Assessing Elon Musk’s Misleading Claims About Fraud in Government Spending
The world’s richest man made inaccurate claims about entitlement fraud, how a government payment system works and government survey costs.
Illegal Immigration
Trump Deportation Fight Reaches Supreme Court
The Trump administration asked the justices to allow it to use a wartime law to continue deportations of Venezuelans with little or no due process.
A Video From Tufts Captures the Fear and Aggression in Trump’s Crackdown
The tactics on display in the arrest of Rumeysa Ozturk were not new — plainclothes officers, faces obscured — but as ICE actions ramp up, scrutiny may increase.
Musk Targeted FEMA. Disaster-Stricken Communities Are Paying a Price.
A FEMA funding freeze illustrates the extraordinary power of Elon Musk and DOGE, who have made claims of undue benefits for undocumented immigrants and spurred swift action by federal officials.
What Is the Secrecy Power Trump’s Aides Are Using to Stonewall a Federal Judge?
The administration is invoking an extraordinary national security power, the state secrets privilege, under highly unusual circumstances.
In Aurora, Colo., a Split Over the Biggest Threat to the City: Migrants or Trump?
President Trump has made Colorado’s third-largest city synonymous with the supposed scourge of Venezuelan gangs, but some wonder if his immigration raids are damaging the city more than the migrants ever did.
Venezuela Accepts Flight Carrying Deportees From U.S. for First Time in Weeks
The Venezuelan government had come under intense pressure from the Trump administration to resume accepting deportation flights.
The Trump administration moved to end a program for migrants from 4 Caribbean and Latin American nations.
By the end of 2024, more than 500,000 migrants had entered the United States through the initiative, known as the C.H.N.V. program.
Trump Fires Nearly the Entire Civil Rights Branch of D.H.S.
The move guts the office responsible for oversight over President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Trump’s Deportation Agenda Expands to Legal Immigrants and Tourists
U.S. border officials are using more aggressive tactics at ports of entry as the administration scrutinizes green card and visa holders who have expressed opposition to its policies.