THE ARCHIVES | Medics treat squad leader Sgt. John Smith who got hit while on patrol in South Vietnam in June 1966.

Israeli foreign minister calls Spanish PM 'antisemite and a liar' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-foreign-minister-calls-spanish-pm-antisemite-and-liar

With a housing shortage looming as Guam prepares for an influx of new U.S. military personnel, the Navy and Defense Department announced an initiative to acquire 2,400 new housing units on the island. (from @alexmwilson.bsky.social)

🔴 The UN Commission’s finding that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza will have a profound impact on Britain’s legal system and increase the likelihood of global sanctions against Israel

Qatar hosted a summit of Arab and Islamic nations Monday in the hopes of presenting a united response to Israel's attack on Hamas leaders last week in Doha. But leaders offered different views about what to do, and the group agreed to take only minimal action.

DEVELOPING: U.S. naval forces in the Caribbean have sunk a third alleged drug-running boat off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said Tuesday.

Frankfurt consulate to offer expedited passport services on Ramstein Air Base Sept. 24

Coast Guard rescue crews saved seven boaters after a vessel  hit a barge near Fort Myers Beach in Florida. Station Fort Myers Beach launched two boat crews and transferred all seven boaters — who were in stable condition — to EMS personnel, and towed the vessel back to the station.

A framework deal has been reached between China and the U.S. for the ownership of popular social video platform TikTok, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said after weekend trade talks in Spain.

Israeli air defence in Cyprus extends intel reach over Turkey - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-air-defence-cyprus-extends-intel-reach-over-turkey

Faith, politics, and armed resistance: A Palestinian-Christian perspective - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/faith-politics-and-armed-resistance-palestinian-christian-perspective-0

UK Middle East minister says assessing Israeli genocidal intent in Gaza 'difficult' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-unlikely-judge-risk-genocide-without-access-israeli-intelligence

In collaboration with @ Esquire , Houston Chronicle reporter Sarah Smith tells the story of one mother’s fight for justice after her son’s funeral turned into a nightmare. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Senior Airman Brennon Washington has lodged his final appeal with Japan’s highest court after being convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl on Okinawa and sentenced to five years in prison. (from @brianmcelhiney.bsky.social & @keishirkoja.bsky.social)

With ongoing volcanic activity around Iwo Jima affecting its usual field practice site, the U.S. Navy is moving its carrier landing training to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni for the next two weeks. (from @alexmwilson.bsky.social & @keishirkoja.bsky.social)

Injured Gaza children arrive in UK for treatment - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/injured-gaza-children-arrive-uk-treatment

President Donald Trump signed an order sending the National Guard into Memphis to combat crime. Trump called what’s coming a “replica of our extraordinarily successful efforts” in Washington.

🔴 Donald Trump filed a $15bn (£11bn) defamation lawsuit against the New York Times and four of its journalists on Monday, according to court documents

🇺🇸 The White House is cracking down on Left-wing “terrorist” organisations following the killing of Charlie Kirk

Israel, Houthis trade missile attacks - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-houthis-trade-missile-attacks

Hamas has ‘short window of time’ for Gaza deal, says Rubio - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-has-short-window-time-gaza-deal-says-rubio

Kim Jong Un’s sister slams allied military exercises as ‘reckless show of strength’

Israel says UN’s investigation of genocide in war on Gaza ‘fabricated’ - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-says-uns-investigation-genocide-war-gaza-fabricated

Netanyahu to make fourth visit to Trump White House - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/netanyahu-make-4th-visit-trump-white-house

NEW: Local authorities in Texas have arrested a Cuban immigrant in the case of a gruesome murder of a motel employee, the latest high-profile criminal case the Trump administration is using to double down on its mass deportation efforts.

It's the last week before the fall equinox—let's make it count, shall we? Options include astral jazz, Ricky Bearghost's giant beaded weavings, and vampire baseball set to a live orchestra.

'Songs of Paradise': Bollywood's latest attempt to depoliticise the Kashmir Valley - https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/songs-of-paradise-review-bollywood-latest-attempt-depoliticise-kashmir

Evening recap - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/evening-recap-523