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The first detainees have started arriving at Alligator Alcatraz, Florida’s immigrant detention center in the Everglades. The facility went up on a former airstrip in eight days and will have an initial capacity of 3,000 detainees. Florida’s Republican state Atty. Gen. James Uthmeier, the driving force behind the project, posted on X recently that the center “will be checking in …

Protesters hold up an effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump in response to Trump’s announcement of 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods, in Sao Paulo, Thursday, July 10. Andre Penner/AP hide caption toggle caption Andre Penner/AP President Trump’s threat to impose higher tariffs on Brazil is “grotesquely illegal,” says Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman. Brazil was among the countries Trump threatened …

New York City was drenched by torrential downpours Monday evening, with more than 2 inches of rain falling in just a single hour, making it the second-wettest hour in the city’s recorded history, one meteorologist said. According to meteorologist Greg Diamond, 2.07 inches of rain fell in Central Park between 7 and 8 p.m. That’s second only to the 3.47 …

RFK Jr.: ‘No cuts on Medicaid’ in ‘big, beautiful’ law  The Hill Why the health care lobby failed to stop cuts to Medicaid funding  NPR One Rural Doctor on the Cuts to Medicaid  The New York Times What Trump’s spending bill means for Wisconsin BadgerCare, health care  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The megabill’s Medicaid cuts shocked hospitals, but they may never happen  Politico Source link

Donald Trump has said that he is disappointed but not done with Vladimir Putin, in an exclusive phone call with the BBC. The US president was pressed on whether he trusts the Russian leader, and replied: “I trust almost no-one.” Trump was speaking hours after he announced plans to send weapons to Ukraine and warned of severe tariffs on Russia …

“Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Saturday. “She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her.” Is revoking the citizenship of …

A broken promise to release more information about the Jeffrey Epstein case has sparked outrage among some of President Donald Trump’s loyal supporters. The Justice Department last week said Epstein, who was facing charges of sex trafficking, did not leave behind a “client list.” Attorney General Pam Bondi suggested in February it was on her desk, though she later said …

Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency Monday night as flash flooding hit multiple parts of New Jersey. Murphy asked residents to stay indoors and avoid unnecessary travel. “I have declared a State of Emergency out of an abundance of caution due to flash flooding and severe thunderstorms across the state,” Murphy said. “I urge New Jerseyans to exercise …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s first judicial pick of his second term, voting to approve Whitney Hermandorfer as a judge for the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The confirmation of Hermandorfer, who worked for Tennessee’s attorney general, comes after the Democratic-led Senate under former President Joe Biden confirmed 235 federal judges and the Republican-led …

HHS finalizes ‘portion’ of employee layoffs following Supreme Court ruling HHS is the third agency to advance its workforce cuts following the Supreme Court’s recent ruling. Jory Heckman@jheckmanWFED July 14, 2025 7:30 pm 2 min read Many employees who received layoff notices from the Department of Health and Human Services in April are now officially separated from the agency, according …