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DeSantis announces plans for second immigration detention facility dubbed ‘Deportation Depot’

By KATE PAYNE
Aug 14, 2025 9:55 am - Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility dubbed “Deportation Depot” at a state prison in north Florida, as a federal judge decides the fate of the state's holding center for immigrants at an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades known as“Alligator Alcatraz.”
What to know about the Putin-Trump summit in Alaska

By DASHA LITVINOVA
Aug 14, 2025 9:41 am - The U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska is happening where East meets West — quite literally — in a place familiar to both countries as a Cold War front line of missile defense, radar outposts and intelligence gathering.
Zelenskyy meets with UK leader Starmer as Europe braces for the Trump-Putin summit

By PAN PYLAS
Aug 14, 2025 9:31 am - U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to London on Thursday in a show of British support for Ukraine a day before a critical U.S.-Russia summit is set to take place in Alaska.
Social Security’s 90th anniversary is marked by funding threats and privatization talk

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Aug 14, 2025 8:35 am - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law 90 years ago this week, aiming to provide economic stability for older Americans. Today, the program supports nearly 69 million people monthly but faces significant challenges.
Israel set to expand in West Bank to ‘bury’ Palestinian state

Dan Williams
Aug 14, 2025 8:30 am - Israel plans to expand settlements into an area of the West Bank that would effectively bisect the enclave — a move its finance minister said “buries the idea of a Palest...
Appeals court says Trump officials can withhold billions in foreign aid

By Justin Jouvenal
Aug 13, 2025 8:14 pm - A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that the Trump administration can withhold tens of billions of dollars in foreign aid, handing the president a significant — if...
Federal agents will be out 24/7 on patrol in Washington, the White House says

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ASHRAF KHALIL
Aug 13, 2025 8:12 pm - WASHINGTON — As a wary Washington waited, the White House promised a ramp-up of National Guard troops and federal officers on the streets of the nation's capital around t...
An ICE facility has detainees sleeping on the floor. A judge says no more.

By Ben Brasch
Aug 13, 2025 4:49 pm - The Trump administration must improve conditions at a Lower Manhattan immigration holding facility where a government lawyer acknowledges detainees are sleeping on the fl...
Mother, father and child killed by fallen tree in Tennessee heavy rains and flooding

Aug 13, 2025 4:28 pm - CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A mother, father and child were killed when a tree fell on their car during heavy rain and flooding in Tennessee, where submerged roads also led to d...
Floodwaters from glacier near Alaska’s capital city break record levels and prompt evacuations

By CEDAR ATTANASIO
Aug 13, 2025 4:17 pm - Record floodwaters released by the nearby Mendenhall Glacier crested Wednesday in a river that flows through Alaska’s capital city with no immediate reports of major dama...

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