The Paper Trail: March 10, 2026
DOJ Seeks Tighter Grip on State Bar Ethics Probes; Immigration Crackdown Targets U.S. Citizens; How DOD Spent Its 2025 Year-End Use-It-Or-Lose-It Funds; And More.
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Top stories for March 10, 2026
Americans are now a target in Trump’s immigration crackdown: Of the 279 people accused by officials of attacking federal officers in the past year, 181 were U.S. citizens. None have been convicted at trial, yet names, mug shots, and other identifying details posted by the government put a bull’s-eye on them. On the other side, federal prosecutors say they face pressure to aggressively pursue flimsy assault cases, and that the time spent on these cases takes them away from prosecuting other crimes. (Brenna T. Smith et al., Wall Street Journal)
ICE has spun a massive surveillance web. We talked to people caught in it: DHS is using a broad web of surveillance tools to monitor, apprehend, and intimidate both the people it seeks to deport and critics of its policies. Activists and journalists describe federal agents’ legally dubious use of these tools: photographing their faces and license plates, calling them by their names, and following them home. (Kat Lonsdorf, Jude Joffe-Block, and Meg Anderson, NPR)
🔎 See Also: DHS’s use of secretive legal weapon draws congressional scrutiny (John Woodrow Cox and Hannah Natanson, Washington Post)
How a DHS shooting of a third U.S. citizen went unnoticed for months: DHS’s failure to promptly disclose the March 2025 shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez fits a pattern during the Trump administration, in which officials have at times taken extraordinary measures to defend and shield immigration officers who use deadly force. Many states have laws requiring police departments to report shootings to oversight agencies, but there is no federal statute mandating a similar protocol. (Robert Klemko, Washington Post)
🔎 See Also: Video of ICE shooting of Martinez raises questions about government claim (Robert Klemko and Samuel Oakford, Washington Post)
🔎 See Also: D.C. video of federal police shooting at people may soon be made public (Jenny Gathright and Meagan Flynn, Washington Post)
DHS feeds talking points to Republicans as opposition to ICE warehouses swells: DHS is quietly enlisting local GOP leaders to promote its plan to transform industrial warehouses into migrant detention centers. So far, DHS has completed the purchase of 10 of the 23 properties it initially pursued, spending more than $890 million. (Jonathan O'Connell and Douglas MacMillan, Washington Post)
🔎 See Also: Secret ICE blueprint exposes immigration “distribution center” (Jamie Seidel, news.com.au)
🔎 See Also: GSA head questioned about agency’s involvement in acquiring space for detaining migrants (Sean Michael Newhouse, Government Executive)
🔎 See Also: Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facility (Morgan Lee, Ryan J. Foley, and Michael Biesecker, Associated Press)
Judges keep ordering immigration hearings — but say the results are often a sham: Federal judges are finding that the hearings they’re ordering have been designed to result in findings of “danger to the community” or “flight risk” without a fair consideration of the evidence. Some judges have required do-overs, while others have grown so skeptical of the government’s intentions that they’ve ordered detainees released outright. (Kyle Cheney, Politico)
Noem ad blitz benefits media firms linked to Trump campaigns: DHS spent millions through subcontractors linked to Corey Lewandowski, Trump-aligned political organizations, and a high-ranking DHS official. There are also questions about the effectiveness of the $240 million ad campaign. (Irene Casado Sanchez and Eric Fan, Bloomberg)
🔎 See Also: Senate Democrat pushes to investigate Noem for perjury (Carl Hulse and Michael Gold, New York Times)
U.S. national security offices, weakened by firings, confront Mideast war: The bench of national security expertise at the FBI and DOJ has significantly thinned over the past year, and the number of leaders with expertise in handling domestic threats has diminished. (Perry Stein, Washington Post)
For 2nd time, judge rules top DOJ officials in New Jersey are serving unlawfully: U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann, who ruled last summer that Alina Habba was illegally appointed to acting U.S. attorney in New Jersey, ruled yesterday that the DOJ’s three-person leadership team was also unconstitutionally appointed. Brann stayed the implementation of his order pending appeal, but he warned that “scores of dangerous criminals could have their cases dismissed or convictions eventually reversed” if there isn’t a legally proper appointment. (Jacob Rosen, CBS News)
As DOJ lawyers face complaints, agency seeks tighter grasp on state bar ethics probes: The proposed rule, which comes amid growing scrutiny of DOJ attorneys’ compliance with ethical obligations, would empower the attorney general to request that state bar investigations be suspended pending a DOJ review. If state bar authorities refuse to suspend their investigations, the proposal says the DOJ “shall take appropriate action to prevent the bar disciplinary authorities from interfering.” (Ella Lee, The Hill)
After slashing federal jobs, Trump administration ramps up hiring: The hiring push is unfolding under new rules designed to give the White House greater influence over the government’s civilian workforce. Supporters say it will make government more responsive to elected leadership; critics warn it will erode long-standing protections meant to keep the civil service nonpartisan. (Emily Davies and Meryl Kornfield, Washington Post)
🔎 See Also: Trump administration wants to streamline federal worker layoffs (Meryl Kornfield, Washington Post)
Judge voids mass layoffs at Voice of America: U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that the appointment of Kari Lake as acting head of Voice of America’s parent agency was invalid, voiding the layoffs of more than 1,000 journalists and support staff. (Minho Kim, New York Times)
Nearly 95k science employees left government as Trump downsized agency workforces: The federal government’s science workforce lost nearly 95,000 employees, 11.9%, between September 2024 and December 2025, according to a new report. Analysts found that agencies government-wide in fiscal 2025 obligated $16.5 billion in scientific research and development contracts, which is a 23% decrease from fiscal 2024, and there was a 24% reduction between the two fiscal years in spending on science agency project grants. (Sean Michael Newhouse, Government Executive)
LGBTQ data is disappearing under Trump, reports find: Over the past year, the government has removed questions about sexual orientation and gender identity from hundreds of surveys, forms, government-funded research projects, and other data collections. Other changes removed the ability for people to report harassment, discrimination, or bias based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. (Natalie Alms, Government Executive)
Documents reveal a web of financial ties between Trump officials and the industries they help regulate: Across the administration, former lobbyists and corporate executives now occupy influential positions: Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. (Corey G. Johnson, Brandon Roberts, and Al Shaw, ProPublica)
Pardon industry offers rich offenders a path to Trump: A lucrative pardon industry has emerged around President Trump. It’s based on the proposition that paying the right person to deliver a message tailored to Trump’s politics or grievances is more important than demonstrating remorse or a low likelihood of recidivism. (Kenneth P. Vogel, New York Times)
Trump sons back new drone company targeting Pentagon sales: Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are backing Powerus, a new drone company going public to meet Pentagon demand. Eric Trump is also investing in Israeli drone maker Xtend. (Heather Somerville, Wall Street Journal)
Trump allies expand role in planning America’s 250th anniversary: Two groups — one created by Congress a decade ago, the other a public-private partnership launched by the Trump White House — are jockeying to host celebrations, sparking confusion, muddled messages, and scrutiny from Democrats who ask why the Trump-aligned group is receiving federal money. (Dan Diamond, Cat Zakrzewski, and Emily Davies, Washington Post)
Iran War
Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say: Since the war began, Russia has passed Iran the locations of U.S. military assets in the Middle East, including warships and aircraft. The Kremlin sees possible advantages in a prolonged war between the U.S. and Iran, including higher oil revenue and a crisis that distracts America and Europe from the war in Ukraine. (Noah Robertson, Ellen Nakashima, and Warren P. Strobel, Washington Post)
U.S. Tomahawk hit naval base beside Iranian school, video shows: A newly released video adds to the evidence that an American missile likely hit an Iranian elementary school where 175 people, many of them children, were reported killed. (Malachy Browne and John Ismay, New York Times)
Prewar U.S. intel assessment found intervention in Iran wasn’t likely to change leadership: A U.S. intelligence assessment completed shortly before the Iran war determined that military intervention was not likely to lead to regime change. (Michelle L. Price and Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press)
Trump administration criticized as thousands of Americans are stranded in war zone: Thousands of Americans are stranded in the Middle East, prompting accusations that the administration failed to plan for a predictable scenario. (Abigail Williams, Dan De Luce, and Justin Goldman, NBC News)
Democratic reps send letter to Patel over fired FBI agents and staff: Many of the FBI personnel bureau Director Kash Patel recently fired for working on criminal investigations of President Trump worked on counterintelligence cases, including cases pertaining to Iran. (Sophie Brams, The Hill)
Military moms-to-be can’t give birth at largest DOD hospital abroad amid care needs of Iran war: The ongoing conflict in the Middle East is squeezing some expectant mothers out of the labor and delivery ward at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. (Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes)
Tensions in the Twin Cities
How ICE officers defied court orders as immigrant arrests soared in Minneapolis: Minnesota federal judge Patrick Schiltz identified more than 70 detainees in 66 cases in which the administration violated release orders. In many cases, officers detained people under a reinterpretation of a 1996 law. In Minnesota, DOJ lawyers are struggling to keep up with the volume of cases. (Maria Sacchetti and N. Kirkpatrick, Washington Post)
As ICE moved In, Minnesotans set up a shadow medical system. It’s a lesson for other cities: The Minnesota crackdown revealed the sweep of the surveillance and capture system the Trump administration is using to uproot immigrant communities, and the effect of its powerful brake on the medical system. Health crises surfaced wherever immigration officers massed in the past year. Home visits, clinicians say, may be the only way to reach those who still feel under siege. (Arthur Allen and Kate Wells, KFF Health News)
FBI halted Renee Good investigation after warrant labelled her a “victim,” whistleblower claims: A whistleblower claims the FBI paused an investigation into the death of Renee Good because Director Kash Patel didn’t want the warrant to describe her as a “victim.” According to Senate Judiciary Democrats, evidence collection was delayed while the warrant was rewritten. (Thea Felicity, International Business Times)
Minnesota sues federal government over withheld Medicaid funds: The administration cited widespread fraud in state social service programs. Minnesota officials say they’re victims of “political punishment” and asked a judge to restore most of the $259 million in funding. (Mitch Smith, New York Times)
Epstein Files
Justice Dept. releases missing interviews with woman who made claims against Trump: The typewritten notes recounted multiple interviews the FBI conducted in 2019 with the woman, who said she had been sexually assaulted by both Jeffrey Epstein and Trump when she was a teenager. The DOJ said the documents had been withheld because of a mistaken determination that they were duplicates, and that it had also identified about a dozen other documents that were “incorrectly coded as duplicative.” In addition, federal prosecutors in Florida determined that five prosecution memos initially marked as privileged could be released with redactions. (Devlin Barrett, New York Times)
Other Epstein Files News:
→ House Oversight panel votes to subpoena AG Pam Bondi in Epstein probe
→ Lutnick agrees to testify in House Oversight’s Epstein probe
→ House Asks Bill Gates, Leon Black and Goldman lawyer to testify on Epstein
→ Epstein’s remote Zorro Ranch is searched by New Mexico investigators
Insurrection
GOP lawmakers push for charges against former White House aide for Jan. 6 testimony: Reps. Barry Loudermilk and Jim Jordan made a criminal referral of former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson to the DOJ. They accused Hutchinson of lying to Congress in her 2022 testimony when she alleged Trump was aware of the potential for violence on January 6. (Katelyn Polantz, Annie Grayer, and Evan Perez, CNN)
🔎 See Also: Long-delayed January 6 plaque honoring police installed in Capitol at 4 a.m. (Olivia George, Washington Post)
Virginia moves to forbid schools from teaching that Jan. 6 was peaceful: Virginia lawmakers passed a bill that prohibits schools from teaching that the insurrection was a peaceful demonstration or that there was massive fraud in the 2020 presidential election, the first Democratic state to try to shape how such events are taught. (Gregory S. Schneider and Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post)
Top Arizona lawmaker says he’s complied with a subpoena for 2020 election records: The FBI expanded its criminal investigation into purported irregularities in the 2020 presidential election, issuing a grand jury subpoena to the Arizona State Senate for information about voting results in Maricopa County. Arizona Senate President Warren Peterson announced that he complied with the subpoena. (Benjamin Swasey, NPR)
The War on “Narcoterrorists”
Trump vows to use U.S. military force against cartels across Latin America: President Trump ordered the U.S. military into Ecuador last week to strike drug cartels, and now he’s poised to do the same in 16 other Latin American countries under a new proclamation, which also commits to preventing “malign foreign influences from outside the Western Hemisphere.” (Megan Messerly, Politico)
🔎 See Also: U.S. military kills 6 in strike on alleged drug boat in the Eastern Pacific (Associated Press)
Weaponization of the Government
How Trump keeps withholding money after being sued 198 times: Nearly 200 lawsuits in the past year challenged how the president has leveraged federal funding to carry out his agenda without the consent of Congress. And they reflect one remarkable feature of the campaign: It has proceeded undeterred by losses in court. The administration’s approach resembles a game of “three-card monte” in the courts — each injunction covers the parties suing and the specific programs at issue but doesn’t necessarily stop the administration from blocking funds to other groups. (Emily Badger and Alicia Parlapiano, New York Times)
DOJ says it will keep defending Trump’s attacks on law firms, 24 hours after saying it wouldn’t: In a rapid about-face, the DOJ told a federal appeals court last week that it will continue to seek the reversal of lower court decisions that held President Trump’s executive orders targeting law firms were unconstitutional. (Daniel Barnes and Josh Gerstein, Politico)
Justice Dept., under pressure from Trump, fails to build autopen case against Biden: The inquiry, acting on President Trump’s claim that President Biden’s pardons and commutations were invalid because they were signed with an autopen, was quietly shelved. (Michael S. Schmidt, Devlin Barrett, and Alan Feuer, New York Times)
Scientists decry “political attack” on reference manual for judges: A letter signed by 28 experts in science, technology, and law criticized the Federal Judicial Center for deleting from a widely used reference manual for judges a chapter on climate science. (Karen Zraick, New York Times)
DOGE
When DOGE unleashed ChatGPT on the humanities: Last March, two DOGE staffers arrived at the National Endowment for the Humanities with the mandate of canceling grants that ran afoul of President Trump’s anti-DEI agenda. But instead of looking closely at funded projects, they pulled short summaries off the internet and fed them into an AI chatbot. Neither DOGE nor the acting head of the agency questioned the results. (Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times)
White House Ballroom
Thousands of public comments slam Trump’s ballroom: “I did not vote for this”: Members of the public sent more than 35,000 comments about the planned Ballroom to the National Capital Planning Commission — more than 97% of the comments were critical of the project. Nonetheless, the commission, which is led by Trump allies, is expected to swiftly approve the project. (Dan Diamond, Aaron Schaffer, and Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post)
🔎 See Also: Trump’s White House ballroom is too big, architect says, as 2nd panel prepares to vote on it (Darlene Superville, Associated Press)
Natural Disasters
Noem’s spending limits have frozen millions in disaster aid, Democratic report charges: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s directive requiring she sign off on any department expense over $100,000 has delayed tens of millions of dollars in grants, contracts, and funding awards to help communities rebuild and recover after disasters, according to a report by Senate Democrats. (Brianna Sacks and Brady Dennis, Washington Post)
Reproductive Freedom
Pregnant migrant girls are being sent to a Texas shelter flagged as medically risky: The Trump administration is sending apprehended pregnant unaccompanied minors to a facility in Texas, despite objections from federal health and child welfare officials who say both the facility and the region lack the necessary specialized care. Critics suspect it’s being done to restrict their access to abortion. (Mark Betancourt, NPR)
Defense and Veterans Affairs
Pete Hegseth blew billions on fruit basket stands, chairs, and crab: The DOD went on a $93 billion spending spree in September in order to deplete its congressionally allocated budget. A good chunk of the money wasn’t spent on anything that could be considered a necessary military expense. (Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic)
Anthropic sues Trump administration over Pentagon blacklist: Anthropic asked the court to vacate the Pentagon’s “supply chain risk” designation, alleging hundreds of millions of dollars in potential economic harm and reputational damage. (Ashley Capoot, CNBC)
GOP chair hits Pentagon policy chief for keeping Congress out of the loop: House Armed Services Committee Chair Mike Rogers accused the Trump administration of sidelining Congress in its decision to pull a U.S. combat brigade from Romania in October. Rogers said he had spoken with top military officials who advised keeping the brigade in place. (Ellen Mitchell, The Hill)
The Pentagon’s investment deals draw congressional scrutiny: Lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee questioned the Pentagon’s increased keenness to take partial ownership stakes in companies, demanding details while they weigh the need for legislation. (Lauren C. Williams, Government Executive)
U.S. military tested device that may be tied to Havana Syndrome on rats, sheep, confidential sources say: A microwave weapon that can inflict injuries consistent with Havana Syndrome was allegedly obtained by DHS agents in 2024 and secretly tested on a U.S. military base. (Scott Pelley, Oriana Zill de Granados, and Michael Rey, 60 Minutes)
Business and Finance
Bettors wagered $54 million on Khamenei’s death. Now they’re not getting paid: Kalshi, a prediction market site, sparked outrage after freezing $54 million in bets that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would be “out as Supreme Leader” by March or April 1. The uproar, as well as recent suspiciously timed bets on the Trump administration’s actions, has intensified scrutiny into the rise of prediction markets. (Drew Harwell, Washington Post)
🔎 See Also: Sen. Merkley proposes prediction market ban for government officials after Maduro, Iran bets (Justin Papp, CNBC)
Trump moves to undo tax rule that Biden said would bring in $100 billion: The administration proposed the revocation of a two-year-old tax rule designed to crack down on an arcane but highly lucrative tax avoidance tactic used by large businesses. (Julie Z. Weil, Washington Post)
President Trump and Pam Bondi are sued over the sale of TikTok's assets: An anti-corruption organization sued the president and attorney general, accusing them of flouting the law when they approved the sale of TikTok’s U.S. assets to White House allies. (Carrie Johnson, NPR)
Tech
Much of the government’s technology isn’t accessible, internal report finds: Nearly 30 years after Congress put accessibility requirements for government technology into law, more than 60% of the federal government’s most-viewed public web pages still don’t meet accessibility standards, according to the GAO. (Natalie Alms, Government Executive)
iPads in kindergarten, YouTube on breaks: The school screen-time battle: Families are reining in their children’s screen time at home, only to find it expanding at school. There is mounting evidence that excessive screen time can harm young children — contributing to anxiety and depression, delaying social and emotional skills, increasing the likelihood of obesity, straining eyes, and decreasing attention spans. (Jackie Mader, New York Times)
Gemini said they could only be together if he killed himself. Soon, he was dead: A growing body of legal cases allege AI-related harms, including psychosis. Researchers warn that AI tools moving from text to voice interactions may accentuate psychological harms. (Julie Jargon, Wall Street Journal)
Health Care
RFK Jr. losing battle to boost trust in public health agencies: Polling shows that public trust in government health institutions declined during Kennedy’s first year as HHS secretary. (Joseph Choi, The Hill)
🔎 See Also: How Kennedy is trying to revamp medical school (Alan Blinder, Alice Callahan, and Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times)
Whistleblower report about waste leads to downsizing at one agency, OSC reports: A whistleblower alleged that the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals was overstaffed following a workforce increase in recent years to help process a backlog of appeals. In response, OMHA cut its staff in the last year by almost one-quarter. (Sean Michael Newhouse, Government Executive)
How pregnant women’s Tylenol use changed after Trump linked it to autism: According to a new study, when President Trump warned pregnant women against using Tylenol by tying it to autism, many people listened. Orders of acetaminophen, the generic term for the drug in Tylenol, decreased by 10%, despite experts saying the science doesn’t clearly tie Tylenol use in pregnancy to autism. (Lauren Weber and Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post)
Consumer Reports finds heavy metals in more than half of baby formulas tested: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched “Operation Stork Speed” last year to review infant formula standards and increase contaminant testing. Yet the U.S. still has no federal limits on arsenic in infant formula, and Consumer Reports’ new testing suggests contamination concerns persist. (Kelly Tyko, Axios)
More kids are in ERs for tooth pain. Trump cuts and RFK Jr.’s anti-fluoride fight aren’t helping: Across the nation, more children are entering ERs for preventable tooth problems. Dentists, hygienists, and researchers blame a shortage of pediatric dental care professionals in rural areas and worsening oral hygiene since the COVID pandemic. (Farrell Brenner and Angela Y. Zhang, KFF Health News)
Should the practice of sedating the elderly in nursing homes be loosened? For the last decade, the government has penalized nursing homes over the use of powerful antipsychotic drugs to control the behavior of residents with dementia. The Trump administration is reviewing whether to loosen restrictions on these medications, after a sustained lobbying campaign by groups backed by the drug manufacturers. (Christopher Rowland, Washington Post)
ICYMI
Immigration and Border Security:
→ Hegseth ramps up pressure on Defense civilians to deploy for immigration enforcement
→ Homeland Security investigates remarks of Border Patrol leader Gregory Bovino
→ Trump is using immigration policy to suppress speech, a lawsuit claims
→ Inside the underground safe houses sheltering immigrants from ICE
→ A large immigration detention camp in Texas is closed to visitors amid measles outbreak
→ Plans for an ICE detention center spark anger in a deep-red Maryland county
→ He had a Purple Heart, PTSD and a rap sheet. He had to leave the U.S.
Other News:
→ Democratic state attorneys general sue Trump over tariffs
→ Trump vows to write executive order to reshape college sports
→ Labor Secretary’s top aides forced out
→ House Ethics panel launches investigation of Tony Gonzales
→ Unearthed audio appears to contradict Rep. Rob Bresnahan’s stock trading claims
→ House rejects Nancy Mace’s push for sexual harassment disclosure
→ After a lawsuit, USDA agrees to share climate risk data with farmers
→ Yosemite ranger fired over trans flag says Trump “scaring us into silence”
→ Florida college Republicans group chat reveals racist texts: “Avoid the coloreds like the plague”
→ In 25-country survey, Americans especially likely to view fellow citizens as morally bad
On The Lighter Side
We asked scientists what they think we'll learn from the government's UFO files. Here's what they said: Last month, the president ordered the defense secretary and other agency heads to “begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs).” Government investigators and scientists, including Neil deGrasse Tyson, say the public may be in for a disappointment. (Graham Kates and Cara Tabachnick, CBS News)
Colossal Biosciences breeds controversy while trying to revive mammoths: Texas biotech company Colossal Biosciences is trying to bring wooly mammoth, dodo bird, and other extinct creatures back to life. Enthusiasts say the company might create invaluable tools that could also save creatures on the brink of extinction; critics say the company’s goals are far-fetched and question the ethics and safety of bringing back extinct species. (Rob Stein, NPR)
Hot Docs
🔥📃 GAO - Protections For Whistleblowers and Others: Selected Agency Actions Regarding Reports of Potential Wrongdoing. GAO-26-107650 (PDF)
🔥📃 ProPublica: Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees. March 5, 2026
Nominations & Appointments
Nominations
- James Arnott - U.S. Marshal, Western District of Missouri
- Jack Chambers - U.S. Marshal, Southern District of West Virginia
- Markwayne Mullin - Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
- Darrell Owens - U.S. Representative, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
- Juan Rodriguez - Ambassador, Guatemala
- William Trachman - Ambassador, Tanzania
- Fleet White - Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs)
APPOINTMENTS
- Kristi Noem - Special Envoy, Shield of the Americas