ICE plans to add 92,600 detention

beds at a cost of $38.3 billion

Federal immigration officials plan to spend $38.3 billion to boost detention capacity to 92,600 beds. Those details are contained in a document released Friday as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement quietly purchases warehouses to turn into detention and processing facilities.

Republican New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte posted the document online amid tension over ICE’s plans to convert a warehouse in Merrimack into a 500-bed processing center.

It says ICE plans 16 regional processing centers with a population of 1,000 to 1,500 detainees, whose stays would average three to seven days. Another eight large-scale detention centers would be capable of housing 7,000 to 10,000 detainees for less than 60 days on average.

US military strikes another

drug boat in Caribbean, killing 3

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military says it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the Caribbean Sea. U.S. Southern Command said Friday on social media that the boat “was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.”

It said the strike killed three people. A video linked to the post shows a boat moving through the water before exploding in flames. Friday’s attack raises the death toll from the Trump administration’s strikes on alleged drug boats to 133 people in at least 38 attacks carried out since early September in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.

Goldman Sachs’ top attorney resigns

after some Epstein emails released

NEW YORK (AP) — Kathy Ruemmler’s resignation as Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer comes after emails show she stayed close with Jeffrey Epstein long after his conviction on sex crimes. Emails between her and Epstein show thousands of pages of correspondence, warm exchanges and expensive presents that go beyond a standard lawyer-client relationship. Emails show she received spa treatments, luxury items, and chicken soup when she felt sick.

In some instances, she advised Epstein on how he might go about trying to repair his image and defend himself publicly against new claims of misconduct. The fallout raised questions inside Goldman about her judgment and conflicts.

Another shutdown for Department

of Homeland Security expected

Another shutdown for parts of the federal government is expected this weekend. Funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to expire Saturday as lawmakers debate new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda. The White House has been negotiating with the Democrats, but the two sides failed to reach a deal by the deadline. Unlike the record 43-day shutdown last fall, the closures will be narrowly confined, as only agencies that are part of Homeland Security will be affected. Still some federal workers could begin to miss paychecks and services like airport screening could be affected if the shutdown drags on for weeks.

At Fort Bragg, Trump says Maduro

raid showed ‘full military might’

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — President Trump used a Fort Bragg appearance on Friday to praise U.S. Special Forces for last month’s raid that removed Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. But his visit also felt at times more like a political rally than an official trip to fete the military. Trump said he planned to award the Medal of Honor to one of the raid’s participants.

But he also called Michael Whatley, a Republican Senate candidate in North Carolina, to the stage. Trump told troops and their families that the operation against Maduro shows America’s”full military might.” The president mentioned sending a second aircraft carrier group to the Middle East amid tensions with Iran and said that the U.S. is “feared” by potential enemies.

Evidence grows in search for Guthrie

Those frightening images of a masked man on Nancy Guthrie’s porch could provide valuable clues to investigators. The FBI already has analyzed the videos from Guthrie’s doorbell camera to identify the suspect’s backpack. Former criminal investigators say it’s almost certain that authorities now are using the footage to build a physical and psychological profile of the suspect in Guthrie’s disappearance.

The Associated Press

The footage released to the public this week totals less than a minute in length. It shows not only the suspect’s clothes and shoes, but also the way he moves. Investigators who have worked on high-profile cases say that’s all valuable information.