GAO finds millions wasted in ICE detention expansion
How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.
OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN
HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 5 HEADLINES
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2026-09-24
GAO finds tens of millions wasted on ICE detention expansion
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25 Sep, 00:48 UTC
GAO says ICE detention expansion wasted tens of millions of dollars
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25 Sep, 06:16 UTC
GAO Says ICE Detention Expansion Wasted Tens of Millions
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25 Sep, 12:10 UTC
GAO Finds Millions Wasted in ICE Detention Expansion
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26 Sep, 00:19 UTC
GAO finds millions wasted in ICE detention expansion
WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER
From the first reports to the latest
- Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.
Entered the story later
- $734 million · from 25 Sep 10:00, 2 outlets
- $2.85 million tents · from 25 Sep 10:00, 2 outlets
- Heather MacLeod · from 25 Sep 10:00, 2 outlets
Figures reported with different numbers
- detainee day: $249 (2 from 24 Sep 16:57) → $182 (2 from 24 Sep 16:57)
Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.