The Eastsider: Jimmy Gomez visits ICE facility

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U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, whose district includes most of the Eastside, inspected an immigration detention center Downtown on Friday. He said detainees were sleeping on the floor in "tanks" holding up to around 40 people. Though the facility was not over capacity, it "isn’t set up to hold people for over 12 hours," Gomez said. LAist Full article

Forbes: New Epstein Files Released—As Democrats Ask Whether DOJ Scrubbed Trump Photos

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The Department of Justice released additional files related to its investigations into Jeffrey Epstein Saturday as Democrats questioned whether the Justice Department removed an image of President Donald Trump from the files released Friday. The files released Saturday include transcripts of interviews with witnesses and investigators conducted as part of the agency’s probes into…

Newsweek: ICE Suffers Legal Blow Over Blocking Detention Center Visits

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A federal judge has temporarily blocked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from enforcing rules that restrict congressional visits to immigration detention facilities. This deals a setback to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) effort to regulate oversight visits during a period of intensified immigration enforcement... In a ruling issued Wednesday, U.S. District…

LAist: Rep. Jimmy Gomez inspects ICE facility in LA during unannounced visit

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U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez of Los Angeles inspected the B-18 immigration detention center in downtown Friday unannounced and called the visit a “first step” in transparency from the Trump administration. Gomez said there were more than 100 people being held inside, many of whom looked "exhausted." Full Article

New York Post: Lawmakers mull action on ‘dynamic’ AI-powered pricing in wake of ‘shocking’ Instacart report

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Lawmakers are aiming to crack down on so-called “dynamic pricing” in the wake of a jaw-dropping report showing that grocery delivery app Instacart charged shoppers different prices for the same items at the same stores without telling them, The Post has learned...In the House of Representatives, lawmakers are exploring ways to curb dynamic pricing, which sometimes employs AI tools to…