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242 items of 1682 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
Alex Pretti's parents demand the DOJ release evidence of the fatal ICE shooting of Pretti, an ICU nurse and U.S. citizen killed in Minneapolis.
Source: NBC News (nbcnews.com)
The Appeal reports private prison companies are pouring money into GOP coffers ahead of midterms, calling Trump's second term a financial boon to the industry.
Source: The Appeal (theappeal.org)
Truthout reports private prison companies are pouring money into GOP coffers ahead of midterms.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
An immigrant detainee dies at Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego; the Saturday death marks the 61st person to die in ICE custody under the Trump administration.
Source: Los Angeles Times Politics (latimes.com)
IA HF 2407, relating to immigration enforcement limitations in hospitals and child care centers and protections against civil arrest at courthouses, was introduced and referred to Judiciary.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
IA SF 2125, a bill for an act relating to lost or stolen firearms and providing penalties, had latest action on 2026-01-28: subcommittee Schultz, Blake, and Bousselot.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
IA HF 2397, a bill for an act relating to actions of United States immigration and customs enforcement, was introduced and referred to Judiciary on 2026-02-11.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
IA SF 2123, a bill relating to identification markings on firearms and firearm parts and providing penalties, had latest action on 2026-01-28: subcommittee of Schultz, Blake, and Bousselot.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
SC H 5353, the Firearm Safety Pilot Program, was referred to the Committee on Education and Public Works on 2026-03-11.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Masked, armed men in black vehicles converged on a Pasadena, California, bus stop on June 18, 2025, where Pedro Vasquez Perdomo and co-workers waited for a ride to a construction job.
Source: Mother Jones (motherjones.com)
The Marshall Project reports that in ICE detention thousands are moved across state lines within 24 hours, while in criminal court families can track arrests.
Source: The Marshall Project (themarshallproject.org)
VT H 606, an act relating to firearms relinquishment and storage procedures, was approved by the governor on June 15, 2026.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
VT S 131 would approve a Burlington charter amendment on firearms possession; it was read a first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
VT Senate adopted SR 21, a resolution relating to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Operation Metro Surge.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
VT H 171, an act relating to criminal justice agency protocols for an officer-involved shooting, was approved by the Governor on June 8, 2026.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
IL HB 5199, a pretrial detention bill, was referred to the Rules Committee on 2026-02-10.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
MO SB 1102 about the restoration of certain firearm rights was second read and referred to the committee.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
MO SB 1305 on carrying firearms or weapons into polling places on election days was second read and referred to the S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
MO SB 1099 establishes provisions protecting Second Amendment rights; second read and referred to the Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
SD Governor signed HB 1099 on 2026-03-10, rescheduling crystalline polymorph psilocybin in a drug product approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a Schedule IV controlled substance.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators