ABCNEWS - 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center closing less than 1 year after it opened
The facility has faced lawsuits from immigrant advocates since it opened.
NPR (Scott Neuman) - Ex-NOAA employees re-create a valuable climate data site shut down by Trump
Former NOAA staffers have launched a new website that provides climate information. It replaces a government site that was shut down when the Trump administration took office.
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NPR (Marissa J. Lang) - Trump axed a Black history exhibit. Former park rangers are teaching it anyway.
As the U.S. prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, former national park rangers are hosting teach-ins and sharing history that the Trump administration has sought to erase from federal land.
NPR (Lucio Vasquez) - 'We are with you, Venezuela': Houston community rallies after deadly earthquakes
Venezuelans living in the U.S organize donation drives in response to the devastating earthquakes.
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AXIOS (Jim VandeHei) - Behind the Curtain: The cost of blind loyalty
President Trump trained elected Republicans to obey him, even when they disagreed. - Elected Republicans trained Trump to expect obedience, even as his demands grew impossible to satisfy. Why it matters: Years of Republicans submitting to Trump, often against their own judgment, have curdled into a rolling crisis as Washington nears the likely end of the GOP's two-year monopoly. The big picture: Trump has spent his second term steamrolling his own party, confident the lawmakers he humiliates will keep voting his way. You see it everywhere: - He canceled the signing of a landmark bipartisan housing bill just hours before the ceremony — trying to strong-arm the Senate into passing the SAVE America Act, a sweeping voter ID bill with no…
AXIOS (Ashley Gold) - China's AI progress strains U.S. alliance pitch
Washington is racing to sell the world on American AI just as China's cheap and capable models are becoming harder to ignore. Why it matters: Chinese models don't have to beat OpenAI or Anthropic to reshape the global AI order. They just have to be useful, available and widely adopted. Between the lines: Experts argue that two key things are kneecapping the U.S. government's desire to export American AI: - An erratic export controls strategy that involves making decisions about access to advanced models on the fly. - Not paying sufficient attention to China's efforts to spread its open-source AI models abroad while deploying AI at scale across manufacturing, health care and other industries domestically. Driving the news: The State…
NPR (Holly J. Morris) - How well do you know your Reflecting Pool news? Because the quiz will test you
This week, the beleaguered body of water faced new woes. Plus soccer, gambling and U.K. politics!
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AXIOS (Brittany Gibson) - Trump hits a wall on voter fraud
President Trump's voter fraud crusade is crashing into the limits of his power ahead of November's midterm elections. Why it matters: Trump has made cracking down on alleged mass voter fraud a priority, but his election-related executive orders are stalled in court and his legislative fix is stuck in the Senate. Zoom in: Senate Republicans have defied Trump on the SAVE America Act , which would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote. - Trump has retaliated by threatening not to sign any legislation without it. But Senate Republicans insist they don't have the votes to pass it, even if they tried to gut their own rules in the process. He's also been stonewalled by the courts: - A D.C. court on Monday blocked Trump's…
NYTIMES (Kate Shaw) - The Supreme Court Is Unshackling the Presidency
Where is Chief Justice John Roberts? And why isn’t he putting limits on this administration?
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NPR (Michel Martin) - Morning news brief
Rescuers in Venezuela continue search for the missing after devastating earthquakes, SCOTUS rulings give Trump more power to set immigration policy, Trump works to woo struggling American farmers.
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