Gabriel Arana

2 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Anna Nemtsova |Gabriel Arana

The screaming sounds of air alerts and blasts woke 46-year-old Anzhela Zalivadna up at 1:15 am on Thursday. Still rousing, she wondered if she was back in her hometown of Mariupol, where she experienced a bombing back in 2022. Or maybe she was back in the ruined library with her crying son after Russia’s missile attack on the children’s hospital last July? No, she was in her 13-floor apartment block in Kyiv under a massive attack, she realized, now fully awakened. The nightmare was back.

1 month ago | thedailybeast.com | Sean Craig |Gabriel Arana |Josh Fiallo |Janna Brancolini

President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order that attempts to radically overhaul ballot access in the U.S. by requiring voters to show proof of citizenship when they register for federal elections. The order also seeks to stop states from counting mail or absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day and arrive later by withholding funds from the states that count them.

1 month ago | thedailybeast.com | Gabriel Arana |Isabel van Brugen

The head of the Social Security Administration is backing down on his threat to shut down the agency after the White House intervened. On Friday, Interim SSA Comissioner Lee Dudek threatened to close the agency over a judge’s ruling barring Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing personal data for millions of Americans—including Social Security numbers, baking information, and health records.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Gabriel Arana

The head of the Social Security Administration is backing down on his threat to shut down the agency after a panicked slapdown from the White House. On Friday, Interim SSA Commissioner Lee Dudek threatened to close the agency over a judge’s ruling barring Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing personal data for millions of Americans—including Social Security numbers, baking information, and health records.

1 month ago | thedailybeast.com | Gabriel Arana

After a week of evasions, missed deadlines, and desperate efforts to remove him from the case, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg pledged to hold the Trump administration accountable if it indeed violated his order not to deport suspected Venezuelan gang members. “The government is not being terribly cooperative,” Boasberg said in a hearing on Friday afternoon, The New York Times reported.