Jaclyn Diaz
Stories
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DOJ orders prison inspectors to stop considering LGBTQ safety standards
A memo obtained by NPR shows the Justice Department is telling inspectors to stop evaluating prisons using standards designed to protect trans and other LGBTQ community members from sexual violence.
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The U.S. produces a lot of food waste. This place wants to address it
Even amid rising grocery prices and increased sensitivity to environmental issues, Americans still trash once-edible food at alarming rates.
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Photos: Food banks scramble to get ready as SNAP funding deadline looms
Some 42 million people in the U.S. who rely on SNAP benefits could soon join the already long lines at the nation's food banks and pantries that are also serving struggling federal workers.
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Why an interstellar comet has scientists excited
The comet could be older than our solar system. The comet is also distinct because nickel vapor was detected in the gas surrounding it.
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Outage at Amazon's web services division disrupts major websites across the internet
A technical issue with Amazon Web Services led to disruptions and outages across the internet. Amazon says they're fixing it but some disruptions are still ongoing.
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Airports are refusing to play a Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for the shutdown
Multiple airports across the U.S. are refusing to play a Department of Homeland Security video blaming Democrats for the government shutdown, with some saying it violates the Hatch Act.
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Trump's National Guard deployments face courtroom tests
High-stakes legal arguments over President Trump's effort to deploy National Guard troops in Portland, Oregon and Chicago played out at the same time in two federal courthouses Thursday.
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Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained
President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.
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Dallas shooter sought to 'terrorize' ICE workers, official says
"I want to cause terror," the gunman behind Wednesday's deadly attack on a Dallas ICE immigration facility allegedly wrote in a note, according to authorities.
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What is Life Like When You Don’t Have Citizenship Anywhere?
In the United States it is estimated that more than 218,000 people don’t have citizenship — in the U.S. or any other country. This can make all kinds of mundane tasks, like opening a bank account or travelling, difficult to impossible. And with the Trump administration aggressively going after people without legal status to be in the country, many people who are stateless worry about indefinite detention or deportation to a country they have no ties to. We meet some people in this situation.
