New: Ecuador's Attorney General responded today to San Martin residents about recent joint U.S. military operations, according to documents reviewed. A day ago, @usatoday.com and the New York Times published bombings and torture allegations. Prosecutors said they're investigating for torture.

Venezuelan man sues US over deportation to El Salvadoran prison reut.rs/4bwsxZ3

"The government’s version is that they bombed encampments of certain armed groups," Vicente Garrido, vice president of San Martin, said. "But what we’re showing the world is that these aren’t encampments, these are peasants’ homes." Joint U.S.-Ecuador bombing of a farming village. @usatoday.com:

Somebody said millennials usually use their laptops (instead of smartphones) for major purchases, including booking flights. I can’t stop thinking about this.

ICE agents are at airports to assist with federal staffing shortages caused by a partial government shutdown. President Trump has suggested the agents would also be arresting undocumented immigrants. Here’s where ICE is stationed so far: https://wapo.st/47Nq2PI

"They have to choose between their safety, their freedom, their livelihood versus their religious right to practice."

Alexia Moore, 31, has been held in a Georgia jail since March 4 on suspicion of murder and drug possession. The case stems from late December, when she sought emergency medical care after taking pills to induce an abortion. Police cited the state's heartbeat law. Do prosecutors pursue charges?

Cuba’s Ministry of Energy announced Saturday evening that entire island has suffered another electrical blackout, leaving more than 10 million people without power. https://cnn.it/4t5YQ7g

WHO says strike on Sudan hospital kills at least 64, takes facility out of service reut.rs/4uJXwbE

Georgia police have arrested and accused a 31-year-old woman of murder after she sought emergency medical care when she took pills to induce an abortion. Police cited the state's heartbeat law. Latest for @usatoday.com:

Long lines have plagued U.S. airports amid a partial government shutdown. "I look forward to seeing ICE in action at our Airports," Trump posted.

The policy sought to bar news outlets from reporting information not officially sanctioned for release by agency heads.

Afroman’s attorney argued the case was about free speech. He pointed to Afroman, wearing an American flag suit, and said: “Does this look like a man who thinks that everybody’s going to assume that everything he’s saying is fact?” The jury ruled in Afroman’s favor. https://wapo.st/4sR8EBI

U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin's Boots PAC has spent nearly $1.5 million on private jets, golf and luxury items.

A new U.S. national high temperature record for the month of March was just set. It reached an astonishing 110 degrees on Thursday near the desert community of Martinez Lake, Arizona, about 150 miles west of Phoenix — on the last full day of winter.

Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas and Senate Pro Tempore Monique Limón said they’ve agreed to legislation to rename the holiday Farmworker Day.

Trump’s handpicked arts panel today may vote to put his face on a U.S. gold coin. A separate, bipartisan panel already rejected the idea, saying it was anti-Democratic and even illegal. “Monarchs and dictators put their faces on coins, not leaders of a democracy,” @merkley.senate.gov told WaPo.

More than two-thirds of the billionaires who’ve donated to a candidate in the California governor’s race put their money behind one person.

Cesar Chavez was heralded as a labor and civil rights icon. This is being questioned after allegations he sexually assaulted women and girls.

"It’s unfortunate that Cesar’s legacy hangs over all of the really important work they did," said professor Matt Garcia, who wrote the 2012 history "From the Jaws of Victory: The Triumph and Tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Worker Movement." After @nytimes.com' investigation:

The curious case of Markwayne Mullin's trusty bouncy ball From @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Civil rights activist Dolores Huerta says Cesar Chavez sexually assaulted her after report emerges that the labor leader abused minors. bit.ly/4ssRevt

Breaking: New York City Schools student Dylan Contreras has been released from ICE detention, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's office just told me. We spoke with his mother ahead of President Trump's State of the Union as she raised awareness on her son's months-long detention. @usatoday.com:

The Israeli military expanded its airstrikes on central Beirut on Wednesday, destroying buildings and sending residents fleeing from neighborhoods that had been considered safe, in a sharp escalation of its campaign against Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group.

BREAKING: Venezuela rallies in the final inning to beat the United States 3-2 for its first World Baseball Classic title.

The State Department is considering ending Zambia’s HIV aid to force it to give the U.S. more access to its minerals. Some 1.3 million people in the country rely on daily HIV treatment provided through a decades-old U.S. aid program. nyti.ms/4rzh8fE

Oakland is having a generational run

MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: “‘Dark money groups have grown to exercise tremendous influence.’” www.ms.now/news/kat-abu... @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social

Little is known about the exact whereabouts of Salvadorans who were deported from the U.S. and are now imprisoned in CECOT. Relatives and lawyers say they have had no contact with their detained loved ones and have been unable to confirm where they are being held.

FCC Chair Brendan Carr said news broadcasters coverage of Iran war could impact their license renewal.

Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, is the first Muslim mayor of New York City. Some congressional Republicans have backed the rhetoric.

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

Details of the first American citizen killed by federal immigration agents during President Trump's second term have only recently been released.

Pentagon orders Stars & Stripes to limit the use of wire services, eliminate comic strips and other syndicated material. www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2...

New York City health officials confirmed the first clade I mpox case in the city, of a person who recently traveled to Europe. It’s the 12th known case of the strain that’s considered more severe than clade II mpox.

JUST IN: A Marine expeditionary force and another warship will deploy to the Middle East, according to multiple reports, even as President Donald Trump has suggested the war would end soon.

Gunshots in traffic: Why did DHS fatally shoot unarmed motorist in Texas? Here's our @usatoday.com story on Ruben Ray Martinez, the first U.S. citizen killed by federal immigration agents in President Trump's second term:

Marimar Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent. Her lawyer believes that her case should be studied as a “playbook” for D.H.S. violence. “She’s one of the few people who has survived the bullets and can speak out,” he said. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/j0manC

The Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway used to carry shipments of oil to countries around the world, is a point of contention amid the U.S.-Iran War.

WHO hub in the Middle East has frozen emergency assistance due to bombings. They've stalled shipments of medical supplies, eg $6m in medicines for Gaza & polio supplies to Afghanistan & Pakistan. WHO says >100,000 people displaced from Tehran & >60K from Lebanon. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

After months of high-profile, militarized immigration raids in major American cities, the Trump administration has scaled back its deportation strategy, leading to a dip in arrests last month, according to federal officials and internal government data.

Ahead of President Trump's summit with friendly Western Hemisphere leaders, I wrote about ongoing US military operations in Ecuador and the drug war. "It is a reflection of how little we have absorbed the lessons of what works and what doesn’t work in combating crime." @usatoday.com:

Nuestro artículo fue publicado en español por @documentedny.bsky.social ! Dylan López Contreras fue detenido por ICE en mayo. The Guardian lo invitó a él y a sus compañeros a compartir un poco de sus vidas y sueños...

ICYMI, @caitlindickerson.bsky.social and the mixed-status family who moved to Mexico rather than risk separation: www.wnyc.org/story/one-fa...

More states restrict what SNAP recipients can buy with food benefits www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday.com

Breaking: President Donald Trump announced he was replacing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after lawmakers grilled her this week about a $220 million ad campaign that featured her prominently. bit.ly/46K337M 📸: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Both Ecuador and the United States haven’t specified who they’re targeting, locations of operations, or the scope of military actions.

Claudia Sheinbaum just shouted out Puebla York.

U.S. Southern Command launched operations in Ecuador in conjunction with the country's military, it announced March 3.

President Donald Trump for the first time acknowledged a personal dimension to his decision to attack Iran, citing the country’s efforts to assassinate him in 2024 as a factor in ordering the joint U.S.-Israeli operation that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. https://wapo.st/46wCLG4