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Justice desk chief, @nysfocus.com. Also The Intercept, The Nation, many more. He/him. Send tips ⬇️ linktr.ee/chrisgelardi

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This is horrifying. New report finds Cuba's infant mortality rate increased 148% from 2018 to 2025, and the likely reason is the significant expansion of US sanctions.
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US Sanctions and the Sharp Rise in Infant Mortality in Cuba
New research links intensified US sanctions to Cuba’s sharp rise in infant mortality and a deepening health care crisis.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
April 2: guards cut all phone access in the housing units without warning. When detainees protested, CRS officers allegedly punched a man, threw another to the ground, kicked him in the head, and pinned him by the neck. A third detainee's wrist was broken. The entire cage was pepper-sprayed.
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Alligator Alcatraz phones were cut off. Then the beatings began, court docs say
Attorneys say the Trump and DeSantis administrations are disregarding a court order requiring access to phones and attorneys for detainees.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
NEW: The Trump administration has hit a grim milestone with its 50th strike on a civilian boat in the waters off Latin America. theintercept.com/2026/04/14/t...
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The U.S. Is Still Routinely Killing Civilians in Boats
The Trump administration has hit a grim milestone with its 50th strike on a civilian boat in the waters off Latin America.
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Rebecca McCray @rebeccakmccray.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Last summer, an incarcerated woman in Missouri had a hot flash while we were on the phone. Since then, I've been talking to people around the country about what it's like to go through perimenopause and menopause in prison. Here's the result, co-published by @themarshallproject.org and @19thnews.org
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What Menopause Is Like in Prison
Limited information, health care challenges, hot flashes and mood swings make this an especially difficult life transition.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Yep. They're calling it “Operation Total Extermination”
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Where in the world has Trump made war? We're keeping count!
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The Houthis have tapped in. You thought it was bad when Iran throttled the Strait of Hormuz? (They’re only closing it to American coalition-flagged ships.) The Houthis have already proven they can keep the Red Sea closed despite a year of US Navy skirmishing.
Ansar Allah has now joined the war, firing a missile at Israel. From Al-Jazeera’s liveblog
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Chris Gelardi @chrisgelardi.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
@nysfocus.bsky.social 💜 @hellgatenyc.com Read about our joint investigation into really dark shit: nysfocus.com/2026/03/17/l...
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Chris Gelardi @chrisgelardi.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I am, with a heavy heart, planning to cancel my WaPo subscription. I don't want a NYT subscription rn. I already subscribe to lots of alternative, ideological, and specialized media. What do I do to get my big mainstream newspaper fix?
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
For a president who ran for office promising to keep the United States out of wars, Trump has already launched attacks during his second term in: Ecuador Iran Iraq Nigeria Somalia Syria Venezuela Yemen and on civilians in boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/03/2026
Blumenthal: "I have emerged from classified briefings deeply concerned and very fearful that we're on the precipice not only of an escalating conflict that in region, but also putting troops on the ground b/c that is almost inevitably the path the admin has chosen by its current tactical approach"
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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
"Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman made multiple private calls to Trump over the past month advocating a US attack [on Iran], despite his public support for a diplomatic solution..[he + brother Khalid bin Salman] warned about downsides of not attacking" www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Push from Saudis, Israel helped move Trump to attack Iran
President Trump launched a wide-ranging attack on Iran after weeks-long lobbying by an unusual pair of U.S. allies in the Middle East: Israel and Saudi Arabia.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
congress sounds cool i wish it was real
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Reuters @reuters.com · 28/02/2026
Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei would be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources say reut.rs/4l9SCAs
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Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei would be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources say
In the run-up to the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Saturday, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency assessed that even if Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the operation, he would likely be replaced by hardline figures from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), two sources briefed on the intelligence said.
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Daja E. Henry @dajaehenry.com · 24/02/2026
Mississippi prison officials told Mary Anderson her uncle died of a heart attack while incarcerated. A year later, the FBI is investigating his death as a homicide. He was reportedly beaten to death by prison guards. My latest for @themarshallproject.org www.themarshallproject.org/2026/02/24/m...
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FBI investigating Mississippi Prison Death Involving Guards
Melvin Cancer was killed by guards beating him inside the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, a new report shows.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Fantastic reporting from @chrisgelardi.bsky.social who easily found a former New York prison chef accused of sexual assault, after the state insisted in legal filings that he did not exist.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Sent a Rescue Plane for Boat Strike Survivors. It Took 45 Hours to Arrive. In seas that could kill a person within an hour, it took nearly two days for a rescue plane to arrive. New from @airwars.bsky.social and @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/02/17/b...
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U.S. Sent a Rescue Plane for Boat Strike Survivors. It Took 45 Hours to Arrive.
In seas that could kill a person within an hour, it took nearly two days for a rescue plane to arrive.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The U.S. conducted more extrajudicial killings in the Eastern Pacific today We’re tracking the civilian toll @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
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The U.S. Has Killed More than 100 People in Boat Strikes. We’re Tracking Them All.
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and the number of civilians killed.
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New York Focus @nysfocus.com · 06/02/2026
Do you work at an OCFS secure or limited secure facility? Do you have a loved one incarcerated in one of the facilties? Were you incarcerated yourself? New York Focus wants to hear from you. Email reporter Chris Gelardi at chris@nysfocus.com or message him on Signal at @cgelardi.42.
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Staff at Youth Prison Recount Lockdowns, Turmoil, 24-Hour Shifts
A yearslong staffing crisis at state-run facilities has taken its toll on incarcerated kids and the workers who watch over them.
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Chris Gelardi @chrisgelardi.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
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Chris Gelardi @chrisgelardi.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
New York's youth prisons are a disaster. Kids locked in solitary for days at a time. Staff forced to work 24-plus-hour shifts. Crisis after crisis. "I'm a human rights violator," one whistleblower told me. They recounted the nightmare at one facility: nysfocus.com/2026/02/04/o...
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Staff at Youth Prison Recount Lockdowns, Turmoil, 24-Hour Shifts
A yearslong staffing crisis at state-run facilities has taken its toll on incarcerated kids and the workers who watch over them.
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Chris Gelardi @chrisgelardi.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Hochul hopped on the anti-ICE train with some new, two-pronged legislation. One proposal, to ban jail contracts, would be big. The other... maybe not so much. I've said it before: 287(g) is the red herring of local ICE collaboration. From @liv-veazey.bsky.social and @sammellins.bsky.social:
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Chris Gelardi @chrisgelardi.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Hochul hopped on the anti-ICE train with some new, two-pronged legislation. One proposal, to ban jail contracts, would be big. The other... maybe not so much. I've said it before: 287(g) is the red herring of local ICE collaboration. From @liv-veazey.bsky.social and @sammellins.bsky.social:
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Noah Hurowitz @noahhurowitz.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
BREAKING: We spoke to a witness of the fatal shooting in Minneapolis, who confirmed that the victim was an ICE-watch observer and not a target of immigration enforcement. W/ @jsweetli.bsky.social via @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/01/24/m...
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Man Feds Killed in Minneapolis Was an Observer, Eyewitness Says
The killing marked the second fatal shooting by federal agents in the city in less than a month.
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Chris Gelardi @chrisgelardi.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Never have I so badly wanted to throw my phone into the ocean. www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
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Chris Gelardi @chrisgelardi.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
*New in @nysfocus.bsky.social: Juvenile detention centers in New York are keeping youth in small cells without sinks or toilets, often for upwards of 23 hours a day, for days or weeks at a time, a lawsuit alleges. nysfocus.com/2026/01/09/o...
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New York Keeps Children in Solitary Without Toilets, Suit Alleges
Office of Children and Family Services facilities are violating state regulations governing the treatment of children in their care, the lawsuit claims.
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Chris Gelardi @chrisgelardi.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The US press learned nothing from Bush and has learned nothing from Trump
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 03/01/2026
Trump claimed early Saturday that the U.S. had carried out airstrikes on Caracas and spirited Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro out of the country and taken him into custody, marking a dramatic escalation in his administration's regime change efforts. interc.pt/4aCyy6t
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U.S. Captures Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Strikes Caracas, Trump Says
Trump claimed early Saturday the U.S. had carried out a “large-scale strike” on Venezuela and captured the country's leader and his wife.
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 22/12/2025
The state, represented by the office of Attorney General Letitia James, plans to ask judges to dismiss up to 500 prison sexual assault cases filed against it under the Adult Survivors Act, Hell Gate and New York Focus have learned.
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A Judge Dismissed a Prison Sex Abuse Lawsuit Over Typos—and the State Is Looking to Toss Hundreds More
The state plans to ask a court to dismiss some 500 prison sexual assault lawsuits for not strictly abiding by filing requirements.
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New York Focus @nysfocus.com · 22/12/2025
"Sometimes stories make you think: wow, this belongs on screen." Thank you Popshift for featuring two New York Focus stories in The IP List Index 2025. iplist.org
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Trump to Venezuela: Give us back our land.
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Chris Gelardi @chrisgelardi.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Extremely well put, @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social. It's been a hell of a year for the New York state prison system. Read @cityandstateny.bsky.social's winners and big big losers of 2025⬇️ And read @nysfocus.bsky.social's "massive investigation" into the state prison system's ruling family ⬇️⬇️
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Rubio has repeatedly insisted the govt is restarting life-saving foreign aid. My colleagues found that’s bullshit. www.propublica.org/article/usai... By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
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In public statements and congressional testimony, Rubio has repeatedly insisted that no one died because of cuts to U.S. foreign aid and that his staff had reinstated lifesaving operations. But ProPuSica found that those claims were a charade: Lifesaving programs remained on the books, but the flow of money didn't restart for months, if at all.
Lewin blocked funding requests for programs like tuberculosis treatment in Tajikistan and emergency earthquake response in Myanmar, records show.
This meant that dozens of supposedly
"active" operations were dormant throughout most of the year. Rubio's advisers let other critical programs, which typically run on one-year grants, expire without renewing them.
Few places were hit harder than South Sudan, the youngest and poorest country in the world, as well as one of the most dependent
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14/12/2025
It can feel like ICE agents are everywhere. That, presumably, is how they want it to feel. At the same time, more and more people who have never engaged in anything like these actions before are purposefully running toward the trouble. trib.al/zNVrQNn
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Inside Chicago’s Neighborhood ICE Resistance
Residents have organized a formidable network to protect immigrant communities from Trump’s brutal deportation program. Their efforts are making a genuine difference.
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Mike Wessler @mikewessler.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
This story takes a lot of turns, and every single one of them is bad. Women denied the ability to visit loved ones because they have tampons. Guards unwilling to be screened to prevent contraband from getting in prison. Bad all the way down. nysfocus.com/2025/12/06/d... @chrisgelardi.bsky.social
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State Prisons Are Turning Away Visitors After Scanners Pick Up Their…
Guards demanded body scanners to cut down on contraband. Now they’re turning visitors away over their hygiene and medical supplies.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Boat Strike Survivors Clung to Wreckage for Some 45 Minutes Before U.S. Military Killed Them “There are a lot of disturbing aspects. But this is one of the most disturbing.” theintercept.com/2025/12/05/b...
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Boat Strike Survivors Clung to Wreckage for Some 45 Minutes Before U.S. Military Killed Them
“There are a lot of disturbing aspects. But this is one of the most disturbing.”
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New York Focus Union @nysfocusunion.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Today, unionized nonprofit newsrooms across the country are standing shoulder-to-shoulder to demand that news industry leaders agree to common-sense guardrails around the implementation of artificial intelligence to protect the integrity, quality, and accuracy of our journalism.
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 05/12/2025
Today, unionized nonprofit newsrooms across the country are standing shoulder-to-shoulder to demand that news industry leaders agree to common-sense guardrails around the implementation of artificial intelligence to protect the integrity, quality and accuracy of our journalism.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
For more on the CIA's lethal Afghan proxies -- the "Zero Units" -- make sure you revisit this essential reporting: theintercept.com/2022/11/20/t...
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The Evacuation of the CIA’s Afghan Proxies Has Opened One of the War’s Blackest Boxes
Afghan Zero Units hold clues to many of the war’s mysteries, including how the CIA engineered deadly night raids that contributed to the Taliban’s victory.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood. She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
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A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
How Many People Has the U.S. Killed in Boat Strikes? The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. 🧵🧵Mega-thread of coverage of the illegal extrajudicial killings below🧵🧵 theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
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How Many People Has the U.S. Killed in Boat Strikes?
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and the number of civilians killed.
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Colin Kinniburgh @colinreports.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
⚠️ Breaking: Hochul administration approves 3x rejected, Trump-backed NESE pipeline, the first of its kind in New York in at least a decade. Story: nysfocus.com/2025/11/07/n...
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New York Approves Trump-Backed Gas Pipeline
The Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline had been rejected by environmental regulators three times but was revived this spring after talks between Hochul…
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Chris Gelardi @chrisgelardi.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Some rare happy news: A Trump-appointed federal judge ordered ICE to release a New York teenager with protected status. He returned home last night after three months in a Louisiana detention center. nysfocus.com/2025/11/01/i...
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New York Teen Returns Home After Judge Rules His ICE Detention Illegal
After nearly three months behind bars, Carlos Guerra Leon spent an extra night in a Louisiana detention center after officers and local ICE officials said…
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Caitlin Kelly @caitlinkelly.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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Screenshot of ProPublica story that reads “Newby declined multiple interview requests from ProPublica and even had a reporter escorted out of a judicial conference to avoid questions. He also did not answer detailed written questions. The court system’s communications director and media team did not respond to multiple requests for comment or detailed written questions.
When ProPublica emailed questions to Newby’s daughter, the North Carolina Republican Party’s communications director, Matt Mercer, responded, writing that ProPublica was waging a “jihad” against “NC Republicans,” which would “not be met with dignifying any comments whatsoever.” 
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration and I’m sure they would be interested in this matter,” Mercer said in his email. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.” “
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Chris Gelardi @chrisgelardi.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Everything is under control, lawyers for the state prison system told a judge last week. That’s news to thousands of incarcerated people, who remain living under various degrees of lockdown eight months after a guard strike led to chaos. For @nysfocus.bsky.social: nysfocus.com/2025/10/30/n...
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‘This Place Is a Circus’: Eight Months Since a Guard Strike, State…
Many incarcerated New Yorkers say the new normal is endless lock-in.
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Chris Gelardi @chrisgelardi.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Homeland Security has started sending $5,000 fines to unaccompanied kids. It's one of many anti-immigration financial pressure tactics established under the OBBB. nysfocus.com/2025/10/24/b...
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Homeland Security Is Billing Immigrant Kids $5,000
The Trump administration is slapping unaccompanied teenagers with fees for crossing the border.
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Colin Kinniburgh @colinreports.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
⚠️ Breaking: A state judge has ruled that New York is violating its climate law. Story: nysfocus.com/2025/10/24/n...
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New York Is Violating Its Flagship Climate Law, Judge Rules
The law required a state agency to issue major regulations more than a year and a half ago, and it had no excuse not to, the court found.
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