The Headlines
Inside Trump’s Strategy to Push Out Immigrants, and How Tech Giants Targeted Teens at School
05 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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We've been sitting here for almost 12 hours listening to nonsense after nonsense. I've had enough.
Very, very early this morning, the Senate finally wrapped up a marathon voting session.
We're here to complete our oath of office, which is to provide security and safety for the American people.
Ultimately, Republicans prevailed in pushing through $70 billion in funding for President Trump's immigration crackdown. They used a special filibuster-proof process to do it, which kept lawmakers up working all night. And they effectively muscled it through over the objections of Democrats, who'd spent months calling for more restrictions on ICE agents.
The measure will now go to the House, where it's expected to be passed quickly. Meanwhile, as Republicans push forward on funding ICE, the most visible part of President Trump's immigration policy, The Times has been looking at some of the more behind-the-scenes efforts the administration's been making to squeeze immigrants.
Separate from the high-profile raids, there's also been a wave of new rules and regulations to try and cut non-citizens off from services and opportunities. My colleagues talked with one woman, originally from El Salvador, who for almost 30 years had a job cleaning airplanes at Logan Airport in Boston. The bathrooms, the seats, the aisles.
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Chapter 2: What funding did Republicans push through for Trump's immigration policy?
For example, Snap had a strategy document that referred to Phone use in schools is under the desk time. They sent alerts to students during class time telling them that they should post about what was in their backpack. Meta had a program where it paid teenagers to act as its ambassadors in schools and hand out swag or post about new products online.
And Google knew that kids were looking at YouTube during class and watching videos that were not related to their academics. And they really did not invest in ways to keep that from happening for many years.
In response to questions from The Times, a Google spokesman said the documents surfaced in the lawsuits are outdated. Meta said its school outreach program was about soliciting feedback on products, among other things. And a spokeswoman for Snap said, quote, Overall, the social media companies have argued that parents, schools, and cell phone makers bear responsibility for kids' phone habits.
Recently, the companies settled for about $30 million with a small school district in rural Kentucky. That served as a test case for the broader litigation nationwide, and it suggests that as more of the lawsuits work their way through the courts, the companies could be on the hook for potentially billions of dollars.
And finally… I wanted to show, as an insider, how I lived the thing, you know, without wanting to make, you know, a lesson of history or of, I don't know, of politics or whatever. Not at all. Just to say, you know, in my life, from my point of view, that is the way I lived the thing.
Marjan Satrapi, the Iranian-French author behind the groundbreaking graphic novel series Persepolis, has died at 56 years old. Through her books, she introduced millions of readers to the struggles of everyday Iranians during the Islamic Revolution.
Released in the early 2000s, the graphic novels combined comics and memoir, telling the story of the Iran-Iraq War, the overthrow of the Shah, and what it was like for her growing up in a repressive society.
It's a human point of view. And really, if there is one message, it's the humanistic message, is that human beings, anywhere,
The books were later adapted into an animated film, which was nominated for an Oscar. Satrapi was born in Iran in the late 60s, and her family resisted the changes the country was undergoing when she was growing up, especially the new restrictions on how women could dress and what they could do. Her family sent her abroad as a teenager.
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Chapter 3: How is the Trump administration impacting immigrants' access to services?
Your question, which Canadian province is it? A hint, it's been called the Texas of Canada, in part because of its vast oil reserves. The answer? This is our moment. Alberta will be free. Alberta, where people are generally more wealthy and more conservative than the rest of Canada, and where they felt that they've been paying more than their fair share of taxes.
As they try to build support for their secessionist cause, activists from the province who want to break away have even met with Trump administration officials at least three times in the past year. Next question. The former Congressman George Santos is back in the news this week.
Santos, of course, has been expelled from Congress and was sentenced to years in prison for fraud until President Trump commuted his sentence last fall. Now, The Times has learned Santos is under investigation again for alleged misconduct. Your question, what new allegation is he said to be facing? Here are four options.
Chapter 4: What behind-the-scenes efforts are being made against immigrants?
Only one of them is right. Is it A, getting unemployment benefits while working full-time at an investment firm making six figures, B, making multiple fraudulent credit card transactions, C, insider trading on a prediction market, or D, lying on official government forms?
So again, that's getting unemployment benefits he shouldn't have, credit card fraud, insider trading on a prediction market, or lying on official forms. The answer? C, insider trading on a prediction market. All of the other options are crimes Santos previously admitted to, but the prediction market allegations, those are new.
And weirdly, they all center around this year's State of the Union speech. At the time, there was a lot of speculation about whether Santos would be in the audience, and people were placing bets online. According to a person familiar with the situation, Santos decided to bet too, putting down money that he wouldn't go. And he didn't.
Obviously, this kind of situation is exactly why prediction markets are facing a lot of questions about the potential for insider trading. And last question. The NBA recently rolled out some brand new music. The league is basically looking for a kind of signature sound. And to craft it, they brought in the composer behind one of the most distinctive TV show theme songs of the last decade.
If you listen closely to the NBA song, there's definitely some shared DNA in here. Your question, which TV show did this composer also write the theme for? The answer? The NBA brought in the composer of the Succession theme, Nicholas Bertel, who actually hosted some NBA players at his home when he was working on it to run his drafts by them. Quick bonus round now.
The NBA's new song is, of course, not the only signature tune in pro sports. We're going to play you three quick clips here. You name the sport. That was an easy one. It's football, Fox, NFL Sunday to be specific. Next one. If you got that, I'm clapping quietly for you. That is golf from the Masters. And last one. That is the official FIFA 2026 World Cup song.
Shakira coming in with another earworm. The tournament kicks off in just a few days, so prepare for that song to be absolutely everywhere. That's it for this week's news quiz. If you want to tell us how you did, our email is theheadlines at nytimes.com. The show will be back on Monday.
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