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“Una pesadilla americana”: Tres hombres deportados al CECOT y sus familiares relatan el calvario que vivieron durante meses.

Durante meses, Carmen, Lina y Doris esperaron noticias sobre sus seres queridos, enviados a una prisión de máxima seguridad en El Salvador por la administración Trump. Ahora que las familias se han reunido, relatan el daño que sufrieron.

Caras ensangrentadas, lágrimas de niños: agentes de inmigración rompen ventanillas de autos para agilizar las detenciones

Hemos documentado casi 50 casos de agentes de inmigración que destrozaron ventanillas de autos para realizar detenciones, una táctica que, según los especialistas, rara vez se utilizaba antes de la llegada de Trump al poder. ICE afirma que sus agentes usan una “fuerza mínima”. Saque sus propias conclusiones.

“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal

For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, they open up about the harm they experienced.

These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency.

Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards, loans and other products to the agency.

Trump’s War on Big Law Means It’s Harder to Challenge the Administration

Some of America’s largest law firms are refusing to take pro bono and paid legal work from groups that seek to hold the government to account on issues like environmental protection, LGBTQ+ rights and police accountability.

Locked Out

Are You a Public Housing Resident Behind on Rent? Received an Eviction Notice? Here’s What to Know in Maine.

If you’re one of 1.6 million people living in public housing nationally, you have special protections meant to prevent low-income tenants from being evicted when they fall behind on rent. We created a guide to the process.

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The Trump Administration Is Promoting Its Anti-Trans Agenda Globally at the United Nations

U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents during forums on topics as varied as women’s rights, science and technology, global health, toxic pollution and chemical waste.

Locked Out

A Maine Woman Paid Her Back Rent. Her Record Still Says She Was Evicted.

Repayment plans are supposed to help public housing tenants avoid eviction. In Maine, these deals have put evictions on their permanent records, even if they’ve fulfilled all the terms and were never actually evicted.

Local Reporting Network

“You Feel Like You’re Being Cheated”: Oil Companies Unfairly Take Millions, North Dakota Mineral Owners Say

Oil companies are holding back a large portion of revenue payments to the people they lease drilling rights from, often with little explanation. But the industry has an outsize influence in the state, and public officials have refused to take action.

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The IRS Says Churches Can Now Endorse Candidates. That Could Give Texas Pastors More Power Than Ever.

While the IRS move applies across the country, Texas — with more than 200 megachurches — will be the epicenter for pastors and congregations to test out their new influence, one expert said.

Zero Trust

Microsoft Used China-Based Engineers to Support Product Recently Hacked by China

Microsoft announced that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities in its popular SharePoint software but didn’t mention that it has long used China-based engineers to maintain the product.

Alaska Ignored Warning Signs of a Budget Crisis. Now It Doesn’t Have Funding to Fix Crumbling Schools.

Lawmakers only budgeted $40 million of the nearly $800 million that districts say is needed to fix and maintain schools to keep them safe and operating. Gov. Mike Dunleavy then vetoed more than two-thirds of that.

Local Reporting Network

Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests

We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.” You can judge for yourself.

Trump Administration Halted Lawsuits Targeting Civil Rights Abuses of Prisoners and Mentally Ill People

The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division had brought lawsuits accusing Louisiana of confining prisoners longer than they should and South Carolina of keeping mentally ill people in unreasonably restrictive group homes. Both cases are now on hold.

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