In six violent encounters, evidence contradicts Trump immigration officials' narratives
Reuters.com | Donald Trump’s top immigration officials have repeatedly made statements after violent encounters involving federal agents - including two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens in Minneapolis this month - that were later contradicted by evidence, a Reuters review found.
ICE Arrest of a Citizen, Barely Dressed, Sows Fear in Twin Cities
Masked federal agents descended on a one-story home in St. Paul, Minn., on Sunday and dragged a man wearing nothing but his underwear and slip-on shoes from his doorstep, through an icy snowbank and into an idling S.U.V.
‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond
MPRNews.com | Shortly after Elvis Joel Tipan Echeverria, a man from Ecuador with an open asylum case, pulled into the driveway of his Minneapolis home on Thursday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents broke a window in his car, pulled him and his 2-year-old daughter out and drove them away.
Here are 13 bills Congress Could Use to Seize More Control of DC
NBCWashington.com | Members of the powerful House Oversight Committee will consider 13 proposed bills that could seize more federal control over D.C. ‘All of them would be an affront to home rule.’
How cutting the food safety net threatens the public safety net
TheHill.com | Cuts to SNAP are bad for public safety
Losing Medicaid and Crime
National Bureau of Economic Research | Analyzing the impact of losing Medicaid and an increase in crime.
The impact of federal actions on academic medicine and the U.S. health care system
AAMC.org | The termination of more than 1000 NIH grants has resulted in the cancellation of more than 150 clinical trials
Homicide rates plunging in Trump's "hellhole" cities
Axios.com | Homicide rates continued to decline in major U.S. cities — by more than 40% in some communities — during the first nine months of the year.
The Right Is Lying About Left-Wing Violence
The Trump administration is using an imagined enemy—“antifa”—to justify turning ICE into an ultra-violent, unaccountable army invading US cities.
How a Billionaire Felon Boosted Trump’s Crypto Company en Route to a Pardon
WSJ.com | Trump granted Changpeng Zhao a presidential pardon last week, likely paving the way for the world’s largest crypto-trading platform to return to the U.S., from where it was banned after the company pleaded guilty in 2023 to violating anti-money-laundering rules.
Congress is Attempting a Federal Takeover of DC’s Justice System
TheHill.com | If passed, these bills would centralize federal control over local justice, dilute accountability and leave D.C. residents with less recourse when powerful actors break the rules.
What Congress’s New Crime Bills Would Mean for DC
Washingtonian.com | This is about home rule. This is about democracy. This is about self-governance. What it ain’t about is safety.