Investigative reporting on federal contracts, spending and facilities tied to immigration detention and enforcement, built on public records such as SAM.gov filings and federal spending data. Readers get documents, figures and context on who is being paid and how contracts were awarded.

Gillian Brockell reports on US immigration enforcement flights, tracking ICE charter and military deportation flights, contracts, and third-country removals using flight data and sources. Readers get investigative, detail-heavy coverage of the logistics behind deportations.

Short, structured briefs on AI-related regulation and federal policy changes, each with a TL;DR, who is affected, why it matters, first steps and key dates. Deeper analysis is reserved for paid members of the PolicyEdge AI Intelligence Terminal.

Personal essays on deep tech, American manufacturing, and how startups can compete for federal contracts. The author works through ideas such as a thought-experiment manufacturing city, contractor team arrangements under the FAR, and the commercial promise of unglamorous industrial technologies.