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School superintendent says the child was 'essentially' used 'as bait' to apprehend his father, who is seeking asylum
Despite leading polls, the People's Party confronts an establishment with a two-decade record of overturning mandates
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) vowed to continue his campaign against the immigration detention of children after picking up 5-year-old Liam Ramos from an ICE facility and escorting him back to Minnesota Sunday. Why it matters: After Ramos' release, Democrats are now focusing on other children that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained and the condition of detention centers. There's no direct data publicly available on the number of children in immigration custody, but nonprofit news outlet the Marshall Project's analysis in December found at least 3,800 children under age 18 had been detained in 2025 since President Trump took office for a second time.Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Axios Sunday the Trump administration "is committed to restoring the rule of law and common sense to our immigration system, and will continue to fight for the arrest, detention, and removal of aliens who have no right to be in this country." Driving the news: Castro said on Bluesky he picked Liam and his father, Adrian Ramos, up from a detention facility in Dilley, Texas, on Saturday night and escorted them back to Minnesota Sunday morning. He had called for the release of the 5-year-old and other detained kids and vowed Sunday he "won't stop until all children and families are home." Screenshot: Rep. Joaquin Castro/Bluesky Zoom in: Minnesota Tim Walz (D) said on Bluesky it shouldn't take a court order . "There are no beds, no real blankets, minimal food, extremely cold temperatures. People are in locked cells and leg shackles," she said."Everything I saw showed me this operation is chaotic, disorganized, ineffective and dangerous," Morrison alleged."I was also able to speak with two of the women who were being held there, and both of them shared harrowing experiences," she said."Families are being ripped apart. People aren't being treated with the dignity that every human being deserves. ICE is not going after the worst of the worst
Campaigning has begun for Bangladesh’s elections next month
In an interview, Fort described a challenge in her work documenting news in the Twin Cities: “Every independent journalist is kind of every person for themselves.” Two days later, officers came to her door
UN official describes monthlong polls as 'illegitimate', while ASEAN regional bloc says it will not certify the vote
Jésus Armas, a prominent opposition leader, has been in prison in Caracas for the past year. With the country in turmoil, his mother worries about his fate
Outcome of case will have sweeping implications for US central bank independence
The FBI searched the home and devices of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson, who covers the Trump administration's reshaping of the federal government, a Post spokesperson confirmed to Axios. Why it matters: Searching a journalist's home is an extraordinary step — even past administrations that aggressively pursued leak investigations stopped short of raiding reporters' homes. "While we won't know the government's arguments about overcoming these very steep hurdles until the affidavit is made public, this is a tremendous escalation in the administration's intrusions into the independence of the press," Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press president Bruce D. Brown said in response to Wednesday's news."The Justice Department should explain publicly why it believes this search was necessary and legally permissible, and Congress and the courts should scrutinize that explanation carefully," said Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute. Zoom in: According to the Washington Post, Natanson was at her Virginia home when agents arrived. The FBI warrant said the search was part of an investigation into a Maryland system administrator accused of "accessing and taking home classified intelligence reports," per the affidavit cited by the Post. A spokesperson confirmed the Post is reviewing and monitoring the situation. Between the lines: Natanson is part of a team that covers Trump's overhaul of the federal workforce. She previously covered education and won a Peabody in 2024 for her work. In 2022, she was part of a team of Post journalists awarded a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Zoom out: The move signals a dramatic escalation in the Trump administration's war on leaks. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Justice Department would resume seizing reporters' phone records to find leakers.In April, Bondi rescinded former Attorney General Merrick Garland's policy restricting federal prosecutors from forcing jou
Health secretary says: ‘If we tell the public that we can’t make anything work, then why on earth would they vote to keep us in charge’
The BBC spoke to Venezuelans after the seizure by US forces of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro
Leader of council opposition says pledges of tax cuts made before Reform overturned 30-year Tory majority in May have been ‘utterly broken’