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ICE logged 60 encounters with Minneapolis protesters and observers in a secret “Agitator Log” despite its then-director telling Congress “there is no database for protesters.”
Car photos, plates, police calls recorded
Source: USA Today
October 8, 2026
Bureau of Prisons scraps its union contract again eight days after a judge ordered it restored, its director allegedly saying “I don’t take directives from the court.”
New rationale cites Trump’s executive order
Source: Federal News Network
October 8, 2026
ICE emails discuss loading voter roll data into ELITE, the Palantir-supported tool agents use to pick deportation targets, to investigate voter fraud.
Over 150 nonprofits probed for registrations
Source: Wired
October 8, 2026
US Ambassador to Israel Huckabee’s senior aide blocked an embassy memo criticizing Israel’s settlement approvals before Congress could see it, US officials tell The New York Times.
Also vetted Palestinian affairs office messages
Source: The Hill
October 8, 2026
Trump calls anyone who says “artificial intelligence” instead of his “super intelligence” rebrand “the enemy,” just over a week after ordering agencies to use it.
25% approve his handling of AI
Source: The Independent
October 8, 2026
Federal prosecutors charge captured former Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife with torture conspiracy, alleging electrocution, beatings and simulated drowning of political opponents.
American allegedly shocked, forcibly injected
Source: Axios
October 8, 2026
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