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An investigation by ProPublica found that more than 500 citizens have been caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration operations. https://to.pbs.org/4i7BPg3

The disappointing jobs numbers come one month before voters go to the polls in pivotal midterm elections, at a time of discontent over the high cost of living and the state of the economy. https://to.pbs.org/3TiX9XT

The Lincoln's extended deployment drew the nation's attention following reports of crew stress and poor mental health, as well as supply shortages, including food and hygiene products. https://to.pbs.org/4xLc0bx

DEVELOPING STORY: A Florida grand jury investigating the Hope Florida scandal found that key members of the DeSantis administration engaged in a “sophisticated scheme” to divert $10 million of a Medicaid settlement into a political activities and the Republican Party of Florida.

Federal officials are refusing to release the name of the ICE officer who fatally shot a Mexican man during a traffic stop in Houston, and scrutiny of the shooting is growing especially after authorities said the man killed was not the person ICE was trying to find. https://to.pbs.org/4vZbMxv

Lured to Russia by promises of employment, hefty sign-up bonuses and citizenship, African fighters are instead thrown to the front line as disposable manpower, deployed as human bait. https://to.pbs.org/4b3dNjG

BREAKING: "Trump said that his children have access to ‘inside information’ due to his presidency," per RollingStone

Katherine Fernandez Rundle got blasted on social media after photo showed her fiancé’s Taycan in fire lane at Roasters ‘N Toasters in Pinecrest.

The Hard Rock in Davie will stay open.

BREAKING: "The White House intervened to get a $620 million deal for Vulcan Elements. About 3 months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company,” per Propublica.

More than 13,000 immigrants who were living legally in the U.S., waiting for rulings on asylum claims, suddenly faced so-called third-country deportation orders, destined for countries where most had no ties, according to the nonprofit group Mobile Pathways. https://to.pbs.org/3OfRi2Q

BREAKING: Oracle has reportedly begun layoffs, with 30,000 employees likely to be fired, per the Deccan Herald.

The number of American service members wounded in the Iran war has grown beyond 300, with more than two dozen troops injured this week from attacks on a Saudi air base. https://to.pbs.org/4tfu6Rg

President Donald Trump, who has long railed against mail-in voting — including Monday, when he called it “mail-in-cheating” — used the method himself in a Palm Beach County special election happening today.

In divisions of the State Department that typically would handle the Iran response, numerous veteran diplomats with decades of collective experience were fired, retired or were reassigned — replaced by more junior officials or political appointees. https://to.pbs.org/4drnAlC

Residents in Northeast Ohio reported a loud boom Tuesday morning as a suspected meteor fell from the sky. The fireball could be seen hundreds of miles away, and the American Meteor Society said it received reports from Wisconsin to Maryland.

More than 6,400 people are being held in California’s detention centers, as of ICE data last month.

President Trump’s decision to freeze refugee processing left thousands in limbo. For more than a year, 1,100 Afghan refugees who thought they were bound for the United States have been stranded on a disused military base in Qatar. https://to.pbs.org/4b2jKxM

An old tweet from Trump is circulating:

BREAKING: Campaign records show Ohio Sen. Jon Husted took over $100,000 from Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Les Wexner, including months before voting to block release of Epstein-related documents, per TiffinOhio

DeSantis administration officials knew about aviation safety issues and budget overruns by the Florida State Guard almost a year before those accusations became public this month, but fired the informant who warned them, records obtained by the @orlandosentinel.com show.

Trump reportedly flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet at least eight times in the mid-1990s, according to an email the Justice Department released:

Legal experts explain what to do during an immigration stop in Key Largo, when to remain silent, request a lawyer and how to document possible unlawful detainment.

From Opinion: Columnist Scott Maxwell writes that cronyism has gotten so costly in Florida's university system that Florida Atlantic University is now paying one politically connected lawyer $925 an hour, and New College is spending $494,000 per degree awarded.

In one 2011 email about Trump, Epstein wrote that “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump [sic]. [Victim] spent hours at my house with him ,, [sic] he has never once been mentioned.” www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

The late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein specifically referenced his relationship with President Donald Trump in writing before Trump was elected to office and in the runup to the 2020 election, according to newly obtained emails released Wednesday by the House Oversight Committee. 🧵

Deputies are asking the public for help in tracking down the SUV that killed a woman Sunday morning in a hit-and-run crash in Miami’s Brownsville neighborhood.

BREAKING: US law to ban politicians from trading stocks is being pushed back against by the White House, per Axios.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has used this same disaster pipeline he used to build “Alligator Alcatraz” that he’s used for years to funnel billions of dollars to contractors with political ties to himself and the GOP. Reporting by @sundogwriter.bsky.social

The 2003 birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein reported on by the WSJ, bearing Donald Trump’s name and found in an album compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell, features the outline of a nude woman and a strange dialogue between Trump and Epstein. Trump notes, “We have certain things in common, Jeffrey.”

The move is the latest by the Justice Department to fire lawyers without explanation, which has raised alarm over a disregard for civil service protections designed to prevent terminations for political reasons. to.pbs.org/3GOt8J3

Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired the DOJ's personal ethics adviser, Joseph Tirrell, after the Epstein files debacle, per POLITICO

Despite political claims, the Miami Herald finds many Alligator Alcatraz detainees aren’t criminals | Opinion

When the @orlandosentinel.com started investigating the payments, the DeSantis administration sent a threatening, unsigned  “cease and desist” letter, demanding the Sentinel stop contacting the recipients of Hope Florida money.

Scott Maxwell writes: Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign donors are cashing in at Alligator Alacatraz, where the governor used an "emergency" declaration to skirt competitive bidding rules for $450 million project.

The children were last spotted in the area of the 12800 block of Southwest 242nd Street on Monday.

Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training this week were delayed by the Trump administration’s travel and visa restrictions.

Look at this. Representative Rob Bresnahan sold Centene Corporation on May 15th, 2025. Two days ago, it fell 44% after earnings. Centene is the largest Medicaid managed care organization in the US. He voted to cut $1 trillion in Medicaid spending through the Big Beautiful Bill. Unusual.

Trump's "Big, Beautiful" has $1.1 trillion in health cuts and 11.8 million losing care, per CBO

Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030. Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.

The Senate’s version of Donald Trump’s tax cut bill will cost the bottom 20% of taxpayers an average of $560 a year while giving an average boost of $6,055 to those at the top end, per Bloomberg.

Isidro Perez is the fifth person to die in ICE custody in Florida since January

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Look at this. Senator Markwayne Mullin filed more than $400,000 in stock trades. He bought L3Harris, $LHX., a drone manufacturer. Yesterday, Trump signed an executive order to increase US-made drone production. Mullin is on the Armed Services Committee.

Look at this. Representative Rob Bresnahan said he would ban stock trading when he got into Congress in January. Since then, he's traded 530 times.

Asked about Medicaid and SNAP cuts killing people, Senator Joni Ernst replied: “Well we all are going to die.”

Feted by Gov. Ron DeSantis as a hero for helping defeat Florida’s marijuana amendment in November, an anti-drug advocate is now embroiled in the Hope Florida controversy after her nonprofit moved money from the charity to a political committee.

The body camera footage of two additional state police officers who were on the scene of a Biscayne Bay boat crash that killed a teenage girl — and were in close proximity to the vessel’s operator George Pino — was deleted, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed Tuesday.

A Mexican Navy ship just hit the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, per Reuters

BREAKING: This is unusual trading by a politican. Representative Greg Landsman sold up to $50,000 of United Health, $UNH, on 03/26/2025. Since, $UNH is down 53%, and it was disclosed that the DOJ was investigating $UNH for possible Medicare fraud. He sits on the House Subcommittee of Health.