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ICE Has Stopped Paying Contractors for Detainee Medical Treatment

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This story was originally published by Popular Information, a substack publication to which you can subscribe here. During the second Trump administration, the population of migrants held at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities has exploded—from below 40,000 in January 2025 to over 73,000 today. Under the law, ICE is required to provide necessary medical care for this population. While ICE employs […]

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Congressional Compromise Bill Rejects Trump’s Worst Environmental Cuts

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This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US Senate passed a limited spending package on Thursday that will largely fund several science- and land-related agencies, including the Department of Interior, the US Forest Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the US Environmental Protection […]

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She Fought for Indigenous Voices at the UN. Now She’s in a Russian Jail Cell.

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Russian authorities have detained an Indigenous climate advocate, accusing her of participating in a terrorist organization in what international observers are calling “retribution” for her United Nations advocacy on behalf of Indigenous peoples.  Daria Egereva, an Indigenous Selkup woman from the city […]

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More Immigrants Detained by ICE Recount Harsh and Cruel Treatment

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As the Trump administration’s deportation campaign continues to bring fear and upheaval to Minneapolis, more immigrants are sharing their stories of detainment and harsh treatment when being apprehended at their homes, while driving, and at work. Tensions continue to rise as federal immigration agents target people who they claim are in the country without legal status, […]

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Top Trump Official Says FBI Won’t Investigate Killing by ICE Agent

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In an interview on Fox News Sunday, US Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told Shannon Bream that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is not, nor are they planning to, investigate Jonathan Ross—the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot and killed Renée Nicole Good in her car in Minneapolis earlier this month.  “We don’t just […]

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A Flood-Plagued African City Sets Out to Reengineer Its Wetlands

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This story was originally published by Yale e360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Maurice Manishimwe runs a small garage beside a fuel station in Musango village, just outside the Rwandan capital of Kigali, in a nation known as the land of a thousand hills. Sandwiched between one of those hills and the Nyabugogo […]

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A Wave of New Polls Shows Trump’s Support Cratering Across the Board

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As President Donald Trump wraps up the first year of his second term—one marked by US aggression abroad and rising political violence at home—a wave of new polls released this week shows him and his policies at remarkably high, and in some cases record, levels of unpopularity. Across nearly every major measure, Trump is generating […]

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“Utter Buffoonery”: Trump Slaps NATO Allies With Tariffs over Greenland, Even as More Republicans Revolt

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Donald Trump promised on Saturday to issue a series of increasing tariffs on European NATO allies until he is permitted to buy Greenland, the latest escalation in his already feverish threats to take over the Arctic country, which is part of Denmark. Trump announced on Truth Social that starting next month, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, […]

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Trump’s Frantic Attack on Minnesota Hits Obstacles in the Streets—and the Courts

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On Friday afternoon, a judge blocked federal agents in Minneapolis from arresting peaceful protesters or using crowd control tools against them, just as news broke that Trump’s justice department desperately launched an investigation into whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey impeded immigration enforcement through their public opposition. US District Judge Kate […]

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A Dictator Deposed—What Now for Venezuela?

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Journalist Mariana Zúñiga woke up in the middle of the night to the sounds of explosions and military planes in Caracas, Venezuela. Her WhatsApp chats flashed the news: The ruling dictator, Nicholás Maduro, had just been captured by the US military. She was surprised and felt uneasy about what was to come. In the days […]

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Minnesota US Attorney’s Office Is Bracing for a New Wave of Resignations

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More resignations of federal prosecutors are expected at the US Attorney’s Office in Minnesota amid ongoing frustration over the Trump administration’s response to the fatal shooting of Renée Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.“I have heard there may be more people leaving, people I would consider senior and respected career prosecutors,” said Anders Folk, […]

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These Researchers Are Working to Quantify the Value of Nature

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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In an era of rapid globalization, economic growth has come with trade-offs. To make room for urban development or fossil fuel extraction, countries often clear forests, pollute water and decimate wildlife populations.  However, while nations and businesses build […]

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