7 h. ago Trump wants 10,000 more deportation agents. Experts say it’s an impossible goal — and dangerous

The administration hopes an historic injection of taxpayer cash can fix hiring challenges for an agency facing intense political and legal scrutiny, Alex Woodward reports

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10 h. ago NASA reportedly set to lose 2,000 senior staff members as Trump looks to slash agency’s budget

The agency saw layoffs in March and is losing nearly a quarter of its budget

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19 h. ago Ice is about to become the biggest police force in the US | Judith Levine

Trump’s budget bill is creating a colossus with more resources than many national militariesOn Thursday, congressional Republicans passed Trump’s 1,000-page budget, and the president signed it on Saturday. The rich will get obscenely richer. The poor will be hungrier and sicker, work more precarious, and the planet unrelentingly hotter. The symmetry is elegant: cuts to healthcare and food programs average about $120bn each year over the next decade, while the tax cuts will save households earning more than $500,000 about $120bn a year.Trump got what he wanted. But enriching himself and his wealthy friends at the expense of everyone else has long been his life purpose. It was not until he became president, with the Heritage Foundation’s wonks, the deportation czar Stephen Miller, and six loyal supreme courtiers behind him, that he could reshape the US in his own amoral, racist, violence-intoxicated image. In fact, the latter goal may be dearer to him than the former. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Scammers sent fake Trump inauguration emails to steal over $250,000 in crypto from donor

Scammer helped siphon over $250,000 in crypto by impersonating Trump inaugural committee figures

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6 d. ago Diogo Jota was world's best FIFA player and had special nod to his PlayStation skills

Diogo Jota could score with his left foot, his right foot, and with his head, but in reality it's with his hands that he was most dangerous in front of goal

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6 d. ago US economy adds 147,000 jobs in June, surpassing expectations amid Trump trade war

Economists anticipated drop, but 8,000 new positions were added in June compared with May, with unemployment rate down to 4.1%The US economy added 147,000 jobs in June, a sign of continuing strength in the labor market amid Donald Trump’s trade war.The number of jobs added surpassed expectations, as economists largely anticipated a drop in openings. Instead, 8,000 more jobs were added in June compared with May, according to new job figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The unemployment rate actually decreased to 4.1%, down from 4.2% in May. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago EPA forced to auction off 20,000 lab rats, mice, and rabbits as Trump shuts down research projects

Approximately three quarters of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development — representing 1,000 scientist positions — will be cut under the Trump administration

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8 d. ago Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending temporary legal status for many Haitians

A federal judge in New York has blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary legal status for more than 500,000 Haitians who are already in the United States

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8 d. ago EPA staffers are trying to get people to adopt lab rats as Trump team shuts down research projects

Approximately three quarters of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development — representing 1,000 scientist positions — will be cut under the Trump administration

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1 week ago Trump administration wants to fine those illegally in the US $1,000 per day until they leave

Proposed rule would eliminate warning period for fining those in U.S. illegally

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1 week ago Florida plan for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant jail sparks chorus of outrage

Environmental groups, immigration advocates and Native Americans decry idea to set up the outdoor detention campEnvironmental groups, immigration rights activists and a Native American tribe have decried the construction of a harsh outdoor migrant detention camp in the Florida Everglades billed by state officials as “Alligator Alcatraz”.Crews began preparing the facility at a remote, largely disused training airfield this week in support of the Trump administration’s aggressive goal of arresting and incarcerating 3,000 undocumented migrants every day. Continue reading...

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1 week ago How to get rid of fruit flies at home this summer, according to an expert

Fruit flies can be a real pain and seem impossible to get rid of now an expert has revealed his top tips for getting rid of the peaky flies this summer

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2 w. ago Iran vows to kill 50,000 US soldiers: Tehran's TV mouthpiece says Trump has ordered 'coffins' after the US President called for regime change following air strikes: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow live coverage from the conflict in the Middle East after Donald Trump called for an Iranian regime change, less than one day after the US bombed the country's nuclear sites.

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3 w. ago Utah college student arrested and faces deportation after information is shared in Signal group chat with ICE agents

Information from a routine traffic stop was shared by an officer in a group chat that included immigration enforcement agents

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3 w. ago ‘Ice raids while the wealthy party next door’: the migrants living in the shadow of Mar

Five residents of Lake Worth Beach – just 10 miles from Trump’s Maga fortress – share their stories of survival as an immigration crackdown takes its toll Lake Worth Beach, a small coastal city of about 45,000, sits in the shadows of Donald Trump’s Florida residence, Mar-A-Lago. A 10 minute drive from “Maga” HQ, it is sometimes optimistically referred to as “mini San Fran”, with a largely progressive, white middle class occupying its beachfront bungalows and a local economy built on tourism, retail and construction.It is also home to many undocumented and temporary visa migrants, who work at fruit farms and restaurants, landscape gardens and support the area’s affluent households. Though data on undocumented people is notoriously hard to collect, the 2024 census estimates that nearly half of the city’s residents are Hispanic and include Guatemalans (many of whom are Indigenous Maya), Mexicans and Venezuelans. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘I have never seen such open corruption’: Trump’s crypto deals and loosening of rules shock observers

After courtship with crypto industry, president now profits immensely from a sector he once said ‘seems like a scam’Cryptocurrency multibillionaire Justin Sun could barely contain his glee.Last month, Sun publicly flaunted a $100,000 Donald Trump-branded watch that he was awarded at a private dinner at Trump’s Virginia golf club. Sun had earned the recognition for buying $20m dollars of the crypto memecoin $Trump, ranking him first among 220 purchasers of the token who received dinner invitations. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Lutnick hails Trump’s $5mn investor visa as almost 70,000 apply

Programme to grant foreigners legal residency in US in exchange registers 68,703 people on waiting list

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3 w. ago Trump’s team claims 250,000 supporters watched his military parade. ‘No Kings’ protests drew at least 4 million, experts say

‘No Kings’ protests were estimated to have drawn more than one percent of U.S. population

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3 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 8 unhinged moments from Donald Trump's bizarre birthday tank parade

The long-awaited spectacle, on paper a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the US Army, was sparsely attended - with far fewer than the expected 250,000 Trump fans turning up for his 79th birthday bash

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3 w. ago Cities prepare for ‘No Kings’ rallies nationwide as Marines arrive in Los Angeles

There are expected to be over 2,000 “No Kings” protests in all 50 states during President Donald Trump’s military parade

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