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Takeaways from AP-KFF investigation into allegations of medical neglect by detainees in ICE custody

Immigrant detainees across at least 33 states allege in court documents that the government is failing to provide them with adequate medical care.

 

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From festering infections to untreated cancer, ICE detainees across the US describe medical neglect

Immigrant detainees across at least 33 states allege in court documents that the government is failing to provide them with adequate medical care.

 

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Lawmakers warn data protection rules don’t protect key sites, including White House and CIA

The Biden administration spent almost a year crafting regulations to block U.S. adversaries from buying commercial data gathered from cell phones at the federal government’s most sensitive locations.

 

Where did the experts go? State Department cuts limit the Iran war effort

The widening war in Iran is exposing big gaps at the State Department, especially in the bureau that handles the Middle East.

 

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Privacy activists call on California to remove covert license plate readers

More than two dozen privacy groups are urging California Governor Gavin Newsom to remove covert license plate readers in southern California.

 

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DHS ramps up surveillance in immigration raids, sweeping in citizens

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis is providing insights into the surveillance technologies the government is using in its mass deportation campaign.

 

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Brown University shooting leaves students, community frustrated with official response

The effort to find a man who walked onto Brown University’s campus and shot nearly a dozen students in a crowded lecture hall has raised serious questions about the school’s security systems and the urgency of the investigation itself.

 

How an AM radio station in California weathered the Trump administration’s assault on media

Six days into President Donald Trump’s new administration, the San Francisco Bay-area radio station KCBS-AM and other outlets reported on local immigration raids.

 

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Lawmakers question legality of Border Patrol license plate reader program

Democratic lawmakers are questioning the legality of a U.S. Border Patrol program that uses predictive intelligence to detain drivers for suspicious travel. Sen.

 

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Takeaways from AP report on how Border Patrol monitors US drivers for ‘suspicious’ travel

The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.

 

Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns

The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.

 

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GOP lawmakers urge Trump administration to back Falun Gong lawsuit against Cisco

Two prominent Republicans are urging the Supreme Court to allow a lawsuit against Cisco. The lawsuit claims Cisco’s technology was used to persecute Falun Gong members in China.

 

US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds

Even while warning about national security and human rights abuse, the U.S. government across five Republican and Democratic administrations has repeatedly allowed and even actively helped American firms to sell technology to Chinese police, government and surveillance companies, an Associated Press

 

The sparse indictment of Comey by Trump’s Justice Department belies a complicated backstory

The indictment of former FBI Director James Comey is only two pages and alleges he falsely testified to Congress in 2020 about authorizing someone to be an anonymous source in news stories.

 

Lawmakers and activists call for action after AP reveals US tech role in China’s surveillance state

Lawmakers and activists are urging U.S. tech firms to stop selling surveillance equipment to Chinese police.

 

Trump taps federal agents to tackle local policing. That’s not always helpful, critics say

Federal agents have used aggressive policing tactics in cities such as Washington and Los Angeles at President Donald Trump’s direction.

 

Key things to know about how Trump’s war on higher education has ensnared an unexpected campus

The University of Colorado-Colorado Springs has faced challenges under the Trump administration’s higher education policies.

 

A commuter college thought it could avoid Trump’s education crackdown. Here’s what happened

Administrators at the University of Colorado’s campus in Colorado Springs believed they could avoid the Trump administration’s focus on higher education.

 

Gabbard’s claims of an anti-Trump conspiracy are not supported by declassified documents

 

In his second term, Trump turns to emergency powers to advance his agenda

Call it the 911 presidency. Despite insisting that the United States has rebounded from calamity under his watch, President Donald Trump is harnessing emergency powers unlike any of his predecessors.

 

Elon Musk installed his top lieutenants at a federal agency you probably haven’t heard of

The General Services Administration has a key role in the Trump administration’s quest to slash costs and bring the federal government to heel.

 

Trump’s top prosecutor in DC demotes several supervisors who handled politically sensitive cases

Several senior leaders in Washington’s federal prosecutors office have been demoted to jobs handling misdemeanors or other low-level matters.

 

Musk has inside track to take over contract to fix air traffic communications system

A satellite company owned by Elon Musk is on a possible fast track to take over a large federal contract to modernize the nation’s air traffic communications system.

 

Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE

Twenty-one civil service employees have resigned from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they’re refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.”

 

Judge temporarily blocks Trump plan offering incentives for federal workers to resign

A judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to push out federal employees by offering them financial incentives.

 

Researchers link DeepSeek’s blockbuster chatbot to Chinese telecom banned from doing business in US

Security researchers say the website of the Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek has computer code that could send some user login information to a Chinese state-owned telecommunications company that’s been barred from operating in the United States.

 

A mysterious meeting with Syrian president is at the center of spy chief’s nomination fight

Questions continue to dog Tulsi Gabbard about a mysterious 2017 trip to Syria. The trip has gained new salience since President Donald Trump nominated the former Democratic lawmaker to be the nation’s spy chief.

 

A mysterious meeting with Syrian president is at the center of spy chief’s nomination fight

Questions continue to dog Tulsi Gabbard about a mysterious 2017 trip to Syria. The trip has gained new salience since President Donald Trump nominated the former Democratic lawmaker to be the nation’s spy chief.

 

White House would have many ways to upend lives of Trump’s enemies

For the many people considered enemies by President Donald Trump, his return to the White House has sparked anxiety about how much power he has to upend their lives.

 

Trump’s perceived enemies worry about losing pensions, getting audited and paying steep legal bills

It’s not just criminal prosecutions that worry those who have crossed President Donald Trump. There are more prosaic kinds of retaliation: having difficulty renewing passports, getting audited by the IRS and losing federal pensions.