“Alligator Alcatraz” ICE detention center at Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Fla., on July 24, 2025. Marco Bello/Reuters A federal judge on Aug. 21 ordered President Donald Trump and the state of Florida to stop sending detainees to “Alligator Alcatraz,” a detention center for illegal immigrants in the Everglades, and barred new construction
Semi-trucks line up near Pier J to retrieve shipping containers from a China-based ship at the Port of Long Beach in California on April 4, 2018. Bob Riha Jr./Reuters The Trump administration will immediately pause the issuance of all worker visas for commercial truck drivers, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Aug. 21. “Effective
President Donald Trump speaks during the “Winning the AI Race” summit hosted by All‑In Podcast and Hill & Valley Forum at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., on July 23, 2025. Trump signed executive orders related to his Artificial Intelligence Action Plan during the event. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump signed an
A sign of the National Institutes of Health stands near an entrance to its campus in Bethesda, Maryland, on February 10, 2025. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images The Supreme Court voted 5–4 on Aug. 21 to allow the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants linked to
U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during an event at ALTA Refrigeration to highlight the One Big Beautiful Bill Act tax-and-spending legislation in Peachtree City, Ga., on Aug. 21, 2025. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images Vice President JD Vance highlighted the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and President Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s spending
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) speaks as California Gov. Gavin Newsom (L) looks on at a press conference in Los Angeles on Aug. 14, 2025. Mario Tama/Getty Images Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif) has created a legal defense fund as he faces renewed scrutiny under the Trump administration, his office confirmed this week. The fund, formally registered
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump participate in a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Aug. 18, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump wrote on Aug. 21 on Truth Social that Ukraine cannot win its war without launching attacks on Russia, criticizing prior U.S. policy