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  Kash Patel threatens to sue over bombshell report detailing claims of excessive drinking and other concerning conduct FBI Director Kash Patel has threatened to sue over bombshell claims reported in a magazine profile that the Trump administration official is deeply paranoid about being fired and often drinks to excess, alarming officials at the law enforcement agency and beyond. The alleged conduct, which Patel has called “false reporting,” has left officials alarmed about what would happen if the FBI was needed in a national crisis such as a terror attack. “That’s what keeps me up at night,” one unnamed official told The Atlantic, which published the claims Friday evening. The piece details a host of concerning incidents and allegations. On April 10, according to the magazine, the director flew into a paranoid “freak-out” when faced with a technical issue with a computer system. The report claims Patel thought it was a sign he was being fired and he began calling aides and allie...

  Democracy Now! 3.15M subscribers Jan 14, 2026 Latest Shows Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-de... A new report finds the number of people in ICE detention has nearly doubled in Trump's first year back in office, driven by indiscriminate arrest policies that have locked up more and more people without criminal records, "an unprecedented situation for immigration detention." We break down the numbers with Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, which published the report. Reichlin-Melnick explains that ICE's annual budget has approximately quintupled, even as 2025 marked the agency's deadliest year so far. Four more people have already died in detention in just the first two weeks of 2026. "Crucially, all of this has been slower than they wanted," he adds. "Their hope was to have over 100,000 people in detention by today; they've hit 70,000." Democracy Now! is an independent ...

  We’re demanding ICE accountability every day―because ICE’s abuses are ongoing and vicious. Last year was the deadliest year for people in ICE custody in more than two decades. 1  And after an ICE officer killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, people organized more than 1,200 rallies and vigils across the country― including outside of the notorious ICE black site detention camp known as Alligator Alcatraz in the Florida Everglades. For months, our allies at The Workers Circle have been organizing a weekly Sunday vigil outside of Alligator Alcatraz, bringing hope, light, and song to those detained inside in inhumane conditions. Relatives of detained individuals have come to the vigils, to be as close to their loved ones as they can.  Ninety-year-olds with walkers and wheelchairs come every weekend. Everyday people, activists, and faith leaders come week after week to shine a spotlight on ICE’s abuses. In order to keep up the momentum, The Workers Circle has been renting buses ...