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What Happened Today – August 20, 2026

New York State Capitol building in Albany with its front plaza on a clear day

The New York State Capitol in Albany, where the FBI said a local woman who pledged allegiance to ISIS planned a bombing while senators met inside. (Official New York State photo)

ICE’s own emails now confirm it let Iran’s government edit America’s deportation lists. “Per request from the Iran Embassy [sic] I added a few cases,” one official wrote before the first of three flights that returned more than 100 Iranians. Detainees had sworn in court that Iranian officials somehow knew the details of their asylum … Read more

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