Jaclyn Diaz
Jaclyn Diaz is a reporter on Newshub.
She frequently covers breaking news and major events for NPR's digital desk. She traveled to China to cover the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (which involved staying in a strict COVID-19-safe bubble) and Israel to cover the attacks of Oct. 7 and the war's impact on Palestinians and Israelis.
She also regularly covers criminal justice issues, with a special focus on our nation's prisons and jails.
During the summer of 2023, she spent a few months on the Washington Desk to help cover the Justice Department during one of the busiest summers for the agency — when former President Donald Trump faced multiple criminal indictments.
Before coming to NPR in 2020, she was a reporter for Bloomberg Law, covering labor issues, and for The Norwich Bulletin, covering the small communities of Eastern Connecticut.
While she's at home in Maryland with her husband and cuddling with her dog, Duncan, you can read her stories online and occasionally hear her on Morning Edition, Up First or All Things Considered where she discusses things like why there's an uptick in human and owl confrontations.
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Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will lead an independent inquiry into Cornell's handling of a former student's rape allegations. Students are preparing for a sit-in Wednesday.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed to address a loophole in state law that makes it difficult to prosecute cases when a sexual assault victim willingly consumes drugs or alcohol.
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President Trump's ambitious deportation goals depend on the cooperation of local law enforcement, but some states don't want to take part. Now, sheriffs who want to cooperate with ICE are suing. -
Dozens of cities have canceled their contracts with Flock. Some are switching to other companies, but privacy experts say they're no better than Flock. -
President Trump's former personal attorney is under the microscope on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee are questioning Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, whom Trump has nominated for the job permanently.
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Canoeist David Hearn plead not guilty in D.C. Superior Court Thursday to a charge of destruction of property causing more than $1,000 in damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. -
Two recent judicial rulings create more obstacles for President Trump's slated $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.
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The Trump administration's attempts to revoke the citizenship of hundreds of foreign-born Americans as part of its immigration strategy is off to a slow start.
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The Justice Department announced the first formal charges against the suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
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The Department of Justice has quietly restarted a decades-dormant program to restore gun rights to felons. One name on the list is raising questions about transparency.
