Fuel made from Russian oil is surging into California, even though such sales help pay for that nation’s ongoing war with Ukraine

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Newsom Promised California a Lithium Bonanza. It Still Hasn’t Arrived. Local officials blame environmentalists for long delays, but politics, technology and markets are the culprits.

There are world-changing amounts of minerals underneath California’s “Lithium Valley.” But extracting them has proven difficult.

Hanging in the balance is a vast and thirsty farming region enduring the slow-motion devastation of climate change.

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Honduran Grandfather Who Died in ICE Custody Told Family He’d Felt Ill For Weeks Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz is one of six people to die in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody less than three weeks into 2026.

Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz began telling his family that he wasn’t feeling well weeks before he died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.

Yanez-Cruz is one of six people to die in ICE custody less than three weeks into 2026.
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Is the Dictionary Done For? The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a revolution.

With the internet, the dictionary can expand forever, but it will never come close to recording every meaning of every word used by English speakers—of which there are an estimated 1.52 billion. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/kaCOZ5

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Photos, Video, Protests — Homeland Security Tightens Rule on Anti-ICE Activities
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‘I’ve Never Seen Anything Like it.’ Aggressive ICE Raids Led One Man to Ask: Should I Self-Deport? @jeremotographs.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/ive-never-se...

People in ICE Custody Face Invasive Strip Searches After Visits With Loved Ones Some people decide not to participate in in-person visitation because they don't want to take off all their clothes in front of a guard.

Some people in ICE custody are being strip searched following in-person visits with their loved ones.

Other detainees have opted out of in-person visitation because they don’t want to take off all their clothes in front of a guard.

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ICE Is Putting Ankle Monitors on People Who Show Up for Immigration Court Hearings After federal judges began pushing back on efforts to detain people at hearings, Immigration and Customs officials implemented a strategy that tracks immigrants and makes them feel like criminals.

After federal judges began pushing back on efforts to detain people at hearings, ICE has strapped ankle monitors to many immigrants leaving court in an apparent shift in policy to increase the surveillance of immigrants.

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ICE Raids Push Workers Into the Shadows, Disrupting the Economy Trump's campaign against immigrants is affecting their ability to work, hurting businesses and eroding workers’ rights.

Trump’s campaign against immigrants is affecting their ability to work, and it's hurting businesses in California.

One restaurant owner says sales have dropped by 30%-40% because immigrant customers fear leaving their homes, reports @bgirledukate.bsky.social

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Trump’s Policies Are Adding Up to a Hostile Work Environment A flurry of actions, from mass layoffs and ICE raids to union-busting and tariffs, are straining U.S. workers and fueling uncertainty.

President Trump's flurry of actions — from mass layoffs and ICE raids to union-busting and tariffs — are straining U.S. workers and fueling uncertainty.

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ICE Is Pressuring People in Custody to Self-Deport. Many Are Giving Up. A promise of $1,000 and a free plane ride home tempts many who've grown weary of being locked up in crowded detention centers.

Self-deport or remain locked up in crowded detention centers?

With a promise of $1,000 and a free plane ride home, ICE is pressuring detained immigrants to give up their asylum cases and leave the U.S.

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The Reality of Trump’s ‘Beautiful Bill’: A Generation’s Worth of Damage Western Environmental Law Center attorney discusses New Mexico, the president's energy emergency and how we can emerge from the “ruins.”

Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” is a gift basket of conservative dreams bundled in one legislative act. But how will the bill affect oil and gas development, particularly in New Mexico?

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Trump’s proposed changes to FEMA & feud w/ Gov. Gavin Newsom could devastate California’s disaster response – leaving the state w/ a shortfall of emergency response resources that could cause an “apocalyptic scenario” for disaster victims.

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Trained Volunteers Patrol L.A. Streets as ICE Raids Intensify Neighborhood groups monitor immigration enforcement amid rising fear and federal scrutiny.

The presence of ICE in Los Angeles has put the city on edge.

Now, once a week, volunteers patrol the streets across L.A., keeping watch with the aim of alerting the community to any #ICE operations.

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