<p>Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court.</p><p>The cases, known as habeas petitions, total more than were filed under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/habeas-petitions-immigrant-detentions-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/habeas-petitions-immigrant-detentions-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hab</span><span class="invisible">eas-petitions-immigrant-detentions-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a></p>
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<p>Three U.S. senators have called for an overhaul of federal agents’ use of tear gas and pepper spray, citing a ProPublica investigation that found at least 79 children were hurt by these chemicals during Trump’s immigration crackdown.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-demand-reforms-tear-gas-children?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-demand-reforms-tear-gas-children?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/law</span><span class="invisible">makers-demand-reforms-tear-gas-children?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#Protest</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p>
<p>Testing done by The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found signs of hemp in marijuana vapes sold at dispensaries.</p><p>In a private meeting, one regulator said the extent of suspicious transactions would “explode your minds.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/colorado-marijuana-regulators-meeting-illegal-hemp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/colorado-marijuana-regulators-meeting-illegal-hemp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/col</span><span class="invisible">orado-marijuana-regulators-meeting-illegal-hemp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/colorado/" rel="tag">#Colorado</a> <a href="/tags/denver/" rel="tag">#Denver</a> <a href="/tags/marijuana/" rel="tag">#Marijuana</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/hemp/" rel="tag">#Hemp</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a><br><br>Welcome! This is Despi, the local moderator of the vsme.cc instance and a journalist for Media GOLOS. <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/vsme.cc/blobcatpeek.png" class="emoji" alt=":blobcatpeek:" title=":blobcatpeek:">. You might have known me by slightly different names before, but what's past, remains in the past. <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/vsme.cc/blobCatAnon.png" class="emoji" alt=":blobCatAnon:" title=":blobCatAnon:"><br><br>I'm a <a href="/tags/nonbinary/" rel="tag">#nonbinary</a> <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> (they/she) <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/vsme.cc/neodog_flag_trans.png" class="emoji" alt=":neodog_flag_trans:" title=":neodog_flag_trans:"> pandemisexual :verifiedmlm:, with a little spice of <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#autism</a> and <a href="/tags/adhd/" rel="tag">#adhd</a> (possibly<img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/vsme.cc/autism_wheel.png" class="emoji" alt=":autism_wheel:" title=":autism_wheel:">). I'm interested in <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> (especially "RSFSR-RF"), <a href="/tags/coding/" rel="tag">#coding</a> (<a href="https://vsme.cc/tags/python;" rel="nofollow">#python;</a> looking for a job from Ukraine!), and previously <a href="/tags/psychology/" rel="tag">#psychology</a> and <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a>. I love <a href="/tags/gaming/" rel="tag">#gaming</a> and old tech.<br><br>I own a Nokia E72, C5-00, and 3600 Slide.<br>Soon I will get Dell G3-3590 (16 DDR4/512 SSD, GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max Q 6GB).</p>
<p>NEW: EmblemHealth has agreed to a $2.5 million settlement with the New York attorney general’s office after failing to correct provider directory errors that made it more difficult for customers to get mental health care.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/emblem-health-ghost-network-settlement-mental-health?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=2-19" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/emblem-health-ghost-network-settlement-mental-health?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=2-19"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/emb</span><span class="invisible">lem-health-ghost-network-settlement-mental-health?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=2-19</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/newyork/" rel="tag">#NewYork</a> <a href="/tags/insurance/" rel="tag">#Insurance</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a></p>
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<p>“No One Is Watching”: How Trump Reversed Biden’s Crackdown on Gun Trafficking<br>---</p><p>After Biden clamped down on the flow of illegal guns, Trump has referred fewer ATF trafficking charges for prosecution, eased up on irresponsible gun shops and shifted hundreds of ATF agents to immigration work.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/how-trump-reversed-biden-gun-crackdown-atf?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/how-trump-reversed-biden-gun-crackdown-atf?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/how</span><span class="invisible">-trump-reversed-biden-gun-crackdown-atf?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#Guns</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/atf/" rel="tag">#ATF</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a></p>
<p>NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back</p><p>An <a href="/tags/oklahoma/" rel="tag">#Oklahoma</a> law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. </p><p>Why are nearly all of them still in prison?</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/okl</span><span class="invisible">ahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#crime</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#criminaljustice</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#domesticviolence</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#justice</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#women</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#courts</a></p>
<p>NEW: If Attorney General Pam Bondi’s team wins this case, thousands of immigrant moms and dads could be exposed to deportation for minor involvement in the juvenile court system, a new realm for President Trump’s deportation regime.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-immigration-deportation-family-court-sotero-mendoza-rivera" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-immigration-deportation-family-court-sotero-mendoza-rivera"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-immigration-deportation-family-court-sotero-mendoza-rivera</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#deportation</a> <a href="/tags/pambondi/" rel="tag">#PamBondi</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#courts</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#criminaljustice</a></p>
<p>A push for more transparency on drug labels.</p><p>Clearer guidance for doctors in Texas on how to legally provide abortions.</p><p>Here’s a look at some recent impact from our newsroom.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-investigations-february-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/propublica-investigations-february-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pro</span><span class="invisible">publica-investigations-february-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#Nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>Several high-ranking federal election officials attended a summit last week at which prominent activists who worked to overturn Trump’s loss in the 2020 election pressed for the president to declare a national emergency to take over the midterms.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/election-denier-summit-trump-midterms?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/election-denier-summit-trump-midterms?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ele</span><span class="invisible">ction-denier-summit-trump-midterms?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/midterms/" rel="tag">#Midterms</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>From inside a women’s prison, a domestic violence survivor began collecting other prisoners’ stories of abuse.</p><p>Their accounts helped shape a new Oklahoma law intended to reduce their sentences — but will it work?<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-survey-domestic-violence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-survey-domestic-violence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/okl</span><span class="invisible">ahoma-survivors-act-survey-domestic-violence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oklahoma/" rel="tag">#Oklahoma</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#DomesticViolence</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>ProPublica has sued the Department of Education in federal court, accusing it of withholding public records about how it’s enforcing civil rights protections for millions of U.S. students.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-office-foia-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-office-foia-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/edu</span><span class="invisible">cation-department-civil-rights-office-foia-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/foia/" rel="tag">#FOIA</a> <a href="/tags/records/" rel="tag">#Records</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/icymi/" rel="tag">#ICYMI</a>: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign, which has secretly benefited a firm with ties to Kristi Noem.</p><p>(Published Nov. 2025)<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/kri</span><span class="invisible">sti-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/kristinoem/" rel="tag">#KristiNoem</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/advertising/" rel="tag">#Advertising</a></p>
<p>RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@villebooks/116696680977806512" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@villebooks/116696680977806512"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@villebooks/11</span><span class="invisible">6696680977806512</span></a></p><p>🗨️ 👩🏽💻 The <a href="/tags/majority/" rel="tag">#majority</a> decision does not always embody what is right; that's why <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> and the needy in a <a href="/tags/society/" rel="tag">#society</a> must ALWAYS be protected - that must be the <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> for all of <a href="/tags/humanity/" rel="tag">#humanity</a>! </p><p>Ergo: There are no exceptions for rogue states!</p><p>Anyone who kills children and destroys world cultural heritage is the enemy of our species—they deserve no waste of time, resources, or thought! </p><p>No mercy for Israel! <br>Pass judgement! <br>Like in <a href="/tags/nurnberg/" rel="tag">#nurnberg</a> 1945!</p><p><a href="/tags/thehague/" rel="tag">#thehague</a><br><a href="/tags/genocide/" rel="tag">#genocide</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#palestine</a> <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#gaza</a> <a href="/tags/lebanon/" rel="tag">#lebanon</a></p>
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<p>During his reelection campaign last fall, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller said you can’t “arrest your way” out of homelessness.</p><p>But a ProPublica analysis found that under Keller, the city has increasingly jailed homeless people.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/albuquerque-homelessness-citations-surge-tim-keller?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/albuquerque-homelessness-citations-surge-tim-keller?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/alb</span><span class="invisible">uquerque-homelessness-citations-surge-tim-keller?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/albuquerque/" rel="tag">#Albuquerque</a> <a href="/tags/newmexico/" rel="tag">#NewMexico</a> <a href="/tags/homeless/" rel="tag">#Homeless</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-financial-disclosures-steve-feinberg?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-financial-disclosures-steve-feinberg?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-administration-financial-disclosures-steve-feinberg?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/finance/" rel="tag">#Finance</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a></p>
<p>NEW: Lawmaker Pushes for Ban on Special Treatment for Convicted Drug Traffickers After ProPublica Report</p><p>When Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, prison officials had the former Honduran president's ICE hold lifted and he was driven to a posh New York hotel. That “can never be allowed to happen ever again,” said Rep. Norma Torres.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-bureau-prisons-pardons-juan-orlando-hernandez-norma-torres?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-bureau-prisons-pardons-juan-orlando-hernandez-norma-torres?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-bureau-prisons-pardons-juan-orlando-hernandez-norma-torres?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/honduras/" rel="tag">#Honduras</a></p>
<p>The Navy is no longer allowed to shroud its criminal trials in secrecy and must provide public access to hearings and records, a federal judge ruled last month, the result of a yearslong lawsuit filed by ProPublica.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/navy-court-records-ruling-first-amendment?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/navy-court-records-ruling-first-amendment?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nav</span><span class="invisible">y-court-records-ruling-first-amendment?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/navy/" rel="tag">#Navy</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#Transparency</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a></p>
<p>New York Attorney General is Investigating Columbia for Allowing Predatory Doctor to See Patients Despite Warnings<br>---</p><p>In 2023, ProPublica revealed that Columbia University had ignored women who accused OB-GYN Robert Hadden of sexual assault, enabling the doctor's abuse for decades. Survivors say they hope school officials will now be held accountable.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/columbia-university-new-york-ag-investigation-robert-hadden-assault?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/columbia-university-new-york-ag-investigation-robert-hadden-assault?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/col</span><span class="invisible">umbia-university-new-york-ag-investigation-robert-hadden-assault?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/newyork/" rel="tag">#NewYork</a> <a href="/tags/nyc/" rel="tag">#NYC</a> <a href="/tags/columbia/" rel="tag">#Columbia</a> <a href="/tags/university/" rel="tag">#University</a> <a href="/tags/doctor/" rel="tag">#Doctor</a> <a href="/tags/sexualassault/" rel="tag">#SexualAssault</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>DHS Seeks Access to Massive Employment, Salary and Family Database Legally Restricted to Use in Child Support Cases<br>---</p><p>The Trump administration’s immigration enforcers are requesting unfettered access to the government’s “most powerful people-finder system,” which contains sensitive information on children and victims of domestic violence.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/dhs-trump-child-support-federal-parent-locator-service-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/dhs-trump-child-support-federal-parent-locator-service-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dhs</span><span class="invisible">-trump-child-support-federal-parent-locator-service-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#DomesticViolence</a></p>
<p>Oregon voters overwhelmingly approved limiting campaign contributions in 2020. Four years later, the Legislature finally adopted limits, but an advocate for tighter controls says recent changes render Oregon’s contribution limits “illusory.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-campaign-finance-reform-legislature-loopholes?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oregon-campaign-finance-reform-legislature-loopholes?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ore</span><span class="invisible">gon-campaign-finance-reform-legislature-loopholes?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/campaign/" rel="tag">#Campaign</a> <a href="/tags/finance/" rel="tag">#Finance</a> <a href="/tags/reform/" rel="tag">#Reform</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.<br>---</p><p>Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has also constricted the rights of pregnant women.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-ordered-c-sections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-ordered-c-sections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/flo</span><span class="invisible">rida-court-ordered-c-sections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/florida/" rel="tag">#Florida</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/pregnancy/" rel="tag">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/doctors/" rel="tag">#Doctors</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#Courts</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a></p>
<p>One man, who admitted he had entered the U.S. illegally and was ready to be deported, sat in jail for 40 days over unfounded allegations of trespassing on military land.</p><p>His case was dismissed, but federal prosecutors keep pursuing similar cases.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-military-trespassing-charges-pam-bondi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/immigration-military-trespassing-charges-pam-bondi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/imm</span><span class="invisible">igration-military-trespassing-charges-pam-bondi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#Courts</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/pambondi/" rel="tag">#PamBondi</a></p>