Federal agents did not have a warrant when they arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student who had been an outspoken advocate for Palestinian rights, according to court documents.

Journalists traveling to the US: Be prepared for increased border control🚨 CPJ’s new safety advisory outlines the digital, physical, and legal tips you need to know to mitigate the risks posed by changes in US travel.

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Curt Bradley, @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social, and I have a new piece out @justsecurity.org (cross-posted @lawfaremedia.org) on how Congress can work to force disclosure of any agreements with El Salvador relevant to Kilmar Abrego Garcia's detention. Read it here:

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BREAKING: We and @aclum.bsky.social are joining Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal team after plain-clothes ICE agents unlawfully detained her because of an op-ed she wrote.

This is an appalling violation of the First Amendment.

Bellingcat, along with our partners, identified several cases where drone journalists were killed or injured shortly after capturing aerial images of the destruction in Gaza. Find the video version of this investigation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLbv...

Today, Gaza’s one million children have been plunged back into a world of fear and death.

We appeal for the ceasefire to be reinstated immediately.

Full statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell: unicef.link/43SB19i

Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website, part of an effort across the Defense Department to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.

“Trump scoffed that U.S.A.I.D. was ‘run by radical lunatics,’” our columnist @nickkristof.bsky.social writes. “Is it radical lunacy to try to save children’s lives? To promote literacy for girls? To fight blindness?”

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