Sara Boboltz

New York

Breaking reporter @HuffPost. MI transplant. Also @ saraboboltz on b sky and sarabbltz @ threads. Get in touch: [email protected] (she/her)

Articles

Jill Biden Opens Up About 'Hurtful' Attacks On Joe Biden's Cognition

6 days ago | huffpost.com | Sara Boboltz

Former President Joe Biden and former first lady Dr. Jill Biden were confronted with questions about his apparent cognitive decline during a Thursday morning appearance on ABCâs âThe View,â publicly airing their feelings after months of avoiding the spotlight. The âViewâ hosts brought up the concerns about Joe Bidenâs age and ability at multiple points in the hour-long TV appearance.
Jill Biden Opens Up About 'Hurtful' Attacks On Joe Biden's Cognition

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Sara Boboltz

Former President Joe Biden and former first lady Dr. Jill Biden were confronted with questions about his apparent cognitive decline during a Thursday morning appearance on ABC’s “The View,” publicly airing their feelings after months of avoiding the spotlight. The “View” hosts brought up the concerns about Joe Biden’s age and ability at multiple points in the hour-long TV appearance.
Air Traffic Controllers Lost Contact With Newark Planes, Sparking Chaos

1 week ago | huffpost.com | Sara Boboltz

Air traffic controllers lost contact with planes flying in and out of New Jerseyâs Newark Liberty International Airport last week for around 90 seconds, Bloomberg reported Monday, providing critical insight into what has become a second week of delays at one of the nationâs busiest hubs for air travel. The New York Times confirmed with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association that the outage affecting radar and communications occurred April 28.
GOP Rep. Mike Lawler's Town Hall Devolves Into Chants Of 'Shame! Shame! Shame!'

1 week ago | huffpost.com | Sara Boboltz

Frustrated voters turned out Sunday to voice their complaints against President Donald Trumpâ€™s administration during Republican Congressman Mike Lawlerâ€™s town hall meeting in his swing district just north of New York City.
Harvard Scientist Detained By ICE Just Wants To Go Back To Cancer Research

1 week ago | huffpost.com | Sara Boboltz

The Russian-born Harvard cancer researcher who has been locked in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility for the last 10 weeks released a statement blaming herself for failing to declare scientific samples she had packed in her luggage, but denied telling lies to immigration officials. Kseniia Petrova, 30, flew from Paris to Boston on Feb. 16 with the frog embryo samples that her boss had asked her to bring back to the lab at Harvard Medical School.
Pete Hegseth Bragged About Ending A 'Woke' Program. There's Just 1 Problem.

2 weeks ago | huffpost.com | Sara Boboltz

The initiative that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth bragged about ending on Tuesday was actually one that President Donald Trump touted during his first term as a way of empowering women. ‚ÄúThis morning, I proudly ENDED the ‚ÄėWomen, Peace & Security‚Äô (WPS) program inside the @DeptofDefense,‚ÄĚ Hegseth wrote on X. He went on: ‚ÄúWPS is yet another woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative that overburdens our commanders and troops ‚ÄĒ distracting from our core task: WAR-FIGHTING.
Trump Administration Backs Down On Student Visa Terminations, Restores Them

2 weeks ago | huffpost.com | Sara Boboltz

Facing mounting courtroom losses over student visa revocations, the Justice Department announced that it was backing down and would manually restore many student visas while it developed new policy guidelines for their removal. The surprise reversal came after thousands of foreign students had their immigration records abruptly terminated in the federal system that keeps track of them, which is maintained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.
Trump-Appointed Judge Orders Second Immigrant Returned From El Salvador

2 weeks ago | huffpost.com | Sara Boboltz

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a second man must be returned from the El Salvador megaprison where he was hastily deported by President Donald Trumpâ€™s administration in March. The man, referred to in court documents by the pseudonym Cristian, was among those swept up by immigration officials and flown to a brutal facility where inmates are told they will never leave. Cristian, age 20, is a native of Venezuela.
Mahmoud Khalil's Wife Delivers Firstborn After ICE Denies Furlough Request

3 weeks ago | huffpost.com | Sara Boboltz

Immigration and Customs Enforcement denied pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalilâ€™s request to be by his wifeâ€™s side as she went into labor Sunday, leaving him in a Louisiana detention facility while she gave birth in New York. Khalil has been one of the most vocal targets of President Donald Trumpâ€™s retaliation campaign against student activists who oppose Israelâ€™s war in Gaza.
19-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Held For Around 10 Days After Border Mix-Up

3 weeks ago | huffpost.com | Sara Boboltz

Court documents reveal that immigration officials kept a 19-year-old U.S. citizen from New Mexico behind bars for around 10 days until a judge granted his release Thursday. The teen, Jose Hermosillo, told local news station AZPM that he and his girlfriend had been visiting family in Tucson, Arizona, before the incident. He told the outlet that, at one point, he got lost on foot, and thatās when Border Patrol picked him up.