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Gaby Del Valle

Gaby Del Valle

Policy Reporter

Policy Reporter

Gaby Del Valle is a policy reporter at The Verge. Her past work has focused on immigration politics, border surveillance technologies, and the rise of the New Right.

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The war on DEI is a smoke screen

MAGA’s attacks on ‘wokeness’ and diversity, equity, and inclusion are a thinly veiled attack on the Civil Rights Movement itself.

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Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth.

The ACLU sued the Trump administration on behalf of the LGBTQ advocacy group PFLAG National earlier this month. The suit, filed in Maryland federal court, argued that Trump’s executive order withholding funding from groups that “promote gender ideology” or provide trans people under 19 with gender-affirming care was unconstitutional since Congress had already appropriated the money.

In an oral order issued Thursday, Judge Brendan Hurson prohibited federal agencies from holding back funding for organizations that provide gender-affirming care to patients younger than 19. The case is ongoing.

DOGE wreaked havoc on the government in just one week

Firings, unfirings, forks, and lawsuits.

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Is ICE gaming SEO to create an illusion of mass arrests?

Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly updated the timestamps on dozens of old press releases touting arrests — some of which happened over a decade ago. The result? The releases ranked high on Google Search, creating the impression that the agency had arrested more people than it actually has.

Still, there have been mass raids since Trump took office. ICE claims to have arrested more than 7,400 people in Trump’s first nine days in office, though it hasn’t provided many other details. In some instances, the people questioned — and even arrested — by the agency have been US citizens.