NYTIMES (Ana Ley) - Migrant Children Removed From New York Shelter After Abuse Allegations
Federal officials received complaints about the treatment of children and adolescents at a facility in Westchester County, N.Y.
NYTIMES (Orlando Mayorquín and Matt Stevens) - After D4vd Arrest, Lake Elsinore Residents Mourn Celeste Rivas Hernandez
Celeste Rivas Hernandez went missing from Lake Elsinore, Calif., at age 13. The musician known as D4vd has been detained in connection with her death.
NYTIMES (Anatoly Kurmanaev and Mariana Martínez) - Maduro’s Successor Is Purging Allies Who Kept Him in Power in Venezuela
The successor to Venezuela’s captured President Nicolás Maduro is purging the people who kept him in power.
NYTIMES (David W. Chen and Will Warasila) - Primary Becomes Purity Test for a State G.O.P.: ‘You Can’t Serve Two Masters’
For years, Republican state legislators in Montana have been willing to team up with Democrats, but in nearly two dozen races on June 2, a nationally attuned right has those lawmakers in its sights.
NYTIMES (Richard Fausset) - ‘Turning Point Was Charlie Kirk’: Why This Student Group Moved On
Students at the University of Arkansas disagreed with Turning Point’s direction, pointing to challenges ahead for the conservative group.
NYTIMES (Nina Agrawal) - The Doctor Will Seek Your Vote Now
Dozens of Democratic doctors are running for office in the midterms, including some spurred by opposition to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his anti-vaccine stance.
NYTIMES (Rebecca F. Elliott) - Reopening Strait of Hormuz Would Ease Oil Crisis but Only So Much
Analysts said energy and shipping companies would be reluctant to fully restore operations until they were confident that hostilities were over.
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CORRECTION: A DHS/ICE letter from 2024 reported that 13,099 non-citizens on ICE’s docket had homicide convictions. This is a cumulative count of individuals in ICE records over many years, not the number of people killed, and not a statistic about murders in 2024.
NEWSNATIONNOW (SAMY MAGDY and SAM METZ, Associated Press) - Iran reimposes restrictions on Strait of Hormuz, accusing US of violating deal to reopen it
Iran swiftly reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, reimposing restrictions on the critical waterway on Saturday after the U.S. said it would not end its blockade of Iran-linked shipping.
YOUTUBE (Jesse Lee Peterson) - BEST OF WEEK: Is the Pope Jewish? Trump's Blasphemous Pic. Clarence Thomas Speech. | Apr 13-17, '26
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