Jake Bittle / GristMar 9, 2026
The embattled Homeland Security secretary froze spending and slashed staff. It may well have been illegal. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Ariana Figueroa / States NewsroomMar 6, 2026
The president announced Thursday that the Homeland Security secretary will be leaving her post amid bipartisan criticism of her performance. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Jeb Lund / TruthdigFeb 16, 2026
The media is wired to chase the administration’s bouncing ball of outrage. But the old outrages remain, newly invisible and demanding our attention. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Victoria Valenzuela / Waging NonviolenceFeb 13, 2026
Survivors of abuse at a shuttered federal prison known as “the rape club” are teaming up with local activists to keep ICE out of Northern California. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Pratheek Rebala, Jeff Ernsthausen, Perla Trevizo / ProPublicaFeb 10, 2026
In the last year, federal courts have received 18,000 habeas petitions, representing people who in the past would have been released on bond or not been detained in the first place. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Phil Galewitz, Amanda Seitz / KFF Health NewsFeb 6, 2026
The Trump administration’s move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is forcing hospitals and states to consider alerting immigrant patients that information from emergency medical coverage applications could be used in efforts to remove them from the country. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Conor Lynch / TruthdigFeb 4, 2026
After listening to voters and threatening the future of paramilitarized immigration enforcement, Democrats sign a budget deal that sets the stage for half-measures and spineless compromise. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Lily Altavena / ChalkbeatFeb 4, 2026
ICE may not be conducting large-scale raids inside schools. But agents are getting close to schools, leaving a mark on students across the country. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Jake Bittle / GristFeb 3, 2026
FEMA’s pace of disaster disbursements has slowed to a trickle—and its backlog has reached $17 billion—leading a coalition of disaster survivors to rate her management a failure. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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