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[Music] Welcome back now to an NBC News exclusive and new questions about who will be carrying out the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. One current and two former Homeland Security officials tell NBC News that some new ICE recruits have showed up to training without being fully vetted. The officials telling NBC News the recruits were placed in ISIS training program before the agency determined that they had either failed drug tests, had disqualifying criminal backgrounds, or had not met the phy ...

Group 1 - ICE raw sugar futures decreased by 0.73% while ICE white sugar futures increased by 0.42% [1] - ICE Arabica coffee futures rose by 2.51%, and coffee "C" futures increased by 2.22% [1] - Robusta coffee futures saw a rise of 2.84% [1] - New York cocoa futures surged by 6.93%, reaching $6,326 per ton, continuing a day-long upward trend [1] - London cocoa futures increased by 8.34% [1] Group 2 - The Ghanaian Minister of Agriculture announced plans to significantly increase local cocoa processing to enhance the added value of export products [1] Group 3 - ICE cotton futures fell by 1.20% [1]

Meanwhile, new reporting is raising serious questions about the Trump administration's push to rapidly expand the ICE workforce. According to The Atlantic, more than a third of new recruits are failing basic fitness tests, push-ups, sit-ups, even a short run with senior ICE officials using words like pathetic and disaster to describe the process. The agency is under pressure to add 10,000 new officers by January.But insiders say that rush may be compromising safety standards and the credibility of ICE itsel ...

Immigration Enforcement Operations & Legal Challenges - A federal immigration enforcement operation in Los Angeles resulted in a US Marshal and an undocumented immigrant being shot [1][2] - Protests erupted in New York City during a joint immigration and customs enforcement crackdown on illegal street vendors in Chinatown [2][3] - Lawsuits filed by migrants, represented by groups like the ACLU, challenge alleged medical neglect in ICE detention, including medication delays, inadequate injury treatment, and poor mental health care [13][14] ICE Detention Conditions & Mortality - ICE is detaining a record number of people, including those previously not considered flight or safety risks [4][5] - Overcrowding in facilities, including tent cities, makes it difficult to control temperatures and prevent the spread of diseases [5][6] - Detainee deaths under the current Trump administration (20 in 2025) are approaching the total number during the entire Biden administration (24 over four years) [6][10] ICE Response & Oversight - ICE is hiring dozens of medical personnel (doctors, nurses, pharmacists, therapists) amid mounting deaths and an increasing detainee population [7] - Experts are skeptical that the new hires will fundamentally improve conditions, as the underlying detention conditions are inherently unhealthy and unsafe [9][13] - DHS refutes accusations of medical neglect in response to lawsuits, despite spiking death rates [14] - ICE has attempted to dismantle internal offices that respond to complaints, investigate abuse allegations, and conduct inspections [15] - Lawmakers have been blocked from inspecting ICE facilities, raising concerns about oversight [15][18]

Joining us now, staff writer for the Atlantic, Nick Mirro. And Nick, it's really good to have you. You've been doing a lot of reporting on Chicago.Your latest piece is called The Conquest of Chicago. Donald Trump is framing this, or at least began by framing this as a war. Bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy.No, >> I mean, I think we all remember the tweet in early August that Trump shared showing himself as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore from the movie Apocalypse Now. and the city was uh you know going up i ...

For more on this, I want to bring in Democratic Illinois State Senator Graciella Guzman. State Senator, thank you for joining us. You know, Judge Ellis, as we've just been talking about, has been very critical and frustrated by the tactics being used by federal agents on protesters on the ground.You have been there. Talk to us about what you've seen. >> Well, thank you so much for having me and look, I I think uh the ruling and and so far the conversation political opposition is not rebellion.Um, and I woul ...

Group 1: Company Overview - DraftKings Inc. operates as a digital sports entertainment and gaming company, providing online sports betting, daily fantasy sports, media, digital lottery courier, and retail sportsbooks [3] Group 2: Analyst Ratings and Price Targets - Northland lowered the price target on DraftKings to $30 from $33, maintaining an Underperform rating, citing competitive threats from prediction markets [1] - Mizuho reduced the price target to $54 from $58 while keeping an Outperform rating, indicating a need for lower estimates in the near and medium term [2] Group 3: Competitive Landscape - Significant funding rounds for competitors Kalshi and Polymarket indicate a growing competitive threat to sports betting companies, with Kalshi raising $300 million and Polymarket securing a $2 billion investment [1]

Joining me now as promised is Illinois Governor JB Pritsker. There was a positive development today, as you all know. A seventh circuit panel affirmed a temporary restraining order that is keeping the National Guard from actually deploying in Chicago.And they said political opposition is not rebellion, which is very true and very powerful. We're we're also living in a world, you're living in a world where where this administration is not exactly complying with every order from every court. Are you preparing ...

Don't look now, but it's getting cooler in the air and we are 19 days out from election day. And there is one local race that's getting more national attention than most. And tonight, in the very first general election debate of the New York City mayoral race, Democratic nominee Zora Mammi faced off against Andrew Cuomo, the disgraced former governor who is now running as an independent along with the Republican nominee Curtis Leewa, who is sandwiched right in the middle there.And there was a lot in this de ...