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NEW: Aurora Police say an ICE detention center employee shot a protester last night. She is expected to survive. 42-year-old Brandon Booth, who works for the ICE contractor GEO Group, is being held on suspicion of attempted second degree murder and other charges.

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

Yeah but didn’t you watch the Knicks close out at this random mexican restaurant in times square

LETS GO KNICKS

🚨 NEW TOOL for U.S. legal journalists ⚖️ I turned @allyjar.bsky.social's incredible crowdsourced Google doc on accessing state court records into an interactive map. Check it out and let me know about any errors, missing information, or ways I can improve this thing (link below)

The New York Police Department opens an internal investigation after video showed officers punching and kicking a man who authorities initially believed to be a suspect in a drug deal but later said was not.

Pro-Iran hackers published more than 300 emails and photos from what appears to be a personal email account for FBI Director Kash Patel, a bureau spokesperson confirms.

BREAKING Voice of America staffers say in a new lawsuit that the Trump admin and Kari Lake have “censored news coming out of Iran,” including “stories about anti-government protests” and opposition to the regime. They’ve sued over a breach of the statutorily-protected editorial firewall.

A federal judge in DC rules that Kari Lake was not lawfully appointed and that actions she took as the claimed head of USAGM "shall have no force or effect," including last August's RIFs at the Voice of America.

I interviewed an expert on what's happening with connectivity in Iran: The longest blackout in Iran's history. Thousands dead. Documentation of war crimes dependent on Starlink. A regime that uses AI's ubiquity to undermine the credibility of evidence. www.theverge.com/policy/87184...

In Minneapolis, smartphones have proven a crucial way for the public to document immigration enforcement efforts — and check the Trump administration's version of tragic events.

"Of the nearly-300 eligible RAs, 85% voted on the bargained contract, all of whom supported the agreement. SWAN bargaining committee member and Tandon senior Ollie Mundahl told WSN the union encountered 'difficult negotiations' with the university’s legal representatives on multiple instances."

In a remarkable court filing, DOJ also revealed that DOGE employees traded Social Security data on an unapproved third party server — Cloudflare — and may have sent private SSA info to a top DOGE adviser. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

A Minneapolis driver was shot and killed by ICE officer during immigration-related operation. DHS says it was a "vehicle ramming related" incident. Mayor Jacob Frey says it did not appear that the vehicle was being weaponized against the agent. nbcnews.to/4qI7AiA

An ICE agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis during an immigration-related operation, DHS says. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said it did not appear from social media video of the incident that the vehicle was being weaponized against the agent. Read more: nbcnews.to/3Nxtjv8

I've gone through this video a number of times now (hi I used to be a video editor at WaPo), and the officer pictured here, the officer who fired his weapon, and the officer walking toward the van at the end of the video all appear to be the same person. bsky.app/profile/dani...

Okay, remember in 2024 when RFK Jr. admitted he dumped a dead black bear cub in Central Park in 2014? An event that was a NY mystery for a decade? if this story has also haunted you...... I got new docs, emails, & pics about it from NYC's Dept of Parks & Rec via FOIA: www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...

BREAKING: ICE agent fatally shoots a driver after a group of people began blocking agents during an immigration-related operation in Minneapolis, DHS says.

Extremely disturbing. If this is the incident, it is inconsistent with DHS's statement.

BREAKING Zohran Mamdani has been sworn-in as the 112th Mayor of New York City.

Blank Street’s seasonal drink specials essentially being tea flavored tea and coffee flavored coffee…

Hi Shawn, I am with NBC News. Would you give me a follow back so I can DM you about this video? Are you open to sharing it/licensing it? Thanks!

New: NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch got advance notice from the Trump admin that ICE agents were about to conduct their aggressive Canal St. immigration raid — a revelation that could raise complex questions for Mamdani, who wants to as mayor keep her as PC. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/n...

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

BREAKING: Former FTC chair Lina Khan to serve as co-chair of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral transition team.

Hi @shannonhale.bsky.social, I'm with NBC News. Did you take this video yourself, and if so, will you give NBCU permission to share it on all platforms and partners, with credit to you? Thanks

Every year I write the same, slightly grimmer story 1 in 10 five years ago 1 in 9 1 in 8 1 in 7 New York public school students experienced homelessness last school year, a record high. For @citylimitsnews.bsky.social I discuss the troubling rise buff.ly/ICwJLj3

In a 161-page ruling, Federal District Court Judge William Young finds that noncitizens in the US have the same First Amendment rights as citizens, and the State and DHS secretaries violated the law by arresting and deporting pro-Palestinian protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/rec...

👀 Just Now -- President Trump in the Oval Office said a government shutdown gives his administration the power to cut benefit programs, which include Social Security and Medicare. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

State Sen Jabari Brisport says federal agents on the 10th floor “zip tied the doors closed and then used duct tape to cover any cracks for people to see.” “And then, they laughed.”

* ORACLE, SILVER LAKE, ANDREESSEN TO CONTROL TIKOK IN US: WSJ $ORCL

NEW: Senate Republicans trigger 'nuclear option,' changing rules to speed up Trump nominees The vote is 53-45, with all GOP senators voting in alignment. Details on the new rule, and what it means >> www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Weston Halsne, a fifth grade student at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, says his friend Victor was shot while lying on top of him during the shooting at their morning Mass. @kare11.bsky.social reports. bit.ly/4lMO29W

A man, near the White House, who describes himself as a "retired disabled combat veteran," after burning an American flag tells bystanders "I am being detained because I expressed my First Amendment rights."

BREAKING WSJ: The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

At a public meeting in Tucson, hundreds of people have shown up, largely to oppose a massive data center project known as “Project Blue.” Lots of shouting over the speakers. A spontaneous chant of “Where is the mayor?” just broke out. Mayor Regina Romero is not here.

BREAKING: President Trump fires the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after weak jobs report.

New: After Gaza aid flotilla volunteer & US citizen Christian Smalls was taken into Israeli custody, seven uniformed individuals beat him, choking him & kicking him in the legs, according to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. Smalls is co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union.

‘Like Dogs in Here’ — Videos Expose ICE Lock-up Inside 26 Federal Plaza www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/22/v...

“It just makes me so mad that this is happening ... I’m having to worry about child care and my job and my husband’s job.”

Shortly after President Trump was sworn in for his second term, videos of ICE raids began to surface across social media — from every corner of the U.S. nbcnews.to/44XmEAO

NEW: Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”

these videos collected and verified by @nbcnews.com represent a small fraction of many following a pattern: heavily armed authorities, little visible ID, often wearing masks while detaining people, sometimes violently, then putting them into vehicles. www.nbcnews.com/specials/tru...

NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers seek permission to file an amended complaint in his civil case in Maryland. Among other things, the amended complaint “includes Abrego Garcia's first-hand account of torture and mistreatment at CECOT…”

Already another 80,000 ballots from my post 3 minutes ago! Now we're at 667K ballots.... likely nearly two-thirds of the total vote. Mamdani *increased* his first-round lead, now to 8.4%. Now we're at: —Mamdani: 43.8% —Cuomo: 35.5% —Lander: 11.9% —Adams: 4.1%