NEW: In a Texas courtroom Monday, 25 migrant children lined the pews — a 9yo rested her head on the table, a 6yo pretended to fly an airplane, and a 3yo played with the mic. Many in attendance didn't have an attorney — and a 13yo was ordered removed. A look inside, thru sketches.
Trump announces he's transferring $10 billion from the US government to his "Board of Peace," which critics have likened to a giant slush fund Trump will control.
https://t.co/up3eNJ0Nuw
A simple message with big meaning: "I am somebody." We are grateful to Rev. Jesse Jackson for helping teach generations of children to believe in themselves and in one another. Thank you for being part of our neighborhood. 💛💚
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
https://t.co/8WGMAODKRd
Jan 29 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday sued the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department for $10 billion over the disclosure of his tax returns to the media in 2019 and 2020.
https://t.co/fGvaGC5wCs
According to the brief, Meta was aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites; that its products exacerbated mental health issues in teens; and that content related to eating disorders, suicide, and child sexual abuse was frequently detected, yet rarely removed. https://t.co/pmmMFkswIB
New: FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two newly hired senior FBI staff, exempting them from polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information, officials said. https://t.co/jVwfREv4Bf
NBC: President Donald Trump’s directive to change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War could cost as much as $2 billion, according to six people with knowledge of the potential cost.
https://t.co/z9XGlOv5qO
Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. https://t.co/goHi1Kbgkq
GÜIRIA, Venezuela (AP) — One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver. https://t.co/CuaaLNJ0CH
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration has acknowledged that it grabbed a Maryland father with protected status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador—but claims that courts are powerless to order his return, @NickMiroff reports: https://t.co/GLR1VzwGzE
No actual evidence here that she did anything beyond express an opinion. But that opinion is associated with people who "create a ruckus"?
What about a brouhaha? Are immigrants allowed to be associated with brouhahas?
Can you have your visa revoked for a hubbub?
Can you be grabbed off the street by plainclothes officers for a hullabaloo?
ICE officers arrested 54-year-old Julio Noriega and moved him into a van before he could explain himself, he said.
He spent several hours in an ICE processing center before officers checked his wallet and realized he is a U.S. citizen.
https://t.co/lkFtAuOVwF
Marco Rubio, the supposed non-MAGA grownup in the Trump cabinet, the son of immigrants, who got confirmed with every single Dem Senator voting Yes, is vowing to deport US permanent residents who he considers, without any evidence or due process, ‘Hamas supporters.’
Chilling.
The resigning US Attorney's memo describes a quid pro quo between Adams and the DOJ so comically explicit that the DOJ second-in-command yelled at the government lawyers for taking notes during the meeting.
Intelligence officials are starting to leak to me now too. Here’s a memo Defense Intelligence Agency personnel received instructing them to suspend observances including:
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth