 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. In the week since he took office, Donald Trump has wielded the power of the presidency to do what no president before him has ever attempted: overturn the Constitution and establish a dictatorship. The Trump administration's quota of 1,500 immigrant arrests per day was implemented on Sunday by Department of Homeland Security agencies in cities across the US. US imperialism has long viewed Greenland as critical for geopolitical and security reasons. Its Thule air base was a key operational centre for its ballistic missiles and served as a store for nuclear weapons during the Cold War. Shares in Nvidia, the leading US AI firm, dropped by 17 percent yesterday, the biggest one-day loss to the market capitalisation of a company in history, after the announcement by Chinese firm DeepSeek that it had developed a cheaper way of producing AI technology On Saturday, new CIA Director John Ratcliffe made public the CIA's reassessment that shifts from an inconclusive position to now believing the lab-leak was most likely despite a low level of confidence. The SGP is standing in the election to oppose war, fascism and genocide. Having obtained a government strike ban, Canada Post now has the audacity to insist that the union should not even have the right to legally challenge it. Rank-and-file workers expressed their anger and disgust over the decision by the United Auto Workers bureaucracy to run roughshod over their democratic will. The demonstrations recalled the mass protests of the working class which filled up city centres during the movement against austerity in Greece from 2010. The instability in Samoa reflects growing turmoil across the Pacific amid social unrest and the US-led war drive aimed at China. The reshuffle featured the creation of a "government efficiency" portfolio dedicated to gutting social spending and the promotion into foreign affairs posts of two vehement defenders of Israel's genocide. Signal workers at Canadian National Railways could strike from Tuesday over contract issues, while the Association of Flight Attendants has told its Alaska Air members to vote "yes" on new contract or face dire consequences. Wes Moore, the governor of Maryland, recently released his budget plan for the next fiscal year, which includes $2 billion in cuts for climate spending and other vital social programs. Trump is seeking to roll back any concessions that were made to popular opposition as part of a generalized effort to establish a presidential dictatorship resting on the support of police state agencies and fascist militias. A powerful new TV series recounts Lockerbie relative and campaigner Jim Swire's dedicated struggle for the truth behind his daughter's 1988 murder in the downing of PA103. About the WSWS The World Socialist Web Site is published by the International Committee of the Fourth International, the world Trotskyist movement, and its affiliated sections in the Socialist Equality Parties around the world. Find out more about joining the Socialist Equality Party.
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