Pete Hegseth’s Year of Blowing Up Boats – Mother Jones

“The United States is simply killing individuals unilaterally without any legal basis or process.”…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/hegseth-caribbean-boat-strikes-bombings-drones-year-227-killed/ 

Trump’s ICE pick is stuck in the Senate — and DHS officials are relieved - POLITICO

“We don’t want [Schroyer]. We don’t need him. Leave us alone. We are running better than ever,” said one of the officials. “People need to stop telling us how to do what we do best.” 

Many are relieved that Senate Homeland Security Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has blocked a hearing on Schroyer until the administration shares more information about its probes into federal agents’ killings of two American citizens earlier this year in Minneapolis, putting his nomination in limbo. And there’s a general feeling inside the agency that the White House isn’t going above and beyond to change the senator’s mind…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/23/ice-dhs-schroyer-mullin-01046067

 

Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians

Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers, according to testimony in a TV documentary. 

 "If you want to shoot without restraint, you can," Daniel, the commander of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tank unit, says in Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel's War, due to be broadcast in the UK on ITV on Monday evening…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/10/israeli-soldiers-breaking-ranks-gaza-civilians-human-shields

 

Republican senator calls Trump’s military airstrikes ‘extrajudicial killings’

Rand Paul's comments come days after president claimed US lawmakers wouldn't take issue with Venezuelan strikes

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/27/rand-paul-trump-military-airstrikes-venezuela

 

Pope condemns Gaza war’s ‘barbarity’ as 93 reported killed by Israeli fire while waiting for food

Israeli forces open fire on hungry Palestinians near Gaza City in one of bloodiest incidents involving aid seekers…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/20/pope-condemns-barbarity-of-israel-war-gaza

 

Murder Rates Could Hit Record Lows This Year, but Killings by Police Are Rising – Mother Jones

The uptick in police violence hasn't occurred everywhere. Many Democratic-leaning states that enacted reforms after George Floyd's death in 2020 saw police killings fall slightly in the years afterward, according to Samuel Sinyangwe, the data scientist who leads Mapping Police Violence. 

But Republican-leaning states that didn't enact reforms saw major increases. "There has been a backlash to the protests," Sinyangwe says, referring to the countless demonstrations sparked by Floyd's murder, "whereby Red states further funded and encouraged more aggressive policing practices and imposed barriers on local jurisdictions trying to enact reforms."…

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/murder-rates-declining-record-lows-2025-police-killings-increasing/

Israeli forces kill three Palestinians after settlers attack West Bank town | Palestinian territories | The Guardian

Dozens of Israeli settlers have attacked a Palestinian West Bank town, sparking a confrontation that ended with Israeli forces killing three Palestinians...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/25/israeli-forces-kill-three-palestinians-after-settlers-attack-west-bank-town 

 

At least 51 Palestinians killed in Gaza waiting for food trucks, says health ministry | Gaza | The Guardian

Palestinian witnesses said Israeli forces carried out an airstrike on a nearby home before opening fire toward the crowd in the southern city of Khan Younis on Tuesday morning…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/17/dozens-killed-in-gaza-waiting-for-food-trucks-says-health-ministry 

 

Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Democrats ‘Have Already Started the Killings’ of Republicans

"I am not going to mince words with you all," Greene said at Donald Trump's rally in Warren, Michigan, on Saturday night. "Democrats want Republicans dead, and they have already started the killings."...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-democrats-have-already-started-the-killings-of-republicans

 

Vallejo police chief investigates claims officers bent badges to mark on-duty killings

City has long faced scrutiny over high numbers of police shootings, which have left 19 people dead in 10 years
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/30/vallejo-police-shootings-bend-badges