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NBC News senior reporter | Author of THEY CAME FOR THE SCHOOLS | Co-creator of SOUTHLAKE & GRAPEVINE podcasts | Retired t-ball coach www.mikehixenbaugh.com

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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Reuters Exclusive

"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

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Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

New NY Times ’visual investigation’ strongly suggests that the US fired the missile that hit the Minab school Saturday. (Though is very careful with its language to not say it conclusively.)

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

05.03.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 290 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 12
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Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

Since last year, I and Al Shaw & @bxroberts.org have investigated the linkages between Trump appointees and the industries they oversee. Today we published a searchable database containing approximately 3,200 financial disclosure forms of roughly 1500 officials.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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ICE detains reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

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I grew up in my tiny conservative baptist church learning that God is both male and female, I guess they don't teach that at Harvard

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Florence ICE detainee dead after untreated tooth infection, official says An ICE detainee, who had been at a Florence detention center for four months, died Monday following an untreated tooth infection.

An ICE detainee in Arizona has died of a TOOTH INFECTION after it went untreated for weeks, a local official says. He was a Haitian asylum seeker imprisoned in Florence, Arizona. @emilybregel.bsky.social reports.
tucson.com/news/local/b...

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US Rep. Veronica Escobar: ICE looking to close Camp East Montana U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar has responded to reports that the Department of Homeland Security is looking to terminate Camp East Montana contract.

$1.2 billion contract to open and run the Camp East Montana immigrant tent facility in El Paso.

Opened in August 2025.

Six months (and three detainee deaths) later: reports of its looming closure.

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Inside the Underground Safe Houses Sheltering Immigrants From ICE

In Springfield, Ohio, some Americans have converted their basements and spare bedrooms into shelters for immigrant families who could be targeted in raids.

04.03.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 107 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

His β€œpolitics of love” and populist anti-billionaire lines do seem aimed at winning disgruntled Republicans and independents. But agree his core message (rejecting Christian nationalism and the religious right) has been unabashedly liberal.

04.03.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s interesting that Talarico’s religious appeals are framed primarily as a reach across the aisle here.

In his particular case, I think that’s *part* of the effort come the general. But his slogan was β€œlet’s flip some tables” β€” a theological argument aimed at the Democratic base, not Republicans.

04.03.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 661 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 19
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Grieving husband of U.S. soldier killed in Kuwait recalls last conversation: 'She never responded' Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor was just days away from returning home to her husband and two children when she was killed in a drone strike in Kuwait.

β€œShe was almost home." Nicole Amor's grieving husband said he last spoke to her about two hours before she was killed.

04.03.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

The cost of Trump’s election lies in action in the Texas Hill Country

04.03.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Voting confusion in Texas rooted in conspiracy theories about ballot counting New rules spearheaded by Republicans caused confusion at the polls, Democrats said, and the Texas Supreme Court blocked an effort to keep polls open longer.

β€œIn Dallas County, the confusion is rooted in election conspiracy theories about voting machines, which propelled the Dallas County GOP to abandon countywide voting in favor of precinct-level voting and led, Democrats say, thousands of voters to show up at the wrong polling site.”

04.03.2026 12:53 πŸ‘ 253 πŸ” 92 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 10

Bo French - who has called to deport Native Americans, frequently uses the R-word, pals around with Jack Posobiec, recently asked his followers if Jews or Muslims pose a bigger threat to America, and gleefully called the day SNAP benefits lapsed "National Chimp out Day" - currently leads with 41%

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Kornacki Cam - Watch Steve Kornacki analyze midterm primary election results | NBC News YouTube video by NBC News

My first grader is hooked after Kornacki promised the map would be lighting up like a Christmas tree.

β€œI like this much better than boring basketball,” she said.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/0NzxJ5D...

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The Kornacki Cam is must-watch TV.

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When pressed, Noem says she doesn't know details of high-profile DHS shooting of Chicago woman U.S. Sen.

Noem repeatedly said she was unfamiliar with the high-profile shooting of Marimar Martinez in Chicago.

After displaying texts appearing to celebrate the shooting β€” β€œI fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes" β€” Blumenthal asked if the agent was still on the job.

β€œI don’t know the details,” Noem said.

03.03.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 7
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Noem pressed on remarks about domestic terrorism after Alex Pretti shooting Sen.

"I did not call him a domestic terrorist," Noem said of Alex Pretti. "I said it appeared to be an incident of."

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Noem refuses to retract statements calling Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti domestic terrorists Durbin asked Noem if she would like to retract her previous statements falsely calling Good and Pretti, who were both fatally shot by immigration agents in Minn

Noem refuses to retract statements calling Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti domestic terrorists

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Our story from last month bsky.app/profile/mike...

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Sen. Durbin spotlights the case of 18-month-old Amalia, the detained toddler who spent 10 days in the hospital with life-threatening respiratory illnesses, only to be returned to Dilley.

03.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely a complicated issue, but I wonder to what extent the mass adoption of standardized testing and balanced literacy strategies contributed to the decline

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After Detention, Families Stranded in Border Town Face Harrowing Journey Home Parents and children from a detention center in Texas found themselves dropped at a border town shelter with few means to leave.

β€œIt boggles the mind why we're disrupting people from their immigration proceedings only to abduct them, incarcerate them at Dilley, and then just recycle them out the back door.”

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Parents worry schools aren’t pushing kids to read Parents across Maryland, and the country, are questioning whether students are reading enough books β€” classics or otherwise β€” in English classes.

Stunned to learn that assigning kids short book excerpts, chapter summaries and YouTube videos has not turned them into avid readers www.thebanner.com/education/k-...

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CNN’s Cosplaying Correspondent Scott Jennings pushed a dubious White House talking point on Iran to millions, only for CNN’s actual reporters to knock it downβ€”an episode that drew blowback inside the network, Status has learned.

CNN's Scott Jennings pushed a dubious White House talking point on the Iran war to millions that was later knocked down by the network's own journalists.

Frustration over Jennings has now made its way to CNN's senior leaders. More in @status.news www.status.news/p/scott-jenn...

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What, when and where?

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Appreciate that, Sharon. We're trying our best to do it right

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911 calls capture kids burning with fever, struggling to breathe at ICE detention center EMS crews were called to the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas at least 11 times since September for children in medical distress, records show.

Burning fevers. Low oxygen. Seizures. A broken leg.

Read our story about children suffering medical emergencies while in immigrant detention

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β€œFrio County 911. What is your emergency?”

β€œI’m calling from the Dilley immigration center … I’m calling for a little kid going through respiratory distress.”

At least 11 times since September, EMS crews have been called to a Texas detention center for children in crisis.

Listen to the audio:

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β€œFrio County 911. What is your emergency?”

β€œI’m calling from the Dilley immigration center in Dilley, Texas. I’m calling for a little kid going through respiratory distress.”

Listen to 911 calls for children held at Dilley www.nbcnews.com/video/listen...

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