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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled. A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the first Trump presidency.
https://www.propublica.org/article/unaccompanied-minors-deportations-elder-chavez
Fear and Opportunity: Immigration Scams Surged as Trump’s Sweeps Lured Desperate People to Eager Defrauders. Con artists posing as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and immigration officers are using WhatsApp and fake court hearings to bilk vulnerable people out of their savings with empty promises to fix immigration problems.
https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/05/05/immigration-scams-surged-as-trumps-sweeps-lured-desperate-people-to-eager-defrauders/
ICE raids rattle Lake Placid’s summer workforce: ICE Detained 21 Workers in Upstate New York. An Entire Community Felt the Impact. A raid in the small resort town of Lake Placid has caused fear and anxiety among immigrant workers, and upended the local economy just days before the summer tourist season is set to begin.
https://documentedny.com/2026/07/08/lake-placid-new-york-workplace-ice-raids/
He wrote a scathing message to ICE. Federal agents showed up at his door. A man in Rochester, New York, has sued DHS officials, saying the agency’s actions violated his First Amendment rights.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/07/06/he-wrote-scathing-message-ice-federal-agents-showed-up-his-door/
ICE Officer Kills a Mexican Man in Houston. The agency said the man was an “illegal alien” who had tried to run over the agent, though it did not immediately offer any evidence. Local elected officials and civil rights groups are calling for an independent investigation.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2026/07/07/556478/houston-ice-shooting-death-east-end/
A Louisiana ICE holding facility next to an airport hub could speed up deportations for families and unaccompanied kids: It would remove logistical headaches caused when ICE wrangles children from foster homes and shelters across the country
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDKE4QjI_2I
Immigration crackdown takes toll on Oregon student attendance and engagement: Students missed classes, left school and struggled to learn as the fear of ICE undermined the school year.
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/06/ice-immigration-crackdown-oregon-students/
Lawsuit alleges Trump administration gave Iran details on asylum seekers. A new lawsuit filed in the District of Columbia states that the administration allowed Iranian officials to “select” which Iranians seeking refuge in the U.S. would be expelled.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/lawsuit-alleges-us-shared-information-with-iran-about-asylum-seekers-us-denies-2026-07-07/
Installation of Big Bend border wall set for August in Texas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection is preparing to begin border wall panel installation in Texas’ Big Bend region, part of which borders Big Bend Ranch State Park, in August.
https://www.insidenova.com/news/national/installation-of-big-bend-border-wall-set-for-august-in-texas/article_e2647843-3b86-5f81-8d30-fc97c7c49cff.html
Checking back in on Minnesota. New records show how far Trump administration lawyers went to try to convince grand jurors to issue broad subpoenas to Minnesota officials as part of the Justice Department’s investigation into alleged local interference with immigration enforcement operations.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/07/07/now-voided-ice-surge-subpoenas-against-minnesota-detailed-in-newly-released-court-documents?utm_source=TMP-Newsletter&utm_campaign=d3b2440fcc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_07_08_11_34&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5e02cdad9d-d3b2440fcc-486092373
# Drugs / Trafficking / DEA / Gangs / Cartels
El Chapo’s Lawyer Says He Will Send U.S. Authorities List of 32 Mexican Officials Allegedly Linked to Drug Cartels
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/el-chapo-s-lawyer-to-send-us-list-of-32-alleged-corrupt-officials/gm-GM53D02A10?gemSnapshotKey=GM53D02A10-snapshot-0&uxmode=ruby&cvid=6a4c192a58914afb97e8fb7fabda5b5a
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Former US comptroller calls on Trump, Congress, all Americans to address nearly $40T national debt
Former United States Comptroller General David Walker thinks the issue is not a matter of if the debt collapses, it’s a matter of when.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/finance/political-advocates-call-trump-congress-american-people-address-nearly-40t
Wall Street Wants to Change the Rules for Your 401(k). It Could Put Your Retirement at Risk.
Financial firms want a bigger piece of the $10 trillion in America’s 401(k) plans, and the Trump administration is planning a regulatory rollback to encourage less-regulated — and often riskier — investments.
https://www.propublica.org/article/401k-retirement-investment-plan-risk-trump
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Irving-based Caterpillar Commits $5M to Texas Workforce Training. Caterpillar Inc. is investing $5 million in workforce training and development programs in Texas to strengthen the manufacturing industry’s talent pipeline
https://dallasinnovates.com/irving-based-caterpillar-commits-5m-to-texas-workforce-training/
Bob Harvie Stands With Nearly 1,500 Workers Facing Layoffs; Calls on Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick to Act
https://buckscountybeacon.com/2026/07/bob-harvie-stands-with-nearly-1500-workers-facing-layoffs-calls-on-rep-brian-fitzpatrick-to-act/
# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
The First Major Overhaul of Public Lands Grazing Regulations in a Generation Looks to Cut Out Public Involvement. The new rule, which governs ranching across 155 million acres of public lands in the West, would heavily favor the livestock industry.
https://www.propublica.org/article/public-land-livestock-grazing-ranching-access
# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
Unions sue to block USDA reorganization, arguing it’s a RIF in disguise. A court filing says that impacted employees must report to their new assigned locations across the country by this fall.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/07/unions-sue-block-usda-reorganization-arguing-its-rif-disguise/414635/
# Gov / Politics / US
Speaker Johnson plans to pass SAVE America Act ‘one more time’ in hope that Senate will cooperate. The “bigger reach” is to hone the bill to focus on providing proof of citizenship when registering to vote and the presentation of photo ID before casting a ballot — the core components of the bill.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5954031-save-america-act-house-vote-2/
Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law. The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.”
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/07/ken-paxton-voting-election-law/
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ latest shameful move. Peters was serving a roughly nine-year prison sentence for tampering with state election systems and breaching voting machine security.
https://www.denverpost.com/2026/05/15/tina-peters-sentence-reduced-colorado-officials-reactions/
Nominee Attempts to Defend Trump’s Imaginary Vandalism of Reflecting Pool. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, questioned Kevin Lilly, Trump’s nominee to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife of the U.S. Department of the Interior, on the President’s bizarre lies and failed restoration of the National Mall’s reflecting pool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpehjhhTY9s
Trump demands Republicans attach voter ID bill to $350 billion for Pentagon. As congressional Republicans recuperate from weeks of disrupted work, President Donald Trump is doubling down on two policy goals consider long-shots by observers: an extra $350 billion for the Pentagon and a nationwide voter ID mandate.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_5eb2d4a3-fc35-4ae8-8d14-1a387cec1823.html
Platner, Swalwell implosions raise question: What’s going on with Democrats’ vetting? Platner has until July 13 to step aside for the state party to be able to choose an alternative candidate.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/wedplatner-swalwell-implosions-raise-question-what-going-democrats-vetting
Trump renews Greenland threats at NATO summit, says U.S. could remove troops from Europe
https://time.com/article/2026/07/07/trump-greenland-should-be-controlled-by-united-states-alliance-nato-summit/
A 158-Year-Old Constitutional Amendment Is Suddenly at the Center of a Debate Over Who Counts as American: The 158-year-old constitutional amendment at the center of this debate is the Fourteenth Amendment, specifically its Citizenship Clause. Ratified in 1868 in the aftermath of the Civil War, the clause states that “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.”
https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/amendments/amendment-xiv/clauses/700
Senator warns Kash Patel’s election investigation will have ‘deadly serious consequence’ and ‘enable’ President Donald Trump to ‘take over elections’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/dem-senator-warns-ultimate-trump-130159109.html
Trump’s childhood pal is pushing him to declare national emergency and seize control of midterms:
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/06/politics/peter-ticktin-trump-election-fraud
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Trump praised ‘natural 7-OH’ but DEA moves to ban it. The federal agency says it will temporarily schedule the drug, which has been called “gas station heroin,” as a controlled substance—a boon for MAHA and the mainstream kratom industry. The DEA claims 7-OH “presents severe risks to public health, including tolerance, dependence and addiction.”
https://www.wired.com/story/the-dea-plans-to-ban-kratom-compound-7-oh-sold-as-a-gas-station-opioid/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Most Supreme Court rulings are secretive votes with little justification. In its term that ended last October, the Supreme Court passed an important milestone that went unnoticed: For the first time, it decided more cases by secret ballot, and with few signed opinions, than it did for cases argued in open court.
https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/070326_scotus_secretive/a-troubling-milestone-most-supreme-court-rulings-are-secretive-votes-with-little-justification/
The Resistance. More than 1,200 former Justice Department employees have signed an open letter urging the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject the nomination of Todd Blanche to serve as the nation’s next attorney general. There are so many signatures that the letter is 59 pages long.
https://www.thejusticeconnection.org/1200-former-doj-employees-oppose-todd-blanches-nomination/
Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct Suspends Two Justices of the Peace. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct announced today that two Texas judges have been stripped of their duties.
https://www.scjc.texas.gov/discipline/suspensions/
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Watchdog; Bill mandating more reporting from tax-exempt hospitals ‘common sense.’ Thousands of hospitals subsidized by American taxpayers could face heightened fiscal scrutiny under new legislation heading to the U.S. House floor.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_de0b8de1-0b8a-4490-a731-20a1b036f636.html
Nineteen major hospital systems, including Mayo Clinic, have left Medicare Advantage this year:
https://thecarepartnerproject.org/medicare-advantage-2026/
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Amid Mounting War Casualties, Pete Hegseth “Defunded and Impeded” Efforts to Protect Civilians,
https://www.propublica.org/article/hegseth-trump-war-civilian-casualties-elizabeth-warren-pentagon
U.S. launches ‘powerful strikes’ against Iran, halts oil sales. The United States on Tuesday launched a “series of powerful strikes” against Iran in response to attacks on three tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/u-launches-powerful-strikes-against-214100838.html
US military says it hit more than 80 targets in latest strikes on Iran. Prof. Alon Burstein with the @Israel-Palestine Report joins LiveNOW’s Austin Westfall to discuss the U.S. military’s latest round of strikes on Iran and updates in the war in Gaza.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-zQTEJfpxk
# Military / Global
Iran tests Trump in Hormuz by striking more ships, promises ‘special privileges’ to China. Iran resumed its attacks on commercial ships that tried to pass through the Strait of Hormuz outside of Iran-approved routes amid the fragile ceasefire.
https://justthenews.com/government/diplomacy/iran-tests-trump-hormuz-striking-more-ships-promises-special-privileges-china
# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Social Security mistakenly reported more than 12,000 Americans as dead in 2025, and fumbled fixes
https://oig.ssa.gov/news-releases/2026-07-02-audit-finds-social-security-administration%E2%80%99s-employees-did-not-always-document-reasons-for-removing-beneficiaries%E2%80%99-incorrect-death-postings/
# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics
After Laying Off 8,000 Employees, Zuckerberg Admits Meta’s AI ‘Hasn’t Really Accelerated’ As Expected
https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/07/07/after-laying-off-8000-employees-zuckerberg-admits-metas-ai-hasnt-really-accelerated-as-expected/
Microsoft resets sales and Xbox divisions with 4,800 job cuts
https://apnews.com/article/xbox-layoffs-microsoft-sharma-5a8f712c531911089dee008b3bbb33c4
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