NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims. By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social

BREAKING Former ICE agent: On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.

Breaking news: Jay Bhattacharya, an outspoken critic of the CDC’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, will lead the agency on an acting basis, according to four people.

“Striking down Mississippi’s law would mandate massive nationwide overhauls of essential post-election activities and destabilize election administration,” Joshua Tom, the legal director of the ACLU of Mississippi, told Capital B.

Couple applauds same-sex decision amid concerns in Mississippi mississippitoday.org/2025/11/11/c...

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

Mississippi needs policies to help moms, advocates tell lawmakers Advocates for moms say Mississippi lawmakers should expand Medicaid, protect food aid, create paid parental leave and invest in child care and early education. 

Uncertainty over federal food aid deepens as the shutdown fight reaches a crisis point Crises at the heart of the government shutdown were in focus as the federal food assistance program faced delays and millions of Americans were set to see a dramatic rise in their health insurance bills.

Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger’s long-standing claims of liberal bias and mismanagement at the world’s dominant online encyclopedia are being enthusiastically embraced on the right. https://wapo.st/48FELO2

Twenty-one states and D.C. have adopted vaccine recommendations that are broader than those of the federal government, according to KFF. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Millions of Americans are at risk of losing food stamp benefits before the end of this month if the government shutdown continues, officials in several states have warned.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found.

On Friday, Trump re-upped his claim that critical television coverage of him is “illegal” and pushed back on criticisms that his administration was taking actions that limit free speech. Click below to read the full story 👇 ow.ly/c9go50WZO8b

Calling out the (tiny) DC National Guard is one of the *only* things President Trump can do to DC without new legislation. Today’s “One First” goes deep into the history of the federal government’s relationship with the nation’s capital—and the significance of the 1973 Home Rule Act—to explain why:

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.

A North Carolina emergency manager said he has resorted to searching for clues about the future of federal funding — and FEMA itself. “We’re all having to be like, hey, what have you heard? What do you know? What’s going on? Nobody knows,” he said. By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans haul Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill to passage after a turbulent all-night session.

BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia will face trial in U.S. on smuggling charges before being deported, Justice Department says.

It's the last day of our #NationalFellowship! Today our #USCNationalFellows will hear from Senior Fellow @laurasanthanam.bsky.social of @newshour.bsky.social & @joshpasek.com, Professor at @umich.edu The session will focus on 'Disappearing Data: What's Missing and How Reporters Can Respond.'

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday directed federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities after large protests have erupted in Los Angeles and other major cities against the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

“American institutions and the innovators within them have succeeded based on a contract between the federal government and U.S. research universities. The result of major funding for research created the country we know today” www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scores of NIH scientists go public to declare their dissent from Trump's deep program cuts and upheaval at their agency.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — National Guard troops have begun arriving in Los Angeles on orders from President Donald Trump to stamp out protests that have broken out in recent days against federal immigration authorities seeking to carry out deportations in the region.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, charged in US with transporting illegal immigrants.

President Trump formally asked Congress to rescind $9.4 billion in already approved funding for foreign aid and the Corporation of Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS.

“…he was impressed to find that his coworkers at the Department of Veterans Affairs "love their jobs" and worked hard at them — an honest admission that seems to have cost him his job.” futurism.com/doge-fires-o...

A pledge to restore “gold-standard science” accompanies much of Trump’s health policies challenging mainstream science. Many scientists say the opposite is happening, @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social reports www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been called "Trump before there was a Trump." Here's why his reshaping of Hungary's political institutions inspires U.S. conservatives.

Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while undermining anti-terrorism initiatives. By Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy.

AP — Judge blocks Trump’s executive order to shut down the Education Department

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican-led House approves tax bill after grueling all-night session, taking a major step forward for Trump's agenda.

WASHINGTON (AP) — US regulators say annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved.

The children's series has found a new streaming home — Netflix, PBS stations and PBS KIDS will air new episodes on the same day. And Netflix will also run 90 hours from the Sesame Street library.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Moody's strips U.S. government of top credit rating, saying presidents and lawmakers have failed to reverse rising debts.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Trump administration’s appeal to quickly resume deportations of Venezuelans under an 18th century wartime law.

ATLANTA (AP) — An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year in the US, a 27% drop from 2023.

Grigory Melkonyants, the head of Russia’s only independent election watchdog, was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison after being convicted of working with an "undesirable" organization, according to Russian news agencies and his attorney.

WASHINGTON (AP) — US regulators announce plans to phase out fluoride-containing supplements sometimes used to strengthen children’s teeth.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge refuses to block Internal Revenue Service from sharing tax data to identify and deport people illegally in US.

“The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS” and further requires that that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations.” apnews.com/article/trum...

NEW: Trump appointed judge fumes as 2-year-old US citizen girl is deported to Honduras with her mother despite pending suit in Louisiana. w/@kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Most Americans expect higher prices as a result of Trump's tariffs and recession fears are high, an AP-NORC poll finds.

The National Institutes of Health plans to pool information from private sources like pharmacies and smartwatches.

Breaking News: The executive producer of “60 Minutes” said that he would resign from the long-running program because he had lost his journalistic independence.

New Mexico, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas have active measles outbreaks and U.S. measles cases have topped 700 as of Friday.

"Disappearing Federal Data: Implications and Preservation Efforts" The expert panel includes CPS's @jmping.bsky.social with @libbyh.bsky.social, @laurasanthanam.bsky.social, Justin Schell, and Catherine Morse. April 29 at noon on Zoom and at ISR Thompson Room 1430. More: myumi.ch/e3zyJ

JUST IN: #SCOTUS agrees to Trump administration request to delve into power of district court judges to grant nationwide injunctions. Unusual oral arguments set May 15, about 2 weeks after args were to end for term. Doc: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

NEW: NOAA scientists are cleaning office bathrooms and reconsidering critical experiments after the Commerce Department failed to renew contracts for hazardous waste disposal, janitorial services, IT and building maintenance. By @lisalsong.bsky.social