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ICE arrests Nashville reporter who covers immigration enforcement, jailing her for nearly two days with no release yet as her attorneys fight to reunite her with her young daughter.
Life threatened in Colombia for reporting
Source: WSMV Nashville
March 5, 2026
White House official says shedding federal workers remains "priority number one" after cutting 300,000, calls converting civil servants to at-will employees "a real empowerment."
IRS chief: 75,000 is right, no analysis
Source: Government Executive
March 5, 2026
ProPublica releases financial disclosures for 1,573 Trump appointees holding more than $19 billion in assets, revealing conflicts between officials and the industries they regulate.
Ethics office has been gutted
Source: ProPublica
March 5, 2026
DOJ lawyer tells federal judge that RFK Jr.'s vaccine authority is "unreviewable," including the hypothetical power to recommend Americans get measles instead of a vaccine.
Ruling expected 2 weeks
Source: Ars Technica
March 5, 2026
Minnesota U.S. Attorney Rosen faces second contempt hearing in a week after judges find ICE lost immigrants' property and ignored release orders across dozens of cases.
ICE threw away man's nail gun
Source: The Minnesota Reformer
March 5, 2026
UAE weighs freezing billions in Iranian assets and seizing shadow fleet tankers, targeting the Revolutionary Guard's financial network that routes billions in illicit oil revenue through Dubai.
Iran attacked Dubai airport, tourist areas
Source: The Wall Street Journal [gift link]
March 5, 2026
