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Trump repeats false claim that DC crime is ‘the worst it’s ever been’ The president has repeated the baseless claim that crime in the nation’s capital is the “worst it’s ever been”. He also described the situation as “tragic” and an “epidemic”. A reminder that data from the justice department shows that DC experienced a 30-year low in violent crime …

Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith issued an executive order Thursday allowing officers making traffic stops to notify federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents about undocumented immigrants they encounter, NBC Washington reported. This is a departure from the police department’s previous policy and will allow immigrants who have not been detained or charged with a crime to be reported to …

Scientists have figured out how to make frozen discs of ice self-propel across a patterned metal surface, according to a new paper published in the journal ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. It’s the latest breakthrough to come out of the Virginia Tech lab of mechanical engineer Jonathan Boreyko. A few years ago, Boreyko’s lab experimentally demonstrated a three-phase Leidenfrost effect …

An ICE facility has detainees sleeping on the floor. A judge says no more.  The Washington Post ICE Must Improve Conditions in N.Y.C. Migrant Holding Cells, Judge Rules  The New York Times Federal judge instructs ICE to clean up 26 Federal Plaza immigration detention area conditions  ABC7 New York Judge orders ICE to stop forcing detainees to sleep on dirty concrete floors  Politico Judge …

A United States federal judge has ordered immigration authorities to improve conditions at a New York City facility following reports of overcrowding, inadequate food and unhygienic conditions. On Tuesday, Judge Lewis Kaplan issued a temporary restraining order that mandated Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to implement reforms at 26 Federal Plaza, a government building in Manhattan where one floor contains …

ICE Must Improve Conditions in N.Y.C. Migrant Holding Cells, Judge Rules  The New York Times Judge says ICE can’t hold detainees at NYC facility unless it improves conditions and gives them sleeping mats  CBS News Trump officials ordered to urgently improve conditions at New York Ice jail  The Guardian Federal judge instructs ICE to clean up 26 Federal Plaza immigration detention area conditions  ABC7 …

Former Superman actor Dean Cain had a meltdown while trying to defend himself and President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement after becoming a target for public mockery for joining ICE. “The idea that somebody who is not trained would join ICE and join these guys that are putting on masks and jumping out of U-Hauls at a Home Depot and …

Judge orders ICE to stop forcing detainees to sleep on dirty concrete floors  Politico Trump officials ordered to urgently improve conditions at New York Ice jail  The Guardian Federal judge instructs ICE to clean up 26 Federal Plaza immigration detention area conditions  ABC7 New York ICE Must Improve Conditions in N.Y.C. Migrant Holding Cells, Judge Rules  The New York Times Judge says ICE can’t …

A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, and officials on Tuesday urged residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater downstream. Officials in recent days have been warning people in the flood zone to be ready to evacuate. On Tuesday morning …

South Park has stepped up its relentless takedown of Trump’s ICE officers after posting footage from last week’s episode that wasn’t aired on TV. South Park’s social media channels on Monday shared the 27-second clip with the caption, “Didn’t see this on TV? Here’s the Paramount+ version of the end credits scene.” In the brutal scene—which aired last week over …