Many journalists say they want to write long-form narratives. Fine, but how about short-form narratives? The events chronicled in two recent Los Angeles Times Column Ones unfold in minutes. In 991 words, Steve Fisher takes us inside a drone command center. 🧵 latimes.com/world-nation/s…

In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court's handling of Trump cases nbcnews.com/politics/supre…

Join us Sept 25 at Busboys and Poets in DC for what is sure to be a great discussion between Greg and Ryan Grim about Greg's book, "America, América"! cepr.net/events/greg-gr…

Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers The move to treat criminals as if they were wartime combatants escalated an administration pattern of using military force for law enforcement tasks at home and abroad. gift link in reply

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A U.S. drone taxies on the runway of the Rafael Hernandez Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, September 4, 2025. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo

WASHINGTON - The U.S. has ordered the deployment of 10 F-35 fighter jets to a Puerto Rico airfield to conduct operations against drug cartels, two sources briefed on the matter said, in a move likely to further inflame tensions in the region.

Wild story of how Trump ordered a SEAL raid into North Korea in 2019 to plant a listening device. The SEALs killed everyone on a board a boat that they thought had spotted them, sunk the boat & bodies, and aborted. And Congress was told of none of this. nytimes.com/2025/09/05/us/…

UPDATE: An excruciatingly long ICE Air flight kept individuals on board shackled for roughly 50 hours. In total, the flight made 6 deportation stops, including Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.

Three Guatemalan Human Smugglers Charged in U.S. for 2021 Mass Casualty Event in Chiapas, Mexico, Extradited from Guatemala justice.gov/opa/pr/three-g…

NEW: This morning the Trump admin put out the Federal Register notice terminating the 2021 TPS designation for Venezuela. It is set to end 60 days from Monday, or Friday, November 7. This termination brings the number of people Trump has stripped TPS from to at least 1 million.

In total, Trump has stripped, or moved to strip, temporary protected status from over: - 605,000 Venezuelans - 330,700 Haitians - 51,200 Hondurans - 8,100 Afghans - 7,100 Nepalese - 4,900 Cameroonians - 2,900 Nicaraguans That's not even counting parole terminations.

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Nearly 500 people were arrested as part of an immigration raid at a Hyundai Motor battery plant under construction in Georgia. More than 300 were South Korean nationals, according to an official from the country. wsj.com/us-news/u-s-ar…

NEW: The Trump administration warned in immigration court on Thursday that if Abrego Garcia’s recent attempt to open an asylum case in the US is successful, officials will seek to deport him back to El Salvador, according to a copy of the filing obtained by the NYT.

More than 2,000 people have been killed following a deadly earthquake in Afghanistan. The Taliban have imposed rules that make it difficult for female aid workers to help with rescue efforts. They must ensure that women are involved in all relief work.

BREAKING: Judge Chen has blocked the Trump administration from canceling protected status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans and Haitians. Chen found both decisions were preordained, with baseless pretextual explanations. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

BREAKING: A federal judge blocks the Trump administration's ending of legal protections for 1.1 million Venezuelans and Haitians. apnews.com/article/immigr…

Trump, as he closes his remarks about the Pentagon's new name, says: "I'm going to let these people go back to the Department of War and figure out how to maintain peace."

🚨NEW: Reversing *generations* of practice, the Board of Immigration Appeals gives ICE exactly what it demanded, ruling that any undocumented immigrant who entered illegally is categorically ineligible to ask a judge for bond — expanding mandatory detention by millions of people.