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The New York Police Department opens an internal investigation after video showed officers punching and kicking a man who authorities initially believed to be a suspect in a drug deal but later said was not.

Pro-Iran hackers published more than 300 emails and photos from what appears to be a personal email account for FBI Director Kash Patel, a bureau spokesperson confirms.

BREAKING Voice of America staffers say in a new lawsuit that the Trump admin and Kari Lake have “censored news coming out of Iran,” including “stories about anti-government protests” and opposition to the regime. They’ve sued over a breach of the statutorily-protected editorial firewall.

It’s been almost 2 years since contract faculty at NYU voted for their union, CFU - UAW, by an overwhelming margin. Now, they’re ready to strike. Join the workers on the picket lines this week beginning on Mon, Mar 23. Solidarity forever!

Eight Oscar wins for Warner Bros. so far with several virtually guaranteed to come, continuing the best critical and financial year for a studio in decades. The only reason it's getting sold is the mountain of debt after 3 failed mergers, a problem it's solving with another debt-fueled merger.

Autumn Durald Arkapaw wins Best Cinematography for Sinners #Oscars

A federal judge in DC rules that Kari Lake was not lawfully appointed and that actions she took as the claimed head of USAGM "shall have no force or effect," including last August's RIFs at the Voice of America.

US Citizenship & Immigration Services is an agency most Americans rarely hear about. It administers the *legal* immigration system. Under Trump, the agency has turned into an enforcement tool in service of the broader crackdown. My latest @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

“Readers should be able to assume that every word between quotation marks is what the speaker or writer said… The writer should, of course, omit extraneous syllables like ‘um’ and may judiciously delete false starts.” -NYT ethical guidelines

Please take the time to read what the children detained in Dilley wrote me in their own words: www.propublica.org/article/ice-... 10/

I interviewed an expert on what's happening with connectivity in Iran: The longest blackout in Iran's history. Thousands dead. Documentation of war crimes dependent on Starlink. A regime that uses AI's ubiquity to undermine the credibility of evidence. www.theverge.com/policy/87184...

In Minneapolis, smartphones have proven a crucial way for the public to document immigration enforcement efforts — and check the Trump administration's version of tragic events.

"Of the nearly-300 eligible RAs, 85% voted on the bargained contract, all of whom supported the agreement. SWAN bargaining committee member and Tandon senior Ollie Mundahl told WSN the union encountered 'difficult negotiations' with the university’s legal representatives on multiple instances."

In a remarkable court filing, DOJ also revealed that DOGE employees traded Social Security data on an unapproved third party server — Cloudflare — and may have sent private SSA info to a top DOGE adviser. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”" "“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"

A Minneapolis driver was shot and killed by ICE officer during immigration-related operation. DHS says it was a "vehicle ramming related" incident. Mayor Jacob Frey says it did not appear that the vehicle was being weaponized against the agent. nbcnews.to/4qI7AiA

An ICE agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis during an immigration-related operation, DHS says. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said it did not appear from social media video of the incident that the vehicle was being weaponized against the agent. Read more: nbcnews.to/3Nxtjv8

I've gone through this video a number of times now (hi I used to be a video editor at WaPo), and the officer pictured here, the officer who fired his weapon, and the officer walking toward the van at the end of the video all appear to be the same person. bsky.app/profile/dani...

Okay, remember in 2024 when RFK Jr. admitted he dumped a dead black bear cub in Central Park in 2014? An event that was a NY mystery for a decade? if this story has also haunted you...... I got new docs, emails, & pics about it from NYC's Dept of Parks & Rec via FOIA: www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...

In the video in the post, you can see that the officer can clearly get out of the way of the vehicle, at first doesn't, pulls his firearm and continues to shoot as the driver has already driven past him. bsky.app/profile/bnon...

BREAKING: ICE agent fatally shoots a driver after a group of people began blocking agents during an immigration-related operation in Minneapolis, DHS says.

Extremely disturbing. If this is the incident, it is inconsistent with DHS's statement.

Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times." Bovino was there. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

BREAKING Zohran Mamdani has been sworn-in as the 112th Mayor of New York City.

Blank Street’s seasonal drink specials essentially being tea flavored tea and coffee flavored coffee…

Hi Shawn, I am with NBC News. Would you give me a follow back so I can DM you about this video? Are you open to sharing it/licensing it? Thanks!

New: NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch got advance notice from the Trump admin that ICE agents were about to conduct their aggressive Canal St. immigration raid — a revelation that could raise complex questions for Mamdani, who wants to as mayor keep her as PC. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/n...

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

BREAKING: Former FTC chair Lina Khan to serve as co-chair of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral transition team.

Hi @shannonhale.bsky.social, I'm with NBC News. Did you take this video yourself, and if so, will you give NBCU permission to share it on all platforms and partners, with credit to you? Thanks

Every year I write the same, slightly grimmer story 1 in 10 five years ago 1 in 9 1 in 8 1 in 7 New York public school students experienced homelessness last school year, a record high. For @citylimitsnews.bsky.social I discuss the troubling rise buff.ly/ICwJLj3

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years. From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

In a 161-page ruling, Federal District Court Judge William Young finds that noncitizens in the US have the same First Amendment rights as citizens, and the State and DHS secretaries violated the law by arresting and deporting pro-Palestinian protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/rec...

👀 Just Now -- President Trump in the Oval Office said a government shutdown gives his administration the power to cut benefit programs, which include Social Security and Medicare. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

'out of the three mass shootings today'

“ANTI ICE,” I write, before carrying out violence against two immigrants and zero law enforcement officers

Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

The FBI had Tom Homan on VIDEO in Sept 2024 taking $50k in bills from undercover ops, indicating “he would facilitate securing contracts for them in exchange for money once he was in office,” then did…nothing? Case now dropped. Carol Leonnig in her new gig has the story www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

State Sen Jabari Brisport says federal agents on the 10th floor “zip tied the doors closed and then used duct tape to cover any cracks for people to see.” “And then, they laughed.”

* ORACLE, SILVER LAKE, ANDREESSEN TO CONTROL TIKOK IN US: WSJ $ORCL

The most hate mail I ever received in a single day was the day that Jack Posobiec tweeted out a screenshot of an article I wrote and cropped it to prominently include my name. You can take a guess as to what conclusions about me his audience made! Thanks, CBS, for platforming this guy.

NEW: Senate Republicans trigger 'nuclear option,' changing rules to speed up Trump nominees The vote is 53-45, with all GOP senators voting in alignment. Details on the new rule, and what it means >> www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

I regret every shooting video I have ever had to watch.

The Justice Department's acting deputy chief was caught on a hidden camera saying that the government will "redact every Republican" from an Epstein client list and "leave all the liberal, Democratic people."

At least three of President Trump’s Cabinet members call multiple homes their primary residences on mortgages. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Weston Halsne, a fifth grade student at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, says his friend Victor was shot while lying on top of him during the shooting at their morning Mass. @kare11.bsky.social reports. bit.ly/4lMO29W

A man, near the White House, who describes himself as a "retired disabled combat veteran," after burning an American flag tells bystanders "I am being detained because I expressed my First Amendment rights."