[ad_1] Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained over 6,200 children during President Donald Trump’s second term, according to recently released numbers analyzed by the Marshall Project. People under the age of 18 have often been held with their families in what detained families and their advocates have called harmful conditions, including poor medical care, inadequate […]
What Time Is the State of the Union? When Trump’s Address Wi…
[ad_1] Image Credit: Getty Images Donald Trump is delivering his second State of the Union address of his current presidency on Tuesday, February 24. In a speech meant to cover various issues affecting the United States, the president will address Congress from Capitol Hill in a televised event. Although live television coverage begins ahead of […]
At the New York Post: How Trump’s ICE enforcement record blo…
[ad_1] Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the New York Post. . The media narrative against President Donald Trump’s effort to enforce immigration law was on full display last week at a White House press briefing. . “Earlier you were just defending ICE agents . . . that they were doing everything correctly,” […]
What Trump’s Orders on Marijuana and Fentanyl Actually Do
[ad_1] Filed 9:15 a.m. EST 12.19.2025 When the federal government changes how it categorizes a drug on paper, what changes in the real world? A person prepares to smoke fentanyl in Portland, Ore., in 2024. Jenny Kane/Associated Press This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice […]
How Trump’s Immigration Focus Hinders Federal Crime Fighting
[ad_1] Filed 12:00 p.m. EDT 10.04.2025 “It’s a good time to be an American-born criminal,” said one expert, as ICE’s dragnet now includes thousands of agents from other federal law enforcement. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers wait in Federal Plaza Immigration Court in New York City to detain noncitizens after their status hearings, regardless of […]
Trump’s Crackdown Will Make Crime Worse
[ad_1] The New York Times has a new piece by a gun control advocate who claims that increasing law enforcement in D.C. will be either “needless” or counterproductive. At least gun control advocates are consistent, they don’t want law enforcement to protect people at the same time they don’t want people to protect themselves, though […]
How Trump’s Washington D.C. Takeover Is Playing On The Groun…
[ad_1] Filed 12:00 p.m. EDT 08.23.2025 Promising to take over police to fight crime, Trump’s effort has instead morphed into mostly an immigration dragnet. Pedestrians pass D.C. National Guard troops patrolling Union Station, in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 19, 2025. Allison Bailey/NurPhoto, via Associated Press This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly […]
How Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Will Slash Healthcare for People L…
[ad_1] This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters. Over the past 15 years, formerly incarcerated people have greatly benefited from expansions to Medicaid healthcare coverage. Those gains are now at risk in the […]
How Trump’s Pardons Violate the Government’s Own Standards
[ad_1] This story is part of “Trump Two: Six Months In,” our series taking stock of the administration’s efforts to reshape immigration enforcement and criminal justice. Their cases were different. One faced a four-year prison sentence in a $675 million fraud case for marketing an electric truck that wasn’t drivable. Another tried to overthrow the […]
America Has Never Seen Corruption Like Trump’s
[ad_1] The White House has seen its share of shady deals. Ulysses S. Grant’s brother-in-law used his family ties to engineer an insider-trading scheme that tanked the gold market. Warren Harding’s secretary of the interior secretly leased land to oil barons, who paid a fortune for his troubles. To bankroll Richard Nixon’s reelection, corporate executives […]