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Trump admin offers $608M for states to build migrant camps modeled after ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

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Trump admin offers $608M for states to build migrant camps modeled after ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

The Trump administration is offering $608 million to states willing to expand migrant detention efforts. The money, announced through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) new Detention Support Grant Program (DEP), is aimed at helping states build or enlarge temporary detention facilities modeled after Florida’s Everglades compound known as "Alligator Alcatraz," according to FEMA documents."[Department of Homeland Security] Secretary Kristi Noem has been very clear that Alligator Alcatraz can be a […]

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Want to help with America’s $36 trillion debt? Treasury Department now takes PayPal and Venmo donations

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Want to help with America’s $36 trillion debt? Treasury Department now takes PayPal and Venmo donations

Americans, if they’re so inclined, can now donate to pay down the national debt via Venmo and PayPal. The U.S. Treasury Department’s little-known program has been around for decades, and Americans have donated $67.3 million in the last 29 years, which has done little to bring down the current $36.7 trillion in debt. On Wednesday, an X post from NPR’s Jack Corbett showing a screenshot of the 21st century payment options went viral. "You […]

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Trump administration releases over $6B in frozen education funds to the states

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Trump administration releases over $6B in frozen education funds to the states

The Trump administration is releasing roughly $6.8 billion in previously frozen federal funds for K-12 programs, the Department of Education announced Friday. The announcement was made as Secretary Linda McMahon attended the National Governors Association (NGA) Summer Meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado.The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) "has completed its review of Title I-C, Title II-A, Title III-A and Title IV-A ESEA funds and Title II WIOA funds and […]

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Trans bathroom policies have 10 days to go, Trump Education Department warns 5 Virginia school districts

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Trans bathroom policies have 10 days to go, Trump Education Department warns 5 Virginia school districts

The Department of Education is giving five northern Virginia school districts ten days to fix their transgender bathroom policies or face "enforcement action," the agency said Friday. Public school districts in Loudoun County, Fairfax County, Prince William County, Alexandria City and Arlington were all found to be in violation of Title IX after an investigation by the Education Department's Office of Civil Rights that began in February, according to a press […]

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