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Federal prosecutors today charged ICE agent Christian Castro with lying about the shooting of Venezuelan immigrant Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis.

Last night, we reported that the prosecutor had planned to bring more serious civil rights charges but was blocked by DOJ officials in D.C. 👇

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ICE is accessing Americans' private data through an AI-driven Palantir targeting app that tries to predict Americans' immigration status.

“Former Vice President Kamala Harris said Democratic candidates know they must do ‘whatever’ it takes to win in November — even if that means asking the 2024 presidential nominee to stay away from their campaigns,” MS NOW reports. Said Harris: “Bottom line, we need to win. I have run locally, I’ve run for statewide office […]

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The Louvre and the Seine from the Pont Neuf, 1902 #impressionism #camillepissarro

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. Death tends...

The original “Star Trek” often told morality tales about the Cold War, with the Klingons standing in for the USSR. Tom Nichols, writing at The Atlantic: I retired from a long teaching career a few years ago, but during my later years in the classroom, I offered a course on ...

Xiaomi Auto confirmed it will start selling electric vehicles in Europe, including Germany, in 2027, and it’s already lining up the dealers to sell them.

At IFA Berlin today, the Chinese automaker signed memoranda of understanding with eight of Germany’s largest dealer groups. They’re its first retail partners on the continent.

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Generally speaking, historical dramas aren’t known for their historical accuracy, as giving a history lesson and telling a compelling story are sometimes at odds with one another. That doesn’t mean this particular needle can’t be threaded, however, and it isn’t just document...

New footage of bulldozers plowing through Arizona’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument to construct a border wall.

The annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and "24/7" lectures.

Nvidia says Hugging Face will stay open even as the chipmaker takes control of a key AI hub.

The chasm within the Democratic Party is growing wider.

Charlie Cook: “With 64 days before Election Day (although the first mail-in ballots will go out in a matter of days), Republicans should brace themselves: The three most plausible outcomes are that it will be bad, really bad, or truly horrible.”

“The Secret Service should update its procedures for protecting the president, as well as other officials traveling abroad, protocols that haven’t changed since 1991, the Government Accountability Office said Thursday,” the Washington Post reports. “The congressional watchdog’s findings come as the elite protection force faces scrutiny for its handling of multiple assassination attempts against President […]

Update: The Justice Department is moving forward with a federal false-statements case against ICE agent Christian Castro over the January shooting of Venezuelan immigrant Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis.
https://apnews.com/article/ice-immigration-minnesota-5a429fee81fe85c09ca59ea9366c019d

For all the fulminations about the million-ton craphammer dropped on the Los Angeles Clippers and owner Steve Ballmer for trying to evade the NBA salary cap, almost nobody has yet identified the situation as the entertainment bonanza it is about to become. Yes, it...

Many parts of New York State are literally sinking into the ground, including the Hudson Valley. Continue reading…