US reporter fighting back after border patrol seized his cell phones
politics
Border patrol seized reporter Max Blumenthal's phones, per The Guardian, following social media posts by Trump ally Laura Loomer targeting him. Loomer had posted online calling for Blumenthal's detention upon his return from Tehran, where he was reporting on the funeral of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/01/border-pa...
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