The Federal Reserve is set to trim interest rates by a quarter point Wednesday, its first reduction this year but well short of the deeper cuts President Trump has pushed for, amid renewed questions over the central bank’s independence.

FAMILY SEPARATION: As ICE officers ramp up arrests, hundreds of migrant children are being sent to federal shelters. Some parents are given a choice: Deport with their children or face separation. ✍🏼 @mariasacchetti.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

UPDATE Trump today: “We knocked off actually three boats, not two, but you saw two” @taracopp.bsky.social @schmidtsam.bsky.social @danlamothe.bsky.social report www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Jocelyn Brooks pursued her dream of working in medicine after she escaped from the World Trade Center on 9/11. “I want to hold somebody’s hands when they’re crying and when they’re at their lowest because I survived,” she said.

told lovingly and beautifully by the brilliant @teoarmus.bsky.social

Wapo article does a good job covering two realities: How deeply watching a parents‘ immigration arrest affects kids, and how DC residents are organizing “walking buses” and neighborhood lookouts to help kids with immigrant parents get safely to school. wapo.st/3VNYZ08

An ex-Marine, a former professional MMA fighter, a retired officer: Meet the people angling to join ICE and carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Sunflowers, hydrangeas and roses filled the pavement outside the church doors. Cards, stuffed animals and a pair of white crosses stood as tributes to the two children fatally shot there Wednesday.

NAACP asks court to block the new Texas congressional map, which the nation’s largest civil rights organization says dilutes the political power of Black voters. Via @briannaatucker www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

On WhatsApp, Palestinians in the U.S. look for food for Gaza — and mourn, by @yabutaleb7 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The Mayor of the United States:

The U.S. is now requiring visitors from Malawi and Zambia to post bonds of up to $15,000, well beyond the capacity of all but a very few from two of the world's poorest nations. The State Department says the policy, intended to deter overstays, could be expanded to other countries wapo.st/3JwXv7H

NEW: As immigrant delivery drivers started using mopeds, D.C. police pushed greater enforcement of their vehicles. Now, amid Trump’s federal takeover, ICE is joining their patrols — and detained at least 11 of those drivers.

the stories in here are heartbreaking www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Key statistic: "The U.S. unauthorized immigrant population has also become considerably less geographically concentrated over time. In 2023, the top six states were home to 56% of the nation’s unauthorized immigrants, down from 80% in 1990." www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...

Amid deportations and fear, Mexicans in the U.S. are sending less money home, squeezing businesses, impacting jobs and leaving homes half-built – conditions that typically drive people to migrate @teoarmus.bsky.social and Karla Gachet report from San Bartolomé Quialana wapo.st/45vO9BX

Trump calls DC “the most unsafe place anywhere,” but 78% of residents feel safe in their neighborhoods and only 17% support the federal takeover per @washingtonpost.com @scharschool.bsky.social poll. @joeheim.bsky.social @sfcpoll.bsky.social @emgusk.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Crazy story not dissimilar to dozens of others I’ve tracked: ✍️@francescadnunz.bsky.social www.texasobserver.org/a-venezuelan...

Breaking WaPo: According to newly unredacted court docs, Jeanine Pirro, then a Fox host, told the RNC chair in a Sept. 2020 text that she was determined to aid Trump and the GOP — despite the network prohibiting on-air personalities from political involvement. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Suspects in shooting at Texas ICE facility tied to trans, anti-fascist activism, via @robertklemko www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

President Donald Trump said Ukraine and Russia should go straight to agreeing on a final peace deal, dropping his demand for a ceasefire, a reversal that aligns him with Russian President Vladimir Putin hours after their Alaska summit.

“To truly honor tacos means honoring the people behind them,” and your favorite taqueria is suffering right now. www.texasmonthly.com/food/texas-t...

WaPo Exclusive: Billions will be spent to reach more than 107,000 beds, including in mega-facilities, tents and at least two new family detention centers, according to an internal agency roadmap. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

The press freedom crisis in America isn't only billionaires bowing down at big outlets like CBS, the Post. In L.A., elsewhere, indie journalists at protests are getting beat up or arrested by cops, a chilling sign of an authoritarian U.S. police state My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/los-...

WaPo reports: “An officer at the scene told shouting onlookers that agents were checking for “driving eligibility” and “status.”” Ride share rider shared that questions asked of their driver included questions about immigration status. Gift link: wapo.st/47qWIPB

The congressional maps Republicans are drawing to boost their chances of keeping control of Congress depend on, to varying degrees, preserving their gains with Hispanic voters. ✍️ @sabrod123.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Breaking news: The D.C. National Guard will begin deploying in D.C.’s streets Tuesday night according to the White House, a day after President Donald Trump federalized the D.C. police force.

Ruben Gallego, the first-term senator from Arizona, crisscrossed Iowa this week, aiming to offer hope to Democrats ahead of midterms and 2028, via @sabrod123.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Sharing a gift link on this gloriously gorgeous story about Indigenous youth kayaking the length of the Klamath River now reclaimed by the tribes after the removal of dams. ✍️📸 @ReisThebault @melinamara.bsky.social @byaliceli.bsky.social “It felt like the river was breathing,” wapo.st/4m81PJf

The impacts of school choice have been particularly clear in Arizona, offering an early picture of K-12 education under the Republican vision of maximum school choice. Here, public schools are starting to close.

Inside Texas Democrats’ plan to seek refuge with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, which was weeks in the making. By @knowleshannah.bsky.social : www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Families and funeral directors are using AI obituary generators to more efficiently memorialize the dead. What happens when they get it wrong?

Wild story!! By @dinograndoni.bsky.social

Julio González Jr. thought he was being deported back to Venezuela. Instead, the plane landed in El Salvador. “The horror movie started there,” he said. What the Venezuelans freed from CECOT experienced at the world’s largest prison, w/ Samantha Schmidt, Helena Carpio & @arelisrhdz.bsky.social

The Trump administration is increasingly relying on Border Patrol agents to help carry out the president’s mass deportation plan — a role that some lawyers and advocates consider alarming. @marianne_levine + @D_Hawk report: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Washington Post: U.S. Deportee, Freed from Salvadoran Prison, Describes ‘Horror Movie’ By @teoarmus.bsky.social, Samantha Schmidt and @arelisrhdz.bsky.social "Cells of nine to 15 people with metal benches for beds — thin mattresses were brought in for photographs and then taken away." Gift link!

Under Biden, asylum seeker Kataleya Nativi Baca was allowed to stay in the U.S. pending her claim. Under Trump, she has dropped her claim and returned to Honduras. Danielle Villasana photographed her five-year journey. Words by Maham Javaid; design by @yutaochen.bsky.social wapo.st/40WtTq6

Exclusive: DOJ hits states with broad requests for voter rolls, election data -- pompting concserns from election clerks in both parties. Via @yvonnewingett.bsky.social @patrickmarley wapo.st/3IvgS0s

Surprising and illuminating story from @teoarmus.bsky.social about immigrants increasingly sending their savings home as their futures in the U.S. dim: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

In today’s @washingtonpost.com, a story about a Texas father, his missing son and the team entrusted with a mission to find him after the flood. 📸 (@ddrios on IG) www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

@arelisrhdz.bsky.social takes us on a terrible journey

NEW: Thad Heartfield needs to find his son, Aidan. Texas Equusearch volunteers came in to help search the river. It was a frustrating mission to bring a family closure after the floods took so much away. A 🎁 wapo.st/40DsAfB

Michael McCown just confirmed that authorities called last night to have him identify Linnie. She was found. She is survived by two siblings and a pair of devoted parents in Austin. She was her father’s sweet girl.

Grieving fathers go back to Camp Mystic to pick up the pieces of their daughters’ lives as they search for them. wapo.st/3GxBuEL

Read this article for a good summary of how Trump has treated asylum & the implications. The legal fight continues, but also one about the public understanding what asylum is & why it is important to the defend the principle, process & the need to update & expand its definition rather than ending it

BREAKING // ICE detains Julio César Chávez Jr., son of Mexico's greatest boxer and a former world champion himself, days after his loss to Jake Paul in Anaheim Mary Beth Sheridan and @arelisrhdz.bsky.social report bit.ly/3IaJWu0

ICE is increasingly targeting unauthorized immigrants with no criminal record as it ramps up arrests, a @washingtonpost.com analysis finds: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Today’s court ruling could open asylum to people like JC, who is in hiding in Mexico from a cartel after he was kidnapped, beaten & robbed. Trump effectively ended asylum at the border just as JC attempted to legally seek refuge in the USA earlier this year: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Federal judge bars Trump administration from expelling asylum seekers
: The judge ruled that the president cannot create an “alternative immigration system” that tramples on existing federal law.
 Story w/ @mariasacchetti.bsky.social & Marianne Levin www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

NEW via @arelisrhdz.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...