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A Tale of Two Terms: How Powerful Figures Were Prosecuted in Trump’s First Term, Then Pardoned in His Second
We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No other president has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on such a scale.
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Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
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FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.
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“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories.
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“Lo perdí todo”: venezolanos fueron detenidos en un dramático operativo nocturno, pero nunca se les imputó delito alguno
Las autoridades afirmaron que “terroristas” del Tren de Aragua habían tomado el edificio. Una investigación de ProPublica halló pocas pruebas que respalden esa versión. Por primera vez, los venezolanos cuentan sus historias.
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“No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office
A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidates from the pulpit, an expert said.
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Descubrimos que más de 170 ciudadanos estadounidenses fueron detenidos por agentes de inmigración. Los patearon, se los llevaron a rastras y los retuvieron durante días.
El gobierno no documenta con qué frecuencia los agentes de inmigración detienen a estadounidenses. Por eso, ProPublica redactó su propio informe. Encontramos que agentes han detenido a unas personas durante días y casi 20 niños.
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Se inicia una investigación del Congreso en respuesta a las revelaciones de ProPublica sobre estadounidenses detenidos
Senadores, miembros de la Cámara de Representantes e incluso un alcalde expresaron su indignación y exigieron respuestas a partir de la investigación en la que descubrimos que este año los agentes de inmigración detuvieron por lo menos a 170 ciudadanos
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Alaska’s Public Schools Serve as Emergency Shelters. Those Buildings Are Also in Crisis.
Across hundreds of Alaskan communities, public schools are often the safest buildings where people can take shelter during disasters. After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.
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Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fruit.
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Trump’s VA Made It Harder for Male Veterans to Get Treatment for Breast Cancer. Lawmakers Want to Fix That.
After ProPublica revealed changes to how the Department of Veterans Affairs covers men with breast cancer, House members demanded the agency reverse its decision. Separately, new Senate legislation would require the VA to be more transparent.
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Tech Billionaire Marc Andreessen Bet Big on Trump. It’s Paying Off for Silicon Valley.
The Trump administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been good for venture capitalists like Andreessen, who previously accused the agency of “terrorizing” fintech startups and crypto companies.
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What Really Happened in Portland Before Trump Deployed the National Guard
In the two months before Trump’s decision, criminal charges were announced against only three people. On nights when physical conflict did erupt, it often came from police firing on, shoving, pepper-spraying and tackling protesters.
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El condado de Arizona fue “modelo” para la policía local en sus redadas migratorias, el resultado fueron violaciones de derechos civiles
Bajo el mando del alguacil Joe Arpaio, el condado de Maricopa fue uno de los primeros lugares de prueba del programa 287(g) de ICE, que permite a la policía local hacer cumplir las leyes de inmigración. Muchos residentes de Arizona dicen que los abusos de entonces tienen paralelos con lo que ocurre ahora bajo el gobierno de Trump.
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Las agencias policiales de Arizona estuvieron a la vanguardia en la aplicación de leyes migratorias, ahora la mayoría las evitan
En enero, la administración Trump lanzó una campaña nacional de reclutamiento para entrenar a oficiales locales como agentes de deportación. Se han sumado más de 900 agencias a nivel nacional, pero solo cuatro están en Arizona.
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Appeals Court Upholds Shaken Baby Conviction Despite Medical Examiner Recanting Testimony
Dissenting from the court’s majority, one judge sounded the alarm about ignoring recanted forensic testimony, saying the medical examiner’s reversal “calls into doubt the foundation of the trial.”
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“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say they feel targeted just going about their lives.
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