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On July 8, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1864, Ikedaya Incident: The Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya. In 1939, Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (born 1859) passed away. In 1960, Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union. In 1962, Ne Win besieges and blows up the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement. In 1972, Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani. In 1981, Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player was born. In 1982, A failed assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein results in the Dujail Massacre over the next several months. In 1994, Kim Jong Il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il Sung. In 2014, Ben Pangelinan, Guamanian businessman and politician (born 1956) passed away. In 2020, Alex Pullin, Australian snowboarder (born 1987) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

Court crushes Trump ICE's detention of new mother as agency refuses to defend arrest

Raw Story

July 8, 2026

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Court crushes Trump ICE's detention of new mother as agency refuses to defend arrest

A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered ICE to release the nursing mother of a 6-month-old from ICE custody, according to reports.Judge David C. Joseph of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana ruled that Karina Alvarez San Juan, who has three other minor children who are U.S. citizens, was detained in violation of ICE's policy against detaining most pregnant or postpartum mothers. She was detained on May 6 and taken to ICE’s South Louisiana Processing Center in Basile, Louisiana, on May 9. San Juan argued that she was being unlawfully detained and that her bond hearing was cancelled and her emergency motion denied without explanation, violating due process.Joseph called on ICE to provide additional information, and the agency filed a response saying it had no further evidence.He gave ICE a chance to defend the detention. The agency declined, Kyle Cheney, senior legal affairs reporter for Politico, wrote on X.

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