Jake Offenhartz
@jangelooff
NYC reporter @AP // Contributing @NewYorker // DMs open for tips, praise & Signal
NEW: Mahmoud Khalil just filed a $20M damages claim against the Trump admin, alleging it terrorized his family and smeared him as an antisemite for political gain. He spoke with us about the filing, and the moments of bliss and anguish since his release apnews.com/article/mahmou…

US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza. apnews.com/article/palest…
Eric Adams, who we were told was too busy to take off topic questions from reporters this week, apparently has a free hour to sit down with @BillAckman
In summary, in light of the inability to add a new name to the ballot and the low probability of success of a write-in campaign, the only candidates with a credible chance to beat @ZohranKMamdani are Cuomo and Adams. I met yesterday with @NYCMayor Eric Adams and @andrewcuomo to…
A look at @zohranmamdani's omnipresent, exuberant ground game – and a candidate so committed to getting out the vote that he dispatched his own driver to rush two teens to the polls before they closed Tuesday. apnews.com/article/zohran…

BREAKING: Palestinian witnesses and hospitals say Israeli forces opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza, killing at least 25 people. apnews.com/article/israel…
Last one from LA: On the rapid uptick in broad daylight ICE raids, and how Americans from across the political spectrum are mobilizing, often spontaneously, to stop their neighbors from being hauled away (With @watson_julie & @ClaireARush) apnews.com/article/immigr…


NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge says he’ll order Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil released from immigration detention. apnews.com/article/mahmou…
Los Angeles police are using tear gas, horses and crowd control munitions to disperse an otherwise peaceful protest outside the federal building — as the Marines stand guard nearby. Live updates: apnews.com/live/trump-mil…
An hour before night two of LA's curfew, police on horseback charged at a crowd gathered in front of City Hall. Arrests now underway. Live updates here: apnews.com/live/immigrati…
Our dispatch from night one of LA’s curfew: in which riot police rode horses through a crowd and fired off crowd control projectiles to disperse hundreds of demonstrators moments after the 8pm deadline apnews.com/article/los-an…
NYU is denying a diploma to a student who used a graduation speech to condemn Israel’s attacks on Palestinians and what he described as “complicity in this genocide." Pro-Israel groups dubbed the speech antisemitic, though it made no mention of Jews. apnews.com/b358e0bb6961b4…
Need a series of photos of Spike Lee in progressively larger bucket hats. For my health