Federal immigration agents have jailed at least 506 American citizens since January 2025.
The Department of Homeland Security says it is “NOT arresting U.S. citizens by mistake.”
ProPublica confirmed every one of them, at least 70 children among them. Thirty-six were held a day or longer without reaching a lawyer or their families, and about a dozen were forced out of their own country.
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Trump tells cheering Nebraska rally to let Iran "take out" Los Angeles and San Diego, "a small price to pay" for keeping the country safe.
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US official says Iran-linked plot targeting Britain's RAF Fairford aimed to kill as many American troops as possible, and UK police arrest a seventh suspect.
Source: CBS News
October 6, 2026
Trump meets Tina Peters, the former Colorado county clerk convicted in an election equipment breach, to discuss federal involvement in midterms, a former Justice Department lawyer says.
Source: Colorado Newsline
October 6, 2026
Texas utility regulators sue to keep data centers' counties secret, citing terrorism, after Attorney General Paxton's office twice ruled the records public.
Source: The Texas Tribune
October 6, 2026
Army schedules Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution for Dec. 3 at the base where he killed 13, a day after Trump's approval.
Source: KHOU Houston
October 6, 2026
US military confines Okinawa troops to base for 48 hours and imposes a monthlong curfew after a Marine's arrest in a Japanese woman's killing.
Source: The Independent
October 6, 2026
Former senior CIA official pleads guilty to stealing about $194 million through fake government entities, buying 298 gold bars and luxury real estate.
Source: UPI
October 6, 2026
Lawyers for ex-Olympian David Hearn ask Justice and Interior department watchdogs to investigate his Reflecting Pool prosecution, days after a judge permanently dismissed it.
Source: The Hill
October 6, 2026
Supreme Court Justice Alito, 76, rules out retiring in the lame-duck Senate session, saying he'll serve through at least next summer even if Democrats win the chamber.
Source: CNBC
October 6, 2026
Attorneys say Christa Pike is conscious but shackled to her hospital bed a week after surviving two rounds of Tennessee's lethal injection.
Source: WBIR Knoxville
October 6, 2026
Arlington, Virginia, man left with a brain hemorrhage after an August ICE arrest files a $35 million claim against DHS, the first step toward suing.
Source: WUSA Washington
October 6, 2026
Federal court abruptly cancels hearing for mistakenly deported Kilmar Ábrego Garcia over sending him to Liberia, though Costa Rica agreed to take him.
Source: NBC News
October 6, 2026
ICE knew an Army study found shock gloves cause intense pain and fear before signing a $16.7 million deal for 6,000 pairs, records show.
Source: The Associated Press
October 6, 2026
ProPublica review finds immigration agents detained 506 US citizens since January 2025, including at least 70 children, as DHS denies arresting citizens by mistake.
Source: ProPublica
October 6, 2026
Cornell trustees hire former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates to review the school's response to an alleged fraternity gang rape, a day after thousands marched.
Source: WABC New York
October 6, 2026
White House says Trump's pledge to fund his ads through super PAC MAGA Inc. won't repay the at least $11 million taxpayers already spent.
Source: Axios
October 6, 2026
New York Mayor Mamdani starts moving 10,000-plus low-income children off the city's child care voucher waitlist after 15 months frozen, with families paying nothing.
Source: AM New York
October 6, 2026
NAACP launches a legal hub to take voter intimidation to court as the Justice Department plans 1,000-plus poll monitors.
Source: The Washington Post [gift link]
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