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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a stinging blow to the Trump administration’s mass deportation project Friday night in a fiery opinion upholding a lower court’s block on “roving patrols” across much of Southern California. “If, as Defendants suggest, they are not conducting stops that lack reasonable suspicion, they can hardly claim to be irreparably harmed by an …

In the frigid expanse of Antarctica, a team of determined scientists has made a remarkable discovery that challenges our understanding of life in extreme environments. After drilling through 457 meters of ice in the western Antarctic ice sheet, researchers encountered an extraordinary sight – a gathering of crustaceans strikingly similar to lobsters, thriving in complete isolation from the open ocean, …

In this handout photo provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, two federal law enforcement officers coordinate with other officials in February 2025 near Washington, D.C. Handout/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Handout/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Getty Images Immigration and Customs Enforcement is recruiting retired federal workers to join its enforcement, legal …

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from rapidly deporting migrants who entered the U.S. legally on humanitarian grounds, potentially curtailing arrests at immigration courts that have triggered controversy across the country. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb of Washington, D.C., barred federal immigration officials from using two Trump administration directives to apply a fast-track deportation process known as …

US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, is offering recruitment bonuses of up to $50,000 (£37,700) and student loan help to “brave and heroic” Americans interested in helping with the Trump administration’s deportation drive. The agency is specifically hoping to recruit deportation officers, along with attorneys, criminal investigators, student visa adjudicators and other roles. In total, ICE hopes to add …

A 25-year-old woman walked free after two months trapped in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after a Trump loyalist did an about-face and demanded her release. Sen. John Kennedy, a far-right Louisiana Republican who has long supported Trump’s mass deportation campaign, seemingly chose to make an exception for young Paola Clouatre and call for her freedom, The New York …

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is newly flush with billions from the “One Big Beautiful Bill” spending legislation and under pressure to rapidly hire 10,000 new agents. But one tactic it recently tried to do that hiring — aggressively recruiting new agents from some of its most trusted local law enforcement partners — may have alienated some of the leaders it …

A hidden lake beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet unexpectedly drained more than a decade ago, fracturing the ice surface and forming a large crater — an event only recently uncovered by Earth-observing satellites. The massive ice sheet, located in a remote region of northern Greenland, harbors a subglacial lake that appears to have flooded in 2014, releasing 23.8 billion gallons …

A Trump Ally Pressed for a Mexican Citizen’s Release From ICE Custody  The New York Times A Marine veteran’s wife, detained by ICE while still breastfeeding, has been released  CNN Mexican national married to a Marine Corps veteran seeks release from immigration custody  AP News Migrant released from ICE custody with help from GOP lawmaker  NewsNation MAGA Senator Does Bizarre 180 to Get ICE …

In 2014, a lake hidden beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet suddenly began to drain. The event occurred with such force that a surge of water was sent directly upwards, splitting through the ice to create a crater almost one kilometre deep. In the 10 days that followed, 90 million cubic metres of water were released from the lake – roughly …