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United States Lays Off Over 1,300 State Department Employees in Historic Restructuring
On Friday, July 11, 2025, the U.S. State Department began the direct dismissal of more than 1,350 domestically based employees as part of...
Carlos GaviriaJuly 12, 2025
Trump Imposes 30% Tariffs on Mexico and the European Union: Trade Tensions Rise
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Saturday the imposition of 30% tariffs on imports from Mexico and the European Union, a measure set to...
Alexander BohorquezJuly 12, 2025
U.S. Faces Worst Measles Outbreak in 30 Years: Over 1,200 Cases Amid Growing Vaccine Hesitancy
The United States is experiencing its worst measles outbreak in 33 years, a troubling setback in public health progress. As of early July...
Alexander BohorquezJuly 10, 2025
Alligator Alcatraz: Complaints, Protests, and Secrecy Surround Florida’s New Immigration Detention Center
The newly opened immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” located deep in Florida’s Everglades, has launched amid a storm of controversy. In...
Alexander BohorquezJuly 10, 2025
United States Supreme Court Blocks Florida Immigration Law: Federalism Prevails
The United States Supreme Court reaffirmed its stance by keeping Florida’s immigration law, known as SB 4-C, blocked. The law remains suspended until...
Carlos GaviriaJuly 10, 2025
Death Toll Rises to 82 in Texas Floods; Dozens Still Missing
The intense rains that fell over central Texas, United States, during the weekend of July 4 and 5 have left a devastating toll:...
Carlos GaviriaJuly 7, 2025
Trump Imposes 25% Tariffs on Japan and South Korea, Warns Against Retaliation
President Donald Trump announced on Monday a new 25% tariff on imports from Japan and South Korea, two of the United States’ key...
Alexander BohorquezJuly 7, 2025
Shadows Behind Neuralink’s Progress: Reports of Primate Deaths and Evidence Destruction Surface
Behind Neuralink’s promising advances — the company founded by Elon Musk that has implanted brain chips in people with paralysis — a troubling...
Alexander BohorquezJuly 7, 2025
Trump Threatens Tariffs on Countries Aligning with BRICS After Summit Criticism in Rio
U.S. President Donald Trump issued a fresh trade threat Sunday night, announcing a 10% additional tariff on any country that aligns with the...
Alexander BohorquezJuly 7, 2025
Tragedy in Texas: At Least 27 Dead, Including Nine Children, After Flash Flood Sweeps Through Guadalupe River
Dozens of rescue crews continued searching on Saturday for people missing after a devastating flash flood tore through Texas Hill Country during a...
Alexander BohorquezJuly 5, 2025
