ICE Arrests Surge at Airports, and Fauci’s Private Diary Faces Scrutiny

Plus, why toxic wastewater is bubbling up out of the ground.

Here’s what we’re covering:

ICE Arrests Surge at Airports, Opening New Front in Deportation Drive (nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/ice-arrests-airports…), by Hamed Aleaziz and Miriam Jordan

The Choice Facing Some Immigrants: Pay $1.8 Million in Fines or Leave (nytimes.com/2026/07/22/us/immigration-civil-fi…), by Miriam Jordan

Fauci, in Private Diary, Reflected on Covid’s Origins and His Own Fame (nytimes.com/2026/07/27/us/politics/fauci-in-pr…), by Sheryl Gay Stolberg

Trump Will End Subsidies for Medicare Drug Premiums (nytimes.com/2026/07/28/business/medicare-drug-…), by Rebecca Robbins and Reed Abelson

Live Updates: U.S. and Saudi Arabia Target Iranian Proxies (nytimes.com/live/2026/07/28/world/iran-us-stri…), by The New York Times

In Ohio, Toxic Wastewater Is Bubbling Up Out of the Ground (nytimes.com/2026/07/29/climate/ohio-fracking-w…), by Quinn Glabicki

Gunther von Hagens, Creator of Polarizing ‘Body Worlds’ Exhibits, Dies at 81 (nytimes.com/2026/07/28/science/gunther-von-hag…), by Clay Risen

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