Laura Barrón-López
@lbarronlopez.bsky.social
White House Correspondent for MSNBC. Formerly PBS News Hour, CNN. Proton email: [email protected] Signal: LBarron07.01
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Senators gave themselves a tailor-made ticket to court to sue federal gov for damages
But Americans who’ve been arrested/detained by fed immigration agents, or suffered collateral damage, have no effective, direct legal path to sue federal gov or individual fed agents
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But Americans who’ve been arrested/detained by fed immigration agents, or suffered collateral damage, have no effective, direct legal path to sue federal gov or individual fed agents
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It’s nearly impossible for normal Americans to sue the government. Not so for U.S. senators
The House is likely to repeal the controversial provision. But Senate action is unclear.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Senators gave themselves a tailor-made ticket to court to sue federal gov for damages
But Americans who’ve been arrested/detained by fed immigration agents, or suffered collateral damage, have no effective, direct legal path to sue federal gov or individual fed agents
www.ms.now/msnbc/news/u...
But Americans who’ve been arrested/detained by fed immigration agents, or suffered collateral damage, have no effective, direct legal path to sue federal gov or individual fed agents
www.ms.now/msnbc/news/u...
“The main thing is that you control everything by controlling money. So Trump controls universities by threatening their grants, their tax-exempt status. It’s all financial stuff when you get down to it, and that was something that [Viktor] Orbán pioneered.”
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What Trump learned from Hungary
The president has long praised Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as a model strongman.
www.msnbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“The main thing is that you control everything by controlling money. So Trump controls universities by threatening their grants, their tax-exempt status. It’s all financial stuff when you get down to it, and that was something that [Viktor] Orbán pioneered.”
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New from @msnbc.com: Pentagon officials are expected to brief House Armed Services Committee on Thursday about US military strikes against alleged drug boats, five lawmakers told us.
Officials expected to brief include legal counsel to Joint Chiefs, officers overseeing special operations
Officials expected to brief include legal counsel to Joint Chiefs, officers overseeing special operations
October 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
New from @msnbc.com: Pentagon officials are expected to brief House Armed Services Committee on Thursday about US military strikes against alleged drug boats, five lawmakers told us.
Officials expected to brief include legal counsel to Joint Chiefs, officers overseeing special operations
Officials expected to brief include legal counsel to Joint Chiefs, officers overseeing special operations
A group of Senate Dems led by @warren.senate.gov want answers from the nonprofit entity managing $$ from big companies funding Trump’s $300M ballroom
Is the entity responsible “facilitating corrupt access to and favor-seeking from President Trump” they write
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Is the entity responsible “facilitating corrupt access to and favor-seeking from President Trump” they write
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Trump demolishes the East Wing — and White House norms
The East Wing's rapid razing bypassed a detailed process for major federal renovation projects in Washington. Now, Senate Democrats are demanding answers.
www.msnbc.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A group of Senate Dems led by @warren.senate.gov want answers from the nonprofit entity managing $$ from big companies funding Trump’s $300M ballroom
Is the entity responsible “facilitating corrupt access to and favor-seeking from President Trump” they write
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Is the entity responsible “facilitating corrupt access to and favor-seeking from President Trump” they write
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
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A veteran and federal worker was fired amid the government shutdown. @lbarronlopez.bsky.social interviews Doug Jackson who says: “This does feel like a betrayal.”
FULL INTERVIEW: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuY2...
FULL INTERVIEW: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuY2...
'This does feel like a betrayal': Fired federal worker and veteran SPEAKS OUT
YouTube video by MSNBC
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October 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A veteran and federal worker was fired amid the government shutdown. @lbarronlopez.bsky.social interviews Doug Jackson who says: “This does feel like a betrayal.”
FULL INTERVIEW: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuY2...
FULL INTERVIEW: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuY2...
I asked Tom Homan as he walked past reporters on White House North Lawn: “Did you take the $50k cash in a bag?”
Homan: “Give me a break”
Homan: “Give me a break”
October 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I asked Tom Homan as he walked past reporters on White House North Lawn: “Did you take the $50k cash in a bag?”
Homan: “Give me a break”
Homan: “Give me a break”
Furloughed SBA employees were sent similar email, suggesting they blame Dems in their out-of-office reply, per an email obtained by MSNBC
“I am out of office for the foreseeable future because Senate Democrats voted to block a clean federal funding bill…” SBA advised employees to say
“I am out of office for the foreseeable future because Senate Democrats voted to block a clean federal funding bill…” SBA advised employees to say
Wild stuff. Furloughed employees within HHS got an email this morning telling them to set an out-of-office reply blaming Democrats for the shutdown.
"I take that email as coercing subordinates to engage in political activity," one worker told me.
www.huffpost.com/entry/out-of...
"I take that email as coercing subordinates to engage in political activity," one worker told me.
www.huffpost.com/entry/out-of...
Trump Admin Tells Federal Employees To Set OOO Message Blaming Democrats For Shutdown
One health department employee said the directions seemed to be "coercing" subordinates into political activity.
www.huffpost.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Furloughed SBA employees were sent similar email, suggesting they blame Dems in their out-of-office reply, per an email obtained by MSNBC
“I am out of office for the foreseeable future because Senate Democrats voted to block a clean federal funding bill…” SBA advised employees to say
“I am out of office for the foreseeable future because Senate Democrats voted to block a clean federal funding bill…” SBA advised employees to say
In 2016, when Trump made racist comments that Judge Gonzalo Curiel couldn’t do his job because of his Mexican heritage, then Speaker Paul Ryan called it “the textbook definition of a racist comment”
GOP today when President Trump posts racist AI video of a sombrero on Hakeem Jeffries
GOP today when President Trump posts racist AI video of a sombrero on Hakeem Jeffries
October 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
In 2016, when Trump made racist comments that Judge Gonzalo Curiel couldn’t do his job because of his Mexican heritage, then Speaker Paul Ryan called it “the textbook definition of a racist comment”
GOP today when President Trump posts racist AI video of a sombrero on Hakeem Jeffries
GOP today when President Trump posts racist AI video of a sombrero on Hakeem Jeffries
New w/ @alivitali.bsky.social: SSA, SBA, HHS, and other fed employees all got same message from their agencies blaming Democrats for looming shutdown:
"..Any lapse in appropriations forced by Congressional Democrats.."
"Unfortunately, Democrats are blocking this Continuing Resolution..."
"..Any lapse in appropriations forced by Congressional Democrats.."
"Unfortunately, Democrats are blocking this Continuing Resolution..."
September 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
New w/ @alivitali.bsky.social: SSA, SBA, HHS, and other fed employees all got same message from their agencies blaming Democrats for looming shutdown:
"..Any lapse in appropriations forced by Congressional Democrats.."
"Unfortunately, Democrats are blocking this Continuing Resolution..."
"..Any lapse in appropriations forced by Congressional Democrats.."
"Unfortunately, Democrats are blocking this Continuing Resolution..."
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New, and a big deal: Based on updated data and changes made by the Trump administration, we now estimate that ACA enrollees would see their out-of-pocket premiums increase by 114% if enhanced premium tax credits are allowed to expire.
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ACA Marketplace Premium Payments Would More than Double on Average Next Year if Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire | KFF
KFF estimates that, if Congress allows the enhanced premium tax credits to expire at the end of this year, ACA Marketplace enrollees on average would see their premium payments more than double next y...
www.kff.org
September 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New, and a big deal: Based on updated data and changes made by the Trump administration, we now estimate that ACA enrollees would see their out-of-pocket premiums increase by 114% if enhanced premium tax credits are allowed to expire.
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
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BREAKING: Oregon sues Trump over plan to deploy National Guard
@lbarronlopez.bsky.social has the latest
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@lbarronlopez.bsky.social has the latest
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September 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
BREAKING: Oregon sues Trump over plan to deploy National Guard
@lbarronlopez.bsky.social has the latest
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
@lbarronlopez.bsky.social has the latest
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Joining 1A on WAMU at 10:20am ET to talk about this story, ongoing ICE operations in DC and conditions in detention facilities across the country
Tune in here: the1a.org/talk-1a/
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NEWS: ICE's Chantilly office is a "black box" where conditions are increasingly dire, attorneys & a relative of person detained tell @msnbc.com
- 1 meal a day = a single burrito
- some 40-90 ppl crammed into room, sleeping on concrete
- Some held as long as 7 days
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/v...
- 1 meal a day = a single burrito
- some 40-90 ppl crammed into room, sleeping on concrete
- Some held as long as 7 days
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/v...
Inside a Virginia ICE office: One meal a day, 40 people in a room and no bathing for days
"The situation is getting worse by the day," warns Amy Fischer, an organizer with Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid. "It is an office; it is not intended to detain people."
www.msnbc.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Joining 1A on WAMU at 10:20am ET to talk about this story, ongoing ICE operations in DC and conditions in detention facilities across the country
Tune in here: the1a.org/talk-1a/
Tune in here: the1a.org/talk-1a/
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“ABC and CBS are making a serious miscalculation. Their servility to Trump will not earn them peace, only greater pressure.”
That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.
That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.
Nicht vor MAGA-Kult einknicken
Der Deutsche Journalisten-Verband ruft die Verantwortlichen der großen US-Medien dazu auf, ihren Journalistinnen und Journalisten den Rücken zu stärken, statt…
www.djv.de
September 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
“ABC and CBS are making a serious miscalculation. Their servility to Trump will not earn them peace, only greater pressure.”
That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.
That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.
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Trump's deportations divert FBI agents off child predator cases
@kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social: www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
@kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social: www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
President Trump's deportations are diverting FBI agents off child predator cases
Officials warn that President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is leaving domestic terrorists, including online extremists who prey on children, unpoliced.
www.msnbc.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Trump's deportations divert FBI agents off child predator cases
@kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social: www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
@kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social: www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
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Scoop: Status has obtained the termination letter The Washington Post sent to @karenattiah.bsky.social, in which it informed her that she was being fired for social media posts "about white men."
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/karen-atti...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/karen-atti...
Fired By The Post
The Washington Post said it fired Karen Attiah over comments she made about white men in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death, Status has learned.
www.status.news
September 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Scoop: Status has obtained the termination letter The Washington Post sent to @karenattiah.bsky.social, in which it informed her that she was being fired for social media posts "about white men."
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/karen-atti...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/karen-atti...
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NEW: FBI Director Patel was at Rao’s the night of posts about a person in custody in Charlie Kirk’s shooting www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
FBI Director Patel was at Rao’s the night of posts about a person in custody in Kirk’s shooting
FBI Director Kash Patel was dining at Rao’s in New York on Wednesday night after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, two sources familiar with his whereabouts
www.nbcnews.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
NEW: FBI Director Patel was at Rao’s the night of posts about a person in custody in Charlie Kirk’s shooting www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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One teen is dead after a student fired on schoolmates at Evergreen High School in Colorado, injuring two before shooting himself
1 dead after student shoots 2 schoolmates, himself at Evergreen High School
One teenager is dead after a student fired on schoolmates at Evergreen High School in the Jefferson County foothills Wednesday, injuring two before shooting himself, authorities said.
www.denverpost.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
One teen is dead after a student fired on schoolmates at Evergreen High School in Colorado, injuring two before shooting himself
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Three teens have been hospitalized in critical condition after a shooting at a suburban Denver high school, authorities said Wednesday.
https://to.pbs.org/3VK0r3I
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Three people critically wounded in suburban Denver high school shooting, authorities say
The shooting happened around midday at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, about 30 miles west of Denver, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Jacki Kelley said.
www.pbs.org
September 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Three teens have been hospitalized in critical condition after a shooting at a suburban Denver high school, authorities said Wednesday.
https://to.pbs.org/3VK0r3I
https://to.pbs.org/3VK0r3I
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by my count, this makes seven confirmed no true bills from grand juries, plus three other felony cases dismissed (two gun cases, one assault of a federal officer), plus two cases downgraded from felony assault on federal officers to misdemeanor
The DC US Attorney's Office has filed to dismiss assault charges against Christian Enrique Carías Torres, the moped driver arrested by Logan Circle
September 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
by my count, this makes seven confirmed no true bills from grand juries, plus three other felony cases dismissed (two gun cases, one assault of a federal officer), plus two cases downgraded from felony assault on federal officers to misdemeanor
New: ICE notified Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers today that the Trump admin now plans to deport him to Eswatini, Africa, according to an email ICE sent to Abrego’s counsel that MSNBC obtained.
ICE says Abrego’s fear claim that he’d be persecuted and tortured in Uganda “is hard to take seriously”
ICE says Abrego’s fear claim that he’d be persecuted and tortured in Uganda “is hard to take seriously”
September 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
New: ICE notified Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers today that the Trump admin now plans to deport him to Eswatini, Africa, according to an email ICE sent to Abrego’s counsel that MSNBC obtained.
ICE says Abrego’s fear claim that he’d be persecuted and tortured in Uganda “is hard to take seriously”
ICE says Abrego’s fear claim that he’d be persecuted and tortured in Uganda “is hard to take seriously”
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BREAKING: DC's elected attorney general is suing Trump over the National Guard takeover: www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
D.C. sues Trump administration over 'illegal deployment' of National Guard in Washington
"None of this is lawful," the suit from D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb says.
www.nbcnews.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
BREAKING: DC's elected attorney general is suing Trump over the National Guard takeover: www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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BREAKING: A federal judge has *blocked* the Trump administration from abruptly deporting 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children — perhaps within a matter of hours — granting an emergency restraining order after advocates called the plan illegal + dangerous. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
August 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge has *blocked* the Trump administration from abruptly deporting 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children — perhaps within a matter of hours — granting an emergency restraining order after advocates called the plan illegal + dangerous. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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@lbarronlopez.bsky.social shares her new reporting on the humanitarian crisis inside a Virginia ICE field office following Trump's DC federal takeover "This takeover has left them feeling as though they don't really have a home anymore"
August 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
@lbarronlopez.bsky.social shares her new reporting on the humanitarian crisis inside a Virginia ICE field office following Trump's DC federal takeover "This takeover has left them feeling as though they don't really have a home anymore"
“Chantilly has become this black box where people are being sent after they are being arrested in the streets of D.C.
It is an office; it is not intended to detain people”
It is an office; it is not intended to detain people”
NEWS: ICE's Chantilly office is a "black box" where conditions are increasingly dire, attorneys & a relative of person detained tell @msnbc.com
- 1 meal a day = a single burrito
- some 40-90 ppl crammed into room, sleeping on concrete
- Some held as long as 7 days
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/v...
- 1 meal a day = a single burrito
- some 40-90 ppl crammed into room, sleeping on concrete
- Some held as long as 7 days
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/v...
Inside a Virginia ICE office: One meal a day, 40 people in a room and no bathing for days
"The situation is getting worse by the day," warns Amy Fischer, an organizer with Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid. "It is an office; it is not intended to detain people."
www.msnbc.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
“Chantilly has become this black box where people are being sent after they are being arrested in the streets of D.C.
It is an office; it is not intended to detain people”
It is an office; it is not intended to detain people”
NEWS: ICE's Chantilly office is a "black box" where conditions are increasingly dire, attorneys & a relative of person detained tell @msnbc.com
- 1 meal a day = a single burrito
- some 40-90 ppl crammed into room, sleeping on concrete
- Some held as long as 7 days
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/v...
- 1 meal a day = a single burrito
- some 40-90 ppl crammed into room, sleeping on concrete
- Some held as long as 7 days
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/v...
Inside a Virginia ICE office: One meal a day, 40 people in a room and no bathing for days
"The situation is getting worse by the day," warns Amy Fischer, an organizer with Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid. "It is an office; it is not intended to detain people."
www.msnbc.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEWS: ICE's Chantilly office is a "black box" where conditions are increasingly dire, attorneys & a relative of person detained tell @msnbc.com
- 1 meal a day = a single burrito
- some 40-90 ppl crammed into room, sleeping on concrete
- Some held as long as 7 days
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/v...
- 1 meal a day = a single burrito
- some 40-90 ppl crammed into room, sleeping on concrete
- Some held as long as 7 days
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/v...