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Protesters are arrested by federal agents near the scene where Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by an ICE officer last January in Minneapolis.
Adam Gray
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ICE plans to outfit officers with electric shock gloves
Meg Anderson
The company that makes the gloves, Compliant Technologies, says they're a nonlethal tool to make individuals compliant during arrests.
Democratic strategist reflects on Wisconsin and Minnesota primaries
Linah Mohammad, Juana Summers, Patrick Jarenwattananon
President Donald Trump holds up a printout of one of his Truth Social posts before signing an executive order that calls for changing the childhood vaccine schedule on August 10, 2026. He is facing a lawsuit over a service offering early access to his Truth Social feed for up to $100,000 a month.
Anna Moneymaker
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Trump sued over service selling faster access to Truth Social posts
Bobby Allyn
Children wait outside of an immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on July 31, 2026 in New York City.
Michael M. Santiago
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Controversial group wins $158M-contract to represent unaccompanied immigrant children
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Texas Standard
Border wall construction threatens access to site of 1918 massacre in West Texas
Descendants fear new construction could cut off access to the West Texas site where Texas Rangers, U.S. soldiers and local ranchers killed 15 Mexican Americans.
Corpus Christi puts industrial water charge on November ballot
Tesla and SpaceX to construct massive microchip factory in Grimes County
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