A bad deal
Brussels’ capitulation to Donald Trump’s tariff imposition demonstrates the European Union’s geopolitical weakness
What have the EU and US agreed to in their trade deal?
Brussels has not only accepted a 15% tariff, but also pledged to buy billions of dollars’ worth of energy products from Washington and increase its investments in the US
Trump gives Putin ‘10 or 12 days’ to resolve the war in Ukraine or face sanctions
The US president also calls on Netanyahu to make changes in Gaza and acknowledges that children in the Strip ‘look very hungry’
Venezuelan musician Arturo Suárez-Trejo, released from Bukele’s mega-prison: ‘They told us the world had forgotten about us’
The artist recounts the beatings he endured, some for daring to sing, during the four months he was imprisoned in El Salvador’s Cecot
Thomas Cartwright, from JP Morgan executive to ICE’s sole flight tracker
He became an activist after retiring in 2015, developing and perfecting a system to independently account for deportation planes. He is now passing the baton to a non-profit that will continue his work
Uncle Sam recruits ‘soldiers’ for the war on immigration
ICE launches a hiring campaign targeting retired agents to carry out the largest deportation effort in history, as desired by Trump
Signed: ‘The Horrible Human Being.’ The story of the triple murderer released by Trump
The former Marine Dahud Hanid Ortiz drove 1,242 miles from Germany to Spain to commit an atrocious crime for which he has served a fraction of his sentence thanks to the recent US-Venezuela prisoner exchange
‘Sexile’ in the United States: Hundreds of transgender Americans seek refuge from Trump in Canada
The Republican’s transphobic policies are sparking panic among LGBTQ+ people, triggering a 10-fold increase in asylum applications so far this year
Chapter 6: The art of deception in the White House
Trump has a wide repertoire for positioning his own truths: sometimes he uses the rhetorical device of hyperbole, other times he overwhelms his audience with a huge amount of data. And in some cases, he simply lies
Medicaid under Trump’s new law: how it will affect migrants and people with disabilities
More than 16 million Americans would lose their health coverage under the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
The incessant noise of the Shahed drone is driving Ukraine to despair
The Russian army has upgraded this weapon, produced under Iranian license, to make it the mainstay of its attacks
The migrants heading south: ‘I never imagined I’d be migrating backwards’
Simona Carnino|Guatemala City|
Every day, migrants expelled by the Trump administration arrive in Guatemala. Others are turning back before even reaching the US-Mexico border, defeated by the growing difficulties. Returnees carry with them a sense of failure
The looming threat of tariffs and judicial reform in Mexico are freezing investments along the US border
Eduardo García / Alfredo Corchado / Alyda Muela|Mexico / El Paso (Texas)|
The economic effects are undermining executive confidence and potential job growth in both countries. Long-term planning has become nearly impossible, according to business leaders and experts
Mahzarin Banaji, psychologist: ‘Our biases were useful in the past, but today, they are an obstacle’
The Harvard researcher has received the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Social Sciences for her study of implicit biases
The new cost for asylum applications and other immigration procedures under Trump’s law
Work permits and TPS applications will also increase in price with the fees established by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
The son of the gardener brutally beaten by immigration agents in California: ‘My father taught me to love this country’
Alejandro Barranco tells EL PAÍS about the nightmare he experienced following his father’s arrest, and the hope he still has after going to the Senate Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration
Murderer who slipped into prisoner exchange deal with Venezuela is walking free in the US
Dahud Hanid Ortiz was serving a 30-year sentence for a triple crime he committed in Spain in 2016. After repatriating him, the Trump administration let him go
The hell of Module 8 in Nayib Bukele’s mega-prison: ‘They would beat us over anything’
Migrants deported from the US to El Salvador and now returned to Venezuela tell EL PAÍS about four months of continuous punishment and total uncertainty about their fate
Republican senators call for special counsel to follow up on Trump’s claims of ‘treason’ against Obama
The government declassifies documents that, according to the administration, incriminate the former president in a conspiracy to implicate Trump in a Russian interference plot during the 2016 election campaign
Jesús Soriano, union leader in the scientific rebellion against Trump: ‘You’ll go to a restaurant and won’t know if the meat is contaminated or not’
The Spanish doctor, of the US National Science Foundation, is the only employee to put his full name to a letter against the dismantling of the government agency
Immigration lawyers on the ropes in the Trump era: ‘The community needs us. If we leave, they lose hope’
Faced with an explosion of new cases and a much more aggressive administration, the fewer than 20,000 specialized lawyers in the US are on the verge of collapse, but they continue working to defend their clients
US defends repatriation of triple murderer who slipped into the prisoner exchange with Venezuela: ‘Many reported being subjected to torture’
Dahud Hanid Ortiz was serving 30 years in a Venezuelan prison for a triple homicide he committed in Spain in 2016. But the State Department applauds that there are no more Americans ‘wrongfully detained’ in the Latin American country
Miami’s Freedom Tower turns 100 as more Cubans are being deported than ever before
Recent arrivals are experiencing a ‘perfect storm.’ On one hand, the Republican Party has aligned itself against immigrants; on the other, the Cuban-American community is no longer united
Venezuelan deported to El Salvador and back to home country had a court order for his return to the US
Lawyers for Daniel Lozano-Camargo, identified as ‘Cristian’ in court documents, claim the youth was used as a ‘pawn’ in the exchange between the three countries
Student loans have new rules: Here’s how they will change starting this year
Almost half a million borrowers could see their monthly payments increase significantly
The nightmare of the González brothers, detained at Alligator Alcatraz for a traffic ticket: ‘Their civil rights are being violated’
Their father says they haven’t been able to see their lawyer since their arrest two weeks ago. Fourteen Mexicans are detained at the Trump immigration center
EU prepares for worst-case scenario in trade war with Trump
The weariness of European capitals with Washington’s posturing is strengthening Brussels’ search for answers during the final stages of negotiations
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