Several Democratic Socialists of America-backed congressional nominees are traveling to Uruguay this week to join a left-wing international conference aimed at opposing President Donald Trump’s foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere.
New York Assemblywoman Claire Valdez, New York activist Darializa Avila Chevalier, and Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Rabb — all three DSA members who won Democratic congressional primaries this year — will attend the Pan-American Congress in Montevideo as “special guests” of a congressional delegation led by Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL). New Jersey Democratic congressional candidate Adam Hamawy, who is not a DSA member but has embraced many of the same left-wing causes, is also attending.
The gathering, scheduled for August 21-23, will bring together left-wing political leaders from across North America, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
For Valdez, Avila Chevalier, and Rabb, all of whom are running in heavily Democratic districts, the trip also offers an early look at the foreign-policy priorities they could bring to Capitol Hill next year.
Valdez, who is expected to succeed retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez in New York’s heavily Democratic 7th Congressional District, said she intends to promote “international solidarity and cooperation — not imperialism, war and extraction.”
“The threats we face, from climate change to mass displacement to the rise of fascism, don’t stop at borders, and neither can our response,” Valdez told <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/08/19/congress/democratic-socialists-congress-uruguay-01041713">Politico</a>.
Conference organizers have similarly framed the participation of the incoming lawmakers as part of a broader effort to reshape the United States&#8217; role in the hemisphere. 
“These inspiring leaders won their primaries on a promise to pursue a new place and purpose for the United States in the international community — and that project starts right here in the hemisphere,” said David Adler, the Pan-American Congress’ general coordinator.
The delegation comes as the Trump administration has moved to assert a more aggressive U.S. presence in the Western Hemisphere through what the administration has dubbed the “Donroe Doctrine.” The administration has emphasized combating drug trafficking, illegal immigration, and foreign adversaries in the Americas, while seeking to strengthen relationships with governments willing to cooperate with the United States.
The Democratic delegation, however, is traveling to Uruguay with the stated goal of building opposition to that approach. Jayapal, 9 other House Democrats, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) last week sent Secretary of State Marco Rubio a <a href="https://jayapal.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/FINAL-SIGNED_Letter-to-Rubio-on-Trump-Corollary.pdf">letter</a> condemning the administration’s application of the “Trump Corollary,” arguing that it amounts to “a license for unlimited foreign intervention.”
The lawmakers accused the administration of using military force without congressional authorization, economic sanctions and tariffs as “collective punishment,” and political pressure to influence elections in sovereign countries. 
“Taken together, the interventions conducted under the banner of the ‘Donroe’ Doctrine appear to follow a partisan playbook,” the lawmakers wrote. “These are tactics that destabilize our hemisphere and endanger our neighbors.”
The emerging Democratic opposition to the policy is notable not simply because of the current congressional delegation, but because of who is preparing to join it. Valdez and Avila Chevalier are among a new generation of DSA-backed politicians who have successfully <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdanis-socialists-upset-incumbent-dems-in-house-primary-sweep">defeated</a> Democratic establishment candidates in deep-blue districts.
Valdez, a former union organizer, defeated Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and other candidates in the Democratic primary to succeed Velázquez. She was endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the self-described democratic socialist whose political movement has helped propel a new generation of socialist candidates into office. 
Avila Chevalier defeated five-term Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat in New York’s 13th Congressional District. The 32-year-old organizer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-newest-pick-is-their-most-radical-yet">has spent years</a> working on immigration and Palestinian causes and has helped organize the Columbia University protests following Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel. She also received endorsements from Mamdani and the DSA. 
Rabb defeated Democratic establishment favorite Sharif Street in Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District, another overwhelmingly Democratic seat. The DSA-backed candidate has advocated for Medicare for All, universal basic income, guaranteed housing, and the abolition of ICE, among other left-wing policies.
Rabb has also rejected the premise of describing illegal immigration as inherently criminal and said he wants to end deportations. “What are illegals?” Rabb <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/socialist-house-nominee-radical-law-order-vision-what-are-illegals">asked</a> when Fox News host Sean Hannity pressed him on whether he supported amnesty for illegal immigrants and the abolition of national borders.
Valdez, Avila Chevalier, and Rabb are heavily favored to join the House next year, while other DSA-aligned candidates are competing for additional seats.
The Pan-American Congress was founded as a forum for left-wing political leaders from across the Americas to coordinate on regional issues and develop a shared political vision.
This year&#8217;s gathering will give several likely future members of Congress a chance to begin building those relationships before they take office, as Democrats intensify their fight with the Trump administration over the future of U.S. policy in the Western Hemisphere.

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden&#8217;s State Department taught diplomats how to discuss &#8220;systemic racism&#8221; and &#8220;white privilege&#8221; in foreign languages, encouraging U.S. diplomats to push other countries to mirror the Biden administration&#8217;s woke ideological stances on race and immigration, The Daily Wire has learned.
The Biden administration&#8217;s efforts included creating a &#8220;DEI Toolkit&#8221; for Foreign Service language instructors that contained trainings on &#8220;Black Lives Matter,&#8221; &#8220;white privilege,&#8221; and &#8220;systemic racism&#8221; in foreign languages, according to materials examined by The Daily Wire.
The Trump State Department is focused on reforming the Foreign Service, encouraging patriotic Americans to join the service, putting an end to leftist trainings pushed by the Biden administration and refocusing on &#8220;American history, diplomatic tradecraft, and the tangible skills that empower the Foreign Service to deliver results for the American people,&#8221; a spokesman shared.
Instead of focusing trainings on Black Lives Matter and DEI, an official shared, new Trump administration Foreign Service trainings include the topics: &#8220;Why Are You Here? Mission and Vision in a Career of Service,&#8221; or &#8220;The Need for Grand Strategy,&#8221; &#8220;Theories of Foreign Policy,&#8221; &#8220;Protecting American Citizens Abroad: Emergencies and Evacuations,&#8221; and &#8220;America Founding Principles: Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, Federalist Papers.&#8221;
“America’s diplomats are called to advocate for the national interests of the United States on the world stage – not advance extreme anti-American dogmas,&#8221; State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Fringe divisive ideological dogma has no places in Foreign Service training.”
Materials reviewed by The Daily Wire show that under the former president, State Department Foreign Service language instructors were tasked with teaching &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; concepts in Bangla, or Bengali, primarily spoken in South Asia.
That training suggested role-playing a scenario in which a video is presented to a Bengali class discussing white supremacy, racism, and discrimination, as well as &#8220;the linguistic and cultural barriers that make it difficult to broach these topics with the Bangladeshi American community.&#8221; The video referenced the country&#8217;s &#8220;renewed reckoning with systemic racism and its coercive effect on the public institutions.&#8221;
<div id="attachment_1156301" style="width: 905px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-heres-how-bidens-diplomats-pushed-woke-ideology-in-foreign-countries/president-biden-meets-with-his-cabinet-at-the-white-house-3" rel="attachment wp-att-1156301"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1156301" class="wp-image-1156301 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2173386735-895x576.jpg" alt="" width="895" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2173386735-895x576.jpg 895w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2173386735-300x193.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2173386735-768x494.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2173386735.jpg 1024w" sizes=" (max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px" /></a>U.S. President Joe Biden presides over a cabinet meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and others at the White House on September 20, 2024. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)</div>
The training&#8217;s vocabulary list included words such as racism, activism, affirmative action, discrimination, equal opportunity, equality, inequality, implicit bias, unconscious bias, systemic racism, white privilege, marginalization, police brutality, and violation of human rights.
Foreign service officers engaged in the training were asked to role play multiple choice questions with their students, discussing recent protests spurred by the death of George Floyd, highlighting the &#8220;importance of addressing racism at the institutional and individual levels,&#8221; to &#8220;control key vocabulary related to DEIC themes in the US in the target language,&#8221; and to use the Bangla language to share personal stories about how racism affects the United States, as well as &#8220;slavery&#8217;s enduring legacy.&#8221;
In one scenario, those taking the class would watch a video on BLM and then react to the following statement: &#8220;Your house is burning in a fire. The fire department comes and everyone tries to save your house. But I live next door and I&#8217;m saying, &#8216;Why aren&#8217;t you checking my house, my house matters also.'&#8221;
Then students would be asked to choose whether this exemplified systemic racism, white privilege, or implicit bias.
Another training focused on Black Lives Matter and systemic racism for those who speak Urdu, spoken primarily in Pakistan but also in parts of India and the Middle East. That section asked students to &#8220;reflect more deeply&#8221; about BLM and to make connections between &#8220;idealized&#8221; U.S. policy positions related to BLM and the &#8220;actual lived experiences of BLM in the US and the host country.&#8221; This group would also heavily focus on the death of George Floyd in the &#8220;target language&#8221; of Urdu.
A Hebrew section on &#8220;Race and Racism&#8221; tasked students with imagining that they are hosting an event at a library in Tel Aviv to discuss race and diversity in the United States and Israel. In this fictional scenario, they invited several colleagues from the Israeli Embassy to discuss current topics such as &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; and immigration as well as a panel of &#8220;diverse Israelis.&#8221;
<div id="attachment_1156309" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-heres-how-bidens-diplomats-pushed-woke-ideology-in-foreign-countries/atlanta-protest-over-police-custody-death-of-george-floyd-4" rel="attachment wp-att-1156309"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1156309" class="wp-image-1156309 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-1216237394.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-1216237394.jpg 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-1216237394-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-1216237394-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-1216237394-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes=" (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a>A man holds a Black Lives Matter sign as a police car burns during a protest on May 29, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.  (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)</div>
The Foreign Service officers would also be asked to role play situations involving race and racism. More training materials reviewed by The Daily Wire asked the officers to pretend they are hosting an event in another country while &#8220;the killing of an African American citizen by the police is all over the news.&#8221;
&#8220;While you were not planning to discuss &#8216;Black Lives Matter&#8217; in the U.S. you find yourself in a position to discuss race and diversity in the U.S. and host country,&#8221; the materials state. &#8220;You have invited several colleagues from the Embassy as well.&#8221;
In that role-playing scenario, the Foreign Service officer would be tasked with identifying solutions to racism in the United States and then asking their peers if their home country has similar issues related to minorities and how their government could improve racism in their own country.
The materials given to Biden administration State Department employees also included a vocabulary list instructing the diplomats on how to discuss hot button topics like BLM and immigration. Diplomats were asked not to refer to illegal aliens as &#8220;illegal,&#8221; for example, but instead to refer to them as &#8220;undocumented persons.&#8221;
&#8220;This is a problematic term often used in U.S. political discourse that many find dehumanizing, as it reduces individuals to their immigration status and implies undocumented immigrants are inferior and do not belong,&#8221; reads State Department documents shared with The Daily Wire.
Those documents also define privilege as &#8220;a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most,&#8221; and additionally, &#8220;unearned social power accorded by the formal and informal institutions of society to ALL members of a dominant group.&#8221;
&#8220;Privilege is usually invisible to those who have it because we are taught not to see it, but nevertheless it puts them at an advantage over those who do not have it.&#8221;

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A former U.S. Marine imprisoned in Russia for more than 1,662 days may be near death after slipping into a catatonic-like state, prompting urgent calls from his family for the Trump administration to secure his release before it is too late.
Robert Gilman, a 32-year-old Massachusetts resident imprisoned in Russia since 2022, was diagnosed roughly seven weeks ago with a dissociative stupor, a condition in which a person becomes largely unresponsive and unable to eat or communicate. He has since developed severe pneumonia, according to Sen. <a href="https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-markey-statement-on-the-worsening-medical-condition-of-robert-gilman">Edward Markey</a> (D-MA) and advocates working on his behalf.
“I am very worried that, if urgent action is not taken to release Robert so he can receive urgent medical care in the United States, his condition could become permanent, or he could die in Russian custody,” Markey said, adding that his death could result “in a situation that will further complicate an already difficult relationship” between the United States and Russia.
Gilman is being fed through a tube after being transferred from a prison hospital to the psychiatric ward of a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/jailed-ex-us-marine-may-be-near-death-russia-sister-advocacy-groups-say-2026-08-06/">civilian hospital</a> in Voronezh, Russia, Reuters reported. He is reportedly unable to communicate, keeps his eyes shut, and has been unable to attend court hearings because of his condition.
The White House and State Department have urged Moscow to release Gilman so he can receive urgent medical treatment in the United States, Reuters reported. Secretary of State Marco Rubio also raised Gilman&#8217;s case with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting in Manila on July 23.
Gilman is one of roughly ten Americans known to be imprisoned in Russia. Unlike several Americans freed in recent prisoner exchanges, Gilman has not been designated by the State Department as &#8220;wrongfully detained,&#8221; a status that provides additional diplomatic resources and allows the U.S. government to provide financial support for Gilman’s medical care and other needs.
The State Department has not publicly explained why Gilman has not received the designation.
Gilman served in the Marine Corps before becoming an English teacher. He was traveling to a new job in Moldova in November 2021 after establishing a teaching business in Poland. According to FreeRobertGilman.com, he became ill while transiting through Moscow and remained in Russia to recover. During that time, he discovered his luggage and passport had allegedly been tampered with, requiring him to replace missing passport pages before continuing his trip. While waiting, he visited extended family outside Moscow.
The advocacy group says that on Jan. 17, 2022, while returning to Moscow to have his passport repaired at the U.S. Embassy, Gilman became violently ill again. Rather than receiving medical assistance, the group alleges Russian police struck him with a baton and took him into custody.
The group says Gilman was vomiting and repeatedly collapsing, possibly due to a concussion, when officers attempted to restrain him, and that he accidentally struck an officer&#8217;s shin.
Despite the officer later reportedly saying Gilman should not be charged, prosecutors pursued a series of charges against him.
According to the advocacy group, Gilman was subjected to forced drugging, torture, compulsory exercise for up to 16 hours, and six months in an extreme punishment cell, which it says led to additional charges and an extended sentence after being found guilty of allegedly assaulting prison staff.
According to Russian media, his sentence <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-us-gilman-sentence-american-detained-1398c5f86100f6f9be7e493b099262ca">was extended</a> to 10 years.
Gilman&#8217;s deteriorating condition has drawn comparisons to other Americans previously detained in Russia, including teacher Marc Fogel, who returned to the United States earlier this year after the Trump administration negotiated his release.
At the time, Rubio said Fogel&#8217;s return was &#8220;a reminder that other American citizens are still detained in Russia&#8221; and pledged that the administration remained committed to bringing them home.
Before his release, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/my-soul-is-dead-american-teacher-speaks-from-russian-prison-after-exclusion-from-prisoner-swap">The Daily Wire reported</a> that Fogel had fallen into a depression after being excluded from a major U.S.-Russia prisoner exchange under the Biden administration.
In a recorded phone call obtained by The Daily Wire, Fogel told his family he felt &#8220;like a second-class citizen&#8221; after watching other high-profile Americans—including WNBA star Brittney Griner and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich—return home while he remained imprisoned.
Gilman&#8217;s family now fears he could suffer an even graver fate if a similar diplomatic breakthrough does not come soon.
Reuters reported that Gilman&#8217;s mother has been barred from visiting him in the hospital despite obtaining a Russian court order permitting the visit. Neither U.S. consular officials nor Gilman&#8217;s Russian attorney have been allowed to see him.
&#8220;I ​am more afraid for my brother than I have been since this horrible nightmare started,&#8221; Lexie Hudson, Gilman’s sister, said in a statement. “I&#8217;m worried that I ⁠may never see him again if the Russians don&#8217;t release him. I&#8217;m worried that he could die.&#8221;
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The Trump administration has significantly expanded its intelligence presence in Cuba in recent months, according to people familiar with the plans, as Washington intensifies pressure on Havana&#8217;s communist regime and prepares for a wider range of potential operations.  
Two people familiar with the administration’s efforts told <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/04/us-sends-more-intel-assets-to-cuba-01023267">Politico</a> that the United States has increased intelligence assets on the island. One described the move as a significant expansion of the CIA’s presence, while another said the intelligence buildup could serve as a critical step for future operations against the Cuban government.
The sources cautioned that military action remains far from certain. Expanded intelligence collection can support a wide range of operations, including diplomatic pressure, counterintelligence, recruiting sources inside foreign governments, and preparation for possible military contingencies.
The increased intelligence activity comes as the administration has made Cuba a central target of its broader effort to confront hostile governments in the Western Hemisphere, arguing that the communist regime poses a national security threat just 90 miles from American shores.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whose family fled Cuba after Fidel Castro’s revolution, has made confronting the Cuban regime one of the defining priorities of his foreign policy agenda. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rubio-reveals-how-cuba-is-trying-to-undermine-america?author=Drew+Berkemeyer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Rubio+Reveals+How+Cuba+Is+Trying+To+Undermine+America">In July</a>, the State Department released a 99-page report accusing Havana of decades of espionage, ideological influence operations, and support for revolutionary movements around the world.
“For more than six decades, the Cuban regime has been the leading sponsor of radical leftism and Third Worldism in the United States,” Rubio wrote following the report’s release.
The report argued that Cuba’s greatest strategic success has not been military power but its ability to export revolutionary ideology, conduct espionage, and cultivate influence networks inside the United States and abroad.
The administration has repeatedly framed Cuba as a growing national security concern because of its relationships with Russia, China, and Iran.
During a House budget hearing in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hegseth-says-cuba-poses-a-national-security-threat-as-tensions-rise?author=Drew+Berkemeyer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Hegseth+Says+Cuba+Poses+A+National+Security+Threat+As+Tensions+Rise">May</a>, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told lawmakers that he considers the Cuban regime a threat to the United States after Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL) questioned him about Havana’s relationships with America&#8217;s foreign adversaries.
“I do,” Hegseth said when asked whether he believes Cuba poses a national security threat. 
One administration official described Cuba as a major priority for Rubio, who believes Washington has run out of patience with a regime that has resisted years of diplomatic engagement and economic pressure.
The Trump administration has already increased pressure on Havana through renewed sanctions and an energy blockade that has contributed to widespread blackouts across the island. 
Officials have also intensified public messaging against the regime. The State Department’s recent report accused Havana of serving as a hub for Russian, Chinese, and Iranian intelligence activity while maintaining its own espionage networks against the United States.
Although U.S. intelligence agencies have long operated in Cuba, as they do throughout the world, rebuilding capabilities on the island would provide the United States with greater visibility and leverage in the Cuban government’s military, intelligence services, and relationships with foreign powers.
Whether that pressure results in negotiations, internal political change, or a broader confrontation remains unclear. But the expansion of U.S. intelligence activity suggests Washington is preparing for a wider range of possibilities than traditional diplomacy alone.

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The Trump administration on Friday condemned Spain&#8217;s immigration policies and weighed possible retaliation after tens of thousands of migrants stormed across the Moroccan border into the Spanish territory of Ceuta. 
In a statement, the <a href="https://x.com/StateDept/status/2083197495119626476?s=20">U.S. State Department</a> accused Spain&#8217;s leftist government of facilitating mass illegal immigration, saying its policies fueled the chaos that spiraled into hours of anarchy and left dozens of migrants dead.
“The United States stands with the people of Spain, and all Europeans, against this egregious violation of their sovereignty and human rights,” the State Department said. “This unacceptable incident is the direct result of the Spanish Government&#8217;s deliberate efforts to enable and facilitate mass illegal migration into Europe.”
“We are considering actions to defend Americans at home and abroad from this threat and stand ready to assist other European allies considering similar options,” the federal agency added. 
In damage control, Spain&#8217;s Ministry of the Interior said more than 25,000 migrants have been deported back to Morocco, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spain-ceuta-morocco-migrants-border-crossings/">according to CBS News</a>. The leftist government also claimed authorities were removing roughly 150 migrants per minute. 
The Daily Wire could not independently verify those figures.
Earlier on Friday, President Trump weighed in on the controversy, which had sparked an international outcry, warning Americans that similar scenes could unfold in the United States if the balance of power shifted.
“It’s terrible. Remember that picture. That’s going to be us in three years if the wrong side gets in,” Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-issues-grim-warning-for-america-as-europe-reels-from-massive-migrant-invasion?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Trump+Issues+Grim+Warning+For+America+As+Europe+Reels+From+Massive+Migrant+Invasion">said</a> during a phone interview with Fox News. “If the Democrats get in, you will not live a very good life.”
On social media, the White House echoed Trump&#8217;s argument, <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2083199361316524348?s=20">posting a video</a> of a seemingly quiet and secure U.S.-Mexico southern border.
&#8220;While hordes of Third World migrants storm Spain&#8217;s territory, the United States&#8217; borders are locked down at levels never seen before. President Trump inherited a similar invasion to what Spain is facing, and he stopped it on Day One,&#8221; an official White House page posted on X.
Trump’s comments came after around 50,000 migrants rushed across the border into Ceuta, a Spanish territory on the tip of Morocco, bringing widespread chaos and unrest. At least <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/34-dead-after-tens-of-thousands-of-migrants-invade-spain">34 people died</a> as thousands of migrants, mostly young men, attempted to swim or force their way into Ceuta. 
The brazen invasion appeared almost seamless, with migrants encountering virtually no resistance. One military-aged man went viral on social media after recording himself with a <a href="https://x.com/visegrad24/status/2083138726314594810?s=20">selfie stick as he swam</a> to Ceuta to illegally enter Spain.
The migrants, emboldened by the lax immigration policies of leftist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, brought chaos to the streets of Ceuta, causing fear among locals who were overwhelmed by the flood. 
Migrant Ajoub el-Arrot <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/31/world/spain-ceuta-migrants-morocco">told</a> The New York Times that he was surprised at the lack of resistance. 
“I don’t know why they let us through. Maybe they had some political reason,” he said. “They opened the border and let everyone go by.”

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WASHINGTON — The State Department is issuing another 250,000 &#8220;Patriot Passports&#8221; imbued with a portrait of President Donald Trump due to &#8220;overwhelming demand,&#8221; The Daily Wire can first report.
The move to make the passports available nationwide comes in response to huge demand for the passports after their limited release for America&#8217;s 250th anniversary, a State Department official shared, noting that the commemorative passport has generated &#8220;extraordinary public interest.&#8221;
“Americans have shown tremendous enthusiasm for the America 250 commemorative passport, and we&#8217;re proud to expand access nationwide as our country prepares to celebrate 250 years of independence,” spokesman Tommy Pigott told The Daily Wire.
Democrat lawmakers <a href="https://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/king-colleagues-demand-answers-on-special-edition-politicized-us-passport-featuring-trumps-portrait#:~:text=The%20Senators%20also%20emphasized%20how%20unprecedented%20it,the%20sitting%20president%20in%20such%20a%20way.%E2%80%9D">had expressed horror</a> at the initial release of the passports, with senators launching a formal inquiry into Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the alleged &#8220;politicization&#8221; of the passports.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a scary day in America when an actual king behaves more democratically than the president of the United States,&#8221; wrote Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), known for his visit to El Salvador to meet with deported illegal immigrant Kilmar Ábrego García.
Democrat California Rep. Mike Levin posted angrily about how Trump&#8217;s &#8220;signature in gold&#8221; is &#8220;superimposed over the Declaration of Independence, a document literally written to get away from this exact behavior.&#8221;
&#8220;No sitting president has ever done this,&#8221; he said in a social media post. &#8220;Coins, park passes, battleships, and now your passport. The man cannot find a surface he will not slap his name or face on. This is not patriotism. It is vanity.&#8221;
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The State Department and Trump administration appeared to ignore this backlash (Trump said in a June Truth Social post that the new passport says &#8220;Welcome, but be good!&#8221;) and are now rolling out even more of the passports.
“This commemorative passport is a meaningful way for Americans to carry a symbol of our nation&#8217;s history and enduring spirit as they travel the world,&#8221; Pigott explained. &#8220;By expanding the program, we&#8217;re giving more Americans the opportunity to take part in this historic milestone and celebrate the values that have made the United States the greatest nation in the world for nearly 250 years.”
Americans who wish to obtain one of these <a href="https://travel.state.gov/passport250">passports</a> can attend application events at passport agencies and centers across the country. The commemorative passports will include a portrait of the president next to the text of the Declaration of Independence, a Freedom 250 gold flag, and a picture of the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration.
The first passport events will be held at agencies in Chicago, Colorado, Connecticut, Dallas, Detroit, Minneapolis, New Orleans, and New York, a State Department official shared.

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Just before dawn on Tuesday, hundreds of Iranians gathered in Isfahan hoping to stop two young men from being hanged. Instead, security forces violently dispersed the crowd and publicly executed 25-year-old Abolfazl Sepahi Badjani and 28-year-old Amirhossein Safari Hosseinabadi.
Both men were convicted on charges stemming from clashes that Iranian authorities say resulted in the deaths of four security officers. Human rights groups say the men were sentenced after proceedings marred by allegations of torture, forced confessions, and closed-door trials. 
The executions stem from the nationwide uprising that began in late December after a currency collapse, soaring inflation, and worsening living conditions sparked protests across Iran. Iranian regime forces responded with a sweeping crackdown that included internet shutdowns, mass arrests, and the widespread use of lethal force. 
The executions, which reportedly took place at 3:40 a.m. local time, coinciding with the morning call to prayer, came despite last-minute appeals from United Nations experts, international human rights organizations, and the State Department.
Days before the hangings, State Department Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Riley Barnes condemned Iran&#8217;s execution campaign, saying the United States stood with &#8220;brave young Iranians who dared to raise their voices&#8221; and calling on the regime to release political prisoners and stop executing individuals for peacefully exercising their fundamental rights.
President Donald Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116958077127443735">has continued </a>to call out the treatment of protesters and the executions, including last week, when he shared a graphic about the execution of another January protester, 23-year-old Gol-Mohammad Mohammadi. 
&#8220;The latest one of 52,000, plus, innocent protesters. Savages!!! When will the Dumocrats wake up??? Trump posted.
Human rights groups have not verified Trump&#8217;s figure of 52,000 protesters killed, though Amnesty International and U.N. officials have estimated that several thousand were killed during the regime&#8217;s January crackdown. Iran has acknowledged that 3,117 people were killed.
Rather than silencing dissent, the executions appeared to galvanize it for the first time since January.
Videos posted by <a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-isfahan-protests-demonstration-execution-prison-human-rights/33816596.html">Radio Free Europe</a> showed crowds gathering in Isfahan to demonstrate during the executions, with demonstrators chanting &#8220;Without honor!&#8221; while security forces maintained a heavy presence.
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<a href="https://www.iranintl.com/en/202607283664">Videos</a> shared by Iran International showed residents gathering overnight in hopes of stopping the executions before authorities dispersed the crowd.
Messages sent to Iran International from Bandar Abbas, Pardis, Khomein, and other cities described a country grieving but increasingly determined to continue resisting the Islamic Republic. Many said they stayed awake until morning hoping the executions would be called off.
&#8220;We wished until sunrise that morning would never come to Isfahan,&#8221; one person wrote.
&#8220;The people of Isfahan showed that when the next call comes, millions across the country will return to the streets,&#8221; one resident of Bandar Abbas said.
Another reaction shared by the outlet echoed that sentiment: &#8220;Did you think executing our brothers and sisters would make us retreat or become afraid? It has only made us more determined.&#8221;
The two men were among 12 defendants sentenced to death in what has become known as the Alikhani Square case, which stems from the January anti-government protests in Isfahan. They are reportedly accused of arson, vandalism, killing four security personnel, and “waging war on God.”
According to the Oslo-based <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/28/prisoners-iran-largest-jail-sew-lips-shut-hunger-strike-executions-soar">Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO)</a> organization, 62 people were initially arrested in connection with the incident and subjected to months of interrogation, during which rights groups allege many were tortured. 
Ahead of the executions, U.N. experts led by Special Rapporteur <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/07/un-experts-urge-iran-quash-death-sentences-12-protesters-single-hearing-halt">Mai Sato</a> urged Iranian authorities to halt the executions and claimed sentencing all 12 defendants to death in a single closed-door proceeding violated internationally recognized fair trial standards. The experts said the convictions relied heavily on televised confessions, while hearings were held behind closed doors and judgments were never made public. 
IHRNGO also alleged that some defendants were tried remotely from prison without lawyers present and that Iranian state television later aired forced confessions as part of a propaganda documentary. The organization also says families of death row prisoners are routinely threatened and coerced into remaining silent about their loved ones&#8217; cases.
According to IHRNGO, at least 26 protesters have been executed in connection with the December 2025–January 2026 uprising, including Sepahi and Safari, and more than 70 additional protesters remain at risk of execution in Isfahan&#8217;s Dastgerd Central Prison.
Even behind prison walls, resistance has continued. Hundreds of death row inmates at Ghezel Hesar Prison near Tehran have joined a mass hunger strike to protest Iran&#8217;s escalating use of the death penalty, reported The Guardian. According to Iranian rights groups, at least 1,500 prisoners have participated in the strike, which began after six men convicted on drug-related charges were transferred to solitary confinement ahead of possible executions. 
Videos shared by rights groups show prisoners holding signs reading &#8220;No to Executions&#8221; and chanting, &#8220;Be our voice.&#8221; 
In one video, a prisoner is seen sewing his lips shut after he said prison officials ignored the protest for days. 
According to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/28/prisoners-iran-largest-jail-sew-lips-shut-hunger-strike-executions-soar">IHRNGO</a>, at least 424 people have been executed in Iran so far this year. The organization documented 795 executions in 2025, the highest annual total in years. 
While many of those executions involved drug-related offenses, rights groups say the Islamic Republic has increasingly used capital punishment against political dissidents and protesters in the months following the January anti-government uprising, with many convictions allegedly secured through torture and forced confessions. 
Iran Human Rights Director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam condemned Tuesday&#8217;s hangings, calling public executions &#8220;a cruel form of state terror&#8221; intended to instill fear and deter future protests. 
&#8220;By resorting once again to the medieval practice of public hangings, the Islamic Republic is trying to instill fear throughout society and deter future protests,&#8221; Amiry-Moghaddam said. &#8220;Public executions are a cruel form of state terror that the international community must not tolerate.&#8221; 
<a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/07/iran-lack-of-international-justice-six-months-after-january-protest-massacres-risks-further-atrocity-crimes/">Amnesty International </a>warned that the international community&#8217;s failure to hold Tehran accountable for its crackdown risks emboldening further abuses.
“The international community’s failure to pursue international justice for these serious crimes has emboldened the Iranian authorities to threaten further mass killings by ‘trigger-ready’ security forces targeting protesters and dissidents they label as ‘enemies.’” Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, said.

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The Democratic Socialists of America are raising money to send members to Cuba so they can learn how to &#8220;dismantle [the] U.S. empire.&#8221;
The group set up the “Venceremos Fund,” named after a slogan popularized by Fidel Castro that translates to “We will overcome,” to raise money for the trips. The DSA has sent two <a href="https://www.dsausa.org/news/oct2025_npc_newsletter/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">delegations</a> to learn about what the organization calls “the achievements and challenges of Cuban socialism.” 
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According to the DSA, two delegations have already traveled to Cuba, including one this past October that included about 40 chapter leaders and rank-and-file members.
During the five-day visit, delegates met with <a href="https://reformandrevolution.org/2024/02/17/cuba-between-imperialism-and-socialism/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">leaders</a> of Cuba&#8217;s Communist Party, learning how the country&#8217;s one-party government drafts legislation, selects representatives, and conducts its parliamentary proceedings.
The DSA says the trips are designed to counter what it describes as American misinformation about Cuba.
&#8220;One of the most powerful ways to counter U.S. propaganda about Cuba is to see the country firsthand,&#8221; the organization said. &#8220;These delegations are crucial in dispelling misinformation, strengthening our movement, and equipping participants with the knowledge to advocate for change back home.&#8221;
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After returning to the United States, participants hosted a webinar to share what they learned after meeting with Cuban workers, students, and officials about &#8220;the challenges and achievements of Cuban socialism under the U.S. blockade.&#8221; 
The DSA also <a href="https://international.dsausa.org/cuba-solidarity/our-work/">advocates</a> removing Cuba from the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism list, ending travel and trade restrictions, building relationships between American and Cuban labor unions, and sending humanitarian aid to the island.
The organization&#8217;s outreach to Cuba is not new. A DSA delegation also traveled there in 2023, where members reportedly held a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20251016213647/https://through.blog/2023/11/09/cuba-diaries/">two-hour private meeting</a> with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel.
One delegate, Maria Franzblau, acknowledged Cuba&#8217;s food, medicine, and fuel shortages but argued those problems should be viewed in the context of being located &#8220;90 miles away from the most powerful capitalist empire in the world.&#8221;
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has argued that Cuba&#8217;s outreach to American leftists, including Hasan Piker, reflects a strategy dating back to Castro, whom Rubio said sought to wage a &#8220;much wider and bigger war&#8221; against the United States following the Cuban Revolution.
&#8220;Cuba matters to us because it&#8217;s 90 miles from our shores, and it has a direct impact on our national security — be it the things they&#8217;ve been involved in in the past, the countries they&#8217;ve aligned with in the past and currently,&#8221; he <a href="https://ebs.publicnow.com/view/46CC64098F83F68730FDCA078DD654308FF8741B?utm_source=chatgpt.com">said</a>.
The State Department has similarly <a href="https://www.aol.ca/articles/front-groups-fellow-travelers-state-225046000.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com">argued</a> that many far-Left activists are not directly controlled by Cuba, but support for the communist regime has become &#8220;de facto policy orthodoxy&#8221; among parts of the American Left.

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The Trump administration does not plan to intervene to stop the extradition of controversial influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate to the United Kingdom, despite the brothers&#8217; legal team urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to step in.
A senior administration official told <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/07/22/trump-rubio-tate-brothers-extradition">Axios</a> on Wednesday that the United States will not block the proceedings as the brothers fight extradition in federal court. &#8220;The U.S. has an extradition treaty with the U.K. and the administration intends to honor it in this case,&#8221; the official said.
The State Department likewise indicated it has no plans to intervene. A senior department official said Rubio has not spoken with the Tate brothers or their attorneys and that the department &#8220;has no plans to act on this matter at this time.&#8221;
Andrew and Tristan Tate were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/andrew-and-tristan-tate-arrested-in-florida-on-rape-child-pornography-charges?author=Tim+Rice&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Andrew+And+Tristan+Tate+Arrested+In+Florida+On+Rape%2C+Child+Pornography+Charges">arrested</a> in Miami on Saturday, following a British extradition request tied to dozens of new criminal charges. The Crown Prosecution Service recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tate-brothers-slapped-with-38-new-charges-in-expanding-sex-trafficking-case?author=Daily+Wire+News&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Tate+Brothers+Slapped+With+38+New+Charges+In+Expanding+Sex+Trafficking+Case">announced</a> 38 additional <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/read-the-graphic-allegations-unsealed-against-the-tate-brothers?author=Hank+Berrien&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Read+The+Graphic+Allegations+Unsealed+Against+The+Tate+Brothers">charges</a> against the brothers, bringing the total number of charges they face in the United Kingdom to 59. The charges include allegations of rape, sex trafficking, assault, and offenses involving indecent images of children and extreme pornography.
The brothers have thus far denied all wrongdoing, and they appeared Monday before a federal judge in Miami to begin extradition proceedings. Their attorney, Joseph McBride, argued outside the courthouse that the prosecution is politically motivated and has vowed to challenge the request. &#8220;We are of course objecting to extradition because Andrew and Tristan are innocent,&#8221; McBride told <a href="https://apnews.com/article/andrew-tristan-tate-sex-trafficking-rape-uk-miami-3a3748e075f49b00f286a003f5103485">reporters</a>. &#8220;They&#8217;ve never done nothing wrong. They shouldn&#8217;t be extradited for crimes they did not commit.&#8221;
McBride has also argued that Rubio has the authority to deny the extradition request if he determines the brothers are being politically persecuted. Court filings acknowledge the secretary retains final authority over extradition decisions after judicial proceedings conclude, but administration officials have indicated there is no appetite to exercise that discretion in this case.
According to Axios, Rubio has privately expressed disdain for the brothers, with one source telling the outlet the secretary views them as &#8220;scum.&#8221; Another source familiar with President Donald Trump&#8217;s thinking said the president likewise wants nothing to do with the influencers despite their repeated public support for him. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/who-are-andrew-and-tristan-tate-everything-to-know-about-the-controversial-manosphere-brothers?author=Tim+Rice&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Who+Are+Andrew+And+Tristan+Tate%3F+Everything+To+Know+About+The+Controversial+%E2%80%98Manosphere%E2%80%99+Brothers.">The Tate brothers</a> have cultivated a massive online following through content promoting wealth, hyper-masculinity, and controversial views on women. They became prominent figures within the so-called &#8220;manosphere&#8221; and have repeatedly portrayed themselves as allies of Trump and the MAGA movement.
The extradition case is only the latest legal challenge facing the brothers. They remain under criminal investigation in Romania on separate human trafficking and rape allegations, which they have also denied.
A federal judge has scheduled the brothers&#8217; next hearing for July 27 as the extradition process continues. If the court determines the treaty requirements are met, the final decision on whether to surrender the brothers to British authorities will rest with Rubio, though administration officials have made clear they currently have no intention of blocking the request.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a straightforward <a href="https://x.com/StateDept/status/2079908555969245667">warning</a> on Wednesday about efforts to push communist influence inside the United States.
“The United States doesn’t want to be a communist country,” he said. “We’re never going to be a communist country. We’re not going to allow communist influences to undermine our politics or our society.”
“Our system doesn’t want communism,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And we’re certainly not gonna allow communist efforts to undermine American society and drive wedges into our country.”
Rubio identified the Cuban regime as one of the leading forces behind these kinds of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rubio-reveals-how-cuba-is-trying-to-undermine-america">operations</a> in the hemisphere. He tied the comments to a recent intelligence report from the administration.
Rubio also stressed that while the United States interacts with different governments and systems around the world, there is a clear boundary when it comes to protecting American institutions and society from communist subversion.
His comments on Wednesday come shortly after the Secretary of State delivered a major international <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rubio-levels-the-left-pledges-to-crush-global-marxist-terror-networks-in-historic-address?author=Hank+Berrien&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Rubio+Levels+The+Left%2C+Pledges+To+Crush+Global+Marxist+Terror+Networks+In+Historic+Address">address</a> focused on the threat of far-Left militant networks. In that speech to delegates from more than 60 nations, Rubio described the militant networks as being driven by a deep hatred for civilization itself and laid out how America aimed at confronting them. Those steps include offering bounties to disrupt their financing and officially designating several violent far-Left groups as &#8220;Foreign Terrorist Organizations.&#8221;
Rubio called for dismantling these networks brick by brick. He reviewed the history of earlier movements that followed similar ideologies. He referenced groups such as the Tupamaros and the Montoneros in Latin America, the Shining Path in Peru, the Red Brigades in Italy, the Red Army Faction in Germany, and the Weather Underground in the United States. He also pointed to current trends showing far-Left violence increasing in several European countries. Rubio noted that such violence has risen more than 40% in Germany and makes up over 80% of radical violence in Greece.
Rubio outlined the administration&#8217;s responses to the issue, which include both domestic vigilance against influence operations and international coordination against violent extremist networks.

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Rubio Warns Communist Influence In America Has Met Its Match

Secretary of State Marco Rubio&#8217;s State Department released a sweeping <a href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Cuba-Report.pdf">99-page report</a> on Monday portraying communist Cuba as the Western Hemisphere&#8217;s foremost engine of Marxist subversion, arguing that the island nation has spent decades cultivating revolutionary movements inside the United States and across the globe.
The report, released alongside a statement from the State Department, casts the Castro regime not simply as a geopolitical adversary, but as the ideological nucleus of what it describes as the modern radical Left. 
&#8220;For more than six decades, the Cuban regime has been the leading sponsor of radical leftism and Third Worldism in the United States,&#8221; Rubio wrote on <a href="https://x.com/SecRubio/status/2079190191160348777">X</a>. &#8220;The State Department is exposing the full history of Cuban espionage and subversion in our country. The American people deserve to know.&#8221;
The document, which reflects a longstanding priority of Rubio&#8217;s foreign policy agenda, argues that Cuba&#8217;s greatest success has not been military or economic, but ideological. &#8220;For nearly seven decades, the Cuban regime has waged a sustained campaign of subversion against the United States,&#8221; the report states. &#8220;It is a campaign that has infiltrated the highest reaches of the U.S. government, recruited and cultivated generations of American activists, backed an unprecedented wave of Left-wing terrorism on American soil, and carried out one of the most durable and damaging foreign intelligence penetrations in American history.&#8221;
According to the report, Havana developed an unconventional strategy centered on espionage, infiltration, proxy networks, and ideological influence rather than conventional warfare. &#8220;In contrast to every other aspect of Cuba&#8217;s failed state, this model has yielded remarkable success,&#8221; the report says.
The report alleges that Cuba trained and armed Left-wing guerrilla groups around the world, provided sanctuary to American fugitives convicted of terrorism, and successfully infiltrated senior levels of the U.S. government, including the State Department, Pentagon, and National Security Council.
Much of the document focuses on what it calls Cuba&#8217;s enduring influence over modern Left-wing activism in the United States.
The report claims Havana helped shape and support organizations ranging from the Black Panthers and the Weather Underground during the Cold War to more recent movements including Antifa. It further alleges that Cuban influence continues today through &#8220;leftist nonprofits, anti-ICE collectives, socialist groups, and Marxist militant organizations.&#8221;
&#8220;From its earliest years in power, the Cuban regime has believed that its own survival and strategic interests were inextricably linked to the advance of the revolutionary Left inside the United States,&#8221; the report argues. &#8220;The Cubans have always seen revolution in America as an end unto itself.&#8221;
Rather than characterizing Cuba as merely a Soviet satellite, the report argues the Castro regime developed its own distinct form of Marxism centered less on class struggle than anti-Western and anti-American revolutionary ideology.
&#8220;While the collapse of the Soviet Union &#8230; largely rendered the Soviet model of communism extinct, the Cuban Marxist project not only survived, but thrived,&#8221; the report states. &#8220;By the turn of the twenty-first century, Havana had solidified its place as the ideological capital of the modern radical left.&#8221;
The report also links Cuba to several of America&#8217;s most recent episodes of civil unrest. It argues that &#8220;many of the most significant upheavals in recent American political history — from the George Floyd riots to the rise of Antifa to the explosion of pro-terrorist activism on American college campuses — can be linked, in some way, shape, or form, to Cuban influence.&#8221;
The report further warns that Cuba remains an active intelligence threat, alleging the regime maintains networks inside American institutions while simultaneously serving as a staging ground for Russian, Chinese, and Iranian intelligence operations.
The report concludes by arguing that Cuba&#8217;s strategy has always been to undermine America from within rather than confront it directly. &#8220;The regime&#8217;s method was never primarily premised on kinetic warfare,&#8221; the report states. &#8220;It was subtler, and far more dangerous: to attack the United States not from without but from within — to turn Americans into instruments of their own nation&#8217;s undoing.&#8221;
The publication comes as the Trump administration has significantly increased pressure on Havana through sanctions, diplomatic measures, and renewed scrutiny of the communist government&#8217;s ties to hostile foreign powers. Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, has long been one of Washington&#8217;s most outspoken critics of the Castro regime and has repeatedly argued that the United States has underestimated Cuba&#8217;s role in exporting revolutionary ideology throughout the Americas.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed the Trump administration&#8217;s anti-globalism campaign forward on Monday and took aim at the International Criminal Court (ICC), which Rubio called the “unaccountable arbiter of a new global law.”
The ICC claims it possesses authority to prosecute American officials and servicemen who work for America’s interests. The secretary wrote a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-were-dismantling-the-icc-0af0a8a6?mod=hp_opin_pos_2">Wall Street Journal</a> opinion piece on the ICC’s latest affronts to American law. Rubio <a href="https://x.com/SecRubio/status/2076671740407652582?s=20">said</a> the ICC wants to remove America’s sovereignty.
“They believe that they should be in charge of your laws, of your country, your life — and they don’t care whether or not you agree,” Rubio said.
Rubio perceives the ICC’s actions as waging war against the United States under the guise of “international law.” He added that the court is filled with “unelected globalist bureaucrats&#8221; who assert nearly limitless authority.
“The ICC is backed and run by a powerful network of leftist nongovernmental organizations, smug globalists, and hostile Third World governments united by their enmity toward the U.S.,” Rubio wrote.
The ICC has taken action against the United States in recent years, including launching an investigation into “war crimes by members of the United States armed forces” in Afghanistan. 
Last year, major activist groups <a href="https://ccrjustice.org/civil-society-calls-urgent-un-action-denounce-usel-salvador-detention-agreement">pushed the court</a> to prosecute the Trump administration for deporting violent illegal immigrants to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center. Rubio also pointed out that, last year, a former chief prosecutor of the ICC accused the United States of violating international law by issuing an airstrike against an alleged drug smuggling boat — what the former chief prosecutor claimed was “a crime against humanity.” The former ICC prosecutor also called U.S. servicemen “criminals, not soldiers.” 
“If we stand idle, all of them [American servicemen] would be at the mercy of foreign judges thousands of miles away, facing the constant risk of prosecution and even imprisonment for the so-called ‘crime’ of defending their own country,” Rubio added in a video released Monday.
The State Department also released a <a href="https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/07/state-department-launches-campaign-to-dismantle-international-criminal-courts-threat-to-american-sovereignty/">document</a> on Monday detailing Rubio’s campaign against the ICC, which includes calling on the senior leadership of other nations to discuss the threat the ICC poses and encouraging withdrawal from the international court. Rubio is also pushing for greater scrutiny of nations that continue to comply with the ICC while using U.S. assistance and encouraging other nations not aligned with the ICC to “leverage their diplomatic networks” and take action along with the United States.
The department also imposed visa bans and travel restrictions on ICC personnel and greater sanctions against the ICC and affiliated organizations. 
The ICC was originally established in 2002 to prosecute only the most serious offenses, such as genocide or war crimes, and only if a nation’s court couldn’t prosecute these issues on its own. It marketed itself as a global backdrop, not seeking to interfere with nations’ internal affairs. However, Rubio listed several examples of the ICC overstepping its bounds and seeking to remove America’s sovereignty, in addition to its targeting of the Trump administration over actions taken on immigration and national security concerns. 
<a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260306-us-group-urge-iran-to-grant-icc-jurisdiction-over-apparent-war-crimes/">In March</a>, the American organization Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) told Iran to file a “declaration” to allow the ICC to have “jurisdiction over crimes committed on its territory since the war began” against the United States. The ICC has also <a href="https://www.cfr.org/articles/international-criminal-court-prosecutor-threatens-united-states-senators">called for arrest warrants</a> against Israeli officials, and 12 U.S. senators told the ICC that such action would be perceived as a threat to both Israel’s sovereignty and the United States.
“The United States will not tolerate politicized attacks by the ICC on our allies,” the 12 senators wrote in response. “Target Israel and we will target you.” 
The ICC responded in a post on social media, saying that anyone who threatens to retaliate against the court is an “offense against the administration of justice.”

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