By MORGAN LEE and STEPHEN GROVES , Associated PressSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s inauguration-day executive orders and promises of mass deportations of “millions and millions” of people will hinge on securing money for detention centers. The Trump administration has not publicly said how many immigration detention beds it needs to achieve its […]
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DOJ focus on ‘sanctuaries’ follows threats of ‘prison’ by Miller’s group
By Steve Thompson, Emma Uber, Dana Munro · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Before the Trump administration this week directed federal prosecutorsto investigate and potentially prosecute state and local officials who don’t cooperate with mass deportations, nearly 250 letters warning of such prosecutions were sent in late December to local officials across the country. At the time, the letters […]
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DOJ focus on ‘sanctuaries’ follows threats of ‘prison’ by Miller’s group
By Steve Thompson, Emma Uber, Dana Munro · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Before the Trump administration this week directed federal prosecutorsto investigate and potentially prosecute state and local officials who don’t cooperate with mass deportations, nearly 250 letters warning of such prosecutions were sent in late December to local officials across the country. At the time, the letters […]
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Johnson aide advised against subpoena of star Jan. 6 witness over concerns about ‘sexual texts’ from lawmakers
By Jacqueline Alemany · The Washington Post (c) 2025 An aide to House Speaker Mike Johnson advised Republican colleagues against subpoenaing former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson as part of their investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack in an effort to prevent the release of sexually explicit texts that lawmakers sent her, according to written correspondence reviewed […]
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Johnson aide advised against subpoena of star Jan. 6 witness over concerns about ‘sexual texts’ from lawmakers
By Jacqueline Alemany · The Washington Post (c) 2025 An aide to House Speaker Mike Johnson advised Republican colleagues against subpoenaing former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson as part of their investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack in an effort to prevent the release of sexually explicit texts that lawmakers sent her, according to written correspondence reviewed […]
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Schools brace for immigration arrests, try to reassure terrified parents
By Laura Meckler, Kim Bellware, Hannah Natanson · The Washington Post (c) 2025 School leaders across the country are working to reassure immigrant families that it is safe to send their children to school amid growing fears that the Trump administration will target undocumented immigrants on school grounds. Anxiety in many cities was already thick over President Donald Trump’s […]
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Schools brace for immigration arrests, try to reassure terrified parents
By Laura Meckler, Kim Bellware, Hannah Natanson · The Washington Post (c) 2025 School leaders across the country are working to reassure immigrant families that it is safe to send their children to school amid growing fears that the Trump administration will target undocumented immigrants on school grounds. Anxiety in many cities was already thick over President Donald Trump’s […]
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Ex-‘MAGA Granny’ is turning down Trump’s pardon of her Jan. 6 conviction
by Ben Brasch (c) 2025 , The Washington Post A woman who once called herself the “MAGA Granny” has spent the past few years criticizing Donald Trump after she was sentenced to 60 days in prison for being part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now Pamela Hemphill from […]
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Ex-‘MAGA Granny’ is turning down Trump’s pardon of her Jan. 6 conviction
by Ben Brasch (c) 2025 , The Washington Post A woman who once called herself the “MAGA Granny” has spent the past few years criticizing Donald Trump after she was sentenced to 60 days in prison for being part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now Pamela Hemphill from […]
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House passes Laken Riley Act as Trump begins immigration crackdown
By Mariana Alfaro, Marianne LeVine · The Washington Post (c) 2025 A bill that would allow the detention of undocumented immigrants accused of theft-related crimes is heading to President Donald Trump’s desk after passing the House on Wednesday, the first part of the president’s plan to overhaul immigration policy. The Laken Riley Act, named in memory of a […]