The Dilley Detention Center was opened during the Obama administration. The idea of detaining families is not new, and they built this detention center for them. What would you say life is like inside the detention center for the women and children who are there? The two main reasons someone can be detained in immigration detention. But there are limitations on detention of children; they’re not supposed to hold them for very long.

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter and lawyers tour the Brentwood School, where the pool, football field and other facilities are on land leased from the Department of Veterans Affairs. School officials issued a brief statement saying the VA had offered to meet with them in Washington. In his judgment, Carter nullified the leases on the grounds that they do not principally benefit veterans as required by law. But Carter took a conciliatory stance toward the Brentwood school, saying he did not want to deprive students of the facilities. He praised the VA for terminating the illegal leases and said he was encouraged by its apparent openness to larger housing units.

El Paso, with a population of nearly 700,000, is the sixth-largest city in Texas and one of the 25 largest in the United States. Nearly 3.5 million passengers passed through El Paso International Airport in the first 11 months of 2025, according to its website. Security personnel at El Paso International Airport on February 11, 2026. Samuel, a traveler in El Paso, told CNN affiliate KFOX he was doing a book tour with a client and didn’t get any notification from his airline. “They did not alert the El Paso city manager or the El Paso mayor,” Escobar said on a press call Wednesday morning.

Richard Tillman, 44, was arrested on July 20 after he rammed a car into the post office in a strip mall and then set the vehicle ablaze. Tillman, of San Jose, on Monday entered a guilty plea in federal court to malicious destruction of government property. Pat Tillman left the Arizona Cardinals to join the military after 9/11 and was killed in Afghanistan in 2004 at age 27. His family is from the San Jose area. Kevin Tillman also left his Major League Baseball career with the Anaheim Angels to serve in the military.

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And this week has felt spiritually trying since I learned that the Trump administration forced the Stonewall National Monument in New York City — the birthplace of the LGBTQ+ rights movement — to take down its Pride flag. Because if there is any exception for the flags that can be flown, the Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument sure as hell seems like it should be one of them. AdvertisementIn 2016, President Barack Obama made the Stonewall Inn, a bar where trans and queer people protested against police brutality in the ’60s, a national monument, ensuring its protection. There have been Pride flags there long before it was a national landmark. And as the neighborhood and other parts of Manhattan become less gay thanks to gentrification, banning Pride flags at Stonewall feels pretty damn personal.

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Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Peter Welch (D-VT), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led a letter to U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio pushing the Trump Administration to immediately end deportation flights to Iran. “Given Iran’s horrific human rights record, we are deeply concerned that the Trump administration is returning people to a country where they may be persecuted or tortured, in violation of U.S. and international law,” wrote the senators. Given Iran’s horrific human rights record, we are deeply concerned that the Trump administration is returning people to a country where they may be persecuted or tortured, in violation of U.S. and international law. [3]Iran’s violations of human rights are extensive, well-documented, and horrifying. You and others in the Trump administration spoke extensively about the horrors of the Iranian regime when attempting to justify the June 22, 2025, U.S. military strikes on Iran’s nuclear program.

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Students exit the Tumbler Ridge school after deadly shootings, in British Columbia, Canada, on Tuesday. AdvertisementMore than 25 people were wounded Tuesday in the attack in the small mountain community of Tumbler Ridge, police said. “Parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers in Tumbler Ridge will wake up without someone they love. The provincial government website lists Tumbler Ridge Secondary School as having 175 students in grades 7 to 12. “I’m asking the people of British Columbia to look after the people of Tumbler Ridge tonight.”Morris and Gillies write for the Associated Press.

A couple walk along the beach path near a deserted Zuma Beach in Malibu as all Los Angeles County beaches were closed on April 25, 2020. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)• Connect. They are among the boldface names from Los Angeles who have emerged in the latest dump from the Epstein files. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)Going outCoffee shop: A barista turned tragedy into a coffee shop in Long Beach where customers can caffeinate and cry. A barista turned tragedy into a coffee shop in Long Beach where customers can caffeinate and cry.

Analilia Mejia will win the special primary in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District in a tight race over former Rep. Tom Malinowski, a major win for an ally of Sen. Bernie Sanders and other progressives. “But the huge difference between the early vote, which we were winning comfortably, and the Election Day vote, suggests that it had a major effect. I met several voters in the final days of the campaign who had seen the ads and asked me, sincerely: ‘Are you MAGA? United Democracy Project launched a new ad campaign in Illinois’ 7th District backing Melissa Conyears-Ervin. Tahesha Way and Essex County commissioner Brendan Gill, among a ballot of more than a dozen Democratic primary candidates.

Elizabeth Lemley and Jaelin Kauf have won gold and silver for the United States in women’s freestyle moguls skiing on WednesdayLemley, Kauf take gold and silver for US in women's mogulsThe Associated PressBy The Associated PressThe Associated PressThe Associated PressFrom left, silver medalist United States' Jaelin Kauf, gold medalist United States' Elizabeth Lemley and bronze medalist France's Perrine Laffont celebrate after the women's freestyle skiing moguls finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)From left, silver medalist United States' Jaelin Kauf, gold medalist United States' Elizabeth Lemley and bronze medalist France's Perrine Laffont celebrate after the women's freestyle skiing moguls finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)From left, silver medalist United States' Jaelin Kauf, gold medalist United States' Elizabeth Lemley and bronze medalist France's Perrine Laffont celebrate after the women's freestyle skiing moguls finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)From left, silver medalist United States' Jaelin Kauf, gold medalist United States' Elizabeth Lemley and bronze medalist France's Perrine Laffont celebrate after the women's freestyle skiing moguls finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)LIVIGNO, Italy -- Elizabeth Lemley and Jaelin Kauf won gold and silver for the United States in women’s freestyle moguls skiing on Wednesday.

What might once have been a private athlete’s reflection instead escalated into a public confrontation between the president and his country’s Olympians. AdvertisementSeveral U.S. athletes moved to defend Hess, arguing that criticism of a competitor for voicing personal doubts cut against the country’s stated commitment to free speech. Advertisement“I choose to believe that I live in a country where people can express their opinions without backlash,” he said. U.S. Olympic cross-country skier Zak Ketterson had earlier called the backlash “pretty childish,” defending Hess’s right to speak openly. “That is true of athletes, that is of governors and it is true of presidents.

But if you look through the noise, you’ll find encouraging patterns that no one can stop. For example, a few weeks ago I started to see a particular phrase in news headlines. Other headlines crossed my desk in rapid succession:Most of those had to do with renewable energy, which … despite Trump … continues to grow because it just makes business, economic, and ethical sense. Still, it shows that we’re making progress despite all of that (and more). And do all of that despite Trump.