Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.

ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified

The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...

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On Friday, ICE posted 33 detainee mortality reports to their online FOIA Library. Over the weekend, those reports were inexplicably deleted. We have archived them on our GitHub and are sharing them in hopes that the information is useful to journalists, researchers, and the general public.

psb-foia/ice/FOIA Library Artifacts/ICE Mortality Reports at main · projectsaltbox/psb-foia

FOIA requests and released records for Project Salt Box's reporting on ICE detention and federal contracting. - projectsaltbox/psb-foia

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“Stop calling it safe. Stop pretending it’s human. Stop selling it to kids.” Florida AG James Uthmeier is asking a judge to bar OpenAI from developing new AI models without independent safety approval. www.washingtonsun.com/technology/f...

Florida AG Asks a Judge to Stop OpenAI From Developing New Models

“Stop calling it safe. Stop pretending it’s human. Stop selling it to kids,” Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said.

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WOW

CNN@cnn.com · 13h ago

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito announced that he will recuse himself from a major climate change-related case the court is set to hear next week, following weeks of pressure from environmental groups that argued he was compromised by his financial holdings in the oil and gas industry.

I’m not sure what was going on Thursday, but we had more conversations during this session than we had in the previous 7-8 combined - people are amped up. Might be elections taking place, might be no kids, who knows, but engagement is good. We’ll be back on Oct 18, 22, and 25 (Sun, Thu, Sun).

Minnesota 50501@mn50501.bsky.social · 4d ago

We’re at MSP Terminal 1, across from bag claim 10 until 9pm tonight! Stop by to grab a magnet, pin, and chat about ICE flights and the complicity of Delta Airlines.

This piece of work told the council in June he found the source of his wealth “abhorrent,” but there was nothing he could do, due to contractual obligations. (And said my ironclad reporting was “not accurate,” while providing NO evidence for this claim.) Yet Omni’s ICE flights suddenly stopped!

The Trump White House official app is fraught with trackers. The White House app covertly collects excessive user data and shares it with third-party trackers while sidestepping federal security rules. For example, the app includes scripts to monitor a user's location several times per minute.

White House Drove Users to Official App Fraught With Trackers

The White House app became the App Store’s most downloaded news app after the president barred three news outlets.

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Former DOJ pardon attorney Liz Oyer on the Trump DOJ: They’re just making stuff up as they go along to try to defend the president’s indefensible decisions after the fact.

Think hard on this when you vote on Tuesday 3 November.

This 👇 👇 👇

I don't give a damn if the media is calling a landslide. Get your ass to the polls anyway! Complacency is how we lose. Drop the comfort, lock in, and vote like democracy depends on it—because it does!

Trump Officials Revise Biden-Era Sex Discrimination Rules www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...

Trump Officials Revise How Title IX Sex Discrimination Rules Are Enforced

The change follows a court ruling barring Title IX from protecting L.G.B.T.Q. people and has angered advocates for sexual assault survivors.

nytimes.com

It's difficult to engage in diplomacy when you're too simple-minded to think about anyone except yourself . . .

Can you tell texas republicans are not used to competitive races bsky.app/profile/head...

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 12h ago

Ken Paxton: The criticism has been that I let a child predator out after one day. Well guess what? They served 60 days.

🚨NEW EPISODE: The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can once again use a flawed database to help Republicans purge eligible voters from the rolls, just weeks before the midterms. Some are calling it a partial win. I see a warning. youtube.com/watch?v=wvhm...

There is No Bright Side to Voter Suppression

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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📌 ICYMI — Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000 — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August

Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000

The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August

bylinetimes.com

🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration cannot leverage grants meant to help prevent terrorist attacks to force states and local governments to adopt a slate of new anti-voting measures, a federal judge ruled Monday in a major win for voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Judge strikes down Trump’s bid to cut states’ anti-terror funds unless they impose new voting restrictions

The judge ruled that FEMA had no “authority to extract unfunded reforms from states in exchange for grants.”

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Chinese cars will inevitably enter the US market despite Washington’s efforts to stop them, analysts said. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

Chinese EVs will enter the US despite tariffs, analysts say

The Trump administration has maintained 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs as it looks to protect domestic production.

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US Centcom rejects IRGC claim of ‘complete control’ over Hormuz - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-centcom-rejects-irgc-claim-complete-control-over-hormuz

US Centcom rejects IRGC claim of ‘complete control’ over Hormuz

<article data-history-node-id="448457" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-centcom-rejects-irgc-claim-complete-control-over-hormuz" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-centcom-rejects-irgc-claim-complete-control-over-hormuz" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">US Centcom rejects IRGC claim of ‘complete control’ over Hormuz</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Iran does not fully control the Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command said, hitting back against claims from a senior Iranian military commander that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps “completely controls” the strategic waterway</p> <p>In a post on X, Centcom said claims that “Iran has full control over the Strait of Hormuz … are false”. It added: “Iran has no navy because American forces sank it.”</p> <p>According to Centcom, more than 1 billion barrels of oil have recently passed through the strait, demonstrating that Iran does not control the waterway.</p> <p>American forces have been helping to keep commercial traffic flowing through the strait while enforcing a blockade on Iranian maritime trade, US officials have said previously.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">🚫 CLAIM: A senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander said today that Iran has full control over the Strait of Hormuz through Iran’s “navy.” This is FALSE.<br> <br> ✅ FACT: Iran has no navy because American forces sank it. And Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz as… <a href="https://t.co/n1sE4goDY1">pic.twitter.com/n1sE4goDY1</a></p> — U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) <a href="https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2104538873527197889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>

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For months, I’ve taken the concerns shared with me about mail delays, food and supply shortages, low morale, and mental health crises aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln straight to CENTCOM and the Navy. Unfortunately, their answers have been wholly insufficient.

💥 Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces hit nine more Russian shadow fleet tankers overnight. This brings the 72-hour total to 21 ships struck, including 19 fuel tankers.

Xavier Becerra didn’t just discover LGBTQ rights when it became politically convenient. His record goes back to the 1990s, and LGBTQ+ rights have been a huge part of it, from his time as California attorney general to serving as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary. 🧵

Trump officially rolled back fuel efficiency standards today. The new target for 2031 is about 34.5 miles per gallon, down from 50.4. That means more gas burned, more pollution, and more money out of drivers’ pockets. So much for making things affordable.

NEW: One-time Bongino babysitter and last-remaining deputy FBI director Bailey is OUT. www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...

FBI deputy chief Bailey to resign

FBI Co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey said on Monday ​that he is resigning ‌his post, leaving the most prominent U.S. law enforcement agency after ​a little more than ​a year.

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Just in case it wasn’t clear, when they say the U.S. Government’s paying for this, that’s YOUR taxpayer dollars they’re using. I’ll say this as many times as I need to: it is ILLEGAL to use American taxpayer dollars from the government to pay for candidates’ or parties’ political ads.

Not that I’ve seen. But…

NEW: Dems vow to hit Israel with sanctions when they flip the House. thehill.com/homenews/hou...

Dems vow to confront Israel on violence against Palestinians: ‘Out of control’

If they flip the House, Democrats say they’re ready to confront Israel on human rights. The issue has long challenged the party, pitting staunch Israel defenders against more liberal lawmakers crit…

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It’s a lot harder when you aren’t up against children, eh?

Passive voice is bad writing and disguises respnsiblitity for absolute incompetence: "The Moves That Backfired on Trump and Drove Interest Rates and Inflation Higher".. NO! "Trump screwed up, drove up interest rates and inflation" www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

The Moves That Backfired on Trump and Drove Interest Rates and Inflation Higher

The president’s own agenda has helped undermine promises to fix the economy and get the deficit under control.

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