73 m. ago Not just Alcatraz: the notorious US prisons Trump is already reopening

Amid outrage over ‘far-fetched’ plans to revive Alcatraz, Trump is pushing to expand Ice detention to other closed lockups marked by scandalsDonald Trump’s proposal to reopen Alcatraz, the infamous prison shuttered more than 60 years ago, sparked global headlines over the weekend. But it isn’t the only notorious closed-down jail or prison the administration has sought to repurpose for mass detentions.The US government has in recent months pushed to reopen at least five other shuttered detention facilities and prisons, some closed amid concerns over safety and mistreatment of detainees. While California lawmakers swiftly dismissed the Alcatraz announcement as “not serious” and a distraction, the Trump administration’s efforts to reopen other scandal-plagued facilities are well under way or already complete, in partnership with for-profit prison corporations. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago ‘I’m not trying to hurt the industry’: Trump softens tone on movie tariffs

California governor Gavin Newsom announces a $7.5bn tax incentive scheme as Trump’s announcement of 100% tariffs on films ‘produced in foreign lands’ is mocked by Jimmy Kimmel and Fallon Donald Trump appears to be softening his tone after widespread dismay in Hollywood and further afield at his bombshell announcement of 100% tariffs on films “produced in foreign lands”, saying he was “not looking to hurt the industry”.In remarks reported by CNBC, Trump said he was planning to discuss the plan with film industry leaders. “I’m not looking to hurt the industry, I want to help the industry.” Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Everything you need to know about Trump’s bizarre plan to reopen Alcatraz

Trump has directed officials to reopen a ‘substantially enlarged and rebuilt’ prison on Alcatraz Island - but is it really viable?

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7 h. ago A hard cell? Alcatraz tourists dismiss Trump’s ‘insane’ plan to revive it as prison

Visitors to one of San Francisco’s most popular tourist destinations point to cost, feasibility and its legacy of Indigenous incarcerationIn the choppy waters of the San Francisco Bay, on a windswept rock, lies a crumbling former federal prison that’s now at the center of Donald Trump’s latest real estate proposal: “REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” he announced on Truth Social over the weekend, to “serve as a symbol of Law, Order and JUSTICE.”On Monday, the day after Trump’s declaration, throngs of tourists queued up for the ferry at Fisherman’s Wharf to visit the island. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Trump announces £300 million plan to reopen Alcatraz prison which once housed Al Capone

Donald Trump announced he would be directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to begin taking steps to renovate and eventually reopen Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary

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10 h. ago Trump called for 100% tariff on foreign films a day after Jon Voight proposed ‘limited’ tariffs

Actor was assigned by Trump to come up with a plan to save Hollywood, but his proposal only included tariffs ‘in certain limited circumstances’US president Donald Trump announced his 100% tariff on films “coming into our country produced in foreign lands” one day after meeting with actor Jon Voight to discuss his proposals to bring film production back to the US – which only suggested that tariffs could be used “in certain limited circumstances”.The Midnight Cowboy and Heat actor, who was appointed a “special ambassador” to Hollywood by Trump, has been meeting with studios, streamers, unions and guilds for months to develop a plan to lure film and television productions back to the US. Production companies often seek more cost-effective locations or tax incentives in other countries such as Canada, Australia, the UK, New Zealand, Hungary, Italy and Spain. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them

Eleven inmate deaths in less than two months

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12 h. ago Trump plans to jumpstart one of the nation’s worst prisons. Officials may have to boot threatened seabirds to do it

The tourist destination is home to thousands of seabirds that rely on the island to nest and raise their families

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13 h. ago Trump administration says Harvard will receive no new grants until it meets White House demands

Harvard University will receive no new federal grants until it meets a series of demands from President Donald Trump’s administration, the Education Department announced Monday

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15 h. ago How Britain became Hollywood's biggest threat as Trump threatens movie tariffs

President Trump has announced plans to hit films made outside of the UK with 100% tariffs in a bid to save the US' 'dying' film industry as filmmakers move abroad to keep costs down

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15 h. ago Trump reveals the wild reason he decided to reopen notorious Alcatraz prison

Trump said after his surprise announcement of a plan to reopen Alcatraz that the prison represents 'law and order,' invoked the movies, and described a failed escape with a grim end.

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16 h. ago Alcatraz, Sith lords and movie tariffs: Trump’s ravings get louder as his approval rating goes lower

Between posting about Star Wars, suggesting reopening Alcatraz and imposing tariffs on movies, the president is looking increasingly desperate

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16 h. ago Trump administration offers $1,000 to undocumented immigrants to leave US

DHS claims payment will be issued after individuals leave the US and it has been confirmed through their appUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration has announced a new program offering a $1,000 payment to people in the US without immigration status as an incentive to return to their home country voluntarily.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) outlined the initiative on Monday, pledging “financial and travel assistance” to undocumented immigrants who agree to leave the country using an app called CBP Home. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Trump announced Alcatraz reopening just hours after ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ aired on a South Florida PBS station

The 1979 film starring Clint Eastwood about the daring 1962 escape attempt aired on the local PBS channel just six hours before the president made his demand that the prison be reopened

Politics

17 h. ago Trump celebrates with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to announce the 2027 NFL draft in DC

The president has previously bid on more than one NFL franchise but was not successful as an owner in a rival football league in the 1980s

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18 h. ago Washington to host the 2027 NFL draft on the National Mall, President Donald Trump says

President Donald Trump announced the NFL draft is coming to Washington in 2027

Politics

19 h. ago White House claims ‘no final decisions on foreign film tariffs’ after Trump announces plan – live

Trump spokesperson says the administration is ‘exploring all options’ but not yet enacting 100% tariff on movies ‘produced in Foreign Lands’ as president saidDonald Trump’s bombshell announcement that “Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands” will be subject to a 100% tariff has certainly caught the attention of Hollywood, as well as the international film industries it seems to be aimed at – principally Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, as well as European countries such as Hungary and Italy that have often acted as bases for US film production.Vague and grandstanding at it is, the chaotic rollout of previous Trump tariffs has triggered feverish speculation, as well as defiance, in the film industry in exactly how this might play out. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Trump’s attack on the film industry is a sign of xenophobic contempt | Jesse Hassenger

By insisting tariffs on films at least partly produced outside the US, the president is trying to limit the important worldview of cinemaAdd movies to the ever-expanding list of areas where Donald Trump has no expertise or even passing knowledge, but assumes problems can be solved through tariffs and maybe a little racism, as a treat. Citing a threat to “national security” from movies that aren’t shot in the United States, Trump announced that he would be enacting a 100% tariff on movies made anywhere else.Characteristically, this proclamation was not so bold as to make any sense whatsoever, lacking as it was any sign that Trump understands the difference between movies that are produced (at least partially) by US companies and shot in other locations, and foreign films that are produced elsewhere but released in the US (by, of course, US companies who obtain distribution rights). But the consensus seems to be that Trump is referring mainly to purportedly American productions that a...

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20 h. ago Critics blast Trump’s Alcatraz plan over cost: Everything you need to know about reopening the notorious prison

Trump has directed officials to reopen a ‘substantially enlarged and rebuilt’ prison on Alcatraz Island - but is it really viable?

Events

22 h. ago Trump orders reopening of Alcatraz prison for ‘most ruthless offenders’

Plan to expand and reuse long-shuttered penitentiary off San Francisco described as ‘not serious’ by Nancy PelosiDonald Trump has said he is directing the administration to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on an island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years.California lawmakers called the idea “absurd on its face” and part of the US president’s strategy of political distraction. Other officials pointed to the closure of the prison complex in 1963, known for its brutal conditions, due to operational expense and the high number of (unsuccessful) escape attempts. Continue reading...

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