I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
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Congress just rescinded $1.1 billion in public media funding, but the fight isn’t over. The FY 2026 process is underway. Urge Congress to save public media by restoring this essential funding @MyPublicMedia. https://t.co/trSPrUUF6P
Some safety tips for demonstrators and journalists from my years of covering protests.
Sometimes keeping your press pass on does makes sense. You just have to feel it out.
Another tip… if you get hit by a projectile and it breaks the skin, you may need antibiotics.
This is the big one: Kennedy is firing the entire #ACIP in a move he says is needed to restore confidence in vaccines.
"It scares me to think of what’s ahead,” Mike Osterholm of CIDRAP told me. https://t.co/pgHkEM38LB
BEST OPENING LINE TO A STORY THIS YEAR:
"Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s alliance took off like one of SpaceX’s rockets. It was supercharged and soared high. And then it blew up."
Bravo, @APNews.
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I don’t know if Americans realize how often ICE arrests US citizens, and how long those citizens can spend detained. I spoke to Davino Watson, who spent 3.5 years in a detention center. He was a citizen every minute of that time. 1/3
Congress is considering clawing back approved public media funding – ripping vital services from our communities. Join me in stopping it. Call Congress now. https://t.co/AtzlNuCfXG
Here's a story from @kosovo2point0 about how @amckosovo is providing support for moms struggling with the "baby blues" or postpartum depression.
https://t.co/WMzudQ5y3p
Hey, friends! I’m now living in Pristina and working part-time with @amckosovo, an NGO that’s working to reduce STIs and otherwise improve health outcomes for women and children in Kosovo.