Alligator Alcatraz to close within a week, with final detainees already moved out: Report
Less than 15 months after opening with a presidential tour and plenty of fanfare, Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” is closing. CBS News reported state officials have ordered the full demobilization of the controversial immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, with contractors told to begin dismantling the site this week. Florida’s Emergency Management director, Kevin Guthrie, […]
Congress takes aim at housing costs; National Guard deployed to Reflecting Pool
Buying a home feels more out of reach than ever, but Washington may have found one thing both parties agree on. The Senate has advanced a plan to build more homes and to take on big investors, and the House could vote on it today. Plus, President Donald Trump’s new intelligence chief isn’t wasting any […]
Reflecting Pool problems now bring National Guard patrols
National Guard members and U.S. Park Police are patrolling the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as the Trump administration works to fix a renovation project now marked by green water, peeling liner and questions over cost. The $14 million-plus project was meant to clean up one of the National Mall’s most visible sites before events tied […]
They spent 42 days in hantavirus quarantine. Now they’re finally going home
The last of the Americans quarantined after exposure to hantavirus on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius are finally heading home. University of Nebraska Medical Center confirmed the final six passengers left the facility Monday morning after completing a 42-day monitoring period that ended Sunday. None of the 18 Americans who were quarantined developed the […]
Dan Sullivan sues to continue Alaska campaign for Senate against … Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan was removed from the ballot in Alaska’s Senate race last week after state election officials called it a deliberate attempt to “confuse or mislead” voters who might think he is a different Dan Sullivan, the two-term Republican incumbent. Now, the new Dan Sullivan is suing to keep his name on the ballot alongside […]
Private data leaked after Meta tracks employees’ keystrokes to train AI
Meta has paused an internal program that tracked employees’ clicks and keystrokes to train artificial intelligence. The pause comes after sensitive data gathered by the program, known as the Model Capability Initiative (MCI), was inadvertently exposed within the company. An internal security notice sent to U.S.-based employees on Monday, as reported by Wired, revealed that […]
Judge deals blow to MAHA push to restrict SNAP purchases of junk food
A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration effort to limit what some SNAP recipients can buy with their food assistance benefits, dealing a setback to one of the Make America Healthy Again movement’s signature policy goals. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointee, ruled Monday that the Department of Agriculture lacked the […]
Catfishing scheme by Ukraine’s resistance reels in Russian intel
Ukrainian resistance cells in Russian-occupied territory have adopted a new tactic to gather battlefield information for drone strikes: catfishing Russian soldiers. A story in The Atlantic details a system that uses handlers, local agents and online deception to gather information from inside occupied areas. In one case, The Atlantic reported that a Chechen commander, identified […]
The US government doesn’t want Titanic artifacts sold at auction
A bronze cherub, a necklace of gold nuggets and a heart-shaped pendant — these are among the items from the Titanic that the U.S government doesn’t want sold. RMS Titanic Inc., the company that owns the rights to salvage the famous wreck in the North Atlantic, has plans to auction more than 100 artifacts from […]
