News Summaries in September 2025
Note to readers: summaries may sometimes be posted in two places, at least for a time, when older stories are involved. They temporarily will be placed at the top to call attention to them but also placed in chronological order farther down. Summaries of older stories no longer will say “posted out of chronological order.” Thank you for your attention to this matter. “Trump Dragnet Is Sweeping Up Citizens of the U.S.,” New York Times, Sept. 30, 2025 Since January, at least 15 U.S. citizens have been arrested or detained and questioned about their citizenship by U.S. immigration agents, according to a New York Times review. Many are Latino men who agents suspect are living in the U.S. illegally. Many of the ones detained have immediately declared their U.S. citizenship but routinely have been ignored, the Times said, according to the men, their lawyers and court documents. “In some cases they have been handcuffed, kept in holding cells and ...