ICE Whistle-Blower Says Training Is ‘Broken,’ and OpenAI Faces Questions About Mass Shooter

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<p>Plus, how Mexico tracked its most-wanted cartel leader. </p> <p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/us/politics/ice-training-whistle-blower.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Training for New ICE Agents Is ‘Deficient’ and ‘Broken,’ Whistle-Blower Says</a>, by Nicholas Nehamas and Hamed Aleaziz</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/world/americas/el-mencho-mexico-cartel-military-raid.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mexican Forces Say They Tracked El Mencho to Cabin by Following His Lover</a>, by James Wagner</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/world/canada/canada-shooting-openai.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Canada Presses OpenAI for Answers on Mass Shooter’s Chatbot Use</a>, by Vjosa Isai</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/world/middleeast/iran-student-protests.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Iran Students Protest for Second Day Despite State Crackdown</a>, by Erika Solomon, Sanam Mahoozi and Devon Lum</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/iran-protests-surveillance-facial-recognition.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Iran Turns to Digital Surveillance Tools to Track Down Protesters</a>, by Adam Satariano, Paul Mozur and Farnaz Fassihi</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/arts/dance/bad-bunny-salsa-classes.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Bad Bunny Effect: Dance Without Fear</a>, by Brian Seibert</p> <p>(The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/business/media/new-york-times-open-ai-microsoft-lawsuit.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">sued</a> OpenAI and Microsoft in 2023, accusing them of copyright infringement of news content related to A.I. systems. The two companies have denied those claims.)</p> <p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">theheadlines@nytimes.com</a>.</p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>