Holy crap

With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.

Donald Trump (not Joe Biden) appointed Jerome Powell as chairman of the Federal Reserve in 2017.

Ovidio has been transferred to a secure location to kick-start his cooperation with US government that could reduce his sentence from life to 10 years. He says he will help get $80 million in assets. But who could he finger: a governor or higher? Read:↓ crashoutmedia.com/p/ovidio-kick-…

Extraordinaria la columna de hoy de Ricardo Raphael

The BBC gets on a Jordanian airplane parachuting relief into Gaza. Israel only allows the BBC to film the aid delivery but not Gaza’s physical devastation. A reminder that Israel has barred the media from entering Gaza for over a year. Reporters = transparency

Job growth has slowed a ton. But unemployment is only up slightly. A big reason why: With immigration lower, we don't need to produce as many jobs for the unemp. rate to stay steady. Jed Kolko says 86,000 is the magic number...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.

addicted to saying “it’s not looking good for Madame Bovary” as i finish each chapter

Great reporting here from Paulina Villegas & Maria Abi-Habib tracing fentanyl's route into the US, including the bribery of US border agents nytimes.com/2025/08/09/wor…

🇺🇸 Inside The Smuggling Ring Directing Fentanyl Traffic ▫New York Times reporters documented how fentanyl was concealed by Mexico’s most powerful criminal syndicate, which is adapting in the face of a crackdown by two governments ▫Paulina Villegas Maria Abi-Habib

Can't stop thinking about how emaciated this doctor looked in Anas al-Sharif's last report from Gaza City. Starving doctors trying to save the lives of starving infants.

After a brutal 2024 election and several months into rebuilding efforts, the DNC wildly trails the RNC by nearly every fundraising metric. Big donors have pulled back from giving to the party, and small donors are not growing enough to make up the gap. politico.com/news/2025/08/1…

In a 1784 letter, George Washington named Muslims among the people he hoped would find welcome in America: “If they are good workmen, they may be of Asia, Africa, or Europe. They may be Mohammedans, Jews, or Christians of any sect, or they may be Atheists.”

I want to explain in a nutshell why the US debt situation is at a very dangerous inflection point. Put simply, the US is now spending 40% more than we’re taking in. This accumulation of debt service payments has spiraled over decades and is starting to squeeze away buying power.

Trump calls off diplomatic outreach to Venezuela. With Tyler Pager & Maria Abi-Habib nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/…

New: Big investors await windfall from Trump’s Argentina bailout. The United States finalized a $20 billion lifeline for Argentina that will benefit Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s allies. w/ Maria Abi-Habib et al nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/…

El anuncio de ayer no solo llamó la atención en Argentina. Trabajé un poco en esta nota con Alan Rappeport y Maria Abi-Habib. nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/…

Kazakhastan has fought zero wars with Israel & already recognizes Israel. What would they add to the Abraham accords? The real fish to catch are Lebanon, Iran or Syria. Until the countries actually in conflict with Israel are part of the accords, Mideast peace is still far off.

My guess is that at some point in your life, you’ve been falsely accused of something, and you didn’t like it one bit. Now imagine how it feels to be a Latino U.S. citizen and worrying that someone might accuse you of being an illegal immigrant, or you might be in the wrong place