The Brief

Kendrick Lamar's reign continues: The Los Angeles rapper has received nine Grammy nominations for the 2026 awards, following a triumphant sweep earlier this year in which he took home more golden Gramophones than any other artist — including record of the year and song of the year for his mic-dropping "Not Like Us." On Friday, Lamar received nods in three major categories. He could repeat in record of the year and song of the year and add album of the year to his trophy case in 2026, with potential wins in the rap and pop duo/group performance categories, too.

The bulk of Lamar's nominations are for his record-breaking album GNX and the single "Luther (feat. SZA)," both of which topped multiple Billboard charts. Beyond his own album and singles, the Recording Academy also recognized the rapper for additional collaborations with SZA and Clipse. At this time last year, Lamar was in the midst of a remarkable run that culminated in his Super Bowl halftime performance, multiple Grammy wins and a victory in his rap beef with Drake by unanimous decision.

At the 68th annual Grammy Awards, which will be presented at a ceremony on February 1, 2026 in Los Angeles, competition for the top awards will also include Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter and Bad Bunny. Gaga trails behind Lamar with seven nominations, including best pop solo performance ("Disease") and best pop vocal album (MAYHEM). Canadian record producer Cirkut, who co-produced Gaga's album, also has seven nominations, as does Jack Antonoff, who's recognized for his work with Lamar and Carpenter. Bad Bunny has six nominations. So does the breakout star of last year's Grammys — Carpenter — and the newcomer with most nominations this year, including best new artist — Leon Thomas.

The 32-year-old Thomas — who just landed his first Top 10 hit on Billboard's Hot 100 chart this week — is in the running for several R&B categories (including for a song recorded during his NPR Tiny Desk concert), as well as album of the year (MUTT). Joining Thomas among the nominees for best new artist are girl group KATSEYE, soul-pop singer Olivia Dean (who also cracked the Top 10 this week), indie-pop band The Marías, English singer Lola Young, Gen-Z rocker sombr and two TikTok creators turned pop stars: Alex Warren and Addison Rae.

In the rap categories, the Recording Academy embraced the highly-touted return of the duo Clipse, following a 16-year hiatus. The Thornton brothers, a.k.a. Malice and Pusha T, received five nominations for their album Let God Sort Em Out. Doechii, who delivered one of last year's most electric Grammys performances, also received five nominations for her single "Anxiety." (Although the song originally came out in 2019, the Swamp Princess re-recorded and re-released "Anxiety" this year after it went viral on TikTok). Tyler, the Creator — who has publicly called out the Academy for how it categorizes rap — is once again nominated for best rap album (CHROMAKOPIA) and best rap song ("Sticky feat. GloRilla, Lil Wayne, Sexyy Red"). He's also up for best alternative album (DON'T TAP THE GLASS), album of the year (CHROMAKOPIA) and best album cover (CHROMAKOPIA).

The 68th annual Grammy Awards will feature 95 categories total, highlighting a multitude of genres as well as behind-the-scenes figures like songwriters and producers. This year, the Recording Academy will introduce two new categories. The first is for best album cover. Nominees include Bad Bunny (DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS), alt-rocker Djo (The Crux) and the English band Wet Leg (moisturizer). The second debuting category is for best traditional country album. The first nominees include father and son Lukas Nelson (American Romance) and Willie Nelson (Oh What A Beautiful World), as well as Zach Top (Ain't In It For My Health), Charley Crockett (Dollar A Day) and Margo Price (Hard Headed Woman).

Read the complete list of nominees below:

1. Record of the Year

• "DtMF" by Bad Bunny
• "Manchild" by Sabrina Carpenter
• "Anxiety" by Doechii
• "WILDFLOWER" by Billie Eilish
• "Abracadabra" by Lady Gaga
• "luther" by Kendrick Lamar with SZA
• "The Subway" by Chappell Roan
• "APT." by ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
  

1. Album of the Year

• DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS by Bad Bunny
• SWAG by Justin Bieber
• Man's Best Friend by Sabrina Carpenter
• Let God Sort Em Out by Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
• MAYHEM by Lady Gaga 
• GNX by Kendrick Lamar
• MUTT by Leon Thomas
• CHROMAKOPIA by Tyler, The Creator
  

1. Song of the Year

• "Abracadabra" – Henry Walter, Lady Gaga & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
• "Anxiety" – Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)
• "APT." – Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Henry Walter, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Young Park & Theron Thomas, songwriters (ROSÉ, Bruno Mars)
• "DtMF" – Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Roberto José Rosado Torres, Marco Daniel Borrero, Hugo René Sención Sanabria & Tyler Thomas Spry, songwriters (Bad Bunny)
• "Golden" [From KPop Demon Hunters] — EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI)
• "luther" — Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Ink, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Kendrick Lamar, Mark Anthony Spears, Solána Rowe & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar With SZA)
• "Manchild" — Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
• "WILDFLOWER" — Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
  

1. Best New Artist

• Olivia Dean
• KATSEYE
• The Marias
• Addison Rae
• sombr
• Leon Thomas 
• Alex Warren
• Lola Young
  

1. Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

• Dan Auerbach
• Cirkut
• Dijon
• Blake Mills
• Sounwave
  

1. Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

• Amy Allen
• Edgar Barrera
• Jessie Jo Dillon
• Tobias Jesso Jr.
• Laura Veltz
  

1. Best Pop Solo Performance

• "DAISIES" by Justin Bieber
• "Manchild" by Sabrina Carpenter
• "Disease" by Lady Gaga
• "The Subway" by Chappell Roan
• "Messy" by Lola Young
  

1. Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• "Defying Gravity" by Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
• "Golden" [From KPop Demon Hunters] by HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI
• "Gabriela" by KATSEYE
• "APT." by ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
• "30 For 30" by SZA with Kendrick Lamar
  

1. Best Pop Vocal Album

• SWAG by Justin Bieber
• Man's Best Friend by Sabrina Carpenter
• Something Beautiful by Miley Cyrus
• MAYHEM by Lady Gaga 
• I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2) by Teddy Swims
  

1. Best Dance/Electronic Recording

• "No Cap" by Disclosure & Anderson .Paak
• "Victory Lap" by Fred Again.., Skepta, & PlaqueBoyMax
• "SPACE INVADER" by KAYTRANADA
• "VOLTAGE" by Skrillex
• "End of Summer" by Tame Impala
  

1. Best Dance Pop Recording

• "Bluest Flame" by Selena Gomez & benny blanco
• "Abracadabra" by Lady Gaga
• "Midnight Sun" by Zara Larsson
• "Just Keep Watching" [From F1 The Movie] by Tate McRae
• "Illegal" by PinkPantheress

1. Best Dance/Electronic Album

• EUSEXUA by FKA twigs
• Ten Days by Fred Again..
• Fancy That by PinkPantheress
• Inhale / Exhale by RÜFÜS DU SOL
• F*** U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!! <3 by Skrillex
  

1. Best Remixed Recording

• "Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix)"  – Gesaffelstein, remixer (Lady Gaga, Gesaffelstein)
• "Don't Forget About Us" – KAYTRANADA, remixer (Mariah Carey & KAYTRANADA)
• "A Dreams A Dream - Ron Trent Remix" – Ron Trent, remixer (Soul II Soul)
• "Galvanize" – Chris Lake, remixer (The Chemical Brothers & Chris Lake)
• "Golden - David Guetta REM/X" – David Guetta, remixer (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI)
  

1. Best Rock Performance 

• "U Should Not Be Doing That" by Amyl and The Sniffers
• "The Emptiness Machine" by Linkin Park
• "NEVER ENOUGH" by Turnstile
• "Mirtazapine" by Hayley Williams
• "Changes (Live From Villa Park/ Back To The Beginning)" by YUNGBLUD feat. Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II
  

1. Best Metal Performance

• "Night Terror" by Dream Theater
• "Lachryma" by Ghost
• "Emergence" by Sleep Token
• "Soft Spine" by Spiritbox
• "BIRDS" by Turnstile 
  

1. Best Rock Song

• "As Alive As You Need Me To Be" – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)
• "Caramel" – Vessel1 & Vessel2, songwriters (Sleep Token)
• "Glum" – Daniel James & Hayley Williams, songwriters (Hayley Williams)
• "NEVER ENOUGH" – Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory, Meg Mills & Brendan Yates, songwriters (Turnstile)
• "Zombie" – Dominic Harrison & Matt Schwartz, songwriters (YUNGBLUD)
  

1. Best Rock Album

• private music by Deftones
• I quit by HAIM
• From Zero by Linkin Park
• NEVER ENOUGH by Turnstile
• Idols by YUNGBLUD
  

1. Best Alternative Music Performance

• "Everything Is Peaceful Love" by Bon Iver
• "Alone" by The Cure
• "SEEIN' STARS" by Turnstile 
• "mangetout" by Wet Leg
• "Parachute" by Hayley Williams
  

1. Best Alternative Music Album

• SABLE, fABLE by Bon Iver
• Songs Of A Lost World by The Cure
• DON'T TAP THE GLASS by Tyler, The Creator
• moisturizer by Wet Leg
• Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party by Hayley Williams
  

1. Best R&B Performance

• "YUKON" by Justin Bieber
• "It Depends" by Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller
• "Folded" by Kehlani
• "MUTT" (Live from NPR's Tiny Desk) by Leon Thomas
• "Heart Of A Woman" by Summer Walker

1. Best Traditional R&B Performance

• "Here We Are" by Durand Bernarr
• "UPTOWN" by Lalah Hathaway
• "LOVE YOU TOO" by Ledisi
• "Crybaby" by SZA
• "VIBES DON'T LIE" by Leon Thomas 
  

1. Best R&B Song

• "Folded" – Darius Dixson, Andre Harris, Kehlani Parrish, Donovan Knight, Don Mills, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Dawit Kamal Wilson, songwriters (Kehlani)
• "Heart Of A Woman" – David Bishop & Summer Walker, songwriters (Summer Walker)
• "It Depends" – Nico Baran, Chris Brown, Ant Clemons, Ephrem Lopez Jr., Ryan Press, Bryson Tiller, Elliott Trent & Dewain Whitmore Jr., songwriters (Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller)
• "Overqualified" – James John Abrahart Jr & Durand Bernarr, songwriters (Durand Bernarr)
• "YES IT IS" – Jariuce Banks, Lazaro Andres Camejo, Mike Hector, Peter Lee Johnson, Rodney Jones Jr., Ali Prawl & Leon Thomas, songwriters (Leon Thomas)
  

1. Best Progressive R&B Album

• BLOOM by Durand Bernarr
• Adjust Brightness by Bilal 
• LOVE ON DIGITAL by Destin Conrad
• Access All Areas by FLO
• Come As You Are by Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon
  

1. Best R&B Album

• BELOVED by GIVĒON
• Why Not More? by Coco Jones
• The Crown by Ledisi
• Escape Room by Teyana Taylor
• MUTT by Leon Thomas
  

1. Best Rap Performance

• "Outside" by Cardi B
• "Chains & Whips" by Clipse, Pusha T & Malice feat. Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams
• "Anxiety" by Doechii
• "tv off" by Kendrick Lamar feat. Lefty Gunplay
• "Darling, I" by Tyler, The Creator feat. Teezo Touchdown
  

1. Best Melodic Rap Performance

• "Proud Of Me" by Fridayy feat. Meek Mill
• "Wholeheartedly" by JID feat. Ty Dolla $ign & 6Lack
• "luther" by Kendrick Lamar with SZA
• "WeMaj" by Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon Featuring Rapsody
• "SOMEBODY LOVES ME" by PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake
  

1. Best Rap Song

• "Anxiety" – Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)
• "The Birds Don't Sing" – Gene Elliott Thornton Jr., Terrence Thornton, Pharrell
• Williams & Stevie Wonder, songwriters (Clipse, Pusha T & Malice feat. John Legend & Voices Of Fire)
• "Sticky" – Aaron Bolton, Dudley Alexander Duverne, Gloria Woods, Dwayne Carter, Jr., Janae Wherry, Tyler Okonma & Rex Zamor, songwriters (Tyler, The Creator feat. GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne)
• "TGIF" – Lucas Alegria, Dillon Brophy, Yakki Davis, Gloria Woods, Jess Jackson, Ronnie Jackson, Mario Mims & Jorge M. Taveras, songwriters (GloRilla)
• "tv off" –  Jack Antonoff, Larry Jayy, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean Momberger, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar feat. Lefty Gunplay)

1. Best Rap Album

• Let God Sort Em Out by Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
• GLORIOUS by GloRilla
• God Does Like Ugly by JID
• GNX by Kendrick Lamar
• CHROMAKOPIA by Tyler, The Creator
  

1. Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

• A Hurricane in Heels: healed people don't act like that (partially recorded live @City Winery & other places) by Queen Sheba
• Black Shaman by Marc Marcel
• Pages by Omari Hardwick & Anthony Hamilton
• Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends At Treepeople by Saul Williams, Carlos Niño & Friends 
• Words For Days Vol. 1 by Mad Skillz
  

1. Best Jazz Performance

• "Noble Rise" by Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Immanuel Wilkins & Mark Whitfield

• "Windows - Live" by Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
• "Peace Of Mind/Dreams Come True" bySamara Joy
• "Four" by Michael Mayo
• "All Stars Lead To You - Live" by Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold & Rachel Eckroth
  

1. Best Jazz Vocal Album

• Elemental by Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap
• We Insist 2025! by Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell
• Portrait by Samara Joy
• Fly by Michael Mayo
• Live at Vic's Las Vegas by Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold & Rachel Eckroth
  

1. Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• Trilogy 3 (Live) by Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
• Southern Nights by Sullivan Fortner Featuring Peter Washington & Marcus Gilmore
• Belonging by Branford Marsalis Quartet
• Spirit Fall by John Patitucci Featuring Chris Potter & Brian Blade
• Fasten Up by Yellowjackets
  

1. Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• Orchestrator Emulator by The 8-Bit Big Band
• Without Further Ado, Vol 1 by Christian McBride Big Band
• Lumen by Danilo Pérez & Bohuslän Big Band
• Basie Rocks! by Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra
• Lights on a Satellite by Sun Ra Arkestra
• Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores by Kenny Wheeler Legacy Featuring The Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra & Frost Jazz Orchestra
  

1. Best Latin Jazz Album

• La Fleur de Cayenne by Paquito D'Rivera & Madrid-New York Connection Band

• The Original Influencers: Dizzy, Chano & Chico by Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra feat. Pedrito Martinez, Daymé Arocena, Jon Faddis, Donald Harrison & Melvis Santa
• Mundoagua - Celebrating Carla Bley by Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
• A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole by Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro
•  Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at The Village Vanguard by Miguel Zenón Quartet

1. Best Alternative Jazz Album

• honey from a winter stone by Ambrose Akinmusire
• Keys To The City Volume One by Robert Glasper
• Ride into the Sun by Brad Mehldau
• LIVE-ACTION by Nate Smith
• Blues Blood by Immanuel Wilkins
  

1. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• Wintersongs by Laila Biali
• The Gift Of Love by Jennifer Hudson
• Who Believes In Angels? by Elton John & Brandi Carlile
• Harlequin by Lady Gaga
• A Matter Of Time by Laufey
• The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume 2 by Barbra Streisand
  

1. Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

• Brightside by ARKAI
• Ones & Twos by Gerald Clayton
• BEATrio by Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sánchez
• Just Us by Bob James & Dave Koz
• Shayan by Charu Suri
  

1. Best Musical Theater Album

• Buena Vista Social Club
• Death Becomes Her
• Gypsy
• Just In Time
• Maybe Happy Ending
  

1. Best Country Solo Performance 

• "Nose On The Grindstone" by Tyler Childers
• "Good News" by Shaboozey
• "Bad As I Used To Be" [From F1 The Movie] by Chris Stapleton
• "I Never Lie" by Zach Top
• "Somewhere Over Laredo" by Lainey Wilson
  

1. Best Country Duo/Group Performance 

• "A Song To Sing" by Miranda Lambert And Chris Stapleton
• "Trailblazer" by Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson
• "Love Me Like You Used To Do" by Margo Price & Tyler Childers
• "Amen" by Shaboozey & Jelly Roll
• "Honky Tonk Hall Of Fame" by George Strait, Chris Stapleton
  

1. Best Country Song

• "Bitin' List" – Tyler Childers, songwriter (Tyler Childers)
• "Good News" – Michael Ross Pollack, Sam Elliot Roman & Jacob Torrey, songwriters (Shaboozey)
• "I Never Lie" – Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols & Zach Top, songwriters (Zach Top)
• "Somewhere Over Laredo" – Andy Albert, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson & Lainey Wilson, songwriters (Lainey Wilson)
• "A Song To Sing" – Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton)
  

1. Best Traditional Country Album

• Dollar A Day by Charley Crockett
• American Romance by Lukas Nelson
• Oh What A Beautiful World by Willie Nelson
• Hard Headed Woman by Margo Price
• Ain't In It For My Health by Zach Top

1. Best Contemporary Country Album

• Patterns by Kelsea Ballerini
• Snipe Hunter by Tyler Childers
• Evangeline Vs. The Machine by Eric Church
• Beautifully Broken by Jelly Roll
• Postcards From Texas by Miranda Lambert
  

1. Best American Roots Performance 

• "LONELY AVENUE" by Jon Batiste feat. Randy Newman
• "Ancient Light" by I'm With Her
• "Crimson And Clay" by Jason Isbell
• "Richmond On The James" by Alison Krauss & Union Station
• "Beautiful Strangers" by Mavis Staples
  

1. Best Americana Performance

• "Boom" by Sierra Hull
• "Poison In My Well" by Maggie Rose & Grace Potter
• "Godspeed" by Mavis Staples
• "That's Gonna Leave A Mark" by Molly Tuttle
• "Horses" by Jesse Welles
  

1. Best American Roots Song

• "Ancient Light" – Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan & Sara Watkins, songwriters (I'm With Her)
• "BIG MONEY" – Jon Batiste, Mike Elizondo & Steve McEwan, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
• "Foxes In The Snow" – Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell)
• "Middle" – Jesse Welles, songwriter (Jesse Welles)
• "Spitfire" – Sierra Hull, songwriter (Sierra Hull)
  

1. Best Americana Album

• BIG MONEY by Jon Batiste
• Bloom by Larkin Poe
• Last Leaf On The Tree by Willie Nelson 
• So Long Little Miss Sunshine by Molly Tuttle
• Middle by Jesse Welles
  

1. Best Bluegrass Album

• Carter & Cleveland by Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter
• A Tip Toe High Wire by Sierra Hull
• Arcadia by Alison Krauss & Union Station
• Outrun byThe Steeldrivers
• Highway Prayers by Billy Strings
  

1. Best Traditional Blues Album

• Ain't Done With The Blues by Buddy Guy
• Room On The Porch by Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo
• One Hour Mama: The Blues Of Victoria Spivey by Maria Muldaur
• Look Out Highway by Charlie Musselwhite
• Young Fashioned Ways by Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Bobby Rush
  

1. Best Contemporary Blues Album

• Breakthrough by Joe Bonamassa
• Paper Doll by Samantha Fish
• A Tribute to LJK by Eric Gales
• Preacher Kids by Robert Randolph
• Family by Southern Avenue
  

1. Best Folk Album

• What Did The Blackbird Say To The Crow by Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson
• Crown Of Roses by Patty Griffin
• Wild And Clear And Blue by I'm With Her
• Foxes In The Snow by Jason Isbell
• Under The Powerlines (April 24 – September 24) by Jesse Welles
  

1. Best Regional Roots Music Album

• Live At Vaughan's by Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet
• For Fat Man by Preservation Brass & Preservation Hall Jazz Band
• Church Of New Orleans by Kyle Roussel
• Second Line Sunday by Trombone Shorty And New Breed Brass Band
• A Tribute To The King Of Zydeco by (Various Artists)
  

1. Best Gospel Performance/Song

• "Do It Again" by Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter 
• "Church" by Tasha Cobbs Leonard, John Legend; Anthony S. Brown, Brunes Charles, Annatoria Chitapa, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Jonas Myrin, songwriters
• "Still (Live)" by Jonathan McReynolds & Jamal Roberts; Britney Delagraentiss, Jonathan McReynolds, David Lamar Outing III, Orlando Joel Palmer & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters
• "Amen" by Pastor Mike Jr.; Adia Andrews, Michael McClure Jr., David Lamar Outing II & Terrell Anthony Pettus, songwriters
• "Come Jesus Come" by Cece Winans Featuring Shirley Caesar
  

1. Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

• "I Know A Name" by Elevation Worship, Chris Brown, Brandon Lake; Hank Bentley, Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake & Jacob Sooter, songwriters
• "YOUR WAY'S BETTER" by Forrest Frank; Forrest Frank & PERA, songwriters
• "Hard Fought Hallelujah" by Brandon Lake With Jelly Roll; Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Benjamin William Hastings, Jason Bradley Deford & Brandon Lake, songwriters
• "Headphones" by Lecrae, Killer Mike, T.I.; Tyshane Thompson, Bongo ByTheWay, Michael Render, Lecrae Moore, William Roderick Miller & Clifford Harris, songwriters
• "Amazing" by Darrel Walls, PJ Morton; PJ Morton & Darrel Walls, songwriters
  

1. Best Gospel Album

• Sunny Days by Yolanda Adams
• Tasha by Tasha Cobbs Leonard
• Live Breathe Fight by Tamela Mann
• Only On The Road (Live) by Tye Tribbett
• Heart of Mine by Darrel Walls, PJ Morton
  

1. Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• CHILD OF GOD II by Forrest Frank
• Coritos Vol. 1 by Israel & New Breed
• King Of Hearts by Brandon Lake
• Reconstruction by Lecrae
• Let The Church Sing by Tauren Wells
  

1. Best Roots Gospel Album

• I Will Not Be Moved (Live) by The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
• Then Came The Morning by Gaither Vocal Band
• Praise & Worship: More Than A Hollow Hallelujah by The Isaacs
• Good Answers by Karen Peck & New River
• Back To My Roots by Candi Staton
  

1. Best Latin Pop Album

• Cosa Nuestra by Rauw Alejandro 
• BOGOTÁ (DELUXE) by Andrés Cepeda
• Tropicoqueta by Karol G
• Cancionera by Natalia Lafourcade
• ¿Y ahora qué? by Alejandro Sanz
  

1. Best Música Urbana Album

• DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS by Bad Bunny
• Mixteip by J Balvin
• FERXXO VOL X: Sagrado by Feid
• NAIKI by Nicki Nicole
• EUB DELUXE by Trueno
• SINFÓNICO (En Vivo) by Yandel
  

1. Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

• Genes Rebeldes by Aterciopelados
• ASTROPICAL by Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana, ASTROPICAL
• PAPOTA by CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
• ALGORHYTHM by Los Wizzards
• Novela by Fito Paez
  

1. Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)

• MALA MÍA by Fuerza Regida, Grupo Frontera
• Y Lo Que Viene by Grupo Frontera
• Sin Rodeos by Paola Jara
• Palabra De To's (Seca) by Carín León
• Bobby Pulido & Friends Una Tuya Y Una Mía - Por La Puerta Grande (En Vivo) by Bobby Pulido
  

1. Best Tropical Latin Album

• Fotografías by Rubén Blades, Roberto Delgado & Orquesta
• Raíces by Gloria Estefan
• Clásicos 1.0 by Grupo Niche
• Bingo by Alain Pérez
• Debut y Segunda Tanda, Vol. 2 by Gilberto Santa Rosa
  

1. Best Global Music Performance 

• "EoO" by Bad Bunny
• "Cantando en el Camino" by Ciro Hurtado
• "JERUSALEMA" by Angélique Kidjo
• "Inmigrante Y Que?" by Yeisy Rojas
• "Shrini's Dream (Live)" by Shakti
• "Daybreak" by Anoushka Shankar Featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar
  

1. Best African Music Performance

• "Love" by Burna Boy
• "With You" Davido feat. Omah Lay
• "Hope & Love" by Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin
• "Gimme Dat" by Ayra Starr feat. Wizkid
• "PUSH 2 START" by Tyla
  

1. Best Global Music Album

• Sounds of Kumbha by Siddhant Bhatia
• No Sign of Weakness by Burna Boy
• Eclairer le monde - Light the World by Youssou N'Dour
• Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live) by Shakti
• Chapter III: We Return to Light by Anoushka Shankar feat. Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar
• Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo by Caetano Veloso And Maria Bethânia
  

1. Best Reggae Album 

• Treasure Self Love by Lila Iké
• Heart & Soul by Vybz Kartel
• BLXXD & FYAH by Keznamdi
• From Within by Mortimer
• No Place Like Home by Jesse Royal
  

1. Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album

• Kuruvinda by Kirsten Agresta-Copely
• According To The Moon by Cheryl B. Engelhardt, GEM, Dallas String Quartet
• Into The Forest by Jahnavi Harrison
• Nomadica by Carla Patullo Featuring The Scorchio Quartet & Tonality
• The Colors In My Mind by Chris Redding
  

1. Best Children's Music Album

• Ageless: 100 Years Young by Joanie Leeds & Joya
• Buddy's Magic Tree House by Mega Ran
• Harmony by FYÜTCH & Aura V
• Herstory by Flor Bromley
• The Music Of Tori And The Muses by Tori Amos
  

1. Best Comedy Album 

• Drop Dead Years by Bill Burr
• PostMortem by Sarah Silverman
• Single Lady by Ali Wong
• What Had Happened Was… by Jamie Foxx
• Your Friend, Nate Bargatze by Nate Bargatze
  

1. Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

• Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story – Kathy Garver
• Into The Uncut Grass – Trevor Noah
• Lovely One: A Memoir – Ketanji Brown Jackson
• Meditations: The Reflections Of His Holiness The Dalai Lama – Dalai Lama
• You Know It's True: The Real Story Of Milli Vanilli – Fab Morvan
  

1. Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

• A Complete Unknown (Timothée Chalamet)
• F1 The Album (Various Artists)
• KPop Demon Hunters (Various Artists)
• Sinners (Various Artists)
• Wicked (Various Artists)
  

1. Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

• How To Train Your Dragon – John Powell, composer
• Severance: Season 2 – Theodore Shapiro, composer
• Sinners – Ludwig Göransson, composer
• Wicked – John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, composers
• The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers, composer
  

1. Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - Secrets of the Spires – Pinar Toprak, composer
• Helldivers 2 – Wilbert Roget, II, composer
• Indiana Jones And The Great Circle – Gordy Haab, composer
• Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & A Pirate's Fortune – Cody Matthew Johnson & Wilbert Roget, II, composers
• Sword of the Sea – Austin Wintory, composer
  

1. Best Song Written for Visual Media

• "As Alive As You Need Me To Be" [From TRON: Ares] – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)
• "Golden" [From KPop Demon Hunters] –  EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI)
• "I Lied to You" [From Sinners] – Ludwig Göransson & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Miles Caton)
• "Never Too Late" [From Elton John: Never Too Late] – Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Elton John, Brandi Carlile)
• "Pale, Pale Moon" [From Sinners] – Ludwig Göransson & Brittany Howard, songwriters (Jayme Lawson)
• "Sinners" [From Sinners] – Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Green, Travis Harrington, Tarkan Kozluklu, Kyris Mingo & Darius Povilinus, songwriters (Rod Wave)
  

1. Best Music Video

• "Young Lion" by Sade; Sophie Muller, video director; Sade & Aaron Taylor Dean, video producers
• "Manchild" by Sabrina Carpenter; Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia, video directors; Aiden Magarian, Nathan Scherrer & Natan Schottenfels, video producers
• "So Be It" by Clipse; Hannan Hussain, video director; Daniel Order, video producer
• "Anxiety" by Doechii; James Mackel, video director; Pablo Feldman, Jolene Mendes & Sophia Sabella, video producers
• "Love" by OK Go; Aaron Duffy, Miguel Espada & Damian Kulash Jr., video directors; Petra Ahmann, video producer
  

1. Best Music Film

• Devo (Devo) – Chris Smith, video director; Danny Gabai, Anita Greenspan, Chris Holmes & Chris Smith, video producers
• Live At The Royal Albert Hall (RAYE) – Paul Dugdale, video director; Stefan Demetriou & Amy James, video producers
• Relentless (Diane Warren) – Bess Kargman, video director; Peggy Drexler, Michele, Farinola & Kat Nguyen, video producers
• Music By John Williams (John Williams) – Laurent Bouzereau, video director; Sara Bernstein, Laurent Bouzereau, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Meredith Kaulfers, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg & Justin Wilkes, video producers
• Piece By Piece (Pharrell Williams) – Morgan Neville, video director; Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, Mimi Valdes & Pharrell Williams, video producers
  

1. Best Recording Package

• And The Adjacent Possible – Hà Trinh Quoc Bao, Damian Kulash, Jr., Claudio Ripol, Wombi Rose & Yuri Suzuki, art directors (OK Go)
• Balloonerism – Bráulio Amado & Alim Smith, art directors (Mac Miller)
• Danse Macabre: De Luxe – Rory McCartney, art director (Duran Duran)
• Loud Is As – Farbod Kokabi & Emily Sneddon, art directors (Tsunami)
• Sequoia – Tim Breen & Ken Shipley, art directors (Various Artists)
• The Spins (Picture Disc Vinyl) – Miller McCormick, art director (Mac Miller)
• Tracks II: The Lost Albums – Meghan Foley & Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen)
  

1. Best Album Cover

• CHROMAKOPIA – Shaun Llewellyn & Luis "Panch" Perez, art directors (Tyler, The Creator)
• The Crux – William Wesley II, art director (Djo)
• DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS – Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, art director (Bad Bunny)
• Glory – Cody Critcheloe & Andrew J.S., art directors (Perfume Genius)
• moisturizer – Hester Chambers, Ellis Durand, Henry Holmes, Matt de Jong, Jamie-James Medina, Joshua Mobaraki & Rhian Teasdale, art directors (Wet Leg)
  

1. Best Album Notes

• Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974 – Scott B. Bomar, album notes writer (Buck Owens And His Buckaroos)
• After The Last Sky – Adam Shatz, album notes writer (Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, Django Bates, Dave Holland)
• Árabe – Amanda Ekery, album notes writer (Amanda Ekery)
• The First Family: Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967 – Alec Palao, album notes writer (Sly & The Family Stone)
• A Ghost Is Born (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) – Bob Mehr, album notes writer (Wilco)
• Miles '55: The Prestige Recordings – Ashley Kahn, album notes writer (Miles Davis)
  

1. Best Historical Album

• Joni Mitchell Archives - Volume 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) — Patrick Milligan & Joni Mitchell, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Joni Mitchell)
• The Making Of Five Leaves Left — Cally Callomon & Johnny Chandler, compilation producers; Simon Heyworth & John Wood, mastering engineers (Nick Drake)
• Roots Rocking Zimbabwe - The Modern Sound Of Harare' Townships 1975-1980 (Analog Africa No.41) — Samy Ben Redjeb, compilation producer; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
• Super Disco Pirata - De Tepito Para El Mundo 1965-1980 (Analog Africa No. 39) – Samy Ben Redjeb, compilation producer; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
• You Can't Hip A Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos – Will Bratton,Sharyn Felder & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Doc Pomus)
  

1. Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• All Things Light – Jesse Brock, Jon Castelli, Tyler Johnson, Nick Lobel, Simon Maartensson, Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell, Anders Mouridsen, Ryan Nasci, Ernesto Olivera-Lapier, Ethan Schneiderman & Owen Stoutt, engineers; Dale Becker, mastering engineer (Cam)
• Arcadia – Neal Cappellino & Gary Paczosa, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
• For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) – Joseph Lorge, Blake Mills & Sebastian Reunert, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Japanese Breakfast)
• That Wasn't A Dream – Joseph Lorge & Blake Mills, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Pino Palladino, Blake Mills)
  

1. Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Cerrone: Don't Look Down – Mike Tierney, engineer; Alan Silverman, mastering engineer (Sandbox Percussion)
• Eastman: Symphony No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 – Gintas Norvila, engineer; Jennifer Nulsen, mastering engineer (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra)
• Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk District – Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons, Kristine Opolais, Günther Groissböck, Peter Hoare, Brenden Gunnell & Boston Symphony Orchestra)
• Standard Stoppages – Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, Bill Maylone, Judith Sherman & David Skidmore, engineers; Joe Lambert, mastering engineer (Third Coast Percussion)
• Yule – Morten Lindberg, engineer; Morten Lindberg, mastering engineer (Trio Mediæval)
  

1. Producer of the Year, Classical

• Blanton Alspaugh
• Sergei Kvitko
• Morten Lindberg
• Dmitriy Lipay 
• Elaine Martone
  

1. Best Immersive Audio Album

• All American F***boy – Andrew Law, immersive mix engineer (Duckwrth)
• Immersed – Justin Gray, immersive mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Justin Gray, Drew Jurecka & Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Justin Gray)
• An Immersive Tribute To Astor Piazzolla (Live) – Andrés Mayo & Martín Muscatello, immersive mix engineers; Andrés Mayo & Martín Muscatello, immersive producers (Various Artists)
• Tearjerkers – Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Hans-Martin Buff, immersive producer (Tearjerkers)
• Yule – Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Arve Henriksen & Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Trio Mediæval)
  

1. Best Instrumental Composition

• "First Snow" – Remy Le Boeuf, composer (Nordkraft Big Band, Remy Le Boeuf & Danielle Wertz)
• "Live Life This Day: Movement I" – Miho Hazama, composer (Miho Hazama, Danish Radio Big Band & Danish National Symphony Orchestra)
• "Lord, That's A Long Way" – Sierra Hull, composer (Sierra Hull)
• "Opening" – Zain Effendi, composer (Zain Effendi)
• "Train To Emerald City" – John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, composers (John Powell & Stephen Schwartz)
• "Why You Here / Before The Sun Went Down" – Ludwig Göransson, composer (Ludwig Göransson feat. Miles Caton)
  

1. Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

• "Be Okay" – Cynthia Erivo, arranger (Cynthia Erivo)
• "A Child Is Born" – Remy Le Boeuf, arranger (Nordkraft Big Band & Remy Le Boeuf)
• "Fight On" – Andy Clausen, Addison Maye-Saxon, Riley Mulherkar & Chloe Rowlands, arrangers (The Westerlies)
• "Super Mario Praise Break" – Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen & Matthew Whitaker, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band)
  

1. Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

• "Big Fish" – Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Nate Smith feat. säje)
• "How Did She Look?" – Nelson Riddle, arranger (Seth MacFarlane)
• "Keep An Eye On Summer" – Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
• "Something In The Water (Acoustic-Ish)" – Clyde Lawrence, Gracie Lawrence & Linus Lawrence, arrangers (Lawrence)
• "What A Wonderful World" – Cody Fry, arranger (Cody Fry)
  

1. Best Orchestral Performance

• Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L'Ouverture; Ballade Op. 4; Suites From '24 Negro Melodies' – Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic)
• Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie – Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
• Ravel: Boléro, M. 81 – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela)
• Still & Bonds – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
• Stravinsky: Symphony In Three Movements – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
  

1. Best Opera Recording

• Heggie: Intelligence – Kwamé Ryan, conductor; Jamie Barton, J'Nai Bridges & Janai Brugger; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer)
• Huang Ruo: An American Soldier – Carolyn Kuan, conductor; Hannah Cho, Alex DeSocio, Nina Yoshida Nelsen & Brian Vu; Adam Abeshouse, Silas Brown & Doron Schachter, producers (American Composers Orchestra; David Henry Hwang
• Kouyoumdjian: Adoration – Alan Pierson, conductor; Miriam Khalil, Marc Kudisch, David Adam Moore, Omar Najmi, Naomi Louisa O'Connell & Karim Sulayman; Mary Kouyoumdjian, producer (Silvana Quartet; The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street)
• O'Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead – Elaine Kelly, conductor; Oisín Ó Dálaigh & John Molloy; Alex Dowling & Emma O'Halloran, producers (Irish National Opera Orchestra; Mark O'Halloran)
• Tesori: Grounded – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Ben Bliss, Emily D'Angelo, Greer Grimsley & Kyle Miller; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; George Brant)
  

1. Best Choral Performance

• Advena - Liturgies For A Broken World – Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Simon Barrad, Emily Yocum Black & Michael Hawes; Conspirare)
• Childs: In The Arms Of The Beloved – Grant Gershon, conductor (Billy Childs, Dan Chmlellnskl, Christian Euman, Larry Koonse, Lyris Quartet, Anne Akiko Meyers, Carol Robbins & Luciana Souza; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
• Lang: Poor Hymnal – Donald Nally, conductor (Steven Bradshaw, Michael Hawes, Lauren Kelly, Rebecca Siler & Elisa Sutherland; The Crossing)
• Ortiz: Yanga – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Grant Gershon, chorus master (Los Angeles Philharmonic & Tambuco Percussion Ensemble; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
• Requiem Of Light – Steven Fox, conductor; Emily Drennan & Patti Drennan, chorus masters (Brian Giebler & Sangeeta Kaur; The Clarion Choir)
  

1. Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

• Dennehy: Land Of Winter – Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound
• La Mer - French Piano Trios – Neave Trio
• Lullabies For The Brokenhearted – Lili Haydn & Paul Cantelon 
• Slavic Sessions – Mak Grgić & Mateusz Kowalski
• Standard Stoppages – Third Coast Percussion
  

1. Best Classical Instrumental Solo

• Coleridge-Taylor: 3 Selections From '24 Negro Melodies' by Curtis Stewart; Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic)
• Hope Orchestrated by Mary Dawood Catlin; Jesús David Medina & Raniero Palm, conductors (Venezuela Strings Recording Ensemble)
• Inheritances by Adam Tendler
• Price: Piano Concerto In One Movement In D Minor by Han Chen; John Jeter, conductor (Malmö Opera Orchestra)
• Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos by Yo-Yo Ma; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
• Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works by Yuja Wang; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
  

1. Best Classical Solo Album

• Alike - My Mother's Dream – Allison Charney, soloist; Benjamin Loeb, conductor (National Symphonia Orchestra)
• Black Pierrot – Sidney Outlaw, soloist; Warren Jones, pianist
• In This Short Life – Devony Smith, soloist; Danny Zelibor, pianist; Michael Nicolas, accompanist
• Kurtág: Kafka Fragments – Susan Narucki, soloist; Curtis Macomber, accompanist
• Schubert Beatles – Theo Hoffman, soloist; Steven Blier, pianist (Rupert Boyd, Julia Bullock, Alex Levine, Andrew Owens, Rubén Rengel & Sam Weber)
• Telemann: Ino - Opera Arias For Soprano – Amanda Forsythe, soloist; Robert Mealy, Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)
  

1. Best Classical Compendium

• Cerrone: Don't Look Down – Sandbox Percussion; Jonathan Allen, Victor Caccese, Christopher Cerrone, Ian Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney & Mike Tierney, producers
• The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Vol. II – Will Liverman; Jonathan Estabrooks, producer
• Ortiz: Yanga – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer
• Seven Seasons – Janai Brugger, Isolde Fair, MB Gordy & Starr Parodi; Nicholas Dodd, conductor; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley, producers
• Tombeaux – Christina Sandsengen; Shaun Drew & Christina Sandsengen, producers
  

1. Best Contemporary Classical Composition

• Cerrone: Don't Look Down – Christopher Cerrone, composer (Conor Hanick & Sandbox Percussion)
• Dennehy: Land Of Winter – Donnacha Dennehy, composer (Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound)
• León: Raíces (Origins) – Tania León, composer (Edward Gardner & London Philharmonic Orchestra)
• Okpebholo: Songs In Flight – Shawn E. Okpebholo, composer (Will Liverman, Paul Sánchez & Various Artists)
• Ortiz: Dzonot – Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Alisa Weilerstein, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)

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Councilmember Ysabel Jurado has launched a cash assistance program for small businesses in Council District 14 to help cover up to $3,000 in expenses, including employee payroll, rent and utilities. 

Who is eligible?

To qualify for Jurado’s Microenterprise Grant Program, businesses must demonstrate financial need, be located in CD14, have five or fewer employees and generate $1 million or less in annual revenue. 

Business owners with multiple eligible businesses may only apply once. A full list of ineligible businesses can be found here.

According to Jurado’s office, businesses are encouraged to apply even if they are unclear whether they qualify.

How will grantees be chosen? 

Grants will be awarded to eligible businesses that create or retain jobs in the city and priority will be given to those that have not received financial assistance through city, state, or federal programs. The program will also prioritize businesses located in low-to-moderate income (LMI) census tracts, those with W-2 employees and those located in commercial “brick and mortar” locations. 

Finalists will be notified 30 days after the application closes.

How is the program funded?

The program is funded by the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The program provides grants to states, cities, and counties to “develop viable urban communities by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment, and by expanding economic opportunities, principally for low- and moderate-income persons,” according to the HUD website.

How to apply:

The application is available online here. The deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31.

Application assistance is available in-person at the local BusinessSource Centers listed below:

East Los Angeles (New Economics for Women)

Pico Union/Westlake (PACE)

The war in the Middle East ramped up on Thursday as Israel launched a wave of strikes targeting Iranian infrastructure in the central city of Isfahan, and said it killed the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's navy.

Iran hit back, firing two rounds of missiles at central Israel causing destruction and injuries. Israel was also under attack from a wave of rockets from Iran-backed fighters in Lebanon, and an Israeli soldier in Lebanon was killed.

On the diplomatic front, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said his country has been facilitating "indirect talks" between the U.S. and Iran by relaying messages between them. "In this context, the United States has shared 15 points, being deliberated upon by Iran," Dar wrote on social media.

Iran's foreign minister has denied the country is engaging in negotiations with the U.S., beyond the message exchanges. Iranian state media said Wednesday a senior security official rejected the U.S. proposal and submitted conditions in return.

President Donald Trump said Iran is "begging" to make a deal.

Pakistan, Trump and Iran have not mentioned if Israel is involved in the process. Israeli officials have told NPR their military seeks several more weeks of war to achieve its objectives in Iran.

Here are more updates on Day 27 of the Iran war.

To jump to specific areas of coverage, use the links below:

Thursday strikes | Negotiation claims | Kharg Island | Germany slams the U.S. | Oil prices | UAE affected

Iran, Hezbollah and Israel trade strikes

Arab-Israeli residents survey the damage following a projectile strike in the Arab-Israeli city of Kfar Qasim on Thursday.

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NPR's Daniel Estrin in Tel Aviv spoke to two military officials who said Israel wants to keep fighting and is hoping for several more weeks of war in Iran.

A person briefed on the operation told NPR the Israeli military is speeding up its targeting in Iran over the next 48 hours, focusing on trying to hit Iran's arms factories as much as possible — in case a ceasefire is declared.

The Israeli military said on social media it had completed a "wave of extensive strikes in Isfahan … targeting infrastructure."

Israel's defense minister, Israel Katz, said his country had killed Alireza Tangsiri, the head of Iranian Revolutionary Guard's navy, in an overnight strike. An official in Islamabad following the negotiations also said that Tangsiri was killed. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about it. Iran has not publicly commented.

Displaced Lebanese children play in the playground of a public school that has been converted into a shelter in the town of Dekwaneh, north of Beirut, on Wednesday.

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Israel also came under attack Thursday, with air sirens sounding in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and the Israeli military saying rescue crews were en route to the location of a strike at the center of the country.

The military reported a soldier on the ground in Lebanon had been killed, naming him as 21-year-old Sgt. Ori Greenberg.

Israel says its airstrikes continue in southern Lebanon, in advance of what Israeli officials say will be a "prolonged" ground invasion targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah militants.

Hezbollah began firing rockets at northern Israel this month in support of Iran and after months of Israel's attacks in Lebanon despite a ceasefire. Israeli officials say a civilian woman was killed by their rocket fire this week. More than a dozen people in Israel have also been killed by Iranian attacks since the start of the war.

Israeli officials say they plan to take Lebanese territory up to the Litani River, which runs 10 to 20 miles north of the border with Israel. Hezbollah says it targeted a group of Israeli soldiers inside that area with a drone.

Trump repeats negotiation claims

In remarks at a Republican fundraising dinner on Wednesday night, the president insisted Iran was looking to do a deal but didn't want to admit it because they were afraid their citizens would turn on them.

"We're winning so big. Nobody's ever seen anything like we're doing in the Middle East with Iran. And they are negotiating, by the way, and they want to make a deal so badly, but they're afraid to say it because they figure they'll be killed by their own people," he said. "They're also afraid they'll be killed by us. There's never been a head of a country that wanted that job less than being the head of Iran."

Under a proposed U.S. plan Iran would end its nuclear program, stop supporting proxy militias in the Middle East, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and limit its missile program. In exchange Iran would get relief from sanctions.

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But Iran rejected the proposal, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the country wants to end the war only on "our own terms." Iran has given five conditions: "end to aggression by the enemy, concrete guarantees preventing the recurrence of war, clear determination, guaranteed payment of war damages and compensation, comprehensive end to the war across all fronts, incl. against all resistance groups, recognition of Iran's sovereignty over Strait of Hormuz."

Iranian officials have insisted they are not negotiating with the U.S., saying the countries have only exchanged messages via regional intermediaries.

Pakistan has emerged as a potential mediator for negotiations. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday would not confirm news reports that there could be U.S.-Iran talks in the coming days. "Nothing should be deemed official until it is announced formally by the White House, I would not get ahead of our skis on reporting about any talks this weekend, until you hear directly from us," she said.

An official in Islamabad told NPR, on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly, that the Pakistani interior minister held a secret meeting with the Iranian ambassador in Pakistan Thursday.

And publicly, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar wrote on social media: "US-Iran indirect talks are taking place through messages being relayed by Pakistan," adding that Turkey and Egypt were also "extending their support to this initiative." He said Iran is deliberating upon a U.S. 15-point proposal.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has also spoken to his Iranian counterpart, stressing the war "should be resolved through dialogue and negotiation, not by force."

Will U.S. forces seize Kharg Island?

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The Pentagon is set to deploy up to 3,000 paratroopers from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, and thousands of Marines are also on their way to the region.

NPR's international affairs correspondent Jackie Northam reports it comes as President Trump weighs whether to seize Kharg Island, the home of Iran's main oil processing facility.

Analysts say such an operation would be risky for U.S. service personnel.

It could also spark fallout if Iran steps up strikes on Gulf countries in retaliation.

Iran's Parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, wrote on social media Wednesday that Iran's enemies were "preparing to occupy one of the Iranian islands," with the support of a country in the region. "If they step out of line, all the vital infrastructure of that regional country will, without restriction, become the target of relentless attacks," he warned.

Germany's defense minister slams the U.S.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius gave a frank assessment of the war in remarks on a trip to Australia.

"To make it crystal clear, this war is a catastrophe for the world's economies," he told reporters.

"What really concerns me the most about that war is there was no consultation, there is no strategy, there is no clear objective and the worst thing from my perspective is that there is no exit strategy," he said.

He also criticized Washington's changing demands of Europe, noting the U.S. had asked Europe to ramp up its defense spending and told it to focus on its own backyard.

"That was before the war started against Iran. Now, the arguments are different. Now they are saying: 'Where are you, you are cowards, you don't help us,'" Pistorius said.

He was referring to Trump calling NATO allies cowards after they declined his request to help the U.S. reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Pistorius said while Germany would not be getting involved in the war, they could help secure the vital economic waterway once a ceasefire is agreed.

Oil prices higher amid Strait of Hormuz standoff

Two Iranian state-affiliated news agencies, Tasnim and Fars, reported Iran's Parliament is planning to formalize fees for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

About one-fifth of the world's oil passes through the Strait, but Iran has essentially blocked most traffic since the start of the war.

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The strait, a narrow passage at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, is considered an international waterway for ships to access freely.

But an Iranian Embassy social media post said the country has laid out as one of its conditions for ending the war with the U.S. and Israel the "recognition of Iran's sovereignty over Strait of Hormuz."

Iranian media quoted lawmaker Mohammadreza Rezaei Kouchi as saying that Iran's "Parliament is pursuing a plan to formally codify Iran's sovereignty, control and oversight over the Strait of Hormuz, while also creating a source of revenue through the collection of fees."

Jasem Mohamed al-Budaiwi, the secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council, a bloc of Arab nations, said in a briefing that Iran is already charging fees for safe passage — in violation of international law.

Oil prices edged higher in Asia trading, with Brent crude trading around $100 a barrel. Asian and European stock markets also opened lower on Thursday.

UAE's stable reputation at risk

On Thursday morning alerts sounded in the United Arab Emirates. Two people were killed in Abu Dhabi by falling debris after a successful missile interception, officials said.

Saudi Arabia's Defense Ministry announced the interception of a drone in the Eastern Province, while Kuwait and Bahrain also reported attacks.

Airlines in what used to be one of the globe's busiest regions for air travel continue to suffer. Oman Air announced flight cancellations to numerous regional countries as well as parts of Europe until April 15.

Sultan al-Jaber, who heads the huge state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., accused Iran of "economic terrorism" for its stranglehold over the Strait of Hormuz.

In comments at Washington's Middle East Institute he said: "When Iran holds Hormuz hostage, every nation pays the ransom, at the gas pump, at the grocery store and at the pharmacy. No country can be allowed to destabilize the global economy in this way."

Daniel Estrin in Tel Aviv, Israel, Diaa Hadid in Mumbai, India, Lauren Frayer in Beirut, Emily Feng in Van, Turkey, Jackie Northam in Maine, Kate Bartlett in Johannesburg and Alex Leff in Washington contributed to this report.
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Ahem. Please indulge this minor rant: I’m over this whole “location upon RSVP” trend with L.A. events. I’m not paying to go to something, only to find out it’s all the way on the other side of town at 7 p.m. on a Thursday — and I wouldn’t want you to have to do that either! Event organizers, I want to hear from you. Are things really getting that popular that you’re hesitant to share a location? Can we at least designate “Westside” or “Eastside” or “Orange County”? Is there an underground scene I’m not cool enough to know about that folks are afraid of outing? OK, rant over.

In more important issues, Saturday is the next No Kings Day protest, so please be safe if you’re heading out to any of the many rallies being organized all across L.A. and Orange County.

Music-wise, if you were lucky enough to snag a ticket to Sir Paul McCartney himself at the Fonda on Friday or Saturday, count me as jealous. Beyond that, Lyndsey Parker at Licorice Pizza recommends former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr at the Lodge Room and Nick Lowe at the Bellwether on Friday. Saturday, the Freestyle Explosion is at YouTube Theater, with Exposé, Lisa Lisa, Pretty Poison and more. Also on Saturday, the first-ever darkwave festival, Los Darks, has an amazing lineup at Santa Ana Stadium with Caifanes, Johnny Marr, Twin Tribes, The Adicts, London After Midnight and Mareux. Finally, Mariah the Scientist plays Saturday and Sunday at the Palladium.

Elsewhere on LAist, you can get the latest on Metro’s K Line plans and get a sneak peek at the designs for LA28.

Events

Dodgers Opening Weekend vs. Diamondbacks

Thursday, March 26 to Saturday, March 28
Dodger Stadium
1000 Vin Scully Ave., Elysian Park
COST: FROM $85; MORE INFO 

Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers are looking for a three-peat.

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We made it to another baseball season! The Dodgers are at it again for what will maybe be a three-peat World Series season (we can dream). Head out to see Shohei Ohtani and the rest of the squad take on the Arizona Diamondbacks in their first home games of the year, or watch the games on the big screen at one of the many baseball bars around town.

Cole’s French Dip Closing Weekend Extravaganza

Saturday and Sunday, March 28 to 29 
Cole’s French Dip 
118 E. 6th St., Downtown L.A. 
COST: VARIES; MORE INFO 

Say it ain’t so! While downtown icon Cole’s French Dip has been threatening to close for a while now, this weekend is the last weekend that the 118-year-old establishment will be open. For real. Get your last orders in and celebrate the end of an era with other local chefs inspired by Cole’s, including special “dips” from Jitlada, Found Oyster, Little Fatty’s, Bay Cities and more. Proceeds will go to the Independent Hospitality Coalition in support of their efforts to save L.A.'s independent operators.

Women Who Create

Saturday, March 28, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 
Runway Playa Vista 
12775 W. Millennium Drive, Playa Vista
COST: FREE; MORE INFO 

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Wrap up Women’s History Month by supporting local women makers, creatives and small businesses. Runway Playa Vista is hosting this artisan market, which also includes mahjong lessons, live music and an “interactive junk journaling table.”

California Native Plant Festival

Saturday, March 28, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 
California Botanic Garden 
1500 N. College Ave., Claremont
COST: FREE; MORE INFO 

Get to know our native flora at the second annual California Native Plant Festival at the California Botanic Garden in Claremont. Featuring workshops on native plant gardening, talks and tours on ecology and plant restoration, family-friendly crafting, and live music, the day is a great way to explore the garden (for free!) and learn more about improving your corner of the ecosystem.

Green-House record release concert 

Sunday, March 29, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. 
Geoponika Greenhouse
3209 Fletcher Drive, Glassell Park 
COST: FROM $22; MORE INFO

Continue your plant-focused weekend with a visit to the Geoponika Greenhouse, where the (aptly named) band Green-House will be playing a record-release concert for their new album, Hinterlands. Their ethereal sounds follow a walk through “a labyrinth of rare and exotic cacti” alongside “visuals made by Michael Flanagan and the office axolotl.”

Mail-Art Making inspired by Raymond Saunders

Saturday, March 28, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
David Zwirner Gallery 
616 N. Western Ave., Melrose Hill 
COST: FREE; MORE INFO

Oakland-based artist Raymond Saunders marked his time in Los Angeles by collecting mementos and found objects. David Zwirner Gallery is currently showing his work (Notes from L.A. is on view through April 25) and hosting a special crafting activity in the gallery’s gorgeous garden. You can make your own “mail-art” with collage items and send postcards to friends and family. Plus, there will be matcha from neighborhood favorite Rocky's Matcha.

Cento Pasta Bar x Bravo Toast

Friday and Saturday, March 27 to 28, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Bravo Toast
632 1/2 N. Doheny Drive, West Hollywood
COST: VARIES; MORE INFO

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West Adams favorite Cento Pasta Bar is popping up at Bravo Toast on Doheny, bringing cult-favorite pastas to West Hollywood. Try the acclaimed beet pasta or spicy pomodoro with basil oil.

Octavia Butler Science Fiction Festival 

Friday, March 27, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
OEB Magnet Academy 
1505 N. Marengo Ave., Pasadena
COST: FREE; MORE INFO

Go on interplanetary adventures at the Octavia Butler Science Fiction Festival — from stargazing in an inflatable planetarium to upcycling a space-themed costume for the costume contest to earning free books by completing “missions.” This kid-focused event honors local Pasadena author Octavia Butler and aims to inspire the next generation of explorers.

Since Feb. 14, Transportation Security Administration staff have worked without pay due to the ongoing partial government shutdown — and with many calling out of work, passengers across the United States have experienced hourslong security screening lines.

This weekend, President Donald Trump announced that as of Monday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would be deployed to airports to support TSA operations.

The Trump administration said that ICE officers would be on duty to assist with airport security staffing. But the presence of ICE officers has sparked fear and uncertainty among travelers.

San Francisco International Airport, the Bay Area’s biggest airport, has been spared long wait lines by the fact that its security screening is contracted by a private company rather than TSA.

But on Sunday night, in an incident captured on video, plainclothes immigration officers were seen at SFO forcefully handling a woman in front of her young child. SFO was not on the list of 14 airports obtained by CNN where ICE would be appearing.

While standing in line, open up the airline app and rebook yourself, says travel reporter Chris Dong.

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So what should you know about ICE in U.S. airports right now? Keep reading for what we know about immigration officers, air travel and your rights around ICE officers.

Bear in mind that the following information doesn’t constitute legal advice, and you should direct any specific questions about your individual situation to a lawyer.

Which U.S. airports have ICE been deployed to?

According to reporting by The New York Times, 14 airports around the country will host ICE agents.

CNN reported that these locations include Chicago-O’Hare International Airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports in New York and Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.

No California airports appear on CNN’s current list.

On Tuesday, a TSA spokesperson confirmed to KQED that ICE would be deployed to “airports being adversely impacted” by TSA callouts and resignations — and that none of these were in the Bay Area.

Why was ICE at SFO on Sunday?

In footage from around 10 p.m. Sunday that was posted to social media, men wearing dark clothing were filmed at SFO pulling a crying woman from an airport terminal bench and then pushing her into a wheelchair — as a girl of around 10 is heard crying nearby. San Francisco police officers were seen standing by as the arrest occurred.

The men are not wearing visible badges or agency markings, but the Department of Homeland Security said on the social media platform X Monday that they were, in fact, ICE officers.

According to a DHS spokesperson, the woman and her daughter were arrested at the airport and were being “escorted to the international terminal for processing” when the woman tried to flee. Read more about Sunday night’s incident at SFO. As reported by The New York Times on Tuesday evening, ICE had originally been alerted to the pair’s presence at SFO by TSA.

According to a statement released by SFO, the airport was “not involved in or notified in advance of this incident.”

“We understand federal officers were transporting two individuals on an outbound flight when this incident occurred,” the statement reads. “We believe this is an isolated incident and have no reason to suspect broader enforcement action at SFO.”

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie echoed the airport’s statement on Monday in a social media post. Lurie said in his statement that local law enforcement “does not participate in federal civil immigration enforcement,” although some immigration attorneys have nonetheless questioned SFPD’s presence during the arrest.

As of Monday afternoon, local immigration advocates said they were still assessing the situation and working to “confirm all the facts related to this incident.”

“After killing people in our streets and detaining U.S. citizens, ICE has lost all credibility and trust with the public,” Bay Area Rep. Kevin Mullin and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said in a joint statement. “We demand immediate answers as to the mother’s and her child’s condition and the grounds for their detainment.”

Can ICE arrest people at the airport?

Yes, there have been documented instances of ICE arresting people at airports.

Jonathan Blazer, director of border strategies and senior advisor at the American Civil Liberties Union, said that there is “nothing that categorically prohibits ICE from going into an airport as an immigration enforcement agent.”

For example, Blazer said, ICE agents have used commercial flights in the past to transport individuals on deportation flights — or to transfer arrested people to immigration detention centers.

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Additionally, as first reported by The New York Times in December 2025, TSA has shared information about air travelers who are believed to be under deportation orders with ICE, enabling immigration agents to make arrests at the airport.

But Blazer said that this week’s deployment of ICE to airports — the “mere presence for this purpose, in an untargeted fashion, in large numbers” — was “unprecedented.”

According to CNN on Tuesday morning, Trump said that agents will continue arresting undocumented people, but said of ICE agents in airports: “That’s not why they’re there; they’re really there to help.” (Most TSA officers are not commissioned law enforcement officers.)

“Part of what’s so challenging here is that the Trump administration hasn’t really made clear what authorities they are vesting with ICE as part of this mission,” Blazer said.

In its roundup of risks of air travel, the National Immigration Law Center said that for people who are undocumented, have temporary immigration status or who are under a deportation order, there is “a significant risk of arrest at a U.S. airport.”

However, NILC also said that “all non-citizens face some risk” while traveling through U.S. airports, including those with green cards, if they have certain criminal convictions or who have Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status.

Advocates encourage passengers who aren’t U.S. citizens to talk to a lawyer about their specific situation before traveling.

Customs and Border Protection already regularly works in airports. What’s the difference between their powers and ICE’s?

ICE and CBP are both immigration enforcement agencies within DHS.

While ICE conducts enforcement within the U.S. and manages detention and deportation operations, CBP conducts inspections at all U.S. “ports of entry” — at land borders, seaports and airports.

ACLU’s Blazer said that while CBP has a lot of “power when they’re screening people coming in on an international flight,” that doesn’t apply to domestic flights. For example, CBP — and ICE — should not be able to check your electronic devices without a warrant for a domestic flight.

Nicole Hallett, director of the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic and a clinical professor of law at the University of Chicago, told the Washington Post that ICE cannot search a passenger’s personal belongings without a warrant — and can only do this if they are working on behalf of an agency that can, like CBP.

“If they’re acting as a TSA agent, they have to follow TSA rules. If they’re acting as a CBP agent and doing Border Patrol work, then they have the authority that Border Patrol has,” Hallett said.

“And if they are just merely standing in the airport as ICE officers, then they have the same legal authority that any ICE officer standing in a public location has,” she said. (Regardless, she said that ICE can approach passengers anywhere in the airport, including after security.)

What should I do if ICE approaches me in the airport?

At border checkpoints — including airports — officers can ask questions, carry out personal searches and detain people with wide latitude, Ahilan Arulanantham, co-director of the UCLA School of Law’s Center for Immigration Law & Policy, told NPR.

But Blazer said that in order for ICE to arrest someone for an immigration violation without a warrant, they would need to establish probable cause that the person is in the U.S. in violation of U.S. immigration laws — and that the person is likely to escape before a warrant can be obtained for the arrest. There has been recent litigation across the country challenging some of ICE’s warrantless arrests, he said.

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ICE officers “have no additional authority in an airport,” Blazer said. But in reality, he said, the constitutional protections and rights people have can be “a lot trickier to make the choice to exercise them” in an airport setting for most people — who are dealing not only with the added pressures of catching expensive flights but also the impatience of other passengers in the security line.

For example, people — whether citizens or immigrants — have the right to ask an immigration officer, “Am I free to go?” If they don’t have a specific, individualized, reasonable suspicion that you’ve committed a crime, they can’t question you further and you can go, Blazer said.

“But let’s think about how that works in the airport context,” he said. “‘Am I free to go?’ and leaving means that I’m probably leaving the airport to get myself out of a situation, and I may miss my flight at that point.”

Do I have to answer ICE’s questions at the airport?

If an ICE agent asks you questions in the airport, you “have the same right to remain silent as you do on the street,” Blazer said. “Nothing changes just because you’re in an airport.”

But this is another example of how the pressures of the airport setting can affect your situation, Blazer said. If you choose to exercise your right to remain silent, the officer may pull you out of the security line and try to ask more questions.

“We have the same rights, but in that environment, there are additional costs associated with exercising those rights,” Blazer said. “Many people in that situation, out of their own self-interest … ‘go along to get along’ as much as possible.”

What if ICE asks me for ID?

According to reporting from USA Today, travelers do need to provide identification and comply with TSA screening to board a flight. But generally, citizens and immigrants have the right to remain silent when talking to law enforcement, including ICE.

The Asian Law Caucus said that if you believe you are being taken into ICE custody, you should practice your right to remain silent and should not answer any questions. You should also not sign any documents without a lawyer reviewing them, the organization said.

Blazer said that federal law said people with lawful permanent residency or other visas that grant them lawful status must carry proof of their status with them — like their green card. “And it may be in their interest, in terms of avoiding further improper questioning or improper unlawful arrests, to answer those questions and to show that proof of status,” Blazer said.

“So even though you have a right not to, I want to make clear that people are going to need to make an individualized decision as to whether it’s in their interest to exercise that right,” he said. “Especially if they are an adult green cardholder or somebody else who is subject to a federal law requiring them to carry proof of their status at all times.”

Is it legal to film ICE?

“Taking photographs and video of things that are plainly visible in public spaces is a constitutional right — and that includes police and other government officials carrying out their duties,” the ACLU’s guidance reads.

And while there’s no Supreme Court ruling on an unambiguous First Amendment right to film law enforcement officers, “all of the seven U.S. Federal Circuit Courts that have considered the issue have pretty much said there is a First Amendment right to record the police and observe the police,” criminal justice reporter C.J. Ciaramella at Reason told KQED’s Close All Tabs podcast earlier this year.

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But airports could be a potentially harder environment to film, Blazer said.

“It’s not as though the First Amendment doesn’t exist at airports, but airports are not traditional public domain in a way that parks [are],” Blazer said. For example, some TSA security lines have a sign nearby that says “no photos.”

“They rarely enforce that, but it just shows you that it’s already a more regulated environment in which they can impose certain restrictions,” Blazer said.

It is lawful to film law enforcement in “any open, visible place when they’re performing their duties,” Blazer said, echoing the guidance laid out in this thorough guide by the ACLU.

“But at the same time, it can be permissible for airport operators to impose certain reasonable rules, and those rules might include restricting photographing in particular areas of the airport,” Blazer said.

Practically, it could be hard to argue against an airport official who is telling you not to take photos in an area, Blazer said. And there may be a legal fight after the fact, “if a person doesn’t comply with that order and is arrested or is taken out of the line,” he said.

“But, I think, the practical reality is that” in an airport “environment, it gets harder to exercise that right,” he said.

Bystander videos also provide important counternarratives to official law enforcement accounts. After the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by ICE officers in Minnesota earlier this year, Trump administration officials immediately claimed Pretti was a “domestic terrorist” intending to “massacre” officers — claims contradicted by the multiple eyewitness videos taken of the killing.

Officials with the Trump administration have, however, characterized filming ICE as “violence” and “doxing,” and Americans have faced detention by ICE after filming agents.

So all in all, while recording ICE might be your constitutional right, it also brings increasing risks. Read more about the logistics — and risks — of recording law enforcement officers like ICE agents.

What do immigrant advocates say about traveling during this time? 

San Francisco advocacy group Mission Action warns that noncitizens who do not currently have legal status “should carefully consider the risks of air travel, including domestic flights within the U.S.”

“Recent reporting suggests increased risks, including that TSA may be sharing traveler information with ICE, which could expose individuals to enforcement,” their social media post reads.

The Alameda County Immigration Legal Education Partnership said people should “talk to an attorney before flying to understand your risk.” The guidance suggested people plan extra time before traveling and keep key documents — like proof of lawful status, pending applications or certified copies of criminal cases if the case was closed — on hand. The organization emphasized that people should not “sign anything” they’re given by immigration agents that they “don’t understand.”

The ACLU Northern California has a page that breaks down your rights at the airport and whether or not border officers can ask about your immigration status.

According to ACLU NorCal, U.S. citizens only have to “answer questions establishing your identity and citizenship (in addition to customs-related questions).”

However, the organization cautions that “refusing to answer routine questions about the nature and purpose of your travel could result in delay and/or further inspection.”

Noncitizen visa holders and visitors who refuse to answer questions could face a delay or be denied entry. Lawful permanent residents, like green card holders, only have to answer questions about their identity and permanent residency, according to ACLU NorCal.

“Refusal to answer other questions will likely cause delay, but officials may not deny you entry into the U.S. for failure to answer other questions,” ACLU NorCal advised legal permanent residents — noting that green card status “may be revoked only by an immigration judge,” and warning, “Do not give up your green card voluntarily!”

The Asian Law Caucus also has a helpful chart on what people of differing statuses can expect in airports when it comes to their baggage, device searches and length of potential detainment.

What should I do if I think I see ICE in an airport?

Instead of posting possible ICE sightings to social media, immigration advocates highly encourage people to call them first instead. With these hotlines, advocates can fact-check these sightings, with the goal of preventing the spread of misinformation online.

You can find the complete and updated list of rapid response numbers on the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice’s website.

You can also follow these organizations on their social media accounts to see if these are confirmed sightings or just rumors.

Immigration agents detained someone I know. How do I find them?

Typically, a person of any status can be detained up to 72 hours at a port of entry, according to the Asian Law Caucus. They can also be transferred to criminal or ICE custody.

KQED has a guide that walks you through how to potentially locate someone through different detention centers.

The primary way to find someone is through ICE’s Online Detainee Locator System. You can also call ICE at 866-347-2423.

According to the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, it may take a few days for a person to appear in the ICE database. If the name you’re searching for isn’t showing up in the ICE system — or if you’re concerned about their safety and possible deportation — you can seek out assistance from advocacy organizations such as Freedom for Immigrants.

This story contains reporting from KQED’s Katie DeBenedetti, Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí, Tyche Hendricks and Carly Severn.