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How Alcatraz became America’s most notorious prison

By ED WHITE
May 05, 2025 1:52 pm - President Donald Trump wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California island fortress was converted into a U.S. tourist destination because it had become too costly to house America's worst criminals.
Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the US illegally $1,000 to leave the country

By REBECCA SANTANA
May 05, 2025 1:49 pm - Pushing forward with its mass deportation agenda, President Donald Trump's administration said Monday that it would pay $1,000 to immigrants who are in the United States illegally and return to their home country voluntarily.
Israel plans to capture all of Gaza under new plan, officials say

By TIA GOLDENBERG and SAM MEDNICK
May 05, 2025 8:11 am - Israel approved plans Monday to capture the entire Gaza Strip and remain in the Palestinian territory for an unspecified amount of time, two Israeli officials said, a move that, if implemented, would vastly expand Israel's operations in Gaza and likely bring fierce international opposition.
Federal Reserve likely to defy Trump, keep rates unchanged this week

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
May 05, 2025 8:08 am - The Federal Reserve will likely keep its key short-term interest rate unchanged on Wednesday, despite weeks of harsh criticism and demands from President Donald Trump that the Fed reduce borrowing costs.
Marco Rubio criticized Germany. The foreign ministry hit back

By STEFANIE DAZIO
May 03, 2025 10:10 pm - BERLIN — Germany's foreign ministry hit back at U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio after he criticized the decision to classify the Alternative for Germany party as a “r...
Trump draws criticism with AI image of himself as the pope ahead of the papal conclave

By NICOLE WINFIELD and JILL COLVIN
May 03, 2025 9:03 pm - NEW YORK — President Donald Trump posted an artificial intelligence-generated image of himself dressed as pope as the mourning of Pope Francis continues and just days bef...
Texas governor signs $1 billion voucher bill in milestone for school choice supporters nationally

By NADIA LATHAN
May 03, 2025 7:33 pm - AUSTIN, Texas — Texas will implement a $1 billion school voucher program, one of the largest in the country, that uses public dollars to fund private school tuition under...
DOJ Civil Rights Division to focus on voting conspiracies and prioritize Trump election order, memo says

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI
May 03, 2025 5:28 pm - The Justice Department unit that ensures compliance with voting rights laws will switch its focus to investigating voter fraud and ensuring elections are not marred by “s...
Inside Waltz’s ouster: Before Signalgate, talks with Israel angered Trump

By. Michael Birnbaum, John Hudson, Emily Davies, Sarah Ellison and Natalie Allison
May 03, 2025 4:38 pm - President Donald Trump’s decision to oust his national security adviser, Michael Waltz, was the product of a slow accumulation of frustration with a former Green Beret of...
‘Nowhere to turn’: Small businesses dependent on imports from China are feeling more desperate

By Mae Anderson
May 03, 2025 1:32 pm - The Trump administration raised tariffs on goods from China to 145% in early April. Since then, small business owners who depend on imports from China to survive have become increasingly desperate as they eye dwindling inventory and skyrocketing invoices.

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