@MariahTimms

National Legal Affairs correspondent @WSJ | @IAPE1096 Midwest Location Director. Past: @Tennessean. Tips, tricks, Chicago soup recs: mariah.timms@wsj.com.

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A lakefront homeowner likened his neighbor’s shoreline walks to a home invasion in a dispute that could go to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. on.wsj.com/43nDvLG

The Bitter Feud Between a Dog Walker and a Dentist Over Who Owns the Beach

A lakefront homeowner likened his neighbor’s shoreline walks to a home invasion in a dispute that could go to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

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My latest for @wsj : who gets to stroll on (my beloved) Lake Michigan? wsj.com/us-news/dog-walker-d…

The Bitter Feud Between a Dog Walker and a Dentist Over Who Owns the Beach

A lakefront homeowner likened his neighbor’s shoreline walks to a home invasion in a dispute that could go to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

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Me really hope you taking your breaks!
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WSJ’s @MariahTimms explains what she saw on the ground following Saturday’s Minneapolis shooting. Watch her reporting and analysis.
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Man, this is making me emotional. Almost five years after waking up to news of a bomb going off in downtown Nashville, seeing the street finally reopen is really special.
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For the first time in nearly 5 years, Second Avenue vehicle traffic is about to be completely reopened. It’s been a long, slow and frustrating recovery for many business owners here. Many hope that this will help usher in brighter days are ahead. @nc5
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday ICE is “doubling down” in and around Chicago despite opposition from local officials and a legal challenge to the deployment of a federalized National Guard. w/ @MariahTimms wsj.com/us-news/ice-to-expan…

Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Illinois National Guard Deployment

The decision deals a blow to the president’s efforts to use troops in the Chicago area.

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Sadie Gurman@sgurman24 Jun 2025
FBI officials in cities including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and Philadelphia were told Monday that they should shift resources toward Iran and domestic threats, after manpower had been focused on the Trump administration’s priority of immigration enforcement.
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Federal law-enforcement officials are on high alert for domestic retaliation in response to the U.S. bombing in Iran, warning of potential Tehran-backed plots and cyberattacks on.wsj.com/4nfoMLr

Trump’s Iran Attack Spurs Concerns of Retaliation in the U.S.

Feds have urged state and local officials to be vigilant in a heightened-threat environment.

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New York City mayoral candidate Brad Lander has been detained by authorities at immigration court in Manhattan on.wsj.com/44kwCvG

NYC Mayoral Candidate Brad Lander Detained at Immigration Court

Lander was released later the same day, saying he wouldn’t face charges.

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New York City Comptroller Brad Lander detained by ICE, his mayoral campaign said nbcnews.com/politics/politic…

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released hours after his arrest at an immigration court

He was detained after a series of dramatic confrontations between federal law enforcement and Democrats opposing President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

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Masked arrests. Smashed windows. Greater shows of force. Indiscriminate detentions. How the White House marching orders to "Just go out there and arrest illegal aliens" have triggered a change in ICE tactics-- and a backlash in LA & elsewhere wsj.com/us-news/protests-los…

The White House Marching Orders That Sparked the L.A. Migrant Crackdown

After deportations fell short of President Trump’s campaign promises, federal agents summoned to a meeting in Washington were told to “just go out there and arrest illegal aliens.”

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If you missed it, yesterday we took a detailed look at the election fraud in Millbourne, a tiny borough outside of Philly. A 2021 candidate for mayor tried to steal that election by registering out-of-town voters and voting mail ballots on their behalf. He and his co-conspirators
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Alice Yin@byaliceyin15 May 2025
Breaking w tradition, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office plans to block press from annual Chicago investors conference that starts today, blames investors for not wanting reporters in room From @jus10chi: chicagobusiness.com/politics…

Chicago blocks press from investor event amid $1B budget warning

The Johnson administration made the decision to bar journalists from attending annual conference on city's financial picture.

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Of the dozens of men whose cases the WSJ could verify, the majority had never been charged with a crime. About half were in the country legally. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said "they will never leave" the superprison wsj.com/politics/policy/trum…

In Immigration Crackdown, Migrants Are Denied a Day in Court

U.S. officials say migrants aren’t entitled to due process provided by the Constitution, accusing them with little proof of membership in a violent gang.

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“He’s disappeared? What happened?” 7 weeks after hundreds of men were sent to an El Salvador prison, officials have refused to say why they are accused of gang membership--or even who they are. The imprisonments have upended the definition of due process wsj.com/politics/policy/trum…

In Immigration Crackdown, Migrants Are Denied a Day in Court

U.S. officials say migrants aren’t entitled to due process provided by the Constitution, accusing them with little proof of membership in a violent gang.

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The Trump administration is preparing to deport a second group of Venezuelan migrants under a rarely used wartime authority @MHackman @MariahTimms wsj.com/politics/policy/trum…

Supreme Court Halts New Trump Deportations Under Wartime Law

The early-morning order temporarily blocks the administration’s attempt to remove a group of Venezuelan migrants using the Alien Enemies Act.

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how it started: "Gannett newsrooms, whiter than the communities they serve, pledge broad change by 2025" how it's going: "Gannett will stop publishing diversity information, citing Trump’s executive order"
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The Justice Department said it wasn’t obligated to comply with a judge’s oral directive to return planes carrying alleged Venezuelan gang members to U.S. soil on.wsj.com/4bZMeqD

Judge Questions Administration’s Defense of Deportation Flights

The Justice Department says it wasn’t obligated to comply with an oral directive to turn around planes carrying alleged Venezuelan gang members.

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The Trump administration has stopped using military aircraft to fly migrants who entered the U.S. illegally to Guantanamo Bay or other countries. The move follows a @WSJ analysis that found these flights expensive and inefficient. wsj.com/politics/national-se…

Exclusive | U.S. Suspends Costly Deportation Flights Using Military Aircraft

A Journal analysis found that military flights came at higher cost to taxpayers than the government’s typical deportation flights on civilian aircraft.

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Charles Person has died. Mr. Person was the youngest member of the original 13 Freedom Riders. His bravery in the face of racist violence and hate inspired an entire movement that changed the country. usatoday.com/in-depth/news/n…

Freedom Riders traveled deep into the South in 1961. Klansmen beat them, then set their bus on fire.

The Freedom Ride movement almost ended in Alabama on May 14, 1961, when a group of Riders nearly died on a bus set ablaze by Klansmen.

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President Biden, citing moral and policy objections to capital punishment, said he was commuting the death sentences of 37 inmates. Instead of facing execution under the future Trump administration, they will serve life imprisonment without parole wsj.com/politics/policy/bide…

Biden Commutes Sentences of 37 Death Row Inmates

The move prevents President-elect Donald Trump from executing most men on federal death row.

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