We found 18 people, including children, who were held past ICE’s own 12-hour limit, which the agency waived in late June. One day after the rule change, a 16-year-old boy from Mexico was held for 12.5 hours before being transferred in the middle of the night.

Meanwhile, the average time people are kept in the small, temporary cells there has tripled, from about 2 hours last year to over 6 hours now, although dozens have been held much longer.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration created a rule to enforce silica limits last year — but it’s since been blocked in a legal challenge by industry groups, including one previously led by MSHA’s new leader, Wayne Palmer.

Musk could spend $50 million a day for the rest of his life (assuming he makes it to 100) and still not spend a trillion dollars.

Over the summer, my colleagues and I revealed how regulatory gaps and enforcement failures have allowed mine operators to expose workers to unsafe levels of dust, even as cases of black lung surged across Appalachia. www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...