License plate readers. Cellphone location data. Social media monitoring. Now, real-time facial recognition on the street.
DHS is building a surveillance apparatus—and you're probably already in it.
Our latest with @france24.com:
NPR is tracking the record number of congressional lawmakers — now more than one in eight current members — who have announced plans to retire or run for a different office in 2026.
A trove of nearly 3,200 disclosure records, which ProPublica made public this week, reveals a web of financial ties between Trump officials and the industries they help regulate.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected the war against Iran was ‘not going to take years,’ as the conflict widened with Israel attacking Iran-backed Hezbollah targets in Lebanon and Iran hitting Gulf states that host US bases. Follow our live coverage: reut.rs/4tW44U6
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show became the most-watched performance in NFL history, with 4.157 billion worldwide views within the first 24 hours, according to Roc Nation, which produced the show. https://wapo.st/4rD9j9l
President Donald Trump set off another round of speculation about his mental health by mixing up his father's birthplace.
Understanding one of the world's oldest civilizations can't be achieved through a single film or book. But recent works of literature, journalism, music and film by Iranians are a powerful starting point. n.pr/4upn1Px
BREAKING: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem told Congress that “there are no plans to have ICE officers at our polling locations,” but refused to rule out the possibility when pressed by Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE).
Full story to come.
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., asked Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in an oversight hearing Tuesday how she justifies the use of $220 million to run national TV ads that feature her prominently if she's concerned with not wasting taxpayers' money. https://to.pbs.org/3OVBe6g
North Carolina students are mobilizing after Republicans moved to limit their ballot access.
The removal of early voting sites on several campuses, including the nation’s largest HBCU, has sparked organizing efforts as young voters rally to protect their right to vote.
Footage showed babies being evacuated from a hospital in Bushehr, Iran after the facility was damaged amid US-Israeli strikes. Staff and Iranian Red Crescent workers could be seen wheeling the infants needing specialised care from the neonatal unit to waiting ambulances.
⚡ Zelensky floats swapping Patriot missiles for interceptor drones amid increased Iranian Shahed threat.
"If they give them to us, we will give them interceptors. It is an equal exchange," he said.
Only one EU leader has dared to directly challenge U.S. President Donald Trump over a war against Iran, calling it unjustified, dangerous and illegal:
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
More than 220m children will be obese by 2040 without drastic action, report warns
NEW: Kansans are fighting to block a new state law that invalidates any driver’s licenses or birth certificates that don’t reflect a resident’s gender assigned at birth — a measure that deprives transgender individuals of required voter ID months before the state’s 2026 primary elections.
Flames and black smoke were seen rising from the US Consulate in Dubai after a suspected attack amid Iranian retaliation for US-Israeli strikes.
NEW: Hundreds of Democratic voters in Texas scrambled to find their correct polling places on Election Day after local Republican parties rejected a joint primary.
Democratic officials are exploring court options to extend voting hours.
The head of the Veterans Affairs Department has said that the agency needs to hire more doctors and nurses, even as President Trump seeks to shrink the federal government. But the VA has cut thousands of medical positions that were left vacant after a wave of resignations and retirements last year.
A South Carolina county is now ground zero for the largest measles outbreak since 2000. Many parents want the right to decide medical treatments for their children. But the recent contagion shows what happens when high vaccination rates — meant to keep children safe — are clipped.
Just days before the United States launched a major military operation in Iran, FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen agents and staff members from a counterintelligence unit tasked with monitoring threats from Iran, according to two sources familiar with the matter. https://cnn.it/3OKIl1o
Iran has notified UNESCO that U.S.-Israeli strikes have damaged two historical sites: Tehran’s grand bazaar and Golestan Palace, a complex in the Iranian capital known as the “Versailles of Persia."
Follow live updates: https://wapo.st/40r8B3D
SCOOP: An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations.
This surveillance can happen through all sorts of apps, such as video games, news apps, weather trackers, and dating apps.
KLOBUCHAR: Alex Pretti's parents said what you said was one of the most hurtful things they could imagine. Do you want to say anything to Alex's parents?
NOEM: I did not call him a 'domestic terrorist.' I said it 'appeared to be an incident of'
KLOBUCHAR: I think the parents saw it for what it was
SCHIFF: Don't you think in aftermath of a shooting you should provide only vetted information? How will you gain the trust of people if you're pushing out false info about the shootings of American citizens?
NOEM: I work every day to get out factual information
SCHIFF: Well, you didn't that day
I'm sorry, if you're going to make a big show about how you've got a Department of WAR helmed by a Secretary of WAR and staffed by WARfighters, it's totally inane to then claim that your massive bombing of a foreign country constitutes something other than a war.
Charlie Kirk dropped out of community college and then told millions of American youth that higher education is a liberal scam. His banner should NOT be hanging from the Dept of Education right now. Holy fuck
Chris Murphy: "It's just so disgusting to listen to the president waxing poetically about the drapes he's buying while there are six Americans who are dead. There are six families who are about to bury their children because of a war of choice that no one in this country wanted, an illegal war."
BLUMENTHAL: Is the agent who shot Ms Martinez sill on the job?
NOEM: Our officers conduct operations every day-
B: Is he still on the job carrying a gun?
N: I dunno
B: Would you agree he shouldn't be?
N: I'll get back to you
B: I think Americans would find it absolutely terrifying if he is
After four days of hesitating, the president of France has joined the prime minister of Spain in saying that the 🇺🇸🇮🇱 attack on Iran is a violation of international law.
But they are still the only 2 EU leaders to have done so. Will others join?
Americans watched as federal agents killed two Minnesotans.
Now their families have to watch Kristi Noem continue to lie about it.
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