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Exclusive: Iranian girls killed by ‘double-tap’ strikes on Minab school Eyewitnesses describe second blast which killed survivors as they sheltered in prayer hall

The girls’ school in Iran, where 165 people were killed by an apparent US-Israeli attack, was hit with two strikes, with the second missile killing sheltering survivors, two first responders and the parent of a slain child have told Middle East Eye.

Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

An incredibly talented team of my colleagues at @propublica.org have created a searchable database of Trump's team financial disclosures, to help explore potential conflicts of interest: projects.propublica.org/trump-team-f...

Trump mulls Noem firing Trump has quietly asked Hill Republicans if he should fire Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

Trump has quietly asked Hill Republicans if he should fire Noem, the latest sign of her tenuous standing inside the West Wing, @bresreports.bsky.social @andrewdesiderio.bsky.social @jakesherman.bsky.social report. punchbowl.news/article/bord...

ICE taking steps to close detention center at Fort Bliss, document shows Preparations to shutter Camp East Montana in El Paso come less than eight months after facility’s opening, according to an internal ICE document.

ICE taking steps to close detention center at Fort Bliss, document shows

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Some Minneapolis council members critical of MPD reaction or inaction to ICE agents Police chief Brian O’Hara said he’s mostly pleased with how the department performed during the months-long ICE enforcement surge. However, some council members pushed back on that assessment.

The toll of the surge includes two fatal shootings, one non-fatal shooting and 12 vehicle collisions between federal agents and members of the public. (4) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Some Minneapolis council members critical of MPD reaction or inaction to ICE agents Police chief Brian O’Hara said he’s mostly pleased with how the department performed during the months-long ICE enforcement surge. However, some council members pushed back on that assessment.

O’Hara said his department hasn’t submitted any cases against federal agents to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, but they have asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for the identity of two agents involved in a possible misdemeanor assault. (3) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Some Minneapolis council members critical of MPD reaction or inaction to ICE agents Police chief Brian O’Hara said he’s mostly pleased with how the department performed during the months-long ICE enforcement surge. However, some council members pushed back on that assessment.

O’Hara said a supervisor tried to coordinate with federal agents on crowd control but was rebuffed.

“However we feel about federal law enforcement, they are a lawful government agency...We can not prevent them from enforcing federal law in the city.” (2) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Some Minneapolis council members critical of MPD reaction or inaction to ICE agents Police chief Brian O’Hara said he’s mostly pleased with how the department performed during the months-long ICE enforcement surge. However, some council members pushed back on that assessment.

Minneapolis Council Member Aisha Chughtai to Chief Brian O'Hara: “You show up to the scene and you see federal agents pointing their weapons at people, and you don’t feel a duty to protect the residents of this community and instead choose to leave the scene?” (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Florence ICE detainee dead after tooth infection, Chandler official says A Haitian asylum seeker held for four months at Florence Correctional Center died Monday at a Scottsdale hospital due to complications from an infected tooth, a local official in Chandler

Haitian asylum seeker Emmanuel Damas, 56, died at a Scottsdale, AZ hospital Monday, while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, after struggling to receive timely care for a worsening toothache: @tucson.com tucson.com/news/local/b...

‘Winning hearts and minds’: How protest signs shaped the anti-ICE movement in Minnesota Minnesota has seen an explosion of art made in response to ICE’s presence. Perhaps more than any other art form, artists and designers have made protest posters and signs en masse. “There’s never been...

The artists started “Landscapes of Grief,” a project to create altars where federal agents have killed or taken Minnesotans... Anyone is welcome to leave a written or audio offering sharing a memory or story “to honor what, and who, we’ve lost..." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Minnesotan killed in airstrike while serving in Kuwait was just days from returning home Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor was just days away from returning home to her husband and two children in Minnesota when a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait killed her and five other U.S. service ...

Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor was just days away from returning home to her husband and two children in Minnesota when a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait killed her and five other U.S. service members.

Two federal judges rebuke Minnesota U.S. Attorney after ICE fails to follow court orders A federal judge in St. Paul ordered Minnesota’s U.S. attorney to court over DHS’s failure to return property to unlawfully detained immigrants, as another judge rebuked his office.

Minnesota U.S. Attorney Dan Rosen is in St. Paul federal court this morning along with his acting civil division chief David Fuller. Judge Jeffery Bryan ordered them to appear & explain why they shouldn’t be held in civil or criminal contempt... www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Family mourns two brothers killed in north Minneapolis shooting Loved ones remembered two brothers killed in a family shooting, describing them as caring uncles and devoted students.

Dozens gathered at a vigil in north Minneapolis Monday to remember two brothers shot and killed last week. According to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, 23-year-old Akwame Stewart and 14-year-old Xavier Barnett were both killed by a cousin.

Thomson Reuters criticized by some Minnesota employees over its ICE contract Workers at the company’s Eagan campus pressed their concerns to executives, including over potential misuse of license plate data, during Twin Cities immigration surge.

"Law enforcement users of CLEAR get access to Motorola’s network, which includes more than 25 billion commercial license plate sighting records collected over 15 years, according to an internal Thomson Reuters document.
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Noem defends her portrayal of killed Minneapolis protesters as agitators, in her Senate hearing It was Noem’s first congressional appearance since the shooting deaths of the two protesters galvanized widespread opposition to how the Trump administration is executing its mass deportation agenda.

Noem said ICE agents "are facing a serious and escalating threat as a result of deliberate mischaracterizations of their heroic work and rhetoric that demonizes our law enforcement.”

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Sharp: “This is a patient who was in active psychosis without decision-making capacity...who cannot advocate for themselves. Our understanding is that this is someone who didn't even know who they are, where they are, or even what ICE was in the moment that they were discharged.”

Tillis to Noem: "A 14 month old dog is basically a teenager in dog years. You decided to kill that dog bc you hadn't invested the appropriate training, then you have the audacity to write a book & say it's a leadership lesson! ... Those are bad decisions not unlike what happened in Minneapolis"

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) is up, pressing Noem on all the constitutional violations she's overseen in Minnesota.

She gets Noem to give a # of federal immigration enforcement officers still in the state: close to 650, she says.

So not down to 150, which Homan said he would do weeks ago.

Parents Tried to Shield Their Children From Vaccines. Instead They Got Measles.

Impeccable headline writing here.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.

For those looking for additional data points about what's happening with immigration enforcement in Minnesota and other states, our habeas case tracker has just been updated. TLDR new cases have dropped: projects.propublica.org/habeas-track...

As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.

Since it seems like we're on newspaper opinion section discourse again: They are a vestigial limb of a time that's long over. Opinion is *everywhere* now, the water we all swim in. And, frankly, we've become so media illiterate now that opinion's existence does lasting harm to the reporting work.

(My) pictures never do it justice. But don't miss out on tonight's sunset, Minneapolis.

NEW: Four federal judges have formed a firewall against ICE in West Virginia — and say they’ll punish state and federal officials of they continue detaining people in ways they have ruled illegal and unconstitutional.

www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Polymarket Iran Bets Hit $529 Million as New Wallets Draw Notice As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes — were cashing in. Almost immediately, blockchain sleuths began hunting for unusual patterns in recent bets.

As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes — were cashing in

X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israel’s Attack on Iran WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.

“Almost all of the most viral posts reviewed by WIRED on Saturday came from accounts with blue check marks, meaning they…could be eligible to earn money based on how much engagement their posts generate, even if the content is false.”

From @davidgilbert.bsky.social

Layoffs at the Washington Post. “Our leadership destroyed our brand.”

"Among the journalists losing their jobs are...Nilo Tabrizy, who just last week was given a laurel by CJR for deeply personal, effective coverage of the events unfolding in Iran.. along with the full lineup of correspondents and editors covering the Middle East." www.cjr.org/news/layoffs...

The judges in WV have seen enough.

They say that if the ICE continues detaining people in ways they have unanimously deemed illegal they will start issuing civil fines and contempt findings — including against state officials who help them carry it out.

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Federal agents must unmask, wear bodycams and identify themselves in Mankato The Mankato City Council approved an emergency ordinance prohibiting law enforcement officers from wearing masks this week. The new law also requires officers to identify themselves upon request, wear...

The emergency ordinance that the Mankato City Council adopted affects all law enforcement, but council members say they created the ordinance directly in response to ICE enforcement activity in the area. The law went into effect immediately.

Pet peeve: Hosts of podcasts meant to provide political analysis who say they avoid listening to major speeches, which they're then analysing for all of us who actually listened to the speech.