Hamed Aleaziz
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I cover DHS and immigration policy for the New York Times LA Times, BuzzFeed News, SF Chronicle alum
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
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Ryan Mac 🙃
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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 🙃
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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
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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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Ana Ley
24 days 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
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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
27 days 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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“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.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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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
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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
about 1 month 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
about 1 month 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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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?unlocked_article_code=1.7k8.Gd5r.sUggT_meK_mn&smid=url-share
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Ana Ley
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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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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?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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The New York Times
about 1 month 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:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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Jazmine Ulloa
about 1 month 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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The New York Times
about 1 month 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.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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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
about 1 month 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
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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 🙃
about 1 month 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:
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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
about 2 months ago
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
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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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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Zach Montague
about 2 months ago
BREAKING: Judge Jia Cobb is blocking the National Guard deployment in DC, giving the government three weeks to prepare to wind down operations.
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https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2025cv3005-88
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Mattathias Schwartz
about 2 months ago
The Trump admin's case to the Supreme Court that the situation in Chicago justifies a National Guard deployment rests partly on the actions of two motorists. Now, prosecutors have moved to dropped charges against them. Julie Bosman reports...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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Officials Move to Drop Case Against Drivers in Chicago Immigration Clash
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/charges-drivers-chicago-immigration-clash.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2k8.q70I.4lPQhmcPYHXu&smid=url-share
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Zach Montague
about 2 months ago
NEW: A class action filed in Massachusetts aims to block Homeland Security’s use of civil penalties to ramp up financial pressure on people seeking a path to legal status. In more than 20,000 instances, the Department has sent fines as high as $1.8 million.
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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Over $1.8 Million in Immigration Fines
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/politics/lawsuit-immigration-penalties.html
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Eric Lipton NYT
about 2 months ago
NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/politics/howard-lutnick-family-ai.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2k8.KM7X.zykuB1WlNPJm&smid=nytcore-android-share
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Julian E. Barnes
about 2 months ago
Is there fentanyl on the boats from Venezuela the Trump administration is blowing up? No. I explain and discuss
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Venezuela Doesn’t Produce Fentanyl. Trump Is Targeting It Anyway.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/us/politics/trump-venezuela-fentanyl.html
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Charlie Savage
about 2 months ago
Trump Team Calls Maduro a ‘Cartel’ Boss. That Word Doesn’t Mean What You Think. Venezuelans coined a figure of speech for the phenomenon of generals corrupted by drug money: “Cartel de los Soles.” Then the US started talking about it as a literal organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
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Trump Team Calls Maduro a ‘Cartel’ Boss. That Word Doesn’t Mean What You Think.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/politics/trump-maduro-drug-cartel.html
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DHS agents investigating sexual crimes against children have been redeployed to the immigrant crackdown. A probe into the black market for Iranian oil sold to finance terrorism has been slowed down because of the shift. And efforts to combat human smuggling have languished.
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Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/us/politics/dhs-agents-reassigned.html
about 2 months ago
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The New York Times
about 2 months ago
Breaking News: John Beam, a football coach who was profiled in the Netflix series “Last Chance U,” died on Friday from gunshot wounds, one day after being targeted in an attack at Laney College in Oakland, California, the authorities said.
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John Beam, Football Coach Who Was Focus of Netflix’s ‘Last Chance U,’ Dies After Being Shot
An arrest was made in the shooting of the coaching fixture John Beam, who died from his injuries in the shooting at Laney College in Oakland, Calif., where he was athletic director.
https://nyti.ms/3JDv5tn
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The New York Times
about 2 months ago
Breaking News: A Trump administration plan could make it harder for immigrants from countries subject to a travel ban to get green cards.
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Trump Plan Could Limit Green Cards for Immigrants From Travel Ban Countries
The policy change is a major expansion of the administration’s push to crack down on immigration from countries that it says lack sufficient screening and vetting abilities.
https://nyti.ms/49TfjoI
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Scoop: The Trump administration is planning a policy change that could make it harder for immigrants to get green cards and other approvals if they are from countries subject to the president’s travel ban, according to internal documents.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
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Trump Plan Could Limit Green Cards for Immigrants From Travel Ban Countries
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/us/politics/trump-travel-ban-visas-green-card.html
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Rob Davis
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NEW: 2020 footage said to be in 2025. A neighbor who keeps reappearing in the same clip, said to be on different days & months. A broadcast from elsewhere suggested as Portland. How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
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“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
https://www.propublica.org/article/portland-protests-national-guard-fox-news-coverage
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The New York Times
2 months ago
As the Trump administration ramps up its crackdown on illegal immigration, it has turned to Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, to try to increase deportations. On "The Daily," our reporter spoke with Bovino about why his militaristic approach may be here to stay. Listen to "The Daily."
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An Interview With the Man Behind Trump’s Current Immigration Crackdown
The Times spoke with Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official who has orchestrated arrests with confrontational tactics that have made him a MAGA star and a source of criticism.
https://nyti.ms/47EeYos
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I interviewed Greg Bovino, the man empowered to oversee Pres. Trump's immigration crackdown:
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An Interview With the Man Behind Trump’s Current Immigration Crackdown
Podcast Episode · The Daily · 11/12/2025 · 40m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736?i=1000736408189
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In September, the Trump administration conducted a historic deportation flight to Iran. We tracked down people deported on the plane. Some are in hiding, others have fled the country. Their story:
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‘It Feels Like I’m in a Nightmare’: Inside the First Deportation Flight to Iran
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/world/middleeast/iran-trump-deportation-flight.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0U8.3mtf.xUKW4wn5pc5o&smid=tw-share
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Caroline Haskins
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SCOOP (free, as it's FOIA-based!): I obtained 1,665 pgs of documents about "Bicken Ben," a growing private school the Zuckerbergs ran illegally out of their Palo Alto compound Neighbors complained the school for years. Then, in 2024, they reached their breaking point:
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
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Mark Zuckerberg Opened an Illegal School at His Palo Alto Compound. His Neighbors Revolted
Neighbors complained about noise, security guards, and hordes of traffic. An unlicensed school named after the Zuckerbergs’ pet chicken tipped them over the edge.
https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-school-palo-alto-shut-down/
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Eric Lipton NYT
2 months ago
The New York Times Washington bureau is filled with historic photographs of American history, of presidents in key moments throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, photos taken by bureau staffers. This one happens to sit just above my desk. Cheney, George HW Bush and Colin Powell
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Peter Baker
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Trump lowers refugee admissions to just 7,500 a year, down from 125,000 set by Biden, rejecting thousands of people fleeing war and persecution while reserving the record-low slots for mostly white Afrikaner South Africans. Zolan Kanno-Youngs
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
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Trump Cuts Refugee Admissions and Prioritizes White South Africans
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/us/politics/trump-refugee-admissions-white-south-africans.html?smid=url-share
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