Natasha Korecki

Democrats have flipped 9 seats in state legislative special elections under Trump while Republicans are at 0 Since the start of 2025, Democrats have racked up wins in special elections for state legislative seats, giving the party hope for the midterm elections.

Democrats have flipped 9 seats in state legislative special elections under Trump while Republicans are at 0

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Dems are really liking these Texas primary turnout numbers, I'm told. Dems pulled 200,000 more voters out than Republicans did.

The Spanish government on Monday said that it had denied the use of its military bases to U.S. forces involved in the attack on Iran, including key refueling aircraft that departed Spain for other countries on Sunday.

Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

Dilley detainees said art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

The Trump administration and private prison operator CoreCivic disputed detainees’ claims.

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How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force Trump's DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents' anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challenges to their arrests and tactics.

“ICE, their secret police, is their tool,” said Michelle Brané, a human rights attorney who directed DHS’ ombudsman office under Biden. “Once they have that power, which they have now, there’s nothing stopping them from using it against citizens.”

(Published Oct. 2025)

Elon Musk’s Secret Web of Companies in Texas

NEW: Elon Musk said he was “selling almost all physical possessions” when he moved to Texas. Nope. Instead, he has secretly amassed land and penthouses and planes and mansions. We just had to spend months digging through private company records to find it all. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/t...

This is Trump's former AI adviser

Justice Dept. Tries to Slow Down Legal Battle Over Tariff Refunds

NEW: The Trump administration took steps late Friday to try to delay the legal proceedings on tariff refunds by as much as four months www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/b...

Trump told FBI Director Kash Patel he didn't like his Olympics hijinks Trump told Patel directly that he wasn't pleased about his viral locker-room partying with the U.S. men's hockey team, as well as his use of a government jet to travel to Italy.

NEW — Trump was disappointed in Kash Patel’s hijinks at the Olympics and conveyed his displeasure in a conversation with him, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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"This has elevated Talarico and Colbert to hero status.”

@profgalloway.com assesses the fallout from Colbert’s public spat with CBS and the FCC over his interview with Democratic Senate hopeful James Talarico.

1. It appears that the UK government will move forward with removing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession.

A stunning fall from grace.

His own daughters — Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie — will outrank him constitutionally, socially, and institutionally.

After the SCOTUS tariff ruling, IL Gov. JB Pritzker sent President Donald Trump an invoice for $8.6 billion.

Gov. JB Pritzker to propose suspending tax incentives for data centers in Illinois Pritzker, seen as a potential Democratic presidential candidate, is set to call for a two-year pause on the incentives in his State of the State address Wednesday.

Scoop: Gov. Pritzker today will call for a 2-year pause in tax incentives for data centers.

"It is clear the governor recognizes these facilities are increasingly politically unpopular and should not lead to higher utilities bills for families."

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Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters Federal immigration officers have repeatedly used force in ways that appear to violate their own policies or general policing guidelines, NBC News found.

"I call them agents of the Antichrist ... they can come in and do this and get away with it.

I’m pissed off. I hurt a bit, and I just want to see some change.”

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Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters Federal immigration officers have repeatedly used force in ways that appear to violate their own policies or general policing guidelines, NBC News found.

“I’ve never seen federal agents so out of control and acting in such a malicious manner,” a former federal prosecutor and federal judge said. “They said they were going after ‘the worst of the worst,’ then they became the problem.

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Reuters: Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully.

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-Three-quarters want ICE abolished or reformed
-63% disapprove of agents WEARING MASKS
-57% mostly blame Trump admin and immigration agents for unrest in the streets
-19% mostly blame protesters and observers for clashes

Poll: Trump's ratings on immigration tumble as Americans lose confidence in his top issue Immigration has been one of President Donald Trump’s strong suits, but the new NBC News Decision Desk Poll shows his numbers falling to the same level as his overall approval.

NEW: Support for Trump's deportation operation is in free fall

Our @nbcnews.com poll shows Americans have negative views of nearly every aspect of Trump's ICE and CBP
-60% disapprove of Trump handling of border security and immigration.
-66% disapprove of ICE

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Next 'No Kings' march on the horizon with flagship event in the Twin Cities The liberal grassroots group Indivisible simultaneously announced nationwide "Eye on ICE" trainings in the wake of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti.

Next "No Kings" march is set for March 28, with a flagship event in Minneapolis

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Democrats' demands to rein in ICE intensify after Minneapolis shooting Some in the party are divided over how far to go, but calls to rein in ICE, the Border Patrol and the Department of Homeland Security are escalating in campaigns across the country.

NEW: Abolish ICE is now "prosecute ICE" with some on the left.

TV ads in Dem primaries proliferate with ICE/CBP footage.
Dems see this as an issue hitting home with voters as calls intensify in Congress to do more to rein in ICE/CBP.

w/Bridget Bowman

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Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage. Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.

Insurers sometimes deny coverage citing lack of progress, labeling patients’ conditions as chronic.

Yet if they do make progress, insurers have also used that to argue patients no longer need treatment.

Doctors are left to walk a tightrope.

(Published Dec. 2024)

Judge Menendez's reaction to Bondi's letter in court today via Kyle Cheney:

"Is the executive trying to achieve a goal through force that it can’t achieve through the courts?" she asks DOJ.

“A Godsend”: ProPublica’s Rx Inspector Tool Is Helping People Find Critical Safety Information on Generic Drugs Health care workers are changing how they counsel patients. Experts are using our database to support their research. And some consumers report they’ve discovered troubling records at the factories wh...

The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica built a tool to show you.

Here’s how Rx Inspector has helped patients, doctors and researchers so far.

DNC seizes on Bondi’s letter; “The Trump administration thinks it can threaten and intimidate through violence and coercion, but they’re wrong. The DNC will stand with local elected officials and fight like hell, including in the courts, to protect our democracy and the rights of voters…”

In the wake of another fatal shooting in Minneapolis.
AG Pam Bondi sends Gov. Walz a letter today making several asks including:
"Allow DOJ Civil Rights division access to state voter rolls"

Important statement from Chief O'Hara on the man fatally shot by immigration agents: "We believe he is a lawful gun owner with a permit to carry."

And said no interactions with law enforcement besides traffic tickets.

Mayor Frey makes this point: Yesterday, more than 15,000 people marched the streets of Minneapolis.
"Not a single broken window, not a single injury."
"Conversely, the mass militarized force and unidentified agents who are occupying our streets, that is what weakens our country."

What DHS says about today's fatal shooting. Looking for any video evidence of what took place today. Please DM or email natasha.korecki@nbcuni.com

"The suspect also had 2 magazines and no ID—this looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement."