Joyce Lee

Washington, D.C.

Senior Visual Forensics Reporter at The Washington Post

Visual Forensics @washingtonpost [email protected]

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White House official says 137 immigrants deported under Alien Enemies Act

1 month ago | postguam.com | Marianne LeVine |Maria Sacchetti |Joyce Lee |Natalie Allison

More than half of the 261 immigrants expelled to El Salvador on Saturday were removed from the United States under a wartime powers act, a White House official said on Sunday. The statement comes amid questions about whether the Trump administration defied a judge’s order barring use of the statute to expedite deportations.
Live updates: Trump to tour Kennedy Center, preside over board meeting

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Karen DeYoung |Marianne LeVine |Maria Sacchetti |Joyce Lee |Natalie Allison |Faiz Siddiqui | +2 more

President Donald Trump is scheduled Monday to tour the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington and preside over its board meeting. The move is part of Trump’s takeover of the storied arts institution, which has included a purge of leadership and his installation as chairman of the board. “We have to straighten it out,” Trump told reporters Sunday on Air Force One. On Monday, White House press secretary Karoline Levitt is also scheduled to field questions from reporters.
Deportation flights landed after judge said planes should turn around

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Joyce Lee |Kevin Schaul

On Saturday, a federal judge barred President Donald Trump from using a wartime powers act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members without a hearing. In his order, he instructed the administration to turn around any planes that had taken off after the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 went into effect.
White House official says 137 immigrants deported under Alien Enemies Act

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Marianne LeVine |Maria Sacchetti |Joyce Lee |Natalie Allison

More than half of the 261 immigrants expelled to El Salvador on Saturday were swept out of the United States using a wartime powers act, a White House official said Sunday, amid questions about whether the Trump administration flouted a judge’s order barring use of the statute to hasten deportations.
The Eaton Fire: What went wrong with Altadena evacuations

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Joyce Lee |Josh Partlow

ALTADENA, California — The power had gone out at Erliene Kelley’s house, and the wind was howling overhead. But as the 83-year-old peered at her son in the pale glow of her flashlight, she insisted that she was not afraid of the Eaton Fire. She had no reason to be, Erliene said. The brushfire that broke out four hours earlier had started more than two miles away. Authorities hadn’t yet issued an evacuation warning for her neighborhood.
In 2023 memo, L.A. fire chief warned of ‘significant’ gap in wildfire defense

Jan 18, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Aaron C. Davis |Shawn Boburg |Brianna Sacks |Molly Hennessy-Fiske |Joyce Lee

Two years before wildfires incineratedswaths of Los Angeles, the city’s Fire Chief Kristin M. Crowley identified “one significant area of weakness” in her department’s ability to contain wildfires. L.A. had no specialized wildland unit to respond to daily brush fires and scrape vegetation, dig ditches and do the other labor to ensure blazes did not spread or rekindle, she wrote on Jan. 5, 2023, asking for $7 million to assemble its own squad.
What caused the Palisades blaze? Visual evidence points to a recent fire nearby

Jan 12, 2025 | msn.com | Brianna Sacks |Joyce Lee |Imogen Piper |Aaron C. Davis

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What caused the Palisades blaze? Visual evidence points to a recent fire nearby

Jan 12, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Brianna Sacks |Joyce Lee |Imogen Piper |Aaron C. Davis

14 minPACIFIC PALISADES, CALIFORNIA-About 30 minutes after the Palisades Fire started on Tuesday, the firefighters' radio crackled: The flames were coming from a familiar sliver of a mountain ridge. "The foot of the fire started real close to where the last fire was on New Year's Eve," said a Los Angeles County firefighter, according to a Washington Post review of archived radio transmissions. "It looks like it's going to make a good run," one chimed into the dispatch.
More than 3,100 students died at schools built to crush Native American cultures

Dec 22, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Dana Hedgpeth |Sari Horwitz |Joyce Lee |Andrew Tran |Nilo Tabrizy |Jahi Chikwendiu

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. The Washington Post has found more than three times as many deaths as the U.S. government documented in its investigation of Indian boarding schools. Each figure on this page represents a child who died while they attended a school. Almeda Heavy Hair is one of them.
Uvalde releases videos, bodycam and 911 calls from 2022 school shooting

Aug 12, 2024 | unionleader.com | Arelis R. Hernandez |Steven Rich |Joyce Lee |Sarah Cahlan

In a 911 call released Saturday by the city of Uvalde, a 10-year-old student inside a Robb Elementary classroom can be heard counting the survivors and trying to quiet crying, screaming classmates. The report is among dozens of records released by the city after it was sued by a coalition of news organizations, including The Washington Post.