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When an immigration agent shot a man in the leg last month in Minnesota, the Trump administration rushed to sell a version of events that demonized the wounded man. It was the latest instance of the U.S. government providing an account of a shooting that later proved questionable or outright wrong.
How ICE Failed to Justify the Shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis
The collapse of the Trump administration’s version of events in the case was only the most recent instance in which officials gave an account of a shooting that was later contradicted.
nyti.ms
February 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM
When an immigration agent shot a man in the leg last month in Minnesota, the Trump administration rushed to sell a version of events that demonized the wounded man. It was the latest instance of the U.S. government providing an account of a shooting that later proved questionable or outright wrong.
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US deports 9 to Cameroon despite court protections, NYT says reut.rs/4kCDgE1
US deports 9 to Cameroon despite court protections, NYT says
The Trump administration secretly deported nine people to Cameroon, despite many of them having U.S. court protections against such action and none of them hailing from that African nation, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
reut.rs
February 15, 2026 at 2:20 AM
US deports 9 to Cameroon despite court protections, NYT says reut.rs/4kCDgE1
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NEW: Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found.
The government keeps doing it nonetheless.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
The government keeps doing it nonetheless.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
February 14, 2026 at 12:14 PM
NEW: Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found.
The government keeps doing it nonetheless.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
The government keeps doing it nonetheless.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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The Trump administration's detention policy has produced an absolute avalanche of lawsuits from immigrants saying they were jailed illegally.
There have been more than 20,000 habeas suits since he took office, double the number that were filed in decade before.
There have been more than 20,000 habeas suits since he took office, double the number that were filed in decade before.
February 14, 2026 at 1:01 PM
The Trump administration's detention policy has produced an absolute avalanche of lawsuits from immigrants saying they were jailed illegally.
There have been more than 20,000 habeas suits since he took office, double the number that were filed in decade before.
There have been more than 20,000 habeas suits since he took office, double the number that were filed in decade before.
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The Trump administration has been barred from carrying out "warrantless" immigration enforcement operations in or "within 100 feet of the entrance" to various churches across the country.
lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
Judge bars 'warrantless' immigration enforcement raids at churches
It hardly requires mentioning that freedom of religion is both a core American value and a basic liberty protected by the First Amendment and laws of the United States
lawandcrime.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:37 PM
The Trump administration has been barred from carrying out "warrantless" immigration enforcement operations in or "within 100 feet of the entrance" to various churches across the country.
lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
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Our top story: After over 25 years in the U.S., and despite raising a family here and having a path to citizenship, Moizali Momin was nearly deported to India. He spent months in cramped, dirty detention centers at taxpayer expense.
How Trump's ICE Is Locking Up Longtime Texans with Paths to Legal Status
The case of one Houston man, nearly deported to India after a quarter-century here, shows what happens when prosecutorial discretion is abandoned.
www.texasobserver.org
February 14, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Our top story: After over 25 years in the U.S., and despite raising a family here and having a path to citizenship, Moizali Momin was nearly deported to India. He spent months in cramped, dirty detention centers at taxpayer expense.
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UCLA said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is backing off.
Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering.
Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.
Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering.
Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.
This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM
UCLA said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is backing off.
Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering.
Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.
Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering.
Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.
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“high power computing is essential for simulating weather and climate and for evaluating the accuracy of new forecast models, which eventually end up contributing to what Americans see in the weather apps each day”
Now we’re sacrificing weather forecasts to ideology
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/w...
Now we’re sacrificing weather forecasts to ideology
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/w...
Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather research center | CNN
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released Thursday by the National Science Foundation.
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:43 PM
“high power computing is essential for simulating weather and climate and for evaluating the accuracy of new forecast models, which eventually end up contributing to what Americans see in the weather apps each day”
Now we’re sacrificing weather forecasts to ideology
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/w...
Now we’re sacrificing weather forecasts to ideology
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/w...
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NEW: Carlos García, a Venezuelan politician opposed to Maduro, fled Venezuela in 2017 to escape charges from the Maduro regime.
He rebuilt a life in Ohio, delivering Amazon packages until he was detained by ICE.
His family fears for his safety in Venezuela.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/w...
He rebuilt a life in Ohio, delivering Amazon packages until he was detained by ICE.
His family fears for his safety in Venezuela.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/w...
A Politician in Exile, Detained by ICE, Fears Deportation to Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
NEW: Carlos García, a Venezuelan politician opposed to Maduro, fled Venezuela in 2017 to escape charges from the Maduro regime.
He rebuilt a life in Ohio, delivering Amazon packages until he was detained by ICE.
His family fears for his safety in Venezuela.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/w...
He rebuilt a life in Ohio, delivering Amazon packages until he was detained by ICE.
His family fears for his safety in Venezuela.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/w...
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RFK Jr/MAHA world say they're not reducing access to vaccines for anyone who wants them, only giving people "choice" to opt out.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
Top FDA official Vinay Prasad overruled the agency’s reviewers--career scientists--when he refused to accept Moderna’s application for a new influenza vaccine www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...
Prasad overruled FDA staff to reject Moderna's flu vaccine application
The rejection is the latest instance of Vinay Prasad overruling career FDA scientists to place vaccines under harsher scrutiny.
www.statnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:54 PM
RFK Jr/MAHA world say they're not reducing access to vaccines for anyone who wants them, only giving people "choice" to opt out.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
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Harris County is seeking a temporary restraining order against the federal government to halt the dismantlement of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to new court filings.
Harris County seeks restraining order against federal government to halt FEMA layoffs
The filing -- part of a lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California with other government agencies last year -- seeks an order that would restrict the Department of Homeland Security's ability to direct sweeping layoffs in the emergency management agency.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
February 11, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Harris County is seeking a temporary restraining order against the federal government to halt the dismantlement of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to new court filings.
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Because Pam Bondi is the most corrupt and depraved Attorney General in American history, she doesn't seem to care that it's her job to bring rapists of girls and young women to justice--not be a cheerleader for the fucking Stock Market.
February 11, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Because Pam Bondi is the most corrupt and depraved Attorney General in American history, she doesn't seem to care that it's her job to bring rapists of girls and young women to justice--not be a cheerleader for the fucking Stock Market.
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When the CIA did this to the Senate it was one of the biggest intel scandals of the 21st century. But here it’s not just a huge scandal, it’s dumb: Pam Bondi is so bad at her job she brought the evidence herself to an open congressional hearing. www.theguardian.com/world/2014/j...
February 12, 2026 at 12:20 AM
When the CIA did this to the Senate it was one of the biggest intel scandals of the 21st century. But here it’s not just a huge scandal, it’s dumb: Pam Bondi is so bad at her job she brought the evidence herself to an open congressional hearing. www.theguardian.com/world/2014/j...
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A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
February 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM
A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
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As the de facto leader of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Kari Lake has done profound damage to America’s foreign broadcasters and squandered millions of taxpayer dollars, Anne Applebaum and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez report.
What Is Kari Lake Trying to Achieve?
The Arizona politician has wasted millions of dollars while blocking U.S. efforts to bring reliable news to repressive countries.
bit.ly
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 AM
As the de facto leader of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Kari Lake has done profound damage to America’s foreign broadcasters and squandered millions of taxpayer dollars, Anne Applebaum and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez report.
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i'm glad to see a statement from harris county flood control today with some explanation of the (so far) confusing rollout of houston's (long-awaited, very important) new flood risk map. they say they will launch a "public-friendly online map viewer next week"
February 12, 2026 at 1:19 AM
i'm glad to see a statement from harris county flood control today with some explanation of the (so far) confusing rollout of houston's (long-awaited, very important) new flood risk map. they say they will launch a "public-friendly online map viewer next week"
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The Trump administration is sending all pregnant unaccompanied minors apprehended by immigration enforcement to a group shelter in South Texas. The decision was made over objections from the administration's own health and child welfare officials.
Trump administration is sending pregnant migrant girls to South Texas shelter flagged as medically inadequate
Government sources and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
February 11, 2026 at 6:18 PM
The Trump administration is sending all pregnant unaccompanied minors apprehended by immigration enforcement to a group shelter in South Texas. The decision was made over objections from the administration's own health and child welfare officials.
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Disclosures in the newest released documents on Jeffery Epstein have brought down several prominent figures around the world — costing them their jobs, their reputations and even the threat of legal charges.
Revelations in Epstein Files Lead to Resignations and Investigations Around the World
Disclosures in documents released by the Trump administration have roiled the world, leading to resignations and the threat of legal charges far beyond American borders.
nyti.ms
February 11, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Disclosures in the newest released documents on Jeffery Epstein have brought down several prominent figures around the world — costing them their jobs, their reputations and even the threat of legal charges.
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NEW: The F.D.A. refused to accept an application from Moderna for its mRNA flu vaccine.
Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:12 PM
NEW: The F.D.A. refused to accept an application from Moderna for its mRNA flu vaccine.
Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
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This is big. Speaker Johnson’s procedural loophole to avoid a vote on Trump’s wildly unpopular, cost-raising tariffs failed. I’m glad my bipartisan resolutions in the Senate to undo Trump’s tariffs have passed, and now it’s time for the House to vote to do the same.
February 11, 2026 at 3:07 AM
This is big. Speaker Johnson’s procedural loophole to avoid a vote on Trump’s wildly unpopular, cost-raising tariffs failed. I’m glad my bipartisan resolutions in the Senate to undo Trump’s tariffs have passed, and now it’s time for the House to vote to do the same.
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The country's top labor regulator has dismissed a case against SpaceX for firing 8 workers who criticized Elon Musk. Regulators “seem to have lost their independence and mission to protect workers rights," said the Biden prosecutor who brought the case www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/b...
Top Labor Regulator Dismisses Charges Against SpaceX
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:42 PM
The country's top labor regulator has dismissed a case against SpaceX for firing 8 workers who criticized Elon Musk. Regulators “seem to have lost their independence and mission to protect workers rights," said the Biden prosecutor who brought the case www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/b...
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NEW: Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court.
The cases, known as habeas petitions, total more than were filed under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.
The cases, known as habeas petitions, total more than were filed under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.
More Immigrants Are Challenging Their ICE Detention Than Ever Before
Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court. This total is more than were filed under the last three administrations combined — including Tru...
www.propublica.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court.
The cases, known as habeas petitions, total more than were filed under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.
The cases, known as habeas petitions, total more than were filed under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.
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The billionaire owner of a bridge connecting Michigan with Canada met Howard Lutnick, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, on Monday hours before President Trump lambasted a competing span.
Before Trump Blasted U.S.-Canada Bridge, Owner of Competing Span Lobbied Administration
A Detroit billionaire met with Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, hours before President Trump said he would block the opening of a new bridge connecting Detroit to Canada, officials said.
nyti.ms
February 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM
The billionaire owner of a bridge connecting Michigan with Canada met Howard Lutnick, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, on Monday hours before President Trump lambasted a competing span.
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The vaccine maker Moderna said on Tuesday that the FDA had notified the company that the agency would not review its mRNA flu vaccine, the latest sign of federal health policy that has become hostile to vaccine development.
F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine
The vaccine maker’s shots involve the successful Covid vaccines’ RNA technology. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has broadly rejected it, canceling millions of dollars in research projects.
nyti.ms
February 11, 2026 at 4:30 AM
The vaccine maker Moderna said on Tuesday that the FDA had notified the company that the agency would not review its mRNA flu vaccine, the latest sign of federal health policy that has become hostile to vaccine development.