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Trump tours 'Alligator Alcatraz' as he pushes for more deportations
Trevor Hunnicutt, Evelyn Hockstein and Maria Alejandra Cardona, Reuters | Posted July 1 - 1:42 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump on Tuesday toured a remote migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" as his Republican allies advanced a sweeping spending bill that could ramp up deportations.
Anne Wojcicki's nonprofit gets court approval to buy 23andMe for $305 million
Wyatte Grantham-philips, Associated Press | Posted July 1 - 1:33 p.m. | Save Story
Anne Wojcicki's nonprofit, TTAM Research Institute, has received court approval to acquire 23andMe, the genetic testing company she co-founded.
Jury deliberating at Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial asks to review Cassie's testimony
Michael R. Sisak and Larry Neumeister, Associated Press | Posted July 1 - 1:23 p.m. | Save Story
The jury deliberating at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial asked Tuesday to review critical testimony from one of the prosecution's most important witnesses: the hip-hop mogul's former longtime girlfriend Cassie.
College graduates face toughest job market in more than a decade as hiring slows
Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press | Updated July 1 - 12:25 p.m. | Save Story
While completing a master's degree in data analysis, Palwasha Zahid moved from Dallas to a town near Silicon Valley. The location made it easy to visit the campuses of tech stalwarts such as Google, Apple and Nvidia.
Rejected by his mother, a rare wild Asian horse foal finds a new mom in a grieving domestic mare
Mark Vancleave and Steve Karnowski, Associated Press | Updated July 1 - 11:41 a.m. | Save Story
An endangered wild Asian horse foal is thriving thanks to an unlikely hero.
Meta, TikTok can be sued by mother of NYC teen killed while 'subway surfing'
Jonathan Stempel, Reuters | Updated July 1 - 11:15 a.m. | Save Story
Meta Platforms and TikTok owner ByteDance must face a wrongful death lawsuit by the mother of a 15-year-old Manhattan boy who died while "subway surfing" on a moving train, a New York state judge ruled.
Trump-backed tax-cut and spending bill passes US Senate
Richard Cowan, Bo Erickson and David Morgan, Reuters | Updated July 1 - 10:42 a.m. | Save Story
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to pass a wide-ranging tax-cut and spending bill sought by President Donald Trump.
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90
Associated Press | Posted July 1 - 10:04 a.m. | Save Story
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose multimillion-dollar ministry and huge audience dwindled following his prostitution scandals, has died. He was 90.
The man accused of killing 2 Idaho firefighters had once aspired to be one
Manuel Valdes and Lindsey Wasson, Associated Press | Posted July 1 - 10:00 a.m. | Save Story
A 20-year-old man's life appeared to have begun to unravel in the months before law enforcement say he fatally shot two firefighters and severely wounded a third as they responded to a wildfire near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
No verdict on first day of jury deliberations at Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial
Michael R. Sisak and Larry Neumeister, Associated Press | Posted June 30 - 10:30 p.m. | Save Story
Jury deliberations got underway on Monday in Sean "Diddy" Combs' federal sex trafficking trial and hit a snag almost as soon as they started.
Bryan Kohberger to plead guilty to killing 4 University of Idaho students, multiple media report
Reuters | Updated June 30 - 5:30 p.m. | Save Story
Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students as part of a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty, multiple media outlets reported Monday.
A man lured Idaho firefighters to a mountain with a fire then shot and killed 2, officials say
Manuel Valdes, Associated Press | Updated June 30 - 3:33 p.m. | Save Story
Authorities say firefighters who rushed to put out a blaze in a northern Idaho mountain community found themselves instead in an unexpected shootout.
Disney cruise returns to port after child falls overboard at sea; father jumps in to rescue
Alex Browning and Aaron Page, CNN | Posted June 30 - 10:32 a.m. | Save Story
A luxurious vacation at sea turned harrowing after a little girl fell overboard a Disney cruise ship. Her father made the remarkable save, jumping into danger to rescue her.
US Supreme Court to hear challenge to campaign spending curbs in JD Vance case
John Kruzel, Reuters | Posted June 30 - 10:02 a.m. | Save Story
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a Republican-led challenge on free speech grounds to a provision of federal campaign finance law that limits spending by political parties in coordination with candidates running for office in a case involving Vice President JD Vance.
Secretary Burgum: The future of American energy and mining dominance lies out West
Brigham Tomco, Deseret News | Posted June 30 - 10:02 a.m. | Save Story
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the West must spearhead solutions to the "existential threat" facing the nation.
Senate Republicans try to get Trump's tax cuts over the line, setting aside cost concerns
Bo Erickson and Phil Stewart, Reuters | Updated June 30 - 7:11 a.m. | Save Story
Senate Republicans on Monday will try to pass President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill, despite divisions within the party about its expected $3.3 trillion hit to the nation's debt pile.
'Multiple full-time jobs': Inside the life of young parents in Congress
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted June 30 - 6:24 a.m. | Save Story
Back-and-forth travel underscores the difficulty for parents in Congress who must balance the demands of raising a family with the chaotic nature of being a lawmaker in Washington.
Will the IOC's policy on transgender athlete participation change?
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted June 29 - 5:40 p.m. | Save Story
What's being called an effort to come up with ways to protect the female category in sports competitions could change the International Olympic Committee's policy on transgender athletes.
