Hamed Aleaziz
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I cover DHS and immigration policy for the New York Times LA Times, BuzzFeed News, SF Chronicle alum
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Hamed Aleaziz
The New York Times
12 days ago
In a secret deportation arrangement, the Trump administration flew nine people, nearly all of whom had been granted U.S. court protections from being sent back to their home countries, to the African nation of Cameroon in January.
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U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
Most had court orders protecting them from removal to their home countries, so they were sent to detention in Cameroon.
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In a secret deportation arrangement, the Trump administration flew nine people, nearly all of whom had been granted U.S. court protections from being sent back to their home countries, to Cameroon.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
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U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/world/africa/us-secret-deportation-cameroon.html
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The New York Times
12 days ago
Protesters demanding regime change in Iran gathered on Saturday on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of foreign leaders and diplomats focused on international security. Demonstrations also took place in other cities across the globe.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
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Charlie Savage
24 days ago
U.S. Failed to Alert Judge to Press Law in Application to Search Reporter’s Home The Justice Dept. did not address a 1980 law that generally bars warrants for reporting material when it sought to seize a Washington Post reporter’s devices, an unsealed filing shows.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
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U.S. Failed to Alert Judge to Press Law in Application to Search Reporter’s Home
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/doj-press-law-warrant-application-washington-post-journalist.html
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Hamed Aleaziz
The New York Times
27 days ago
Breaking News: The Border Patrol leader Greg Bovino mocked the Jewish faith of the U.S. attorney in Minnesota during a call with lawyers, according to several people with knowledge of the conversation.
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Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers
Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol field leader, made disparaging remarks in reference to the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, an Orthodox Jew, people with knowledge of the phone call said.
https://nyti.ms/4apglsr
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New:Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol field leader, made disparaging remarks in reference to the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, an Orthodox Jew, people with knowledge of the phone call said.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
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Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/us/bovino-jewish-prosecutor-minnesota.html
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Charlie Savage
27 days ago
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants An internal memo changed the standard from whether people are unlikely to show up for hearings to whether they could leave the scene. w/
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www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
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ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/politics/ice-expands-power-agents-warrants.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IlA.b9cT.3hkYnoTrK-HW&smid=url-share
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Scoop: Federal agents were told this week that they have broader power to arrest people without a warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo reviewed by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
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ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/politics/ice-expands-power-agents-warrants.html
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Federal court judge on the ICE operation targeting refugees: "Refugees have a legal right to be in the United States, a right to work, a right to live peacefully—and importantly, a right not to be subjected to the terror of being arrested and detained without warrants..."
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Eric Lipton NYT
about 1 month ago
Amazing how long ago Venezuela invasion and Greenland threats seem. Cycles of manmade chaos.
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We profiled refugees who: Arrived in the country legally. Applied for green cards. Were arrested by ICE and detained. One refugee who was arrested found out they got their green card after being released. This is an unprecedented operation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
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They ‘Had Done Everything Right.’ ICE Detained Them Anyway.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/ice-minnesota-refugees.html
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Charlie Savage
about 1 month ago
Killings in Minneapolis Invert Usual Dynamic Over Policing the Police It is far rarer and more difficult for state authorities to try to investigate federal law enforcement officials than the other way around.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
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Killings in Minneapolis Invert Usual Dynamic Over Policing the Police
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/minneapolis-killings-federal-state-police.html
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Hamed Aleaziz
The New York Times
about 1 month ago
Iranians had protested en masse, fueled by the country's plunging economy. Security forces began to crack down with deadly force, killing at least 5,200 people. Verified videos show the breadth and ferocity of the regime’s crackdown.
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Luis Ferré-Sadurní
about 1 month ago
NEW: After Maduro's capture, Venezuela's government will now receive more deportation flights following discussions with Trump officials. Up to three deportation flights per week are expected, up from two-a-week last year. W/ Annie Correal and
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www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/w...
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Facing U.S. Pressure, Venezuela Agrees to Take More Deportees
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/world/americas/venezuela-trump-ice-deportation-flights.html
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Hamed Aleaziz
The New York Times
about 1 month ago
The Trump administration's response to the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis has underscored how it has embraced using lethal force in self-defense, which is supposed to be a last resort under the agency's written standards.
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Under Trump, a Shift Toward ‘Absolute Immunity’ for ICE
Since the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis, administration officials have defended the use of deadly force, which agency guidelines say should be a last resort.
https://nyti.ms/3Ls6Ejr
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Hamed Aleaziz
The New York Times
about 1 month ago
Breaking News: As President Trump weighs military action in Iran, the U.S. military is evacuating some personnel from an air base in Qatar as a precaution.
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U.S. Moves Some Personnel From Key Air Base as Tensions Mount With Iran
Nonessential personnel are being removed from Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the main U.S. air operations hub in the region, as President Trump weighs a military response to Iran’s crackdown on protests.
https://nyti.ms/3Zcwawd
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Hamed Aleaziz
The New York Times
about 1 month ago
The FBI searched a Washington Post reporter’s home as part of an investigation into classified material, people familiar with the matter said. It is exceedingly rare for federal agents to search a journalist’s home.
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Weeks before the shooting of a driver in Minneapolis by an ICE officer, officials at ICE warned agents on the ground to remain vigilant about protesters and be “prepared to take appropriate and decisive action should you be faced with an imminent threat.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
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Amid Protests, ICE Told Agents to Take ‘Decisive Action’ if Threatened
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/homeland-security-ice-protests-warning.html?smid=tw-share
about 2 months ago
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Ryan Mac 🙃
about 2 months ago
Business Insider confirms our earlier reporting that Google cofounder Larry Page is cutting ties with California ahead of a voter initiative to tax the state's billionaires. Good findings on how he's re-registered his businesses in other states.
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Larry Page is officially moving business out of California ahead of a proposed billionaire's tax
The Google cofounder has severed ties between California and several of his business entities, including his family office.
https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-page-leave-california-wealth-billionaire-tax-koop-google-2026-1
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Ryan Mac 🙃
about 2 months ago
When we first reported our story, some made suggestions that these billionaires were making empty threats or laundering their messages thru our piece. Folks are free to think whatever. But maybe keep more of an open mind unless you have reporting of your own.
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Jazmine Ulloa
2 months ago
Exclusive: The Trump administration is ramping up its efforts to deport people to other nations, filing almost 5,000 motions in November alone seeking to dismiss asylum cases and arguing that applicants can get asylum there. w/ @Allison McCann +
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
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Trump Administration Pushes Asylum Seekers to Apply in Other Countries
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/trump-asylum-third-countries.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-E8.HaKo.HWAqW4ktQoMH&smid=url-share
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On Friday, D.H.S. lawyers were issued a new directive that motions seeking deportation to Uganda could be filed only for immigrants from most other African nations, according to the doc obtained by The Times. Lots of new details on this deportation push:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
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Trump Administration Pushes Asylum Seekers to Apply in Other Countries
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/trump-asylum-third-countries.html
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Hamed Aleaziz
Ana Ley
2 months ago
NEW: Yuanxin Zheng, the 6-year-old boy from Queens whose separation from his father drew outrage in New York City, has been deported to China with his dad. With
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
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Immigration Officials Deport Queens 6-Year-Old and Father Who Fled China
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/nyregion/child-father-deported-china-nyc.html?unlocked_article_code=1.908.0dKp.jvP5ismVRQcF&smid=url-share
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SCOOP: The Trump administration plans to ramp up efforts to strip some naturalized Americans of their citizenship, according to internal guidance obtained by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
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Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/politics/trump-immigration-citizenship-denaturalization.html?smid=nytcore-ios-shareThe
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Brad Heath
2 months ago
NEW: Pardoned January 6 rioters have been advising Justice Department officials how to pursue – and perhaps prosecute – the very prosecutors who helped put them behind bars.
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Taken together, Mr. Trump’s new policy substantially expands his crackdown on legal forms of immigration, with the administration either fully or partly limiting travel from nearly 20 percent of the countries in the world.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
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Trump Expands Travel Ban and Restrictions to 20 More Countries
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/us/politics/trump-expanded-travel-ban.html
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Gregory Pratt
2 months ago
Gregory Bovino is back in Chicago area, a video from WalMart in Cicero posted to social media shows
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He Recorded China’s Detention of Uyghurs. The U.S. Wants to Deport Him to Uganda.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
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He Recorded China’s Detention of Uyghurs. The U.S. Wants to Deport Him to Uganda.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/us/heng-guan-china-uyghurs-deportation-uganda.html?smid=bs-share
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Bill Grueskin
2 months ago
“He said, ‘I’m going to die – please see my family [and tell them] that I went down to save people’s lives.'" --Jozay Alkanj, who was having coffee with Ahmed when the shooting erupted.
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Hero who wrestled gun from terrorist says he’d do it again despite being ‘riddled with bullets’
Despite Ahmed al Ahmed being in a lot of pain, according to his migration lawyer, he felt as if disarming the gunman at Bondi was an act for the community.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/hero-bystander-tackles-gunman-in-incredible-footage-20251214-p5nnlb.html
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Bill Grueskin
2 months ago
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago. His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship." He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
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In early November, reports circulated that a woman was arrested at an airport in Utah. Then, later in the month, a 19-year-old college student was arrested at the airport in Boston. We reveal how these arrests came to be.
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Brad Heath
3 months ago
To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
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SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
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Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/immigration-tsa-passenger-data.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Peter Baker
3 months ago
Rubio has four jobs and is chief diplomat at a time of war in Ukraine, a fragile ceasefire in Gaza and growing conflict with Venezuela. But he's made time to wade into the fraught politics of State Department typefaces
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/rubio-state-department-font.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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kate conger
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sans serif is beta cucked. serif fonts are chad. this is official policy.
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At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/rubio-state-department-font.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7k8.Gd5r.sUggT_meK_mn&smid=url-share
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Ana Ley
3 months ago
When immigration agents arrested Fei Zheng with his 6-year-old son, he reportedly became aggressive and told them that he wanted to die. He has since been separated from his child, Yuanxin, as they await deportation to China. With
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ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/nyregion/chinese-father-son-migrants-separated.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6E8.ESNW.PkoDqPF6Akf3&smid=bs-share
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The case appears to be an example of a tactic that the Trump administration has used to pressure undocumented immigrants to leave the United States by separating them from their families after they refuse to comply with deportation orders.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/n...
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ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/nyregion/chinese-father-son-migrants-separated.html
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Hamed Aleaziz
The New York Times
3 months ago
A 6-year-old boy in Queens is one of the youngest migrants to be taken from a parent by ICE and placed in federal custody in New York City as part of President Trump’s deportation crackdown. The child and his father fled China earlier this year.
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ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China
The child and his father fled China earlier this year and the boy had just been enrolled in school. Federal officials have tried and failed to send them back.
https://nyti.ms/4oC2HWK
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Scoop: The Trump administration is prioritizing the deportation of Afghan nationals who were previously ordered to leave the United States, according to internal documents reviewed by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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Immigration Officials Target Afghans for Deportation in Wake of D.C. Shooting
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/politics/afghans-deportation-shooting.html
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Scoop: The Trump administration has paused all immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries banned from travel to the United States earlier this year, halting green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people. More coming soon.
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Mayor responding to our reporting today:
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Jazmine Ulloa
3 months ago
Taken together, the actions of the Trump administration in the wake of the National Guard shooting represent some of the most significant changes to immigration policy since he regained office. w/
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/u...
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Trump’s Crackdown in Wake of Shooting Blocks Legal Pathways for Migrants
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/us/politics/trump-dc-shooting-immigration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5k8.MtRm.a7MB8dbA7su2&smid=url-share
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Hamed Aleaziz
The New York Times
3 months ago
Breaking News: The Trump Administration is launching an operation targeting Somali immigrants in Minneapolis, according to an official and newly obtained documents.
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New ICE Operation Is Said to Target Somali Migrants in Minneapolis and St. Paul
The move comes as President Trump has attacked Somalis with increasingly inflammatory rhetoric in recent days.
https://nyti.ms/3XPaDcx
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NEW: NEW: The Trump administration is launching an intensive immigration enforcement operation primarily targeting hundreds of undocumented Somali immigrants in the Minneapolis region, according to an official with knowledge and documents obtained by the NYT.
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New ICE Operation Is Said to Target Somali Migrants in Twin Cities
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/politics/ice-somali-migrants-minneapolis-st-paul.html
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The New York Times
3 months ago
As of February, airline passengers without a Real ID will be required to pay $45 for alternative screening at U.S. airports.
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Edward Wong
3 months ago
NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable telling diplomats to destroy visas that had been approved and printed to give to Afghans. And diplomats are told to do scheduled interviews but not grant visas. US shuts all legal entry routes for Afghans. Our story:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/u...
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Trump Pauses All Asylum Applications and Halts Visas for Afghans
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/us/politics/trump-affirmative-asylum.html
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Ryan Mac 🙃
3 months ago
We just published a deep look into David Sacks, the White House's AI and Crypto czar. The story examines how he has been able keep hundreds of stakes in AI-related and crypto companies as he influences gov policy in those very industries. Here's what we found:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
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Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/technology/david-sacks-white-house-profits.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5E8.rCcO.KH8y5bYiXIh7&smid=url-share
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Annie Karni
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Sometimes doing the opposite of a Chotiner interview can be equally illuminating of a subject. Just look at Mike Johnson on Katie Miller's podcast. ‘In Triage Every Day.’ A Beleaguered Speaker Says He’s Overwhelmed
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‘In Triage Every Day’: A Beleaguered Speaker Says He’s Overwhelmed
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/us/politics/speaker-mike-johnson-beleagured.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Special agents at the Homeland Security Department have made fewer arrests for drug crimes and seized fewer weapons than they did the previous fiscal year, according to internal government documents reviewed by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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Drug Arrests and Gun Seizures Fell as Homeland Security Pursued Immigration
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/us/politics/drug-arrests-gun-seizures-homeland-security-immigration.html?smid=bsky-nytimes&smtyp=cur
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