Investigations

A mass movement against the Trump administration is essential, but no one should take an Iraq War booster’s advice.

Their north Phoenix neighborhood was on alert. Sheriff’s deputies had been targeting day-labor centers in the area and making traffic stops — arresting people who couldn’t prove their immigration status. They had one thing in common: They looked Latino.

Even in Republican-led communities known for backing immigration measures, law enforcement leaders are steering clear of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s 287(g) task force program, which the Trump administration is using to enlist local officers in its mass deportation efforts.

Trump is using lies about immigrant crime waves to create a massive law enforcement apparatus that operates under his orders.

On the second day of the federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video set to the classic song “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” by Blue Öyster Cult. The star of that video, which quickly went viral, was Russell Vought, the president’s top budget adviser. More than that, Vought is the architect of Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies, and he’s a big reason the second Trump administration has been more effective at accomplishing its goals than the first. In the video shared by Trump, Vought appeared as the scythe-wielding Grim Reaper of Washington, D.C.

Chicago teachers said they’re dealing with traumatized students in underfunded schools — while the Trump administration spends millions to militarize American cities.

The Trump administration has made it clear that it fears mass, nonviolent protests more than anything else.

The two survivors of a U.S. attack on a boat in the Caribbean are now being held on a Navy warship.

After shots were fired at a protest against ICE, federal prosecutors pursued guilt-by-association charges against two protesters.

James Zogby and Jonah Valdez on what it will take for this ceasefire to succeed, and Palestinian writer Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi shares her hopes and fears.

The debate over Mamdani’s candidacy highlights the ongoing identity crisis within the Democratic Party as voters turn against Israel over its genocide.

Videos of U.S. attacks in the Caribbean suggest boats have been obliterated in a single strike. The reality is a lot messier.

From pro-Palestine students to Charlie Kirk commenters, the immigration system is being weaponized against people whose views Trump doesn’t like.

Nota Baloyi is one of several people who lost a visa to visit the U.S. because he spoke ill of Charlie Kirk on social media.

Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.

“The matter is not a ceasefire — we are talking about a managed genocide, a managed forcible displacement.”

How the pre-planned no-knock raid — a violent, volatile tactic that became a common tool of the drug war — led to tragic consequences, in the story of Ryan Frederick and Detective Jarrod Shivers.

On Kirk’s “National Day of Remembrance,” white supremacists want to replace a tradition of justice with their own manufactured myth.

UG Solutions, which works with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, said its “cadre of American veterans” was ready to keep working in Gaza.

The Georgia facility gained notoriety for allegations that women received “often unnecessary” gynecological treatment, at times lacking informed consent.