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9/1125 Years After 9/11, Questions About the FBI’s Pursuit of Saudi Suspects in the Case Have Only Grown
25 Years After 9/11, questions about the FBI’s pursuit of Saudi suspects in the case have only grown, driven in part by evidence that was seized from him in 2001 but not made public for years or even shared with field agents who sought to investigate his role.
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ICETrump’s DOJ Blocked Serious ICE Shooting Charge Over Federal Prosecutor’s “Strongest Possible” Objections
A prosecutor planned to file civil rights charges — similar to those brought against the officers who killed George Floyd — against an ICE agent. In an email we exclusively obtained, he reveals that Trump officials quashed those plans.
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GUNSViolence Prevention Program Responsible for 61% Decline in Gun Violence Deaths and Injuries
UC Berkeley study finds the city of Richmond’s gun violence program led to three times the national decline in violence
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GUNSThe Justice Department Lets 90-Year-Old Regulations on Silencers Fade Away
The Trump administration let a judge block longstanding registration requirements on silencers and short-barreled guns like sawed-off shotguns. But the new legal landscape is murky.
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AI & BIOSECURITYAI‑Designed Viruses Are a Test of Whether Biosecurity Can Keep Pace
Scientists have crossed an important line in biological engineering. In a recent study, researchers used artificial intelligence to design complete sets of genetic instructions for bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria. These viruses were designed to infect bacteria rather than people, but even so, the experiment raises an important question: if AI becomes increasingly able to help design biological systems, are our safeguards developing fast enough?
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DEMOCRACY WATCHHow Trump’s Unprecedented Effort to Prosecute Noncitizen Voters Fell Apart
Since Trump regained the White House, his administration has launched a series of unprecedented initiatives to find and prosecute voting by noncitizens, which he’s long claimed, without evidence, is rampant. An investigation by ProPublica reveals for the first time how the Trump administration came to harness DHS’s Homeland Security Investigations’ (HSI) personnel, technology, and sweeping legal authority in service of its election agenda — and how meager the results have been, despite the prodigious resources sunk into the effort.
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EXTREMISMNew Resource Hub & Confidential Reporting Channel for Classroom-Based Antisemitism
A new initiative designed to help colleges and universities address antisemitism where it increasingly takes root: inside classrooms, faculty governance and organized academic networks.
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EXTREMISMAntisemitism Tracker Launches Initiative to Combat Antisemitism on College Campuses
A new initiative includes two reports tracking “less visible” forms of antisemitism at universities, a confidential reporting mechanism for those encountering antisemitism on their campuses and guidance for how to respond.
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IMMIGRATION & CRIMELarge-Scale Study Finds No Link Between Crime and Unauthorized Immigration
One of America’s most politically charged questions is: does immigration drive crime? Now, one of the most geographically detailed studies of its kind ever conducted has an answer: unauthorized immigration does not drive crime rates in U.S. neighborhoods.
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THE AMERICASCriminal Gangs Have Diversified Across Latin America, Making Them More Resilient – but Not Untouchable
Latin America’s most powerful criminal groups have expanded beyond the drug trade – and have become more resilient as a result. Criminal networks now draw revenue from illicit and legal sources alike. Many of them police neighborhoods and influence local politics. Brazil is one place where these trends are on display.
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THE AMERICASThe Long Shadow of the Cuban Mafia: From Havana’s Casinos to Quintana Roo’s Smuggling Rings
An investigative report has pulled back the curtain on one of the most violent and well-connected human-smuggling networks operating between Cuba, Mexico, and the United States: a group Mexican authorities call La Mafia Cubana en Quintana Roo. A threads appears to be leading from the criminal organization all the way to the inner circle of the Castro family itself.
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IMMIGRATIONTrump Official Urges Governors to Help with Immigration Arrests of “Worst of the Worst”
The nation’s top immigration official said arrests would prove safer with the cooperation of city and state law enforcement.
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DEMOCRACY WATCHNORTHCOM CONPLAN 3900: A Prelude to Insurrection Act Invocation?
The episodic call-up of National Guard units to respond to high-profile domestic events over the last 60+ years (enforcing civil rights laws, assisting with natural disaster recovery, etc.) is nothing new. What is new and decidedly ominous is the creation of specific, permanent military units designed and equipped to directly confront citizens engaged in unspecified, currently nonexistent “civil disturbances.”
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GUN VIOLENCENew Research Reveals Mass Shootings and Suicide Deaths Share Summer Peaks
A new study has found that mass shootings and deaths by suicide in the United States share seasonal patterns, reaching their highest levels during summer months.
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ICEImmigrants, DHS agents and traffic stops: Violent outcomes repeat across the U.S.
ICE agents used live rounds to shoot at 22 people since January 2025 – 19 of them involved DHS officers shooting on people in their vehicles during traffic stops. Since January 2025, federal immigration officers have killed six people, three of them U.S. citizens. Four deaths came during traffic stops.
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TERRORISMRemotely Coerced Violence: 764, The Com Network, and the Hybridization of Threats
Nihilistic violent extremism is best understood as a victim-driven, youth-centered online ecosystem in which status, belonging, and identity are earned through the production, circulation, and escalation of harm. It combine sadistic online exploitation, cybercrime, self-directed violence, animal abuse, school-violence threats, and terrorist or violent-extremist conduct.
CRIMEThe U.S. Murder Rate Fell to Historic Lows in 2025 – Here’s Why
The murder rate in 2025 was the lowest in modern American history. Homicide rates have closely followed three trends over the past decade: alcohol consumption, drug abuse and firearm purchases. Now that the drug and alcohol crises are waning and gun purchases are falling, so too is the murder rate.