Lynn Dombek

I Started Covering the COVID-19 Crisis in Albany, Georgia. This Moment Made Me Realize There Was a Bigger Story to Tell. The virus had killed about 38 people, most of them Black, by April 2020. But when a white judge died, local officials made sure to announce her name.

COVID-19 had killed about 38 people, most of them Black, in Albany, Georgia, by April 2020.

But when a white judge died, local officials made sure to announce her name.

(Published Dec. 2025)

Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change

Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...

Important thread 👇

A focus on growth as measured by the gross domestic product has resulted in significant damage to the natural world: new report from IPBES www.ipbes.net/node/97532

Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

“To this day, I don’t know what we did wrong to be detained.” ... “I feel like I’ll never get out of here. I just ask that you don’t forget about us.” Absolutely gutting reporting from @micarosenberg.bsky.social and @propublica.org team. www.propublica.org/article/life...

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

Ruth Marcus on today's devastating cuts at the Washington Post:

"Today, people in war zones are getting e-mails telling them that their positions have been eliminated. And you know what? I bet they’re gonna file stories, because that’s what we do. It’s what we’ve always done."

The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...

Remember that midnight raid in Chicago supposedly to arrest Tren del Aragua members? Newly revealed court docs show that the raid was facilitated by the building owners who are now accused of using the raid to evict tenants. DHS never mentions TDA in their filings: www.propublica.org/article/chic...

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

1/ BREAKING: Government documents reviewed by ProPublica identify Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez, 35, as the two who fired their weapons during the deadly encounter with Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

‘We all have to be brave’: Meet the woman whose video of Alex Pretti’s killing contradicted the administration’s claims | CNN Stella Carlson had no way of knowing Saturday that she would soon watch a man die — or that her video of that fatal incident would serve as a crucial counter to the Trump administration’s initial effo...

www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...

The Mainers detained by ICE What we know about the people swept up in a federal immigration crackdown.

www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/t...

Maine’s first turtle tunnel is working An underpass installed beneath a busy stretch of road in Eliot has led to “a substantial reduction in turtle mortalities."

Great to see when conservation of open spaces works in concert with community development. Good news reporting from Chris D'Angelo at the @themainemonitor.org themainemonitor.org/turtle-tunne...

ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.

No known criminal history, filed request for asylum, yet car window smashed with glass shattering on baby inside. reporting from @pressherald.com www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...

FBI’s Search of Georgia Election Center Is “Dangerous,” Experts Warn The search warrant, which sought 2020 election ballots, tabulator tapes, digital data and voter rolls from Fulton County, marked what experts described as a significant escalation in President Donald ...

"This is not legitimate. This is Donald Trump's obsession with losing the 2020 election." @dougbockclark.bsky.social @jenafifield.bsky.social for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...

'Poorly trained, overwhelmed and inexperienced': Who are the newest ICE agents? The number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has doubled over the past year -- driven by a massive recruitments campaign. Who the new recruits are and how they’re being trained.

I was on @wbur.org's On Point today, discussing what I witnessed the past few days while reporting on ICE raids for @propublica.org in Minnesota www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026...

I’ve been in Minneapolis the last few days reporting on the ICE raids happening across the city. This morning federal agents shot and killed a man, identified by the AP as Alex Pretti. This marks the third shooting by federal agents since Operation Metro Surge started in Minnesota last month.

Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis

Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..”

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...

ANOTHER ANGLE: the original video was deleted but I screen capped it. Here it is.

bsky.app/profile/muel...

Live: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, police chief says A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.

He is dead www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Masked agents detain civil engineer in Portland The man is in the U.S. on a work visa after receiving a master’s degree. Agents left his car running in the street with a smashed window.

At least the third person forcibly detained in Maine whom news outlets have found no criminal record. "In less than two minutes they smashed his window and dragged him out of the car. He was compliant. He wasn't resisting." From @themainemonitor.org
themainemonitor.org/masked-agent...

A man's suit lapel with two pins on it. One is the DOJ seal, the other is in the shape of a thumbs-up and says "Trump" on it.

A billionaire known as “Bitcoin Jesus” was under indictment for massive criminal tax fraud and very likely going to prison.

Then, he hired a “Friend of Trump” and the criminal charges disappeared.

How did they do it? Avi Asher-Schapiro and I spent months getting the inside story.

Mother of 4 detained in Portland as ICE activity ramps up in Maine Agents followed the woman home after she dropped off a child at school, a daughter said.

A woman with no criminal record and pending asylum case arrested by ICE after dropping children at school. Reporting from @themainemonitor.org themainemonitor.org/mother-of-4-...

Newly available videos and existing footage synchronized and assessed by The New York Times provide a frame-by-frame look at what led to Renee Good being shot and killed by an ICE officer in Minneapolis. Watch our visual investigation. trib.al/dJBtpjH

Incredible story.

We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...

Immigration agents are choking people in America's streets & using tactics against their own policy/training. Many LEO agencies have banned their use

A Colombian TikToker. An ICU nurse. A father holding his child.

A 16-year-old citizen

DHS calls this "utmost professionalism"

w/ @mckenziefunk.com

Trump Says Civil Rights Led to White People Being ‘Very Badly Treated’

When asked whether protections that began in the 1960s, spurred by the passage of the Civil Rights Act, had resulted in discrimination against white men, Mr. Trump said he believed “a lot of people were very badly treated.” @nytimes.com

MacKenzie Scott Donates $45 Million to the Trevor Project Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group that the organization calls “transformational.”

Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group that the organization calls “transformational.” www.wired.com/story/macken...