Aaron Schaffer

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Doug MacMillan |Aaron Schaffer

Trump’s border czar earned consulting fees from immigrant detention firm (washingtonpost.com) Trump’s border czar earned consulting fees from immigrant detention firm By Douglas MacMillan; Aaron Schaffer 2025052711000600 A leader of the Trump administration's effort to detain and deport millions of immigrants recently earned consulting fees from a detention center company that is expected to benefit financially from the crackdown, according to a federal ethics filing. Before he joined the...

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Douglas MacMillan |Aaron Schaffer

7 hours agoWhile former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pitching himself as the New York mayoral candidate who can stand up to President Donald Trump, the Department of Justice investigation recently opened against him, putting him in a position similar to Mayor Eric Adams and threatening his ability to govern if …

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Ellen Nakashima |Elizabeth Dwoskin |Aaron Schaffer

Pegasus spyware maker rebuffed in efforts to get off trade blacklist (washingtonpost.com) Pegasus spyware maker rebuffed in efforts to get off trade blacklist By Ellen Nakashima; Elizabeth Dwoskin; Aaron Schaffer 2025052016585600 The Trump administration will not seek the removal of Israeli tech firm NSO Group from a Commerce Department trade blacklist that has significantly dented the company's financial fortunes, U.S. officials said this week.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Doug MacMillan |Aaron Schaffer

Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial recognition cameras (washingtonpost.com) Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial recognition cameras By Douglas MacMillan; Aaron Schaffer 2025051910002000 NEW ORLEANS — For two years, New Orleans police secretly relied on facial recognition technology to scan city streets in search of suspects, a surveillance method without a known precedent in any major American city that may violate municipal guardrails around use of the...

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Mary Beth Sheridan |Marianne LeVine |Aaron Schaffer

Mexico moves to ban Noem ads on illegal migration (washingtonpost.com) Mexico moves to ban Noem ads on illegal migration By Mary Beth Sheridan; Marianne LeVine; Aaron Schaffer 2025042417323200 MEXICO CITY – A Trump administration publicity campaign aimed at discouraging illegal migration is off to a rocky start, with Mexico's government calling for the ads to be pulled and promising to ban such foreign "propaganda" in the future.