JM Rieger
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Trump has deported 540,000 people, fewer than in either of Biden's last 2 years. But Biden deportations focused on the border, now mainly shut. Trump has targeted those in the country and has removed 230,000 of them, more than Biden in 4 years. @albertsun.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Many Immigrants Has Trump Deported?
In the first year of the Trump administration, it was the nature of the deportations, rather than their number, that changed the most, an analysis of government data reveals.
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January 18, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Trump has deported 540,000 people, fewer than in either of Biden's last 2 years. But Biden deportations focused on the border, now mainly shut. Trump has targeted those in the country and has removed 230,000 of them, more than Biden in 4 years. @albertsun.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"Administration lawyers told a federal court that they hope to win the two commissions’ approval for the ballroom project in March, and that they intend to begin aboveground construction on the ballroom in April." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump installs loyalists on panel set to review White House ballroom
The Commission of Fine Arts will discuss the controversial project at a meeting next week. White House officials hope to win approval in two months.
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January 18, 2026 at 5:12 PM
"Administration lawyers told a federal court that they hope to win the two commissions’ approval for the ballroom project in March, and that they intend to begin aboveground construction on the ballroom in April." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
WELKER: What is the national emergency that justifies these new slate of tariffs?
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency.
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency.
January 18, 2026 at 4:03 PM
WELKER: What is the national emergency that justifies these new slate of tariffs?
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency.
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency.
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The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CBS News on Tuesday that President Trump would sue the news outlet if it did not air an interview with him in full.
White House Warns CBS: Air Trump Interview in Full, or ‘We’ll Sue’
In previously unreported remarks, the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CBS News that Mr. Trump would “sue” the news outlet if it did not air an interview unedited.
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January 17, 2026 at 10:29 PM
The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CBS News on Tuesday that President Trump would sue the news outlet if it did not air an interview with him in full.
WSJ reports ICE officers have an arrest quota of 3,000 per day across the county, the number it would take for 1 million in a year.
ICE has never come close to the daily goal but officers are rewarded for arrests, even if the person is later released.
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ICE has never come close to the daily goal but officers are rewarded for arrests, even if the person is later released.
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The Standoff That Has Turned Minnesota Into a Tinderbox
ICE agents with arrest quotas are colliding with angry Minneapolis residents, a compact city and a relatively small proportion of immigrants in the country illegally.
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January 18, 2026 at 12:15 AM
WSJ reports ICE officers have an arrest quota of 3,000 per day across the county, the number it would take for 1 million in a year.
ICE has never come close to the daily goal but officers are rewarded for arrests, even if the person is later released.
www.wsj.com/us-news/the-...
ICE has never come close to the daily goal but officers are rewarded for arrests, even if the person is later released.
www.wsj.com/us-news/the-...
"At least 30 people died in ICE detention centers last year — the highest in two decades — and Lunas Campos is one of four who died in the first nine days of 2026 alone, according to ICE, which posts information about all detainee deaths on its website." www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
January 16, 2026 at 9:50 PM
"At least 30 people died in ICE detention centers last year — the highest in two decades — and Lunas Campos is one of four who died in the first nine days of 2026 alone, according to ICE, which posts information about all detainee deaths on its website." www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
REPORTER: Yesterday you accepted Maria Machado's Nobel Prize medal. What do you intend to do with it and why would you want someone else's Nobel Prize?
TRUMP: Well, she offered it to me. I thought it was very nice.
TRUMP: Well, she offered it to me. I thought it was very nice.
January 16, 2026 at 9:08 PM
REPORTER: Yesterday you accepted Maria Machado's Nobel Prize medal. What do you intend to do with it and why would you want someone else's Nobel Prize?
TRUMP: Well, she offered it to me. I thought it was very nice.
TRUMP: Well, she offered it to me. I thought it was very nice.
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NEW: Powell had a list of lawmakers who he thought would have his back after finally taking on Trump
His belief that he would find a groundswell of support was not an idle thought, but the product of years of relationship-building on Capitol Hill.
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His belief that he would find a groundswell of support was not an idle thought, but the product of years of relationship-building on Capitol Hill.
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Powell, an Unlikely Foil, Takes on Trump
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January 16, 2026 at 5:33 PM
NEW: Powell had a list of lawmakers who he thought would have his back after finally taking on Trump
His belief that he would find a groundswell of support was not an idle thought, but the product of years of relationship-building on Capitol Hill.
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His belief that he would find a groundswell of support was not an idle thought, but the product of years of relationship-building on Capitol Hill.
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TRUMP: "Do we have the best of the doctors? I would imagine, right? Hey, how cool is the White House? OK? They're always in operating rooms. I wouldn't want to be in an operating — I don't like operating rooms, but they do. But how cool is the White House, right? Coolest place on Earth."
January 16, 2026 at 6:07 PM
TRUMP: "Do we have the best of the doctors? I would imagine, right? Hey, how cool is the White House? OK? They're always in operating rooms. I wouldn't want to be in an operating — I don't like operating rooms, but they do. But how cool is the White House, right? Coolest place on Earth."
TRUMP: “I may put a tariff on countries if they don’t go along with Greenland, because we need Greenland for national security. So I may do that."
January 16, 2026 at 5:52 PM
TRUMP: “I may put a tariff on countries if they don’t go along with Greenland, because we need Greenland for national security. So I may do that."
Donald Trump has spent years blowing past his stated costs for projects.
Now, the Justice Department under Trump is probing the Federal Reserve for cost overruns.
My latest supercut for @washingtonpost.com:
Now, the Justice Department under Trump is probing the Federal Reserve for cost overruns.
My latest supercut for @washingtonpost.com:
January 16, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Donald Trump has spent years blowing past his stated costs for projects.
Now, the Justice Department under Trump is probing the Federal Reserve for cost overruns.
My latest supercut for @washingtonpost.com:
Now, the Justice Department under Trump is probing the Federal Reserve for cost overruns.
My latest supercut for @washingtonpost.com:
"Ms. López was detained by immigration authorities on Nov. 20 at Boston Logan International Airport. She was flown to Honduras two days later, despite a court order signed on Nov. 21 barring her deportation while her case was still pending." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
U.S. Says It Erred in Deporting Student Traveling for Thanksgiving
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January 16, 2026 at 12:18 PM
"Ms. López was detained by immigration authorities on Nov. 20 at Boston Logan International Airport. She was flown to Honduras two days later, despite a court order signed on Nov. 21 barring her deportation while her case was still pending." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
The Minnesota Star Tribune reports that federal agents detained three workers from a family-owned Mexican restaurant on Wednesday, hours after four agents ate lunch there. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 16, 2026 at 3:39 AM
The Minnesota Star Tribune reports that federal agents detained three workers from a family-owned Mexican restaurant on Wednesday, hours after four agents ate lunch there. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
A federal judge on Thursday decried "breathtaking" constitutional violations by senior Trump administration officials.
“The big problem in this case is that the cabinet secretaries and ostensibly, the president...are not honoring the First Amendment.”
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“The big problem in this case is that the cabinet secretaries and ostensibly, the president...are not honoring the First Amendment.”
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Trump cabinet secretaries conspired to violate Constitution, judge says
“The cabinet secretaries and ostensibly, the president of the United States, are not honoring the First Amendment,” U.S. District Judge William Young declared.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:46 AM
A federal judge on Thursday decried "breathtaking" constitutional violations by senior Trump administration officials.
“The big problem in this case is that the cabinet secretaries and ostensibly, the president...are not honoring the First Amendment.”
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
“The big problem in this case is that the cabinet secretaries and ostensibly, the president...are not honoring the First Amendment.”
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Donald Trump
Sept 15, 2020: "We have laws...We can't move in National Guard—I can call insurrection, but there's no reason to ever do that, even in a Portland case. We can't call in the National Guard unless we're requested by a governor"
Oct 6, 2025: "We have an Insurrection Act for a reason"
Sept 15, 2020: "We have laws...We can't move in National Guard—I can call insurrection, but there's no reason to ever do that, even in a Portland case. We can't call in the National Guard unless we're requested by a governor"
Oct 6, 2025: "We have an Insurrection Act for a reason"
October 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Donald Trump
Sept 15, 2020: "We have laws...We can't move in National Guard—I can call insurrection, but there's no reason to ever do that, even in a Portland case. We can't call in the National Guard unless we're requested by a governor"
Oct 6, 2025: "We have an Insurrection Act for a reason"
Sept 15, 2020: "We have laws...We can't move in National Guard—I can call insurrection, but there's no reason to ever do that, even in a Portland case. We can't call in the National Guard unless we're requested by a governor"
Oct 6, 2025: "We have an Insurrection Act for a reason"
Roughly 335,000 federal workers left government from January to November 2025, including:
-25% of Social Security's IT management
-26% of Treasury's tax examiners
-40% of Education Department staff
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-25% of Social Security's IT management
-26% of Treasury's tax examiners
-40% of Education Department staff
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January 15, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Roughly 335,000 federal workers left government from January to November 2025, including:
-25% of Social Security's IT management
-26% of Treasury's tax examiners
-40% of Education Department staff
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-25% of Social Security's IT management
-26% of Treasury's tax examiners
-40% of Education Department staff
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REPORTER: Why are we seeing Americans being asked on the street to provide proof of citizenship in Minnesota?
NOEM: ...There may be individuals surrounding that criminal that we may be asking who they are and why they're there and having them validate their identity.
NOEM: ...There may be individuals surrounding that criminal that we may be asking who they are and why they're there and having them validate their identity.
January 15, 2026 at 8:20 PM
REPORTER: Why are we seeing Americans being asked on the street to provide proof of citizenship in Minnesota?
NOEM: ...There may be individuals surrounding that criminal that we may be asking who they are and why they're there and having them validate their identity.
NOEM: ...There may be individuals surrounding that criminal that we may be asking who they are and why they're there and having them validate their identity.
Native Americans are being swept up by ICE in Minneapolis, tribes say www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Native Americans are being swept up by ICE in Minneapolis, tribes say
Tribal leaders say Indigenous people have been stopped, questioned, harassed and, in some cases, detained solely on the basis of their skin color or names.
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January 15, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Native Americans are being swept up by ICE in Minneapolis, tribes say www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump in April when he introduced the highest US tariffs since the Great Depression:
"Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country."
Since then, manufacturing employment has declined every month and US factories employ 72,000 fewer people.
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"Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country."
Since then, manufacturing employment has declined every month and US factories employ 72,000 fewer people.
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Trump’s promised manufacturing boom is a bust so far
Manufacturing employment has declined every month since April, when the president said tariffs would bring factories “roaring back.”
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January 15, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Trump in April when he introduced the highest US tariffs since the Great Depression:
"Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country."
Since then, manufacturing employment has declined every month and US factories employ 72,000 fewer people.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
"Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country."
Since then, manufacturing employment has declined every month and US factories employ 72,000 fewer people.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
"Government officers are using new technological tools featuring real-time location data and license-plate tracking to detain immigrants and investigate protesters. Activists..are using burner phones and donated dash cams to counter those efforts" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
ICE and activists clash over doxing and privacy, in court and streets
People opposed to the government’s immigration crackdown are trying to identify individual officers while protecting their own identities. ICE wants to know who they are, too.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:50 PM
"Government officers are using new technological tools featuring real-time location data and license-plate tracking to detain immigrants and investigate protesters. Activists..are using burner phones and donated dash cams to counter those efforts" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
As one of its first actions in 2026, the GOP-controlled House yesterday passed a bill to codify something Donald Trump has long complained about: showerheads.
My latest @washingtonpost.com supercut on Trump's water pressure fixation with @ddiamond.bsky.social
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My latest @washingtonpost.com supercut on Trump's water pressure fixation with @ddiamond.bsky.social
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January 14, 2026 at 6:14 PM
As one of its first actions in 2026, the GOP-controlled House yesterday passed a bill to codify something Donald Trump has long complained about: showerheads.
My latest @washingtonpost.com supercut on Trump's water pressure fixation with @ddiamond.bsky.social
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My latest @washingtonpost.com supercut on Trump's water pressure fixation with @ddiamond.bsky.social
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During Lindsey Graham's testimony in the Georgia election interference case he was asked by a prosector whether Trump cheats at golf:
"Some people say you may outdrive him, but you’re not going to outdrive his caddy."
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"Some people say you may outdrive him, but you’re not going to outdrive his caddy."
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January 14, 2026 at 4:54 PM
During Lindsey Graham's testimony in the Georgia election interference case he was asked by a prosector whether Trump cheats at golf:
"Some people say you may outdrive him, but you’re not going to outdrive his caddy."
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"Some people say you may outdrive him, but you’re not going to outdrive his caddy."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home
The reporter, Hannah Natanson, covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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President Trump made an obscene gesture with his middle finger and mouthed “f--- you” twice to a person who can be heard yelling “pedophile protector” at him during a tour of a Ford factory in Michigan — a reaction the White House said was “appropriate.”
Trump makes obscene gesture, mouths expletive at Detroit factory heckler
A cellphone video captured Trump twice mouthing “f--- you” and raising his middle finger toward someone shouting at him inside the Ford factory.
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January 14, 2026 at 12:06 AM
President Trump made an obscene gesture with his middle finger and mouthed “f--- you” twice to a person who can be heard yelling “pedophile protector” at him during a tour of a Ford factory in Michigan — a reaction the White House said was “appropriate.”
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U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar “perfidy.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar “perfidy.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
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January 12, 2026 at 11:45 PM
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar “perfidy.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar “perfidy.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...