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NBC News reports: Florida judge ruled to temporarily halt operations at “Alligator Alcatraz,” the controversial migrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades, over a lawsuit alleging the site’s construction skirted environmental laws. U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams made the decision on Thursday after two days of testimony in Miami federal court. Any new construction must be halted for the …

Politico reports: Amazon Web Services is giving the Trump administration a $1 billion coupon to use their services for the federal government’s digital transformation and artificial intelligence capacity. The deal, set to run through 2028, is being framed by administration officials as a cornerstone of both the administration’s AI strategy and its broader effort to modernize government IT systems. Federal …

The Associated Press reports: Florida, the third most U.S. populous state, is preparing to join a widening fight among states grappling for political advantage ahead of the 2026 elections, after Florida’s Republican House Speaker Daniel Perez announced Thursday that his chamber will take up congressional redistricting this fall. “As many of you are aware, there are national conversations ongoing in …

“Katie, I believe we should just gerrymander the bejesus out of these maps and just destroy Democrat representation where we can, and it’s just — we’re in a war now. We’re in a war, they screwed around and now they’re about to find out. Democrats like the migrants because it helps them reapportion the votes.” – Fox host Jesse Watters, …

The Associated Press reports: The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without retirement benefits. The move means that transgender service members will now be faced with the choice of either taking a lump-sum separation payment offered …

The Daily Mail reports: Steve Bannon is in the early stages of planning an audacious run for president in 2028, well-placed sources have told the Daily Mail. The campaign would divide the Make America Great Again movement Bannon helped build by setting up a herculean battle with Vice President JD Vance, who is all but certain to launch his own …

Wired reports: A string of previously undisclosed break-ins at Tennessee National Guard armories last fall marks the latest in a growing series of security breaches at military facilities across the United States, raising fresh concerns about the vulnerability of US armories to theft and intrusion. In one incident, thieves made off with night vision goggles, laser target locators, and thermal …

404 Media reports: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is urgently looking for a company to help it “dominate” digital media channels with advertisements in an attempt to recruit 14,050 more personnel, according to U.S. government contracting records reviewed by 404 Media. The move, which ICE wants to touch everything from social media ads to those played on popular streaming services …

The Associated Press reports: As Trump’s tariffs take effect, Americans will see an average tax of 18.6% for imported products, the highest rate since 1933, according to the Budget Lab at Yale, a non-partisan policy research center. The Budget Lab estimated prices will increase 1.8% in the short term as a result of the trade war the U.S. waged this …

The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump has suggested The New York Times “rigged” its own best-seller list because a book about him isn’t at the top. His attacks on the paper have reached a bizarre new level, evident in one of the president’s most recent Truth Social posts. The president appeared miffed that Butler: The Untold Story of the …