He secured the conviction of a Black 16 y.o., comparing the boy to a dog & telling the jury to “get rid of it.” And withheld evidence in at least three death penalty cases. Now Hugo Holland is running for judge in Louisiana. @richardawebster.bsky.social for @veritenews.org + @propublica.org

We’re all living in the Mirror World now. Great interview and a reminder of how prescient Doppelgänger was.

"An artist’s decision to remain anonymous should be respected. Creativity is one of the last great human mysteries."

these are the best reporters in the country, give them whatever the fuck they want www.status.news/p/cbs-news-l...

The cost of the war in Iran is around $12 billion and rising every day. We visualized what we're actually paying for and what we are giving up to wage an undeclared war www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

We didn't just find his videos - we also found Farage's outtakes, which show when his money-making sideline is interrupted by a text message or phone call, requiring him to re-record the video, he appears quick to anger.

New: The Trump admin is on the brink of creating a 'first of its kind' short term facility at the Alexandria airport in central Louisiana to hold unaccompanied minors & families before deportation. Advocates say it will be a detention center in all but name.

Sen. Blumenthal has written a letter to Kristi Noem about her denial that Corey Lewandowski has a role in approving contracts at DHS. "I demand that you amend your testimony" and "provide the basis for your apparent false statement on the record." www.blumenthal.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

As Rep. Jayapal says, our reporting has found that these aren’t isolated incidents. Last October, we tallied more than 170 cases of U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents. Here’s that investigation she’s referring to:

It was such a pleasure to interview attorney Bryan Stevenson about the photography of Gordon Parks as he curates a new showing in London. His vivid and intimate colour images from 1956, showing the daily disgrace of the segregated South, remain extremely pertinent to this day:

NEW: Jeffrey Epstein cultivated relationships with CBP officers at the airports he frequented. Epstein emailed and texted with six CBP officers, invited them to his island, visited with them at the airport, and frequently sought to determine who was going to be on duty when he was traveling

Beyond thrilled to have Kai Wright and @cartersherman.bsky.social on board for our new @us.theguardian.com podcast

"Those who were laid off include Caroline O’Donovan, the Post’s beat reporter covering Amazon"

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

“What are you doing?” one woman yelled. “You just shot someone and now you’re terrorizing us. What more can we take?” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Man shot in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as VA nurse: ‘He wanted to help people’

Our latest episode of Anywhere but Washington is from Minneapolis. We observed ICE’s racial profiling during traffic stops in the suburbs, embedded with neighborhood watch groups, spoke to folks at a GOP gubernatorial forum, and spent time with Somali-American community leaders:

By me: It’s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here’s what gives me hope - my swan song for @theguardian.com, at least for now www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“Among Dante’s great inventions was constructing a vision of Hell where the punishment borne by sinners reflected something of their sin. It’s fitting, I suppose, that for attempting to be a poet, Nuzzi is instead consigned to a lifetime of having her name on this book.”

I read American Canto and I think it’s wonderful. haha jk

NEW: Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal www.propublica.org/article/trum... w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social

MY LATEST: Chain dollar stores promise big savings—but the low prices listed on the shelves often don’t materialize at checkout. As the cost of living soars, the customers bearing the burden are those who can least afford it. An investigation for @theguardian.com with @jocelynzuck.bsky.social.

Update: Despite the best efforts of the local prosecutor, Duncan is getting out as I type this. First day of freedom in three decades. Here’s a text from his aunt.

Tremendous and important reporting by NYT Visual Investigations team shows that Trump administration made false or misleading statements to US Supreme Court as it attempted to federal justify intervention in Chicago. Accountability matters. (Free link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

Fascinating interview by @joolia.bsky.social

I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.

NEW: Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts www.propublica.org/article/kris... w @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social

NEW: Billions of pounds of food are imported to the U.S. each year. The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices. But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low. 🧵/

Since childhood, @zysaidso.bsky.social has advocated for racial equity in Charlottesville schools. Yesterday, she was elected to the city's school board. From seven years ago, our profile of her and the gaping achievement gap in the city's education system: www.propublica.org/article/char...

The Guardian's latest investigation into the ramifications of Trump's mass deportation campaign: ICE is holding people in temporary hold rooms for days and weeks on end www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Chicagoans are committed to resistance and to meticulously documenting the criminal misconduct of Trump's secret police so that they can be held to account when the rule of law is restored in America. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

In April, the Trump admin deported “Rosario” & her two US citizen children, one of whom is being treated for stage 4 kidney cancer. The case drew national and international attention. Rosario shares her story for the first time with @theguardian.com - another chapter in our Ice Air investigation:

Our latest in our Ice Air investigation is by @oliverlaughland.bsky.social, which tells the story of one family's deportation, including two US citizen children www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

"They detained our father about a week ago...we'll be here as many days as we have to be to get information about our dad." Such crucial on-the-ground reporting at the ICE Broadview facility from @oliverlaughland.bsky.social + @tomsilverstone.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t31x...

I spoke to parents who are letting their young kids play with generative AI and tried to sort through some of the questions they have about it. "I don’t know what this is doing to their brains," one dad told me. Meanwhile, Sam Altman says, "Kids love ChatGPT on voicemode."

Our latest Anywhere But Washington is in Chicago, examining how the city is responding to a wave of ICE raids & a crackdown on free speech following the murder of Charlie Kirk. We spent time with @katmabu.bsky.social, neighborhood watch organizers & right wing groups outside the city:

According to data from Ice, we passed a significant milestone. Immigrants with no criminal record now make up the largest group arrested and booked into detention by Ice.

ICE is using a "staging facility" in Louisiana to hold people for days and deporting them before they can call a lawyer to defend their rights. “Louisiana is where people go to be disappeared,” said Nora Ahmed of the ACLU of Louisiana.

For anyone who might be unfamiliar, this is exactly the kind of narrative that authoritarian regimes use - looking at you Egypt - to suffocate the media. The idea that only the official account is acceptable, despite obvious falsehoods, bluster or obfuscation.

I’m at the Broadview ICE facility in the Chicago suburbs, where a group of protesters are attempting to block agents from transferring detainees held inside. Several law enforcement armed with rifles have just arrested one protester and earlier fired pepper balls at the crowd:

In March, masked agents grabbed our client Dr. Badar Khan Suri for speaking out in support of Palestinian rights. Over the next four days, he was transferred between five different ICE facilities — including the infamous Alexandria Staging Facility, a "black hole" where immigrants disappear.

What a thoughtful man Mahmoud Khalil is. A must read. Was moved to know that while in detention he was reading Edward Said and Viktor E. Frankl www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

NEW: We’ve spent the past 4 months investigating a detention center on the tarmac of a rural airport in Alexandria - a legal “black hole” & Trump’s deportation hub We uncovered a pattern of alleged due process violations, poor medical treatment, overcrowding, health emergencies, abuse & long stays:

We analyzed leaked data for rare look at the winding journeys of more than 44,000 immigrants detained or deported by the Trump administration... and found that people are being moved around in unprecedented and irregular ways. w/ @wcraft.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

We are launching a new investigation today, which reveals new details about Trump's deportation program. Our first story is by @maanvisingh.bsky.social and @wcraft.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

“I did not fear them whatsoever,” he recalls. “I saw them eye to eye.” The extraordinary bravery of Mahmoud Khalil - who invited me into his new home for a three hour interview. Edited by @noayachot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

I spent the day in one of our country’s “blood-soaked” dystopias, counting trees

NEW: In March, the Trump administration announced a massive purge of workers at the nation's health agencies. We asked them how many workers were laid off, pushed out or left. They refused to give us numbers. So we conducted our own analysis... 🧵 projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...

“The Trump administration has refused to say how many workers have been lost so far. But ProPublica’s analysis reveals the cuts in unprecedented detail.” Vital reporting by @anniewaldman.bsky.social

ICE is using a Marriott hotel in Louisiana to detain migrant families before deportation flights The company said in 2019 it would block use of its hotels to detain families Marriott did not respond to requests for comment By @skirchy.bsky.social, Raima Amjad, @maanvisingh.bsky.social & me