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The Department of Homeland Security is using a repurposed $55 billion Navy contract to convert warehouses into makeshift jails and plan sprawling tent cities in remote areas.

ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.

Meta and Google, two of the most powerful companies in history, have long rejected claims their social media platforms are inherently dangerous for kids. On Monday, they are beginning a landmark trial over allegations that Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube were intentionally designed to get young users hopelessly hooked despite known perils.

The so-called “bellwether” case is the first to reach trial among thousands of similar lawsuits from individual plaintiffs, school districts, and state officials. It was filed in July 2023 by a now 20-year-old California woman, identified by the initials K.G.M., who says she became desperately addicted to social media as a child, got flooded with disturbing material she did not seek, and subsequently experienced body dysmorphia, anxiety, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts.

Trump’s gutting of the Solar for All program is deeply felt on the Northern Plains reservations.

Rock the Country, Kid Rock’s country music festival that critics have labeled a “MAGA fest,” has been canceled in South Carolina after a string of artists dropped out.

The multi-city festival was scheduled to run for two days per venue in eight U.S. states from May 1 to September 21.

However, its stop in Anderson, South Carolina — which was scheduled for July 25 and 26 — will no longer take place, county administrator Rusty Burns told Fox Carolina.

Having to listen to and be entertained by one of the world's most popular pop stars singing hits beloved by millions IN SPANISH could reveal that people different from me are good.

The Washington Post told staffers today that it was moving forward with a sweeping round of layoffs that was part of a “broad strategic reset” of the storied newspaper, which will include eliminating the sports desk, severely cutting back on its international coverage, dismantling its books section, and restructuring its local news team.

Though it was not immediately known exactly how many employees would be impacted by the cuts, it had previously been reported that about 100 staffers from the newsroom could be laid off, and as many as 300 employees from the broader company would face terminations.

However, after emails were sent to staffers on Wednesday morning, it is expected that roughly one-third of staff — about 300 of the roughly 800 journalists in the newsroom — will be laid off, with some staffers saying that this was a “bloodbath”.

Murray revealed that the paper would be “shrinking” its foreign news bureaus and drastically altering its local metro coverage.

Minneapolis officials are urging residents not to block traffic as neighbors build makeshift checkpoints to slow and track federal immigration agents

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Hegseth is reportedly set to tour Bath Iron Works on Monday and give a speech on the recently announced “Trump” class battleship, according to the Bangor Daily News.

When the bosses reached out to workers for volunteers to attend the speech, however, few hands went up, according to one worker, who spoke with The Intercept on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution. The speech is slated for Monday afternoon, shortly before a shift change, which means that workers who attend would need to stay past their normal work hours — and anyone who shows up would be required to stay until the event is over.

“They issued a polling sheet this morning to see who would attend and, at least from my crew, there were no takers,” said the worker, “and not even a mention of overtime.”

After the initial lack of enthusiasm on Friday morning, a later survey went out around noon that explicitly said workers would receive overtime if they stayed past the end of their shift, according to the worker.

Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-New York) faces the challenge of leading the questioning of top immigration officials at the peril of angering the White House.

The hearing is being run by a Republican because they are in the majority in the House. How willing he is to break with the rest of the Republican party is a bit dubious; the racism has become a core principle of theirs, and any challenge to it tends to result in difficulty winning a Republican primary.

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A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked.

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NEW YORK − A New York judge convicted a police sergeant of second-degree manslaughter for throwing a cooler at a man’s head during a fatal 2023 chase.

Bronx County Judge Guy Mitchell rendered his Feb. 6 verdict against New York City Police Sgt. Erik Duran, 38, for causing the death of 30-year-old Eric Duprey, according to New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office, which investigates police killings. Duprey, a delivery driver, had three children.

“I offer my sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Eric Duprey,” James, whose office prosecuted the case in Bronx Criminal Court, said in a statement. “Though it cannot return Eric to his loved ones, today’s decision gives justice to his memory.”

President Donald Trump has endorsed Nexstar Media Group’s $6.2 billion purchase of broadcast rival Tegna in an apparent reversal from his earlier criticism of the deal.