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254 items of 1822 · updated Oct 30, 2026, 6:10 AM ET
ICE deported a Texas dad to Ghana because his home country was unsafe, and Ghana sent him anyway, 60 Minutes reports.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
PA HB 1834, providing for the regulation of commercial data centers and clean firm energy requirements, was referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
A Texas deputy who helped deport 200 people as the local face of ICE's national crackdown now has misgivings.
Source: The New York Times (nytimes.com)
ProPublica reports a Texas cop signed on to help ICE deport his neighbors and that it tore the town apart.
Source: ProPublica (propublica.org)
PA SB 704, providing for security of Pennsylvania's electricity supply and designating sites for natural gas electric generation projects, was referred to Energy.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
In Doral, Florida, some Latino voters previously supportive of President Trump are turning away from the Republican Party amid strong U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
Truthout reports courts rejected an attempt to deploy ICE to intimidate voters, and a judge ordered Homeland Security to stop sending agents door to door in nine states to hunt for 'voter fraud'.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
The New York Times reports that those accused of illegal fishing have ended up in ICE detention and that officers in states like Florida have been deputized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Source: The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Inside Climate News reports North Carolina's industrial poultry farm locations have been a secret until now; in 2023 the Environmental Protection Agency received a complaint about a horrible smell.
Source: Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org)
Inside Climate News reports on an interview with Tzeporah Berman of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative on global action on phasing out fossil fuels before the COP31 climate session.
Source: Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org)
IL HB 4773, Climate Change Superfund, latest action on 2026-10-23: added co-sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Ex-border patrol chief Greg Bovino tells BBC that the Minneapolis withdrawal of the immigration enforcement operation was a 'surrender'.
Source: BBC News US & Canada (bbc.co.uk)
Latest action on PA SB 804, providing for medical devices, grants to fire companies and protection against PFAS chemicals: Act No. 98 of 2026.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
PA HB 2880, an act amending the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code and providing for renewable energy siting standards, was referred to Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
PA SR 374, a resolution directing the Joint State Government Commission to study the strategic importance of the Commonwealth's conventional oil and natural gas industry, was reported as committed.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
PA HB 2866, imposing a fee on energy consumption taxpayers and providing for an energy ratepayer rebate, was referred to Energy on 2026-10-20.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
East Elmhurst residents in Queens report an ICE operation.
Source: El Diario NY (eldiariony.com)
Hundreds lose access to food after ICE arrested Bronx food pantry leader Aleksander Nilaj, who has been detained at Delaney Hall; community leaders and elected officials have called for his release.
Source: Documented (documentedny.com)
NY S 8042 relates to requiring gas pipeline facilities to accelerate repair of leaking or leak prone pipelines; referred to Energy and Telecommunications on 2026-01-07.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
CBS News reports an ICE crackdown is prompting some Texas Latinos to turn away from Trump; one man says he regrets his votes for Biden and Trump.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)