Civil rights groups sue ICE over conditions at the country’s largest immigration detention camp, in Texas, where three detainees have died and inspectors logged nearly 50 violations.
ICE arrests six protesters outside Newark’s Delaney Hall as detainees report being pepper-sprayed and beaten inside during a 300-person hunger strike.
CBP detains pregnant Ghanaian woman and her 4-year-old son at Dulles for over a week after she arrived on a tourist visa for the boy’s medical care.
U.S. kills two in second Pacific drug-boat strike in two days, raising campaign death toll to at least 196.
Ten ICE detainees have died by suicide since Trump returned to office, AP investigation finds, as detention population spiked 50% to 60,000.
ICE denies Governor Sherrill entry to Newark’s Delaney Hall and pepper-sprays protesters on Memorial Day, fourth day of 300-detainee hunger strike.
Pope Leo’s first encyclical condemns AI militarization with Pentagon-blacklisted Anthropic co-founder Olah beside him at the Vatican.
HUD strips emotional support animals from disability protections in housing, reversing first Trump administration guidance and threatening thousands of tenants with eviction.
USCIS forces visa holders seeking green cards to leave the U.S. and apply from abroad, ending longstanding practice used by roughly 1 million annually.
Treasury lifts sanctions on UN Palestinian rights rapporteur Francesca Albanese a week after federal judge ruled they violated her First Amendment rights.
Chula Vista police sought court order to remove guns from San Diego mosque shooter’s home 16 months before attack, citing Nazi idolization.
Nine doctors warn 23-year-old Guatemalan woman in El Paso ICE detention urgently needs ovarian surgery she was scheduled for days before Operation Metro Surge arrest.
Jewish woman married to Black man sues whites-only Arkansas Ozarks community for denying her land purchase under Fair Housing Act.
ICE tightens access to overcrowded Arizona holding facility on second surprise oversight visit, requiring 24-hour notice for congressional staff and barring Mesa councilmember.
Iowa Gov. Reynolds signs laws requiring in-person abortion pill prescriptions, parental consent for HPV vaccines, and shielding providers who deny care for religious or moral reasons.
Colorado Supreme Court orders Children’s Hospital to resume gender-affirming care for 800 minors after hospital cut access citing federal funding threats.
JAMA study finds miscarriage patients in 14 abortion-ban states get less effective treatment as doctors avoid mifepristone over criminal liability fears.
Trump administration raises refugee ceiling from 7,500 to 17,500 to admit more white South Africans while keeping other vulnerable populations excluded.
Texas AG Paxton forces Texas Children’s Hospital to open nation’s first ‘detransition clinic,’ pay $10 million, and fire five doctors over gender-affirming care.
911 call obtained this week reveals ICE pepper-sprayed 47 detainees in February in enclosed Mesa room designed for two dozen, sending one detainee to the ER.
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration’s sanctions against UN expert on Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese, finding likely First Amendment violation over her criticism of Israel.
US deportations to El Salvador nearly double to 5,033 in first three months of 2026 as Bukele aligns with Trump immigration agenda.
Sixth Circuit becomes third appeals court to block mandatory detention for longtime undocumented residents, deepening 3-2 split likely headed to Supreme Court.
ProPublica documents 79 children harmed by federal tear gas and pepper spray during Trump immigration crackdown across multiple cities.
Tennessee passes US House map dismantling state’s last majority-Black district eight days after Supreme Court Voting Rights Act ruling.
ATF proposes rule requiring buyers to mark biological sex on firearms forms, exposing transgender Americans to perjury charges.
GAO finds Bureau of Prisons closes 77% of sexual abuse allegations against staff inconclusively as annual complaint rate doubles to 857.
Education Department probes Smith College for admitting trans women, citing Title IX single-sex exception.
Federal judge blocks Trump termination of Temporary Protected Status for 3,235 Yemenis three days before May 4 deadline.
Flock surveillance employees accessed cameras in children’s gymnastics room and Jewish community center pool during sales demos, public records reveal, as company expands across U.S. police departments.
DHS environmental waivers allowed border wall construction to destroy 60-foot section of 1,000-year-old Hia-ced O’odham intaglio in Arizona wildlife refuge.
Federal appeals court strikes down Trump’s Day 1 “invasion” order banning asylum at the southern border, ruling only Congress can rewrite the law.
Justice Department reinstates federal executions, adds firing squad, and moves to shorten death row appeals and clemency petitions.
Trump FY2027 budget earmarks $7.5 million for ICE smart glasses with real-time biometric identification of migrants in the field.
Federal judge releases Boulder firebomber’s wife and five children held nearly a year in Texas family detention, finding political targeting by guilt-by-association.
ACLU, Amnesty International and 120 groups warn World Cup visitors of “serious risk” from Trump immigration enforcement seven weeks before tournament.
Iowa federal judge orders third bond hearing for truck driver held 10 weeks, says government wants to “whipsaw” him with retroactive mandatory detention rule.
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs law banning local DEI funding and says white men are the “disfavored” group most discriminated against.
Trump administration negotiates sending 1,100 U.S. war allies stranded in Qatar, including 400 children, to Congo after Trump halted program letting them resettle here.
DOJ indicts Southern Poverty Law Center on money laundering and wire fraud charges for paying informants inside the KKK, neo-Nazi, and white supremacist groups.
Rumeysa Ozturk returns to Turkey after receiving Tufts doctorate and settlement in which Trump administration conceded her status was lawful throughout detention.
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court strikes down state Medicaid abortion coverage ban as sex-based discrimination under state Equal Rights Amendment.
U.S. gives Cuba two-week ultimatum to release political prisoners after first U.S. government plane lands in Havana since 2016.
Texas Medical Board finds wrongdoing against three doctors in deaths of two women under state abortion ban, with punishment totaling only eight hours of continuing education.
Defense Secretary Hegseth gives Pentagon components 24 hours to terminate collective bargaining agreements across the department.
U.S. kills three in fifth Pacific boat attack in five days, pushing known death toll to 177 with no evidence of drugs.
U.S. military kills four in its 51st boat strike since September, bringing the death toll to at least 174 with no public evidence of narcotics recovered.
Appeals court blocks Judge Boasberg for a second time from investigating whether Trump officials committed contempt over Venezuela deportation flights.
Minnesota prosecutors investigate ICE agents for potential kidnapping and false imprisonment after a U.S. citizen was detained in his underwear during Operation Metro Surge.
