The Washington Post
Democracy Skies in Blueness
- An Oregon judge temporarily banned federal agents from using tear gas at protests outside the ICE office in Portland, days after agents deployed the chemical agents during a largely peaceful demonstration in the city that included children.
- Former president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton have agreed to speak with the House for its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. The announcement came days before the pair faced a vote on contempt of Congress.
- Tenants of an affordable housing complex near an ICE field office have slept wearing gas masks or in their bathtubs to escape tear gas that wafts into their homes when federal agents try to disperse a protest, residents allege in a lawsuit against DHS.
- A new study puts a number on the potential human toll of sharp aid cuts over the past year, projecting an extra 9.4 million deaths by 2030 if the current trends persist.
