This was a common frustration point for ICE public affairs, per the internal chat messages we obtained, given they were also trying to sloganeer the idea they were targeting the "Worst of the Worst." They scrambled to find ways to insinuate the detainees were bad people anyway wapo.st/49JTkjQ

He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.

Last year, a human trafficking victim trapped in a crypto scam compound in the Golden Triangle region of Laos contacted me. He then proceeded to leak to me a huge collection of the compound's internal materials.

Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.

🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...

Videos show security forces firing into crowds in at least six cities across Iran A Washington Post review of videos from Iran posted online of recent protests illustrates how widely violence has spread.

The tragic events in Rasht were just a small slice of the staggering crackdown carried out by security forces across Iran as authorities suppressed mass protests — often with deadly force — this month.

We found at least six examples of this tactic immediately 🎁 wapo.st/49ZWL4R

Iranian forces massacred protesters fleeing burning market, witnesses say A rare detailed account of Iran’s crackdown, produced by The Post, reveals the brutality used by security forces in one of many such cities rocked by violence.

NEW: Iranian forces massacred protesters fleeing burning market in Rasht, multiple eye witnesses and more than 40 videos revealed how the city changed instantly

Our latest investigation with @ntabrizy.bsky.social
@yjtorbati.bsky.social @imogenpiper.bsky.social and Asal Abasian 🎁 wapo.st/4rcXGpo

‘It’s a war’: Inside ICE’s media machine Thousands of internal ICE messages show how its public affairs team has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for viral arrest videos

Exclusive: Thousands of internal ICE messages reviewed by The Post show how the team has produced videos for social media of immigrant arrests to portray the White House’s push for mass deportation as critical to protecting the American way of life.

A group of Georgian fraudsters made millions from scamming vulnerable people — until journalists exposed them and authorities froze their assets.

But reporters can’t do this work without your support.

Donate now — and let’s ruin a criminal’s holiday: buff.ly/gItw7kL

In deadly D.C. plane crash, city lights may have played a role. See how. The Post examined the bright skyline around Reagan National Airport and whether it may have been a factor in the January accident, which killed 67 people.

For our new visual investigation into how night vision and city lights may have played a part in the DCA crash we flew a drone along the helicopters route, filmed incoming planes through night vision goggles, and analyzed it all within a 3D model of Washington, D.C.
Watch here wapo.st/4atdTBI

‘It’s a war’: Inside ICE’s media machine Thousands of internal ICE messages show how its public affairs team has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for viral arrest videos

"ICE’s public affairs arm has rapidly transformed into an influencer-style media machine, churning out flashy videos of tactical operations and immigration raids."

A chilling story from @joyceshlee.bsky.social & @drewharwell.com 🎁 wapo.st/4s6YnC5

AND genius graphics @arturgalocha.bsky.social & Eric Lau with design from Irfan Uraizee plus insanely generous and patient editing from Eric Rich, @nadineajaka.bsky.social , @kamaria.bsky.social , Emma Brown & Jesse Mesner-Hage

This months-long project wouldn't have been possible without so, so many people ➡️ the one & only
@joyceshlee.bsky.social, the data genius from Sarah Blaskey & @abtran.bsky.social, sensitive reporting from Rael Ombuor & Elisha Iragi, the great Katharine Houreld & photos from Arlette Bashizi 8/

These medications and supplies are among those life-saving HIV and malaria commodities that the administration said would continue to reach the most vulnerable places around the world -- commodities for more than 40 countries.

A look at severe malaria meds impacted 7/

By the end of June, shipments worth nearly $76 million were not delivered, including the majority of medication needed to combat severe malaria.

An additional $63 million worth were delivered late to the warehouses per USAID standards -- on average by 41 days. 6/

Suza's medication was paused when it was already in Congo.

But more than 1600 other orders worth more than $190 million were stuck before they got there -- at manufacturers, in transit or stuck in customs -- at the time of the stop work order. 5/

So when the doctor asked, and he did ask, no medication was provided.

Suza's dad went to three different hospitals trying to find what she needed to make her well.

She died just days after she got sick. 4/

The medication was in the nearby local warehouse. But it never arrived.

That's because, despite Rubio's blanket waiver for life-saving aid, each USAID program needed an individual waiver. The program that delivered the malaria medications in Congo did not get one for months. 3/

Suza, a girl who loved frilly dresses, got sick with malaria in February. First a cough, then a fever. Then she couldn’t breathe. But the local clinic near her house ran out of the severe malaria medication she needed in January.

No refills came. 📷 Arlette Bashizi 2/

Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting. USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

. @secrubio.govpeeps.us keeps saying no one has died because of USAID cuts. 5-year-old Suza Kenyaba did.

A six-month investigation with a slew of reporters on two continents proved as much.

Our latest 1/ 🎁 wapo.st/46GSwcv

Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting. USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

Vital, devastating reporting from @megkelly.bsky.social @joyceshlee.bsky.social & co. on the human consequences of President Trump's suspension of foreign aid
wapo.st/46GSwcv

Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting. USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

We all know that Trump’s USAID pause killed people. This important story by @megkelly.bsky.social and colleagues documents how children died waiting for lifesaving drugs. Read it and weep --> www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Our investigation into the explosion in #BandarAbbas — it was likely caused by a violent chemical reaction that resulted in a fire and led to the blast.

Big team effort w/ @megkelly.bsky.social @yjtorbati.bsky.social & Susannah George

wapo.st/4cZMYNb

In 2nd Term, Trump Pushes Bounds of Presidential Power, Testing Rule of Law (Gift Article) The United States has never seen an effort to expand presidential authority at the scale of Donald J. Trump’s second term.

My 100-day take:

Trump’s Maximalist Assertion of Presidential Power Tests the Rule of Law

The United States has never seen an effort to expand presidential authority at the scale of Donald J. Trump’s second term.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/u...

She tried to expose Russia’s brutal detention system — and ended up dead A consortium of international journalists continued the work of Viktoriia Roshchyna, who was investigating reports of torture and detention of Ukrainian civilians in occupied Ukraine.

Incredible and haunting reporting by @catebrown.bsky.social, @osviz-jarrett.bsky.social, Catherine Belton, Anastacia Galouchka & others: “She took risks not for the sake of bravery or being recognized, but because she believed it was her duty" www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

Use of force recap of the first 100 days of Trump 2.0:

--US airstrikes against ISIS and AQ in Syria
--US airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq
--US airstrikes against ISIS and Al Shabaab in Somalia
--US airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen, w/o any pretense of congressional authorization

Trump’s PEPFAR cuts upend the lives of Kenyan families battling HIV U.S. aid allowed Mary, a former sex worker, to do HIV outreach work and support eight children. Her future, and the U.S.-led fight against HIV, are now in doubt.

A critical read on what is really happening as Trump's PEPFAR cuts upend lives via Katharine Houreld.

🎁 wapo.st/44lRao1

“Everyone we encounter is an enemy,” a Golani Brigade lieutenant colonel told his troops on video ahead of the current Gaza operation.

“If a figure is identified, we open fire, eliminate, and move forward. Don’t get confused about that.”

About as clear as it gets.

How Palestinian first responders ended up in a mass grave in Gaza Israel says they were fired on for moving “suspiciously.” Dispatcher records, witness testimony, and video and audio evidence offer a more disturbing narrative.

How Palestinian first responders ended up in a mass grave in Gaza

via the unstobble, brilliant team of Miriam Berger, @leloveluck.bsky.social, @imogenpiper.bsky.social, Hajar Harb, Hazem Balousha & @cheesemanab.bsky.social put it all together:

wapo.st/4cowWMq

Jackie Robinson’s Army story deleted in Defense Department DEI purge The deletion appears to be part of the Trump administration’s push against diversity, equity and inclusion programs. A Nats pitcher found the move “upsetting.”

An article telling the story of Jackie Robinson's Army career is no longer is accessible on the Department of Defense's website.

Asked Josiah Gray and Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro League Baseball Museum, for their thoughts.

w/@cindyboren.bsky.social

Trump's ceasefire in Gaza is officially over: Israel announces it is "attacking targets of the Hamas terrorist organization throughout the Gaza Strip."

"Israel will, from now on, act against Hamas with increasing military strength," says the prime minister's office.

Leavitt: "Secretary Rubio reserves the right to revoke the visa of Mahmoud Khali. Under the immigration and nationality act, the secretary of state has the right to revoke a green card or a visa for individuals who are adversarial to the foreign policy and national security interests of the USA."

“It is death that made me flee,” Ag Mohamed said. “I saw death everywhere.”

A haunting piece on the Wagner's continued foot print in Mali from Sarah Cahlan and Rachel Chason: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...