“I saw 32 people per cage—about 6 cages in one tent. People were yelling, ‘Help me, help me’,” said Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost. For the first time, Democratic lawmakers were allowed to tour U.S. President Donald Trump’s sprawling Everglades immigrant detention center on Saturday. They said what they witnessed was “disturbing” and “disgusting.” After Democrats […]
“This facility echoes some of our nation’s darkest history,” said a civil liberties advocate. Civil liberties advocates expressed horror on Tuesday after President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a joint press event at a massive new detention facility in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” The facility was first announced last month when Republican Florida […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska National Guard activated 50 Guardsmen on state active duty to deploy to Florida to assist the Florida National Guard with response and recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Milton. The task force, which includes members of the Alaska Army and Air National Guard, will join Guardsmen from […]
U.S. President Joe Biden decried a second, apparent assassination attempt against his predecessor, condemning the political violence as un-American. “There’s no place for political violence in America. None. Zero. Never,” Biden told a conference of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) in Philadelphia. “In America, we resolve our differences peacefully at the ballot box. Not […]