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The Division of Homeland Safety is getting ready to make use of army bases in New Jersey and Indiana to detain immigrants suspected of being within the U.S. with out authorized standing. There are additionally plans to extend the variety of immigrants detained at Guantanamo Bay. Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth accredited these measures, in accordance with a letter dated July 15.
The seal of the Division of Protection on the Pentagon.
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- 🎧 DHS has been in a position to make use of army sources after President Trump declared a nationwide emergency on the southern border on his first day in workplace, NPR’s Ximena Bustillo tells Up First. Use of the bases has been accredited by means of the top of September, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel are liable for all care. The request for the extra area comes because the Trump administration has pushed to arrest and detain extra folks within the U.S. with out authorized standing. DHS has almost 57,000 folks in immigration detention, with solely round 41,000 beds.
A federal choose is now weighing either side of the Harvard versus Trump administration case. Attorneys from either side made their arguments yesterday in courtroom in Boston, whereas round 100 Harvard supporters rallied exterior. The college claims that the federal government’s freezing of analysis funds is prohibited. The administration acknowledged in courtroom filings that the grants have been canceled as a result of Harvard violated civil rights legislation.
- 🎧 In courtroom, the administration claimed that the federal authorities has the correct to cancel grants at any time if it decides that an establishment would not align with its priorities — pivoting from its unique courtroom filings that Harvard’s funds have been frozen because of antisemitism on campus. James McAffrey, a Harvard senior who was exterior the courthouse yesterday, instructed NPR’s Elissa Nadworny that making an attempt to chop funding is “un-American.” The federal grants that have been frozen impression about 900 analysis research on the college, from nationwide safety to most cancers therapies.
For the primary time in 21 months of battle, Israeli floor troops have superior into central Gaza. Palestinians in search of refuge in a number of areas there have been ordered to evacuate. Central Gaza can also be the place many worldwide support organizations are situated, together with the World Well being Group.
- 🎧 The Israeli army hopes to ramp up stress on Hamas to simply accept a ceasefire deal by displaying it’s keen to cross strains it hasn’t earlier than, NPR’s Emily Feng says. Israeli floor troops weren’t lively within the space, often known as Deir al-Balah, as a result of they have been involved about endangering hostages kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. Now, Israel faces worldwide stress from Trump and over 25 international locations that known as for an finish to the battle in a joint assertion yesterday. Feng says the folks extra impacted by the army operation are the tens of 1000’s of Palestinians residing in the way in which of the offensive. Palestinians might be squeezed additional into a fraction of the Gaza Strip, the place important providers have collapsed.
- ➡️ Dr. Nick Maynard, a British surgeon working at Nasser Hospital in Gaza, spoke with NPR about performing emergency surgical procedures below fireplace, treating malnourished youngsters and caring for trauma sufferers with catastrophic accidents. Hearken to him discuss his expertise from contained in the hospital right here.
- ➡️ Hearken to this Throughline episode to study extra about Edward Stated, the person who pushed for recognition of the Palestinian perspective, the pushback he confronted, and the hazards he foresaw.
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Jazz Home Children college students
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For over 20 years, Jazz Home Children in New Jersey has been devoted to coaching the following era of jazz stars. Promising younger musicians get the required coaching to embark on their journey towards jazz stardom. Melissa Walker, founding father of the music faculty, says it’s formalized in offering entry, studying, profession improvement and group constructing. Walker says Jazz Home Children goes into faculties and both helps already established applications or helps broaden applications to jazz. Artists like Isaiah J. Thompson, Julian Lee and Matthew Whitaker have benefited from the distinctive alternatives provided by Jazz Home. Hearken to them clarify how vital a program like this was to them and snippets of them taking part in music.
Deep dive
Golden State Valkyries guard Kate Martin (20) struggles to keep up possession in opposition to Seattle Storm ahead Ezi Magbegor (left) as Valkyries middle Temi Fagbenle (14) reaches for the ball in the course of the second half of a WNBA sport Wednesday in Seattle. The Valkyries debuted this season because the league’s thirteenth staff.
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The WNBA is midway by means of the 2025 season and is experiencing vital success. TV scores are up 23% throughout the board and video games are drawing in 13% extra followers in comparison with final 12 months. Whole ticket gross sales are up 26% general with the debut of the league’s thirteenth staff, the Golden State Valkyries. The league is constructing on its momentum with a plan to broaden to 18 groups by 2030. Gamers are additionally in search of their very own share of the success by pushing for a brand new contract to handle the continuing difficulty of low pay. This is a breakdown of what’s taking place:
- 🏀 Merchandise gross sales and social media engagement are up. The league can even have a document $2.2 billion media rights deal beginning subsequent season, the most important in girls’s sports activities historical past.
- 🏀 The collective bargaining settlement between homeowners and gamers will expire on the finish of October. Key points for gamers embody salaries, income sharing, and “prioritization,” which permits them to play in different leagues for extra earnings.
- 🏀 The league goals to extend income by including extra video games to the schedule. This 12 months, every staff will play 44 common season video games, and the Finals have been prolonged from a five-game sequence to a seven-game sequence. Nonetheless, the league’s conventional calendar — structured to keep away from overlap with the NBA — has not modified, which means extra video games are anticipated to be performed every week than earlier than.
3 issues to know earlier than you go
U.S. civil rights chief Martin Luther King Jr., waves to supporters on August 28, 1963, on the Nationwide Mall in Washington D.C.
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- The Nationwide Archives launched 1000’s of newly digitized paperwork yesterday associated to the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as a part of an govt order by Trump.
- Because the 2025-2026 faculty 12 months nears, NPR needs to listen to from you in regards to the books you learn in highschool that helped form who you might be immediately. Your response may very well be included in an inventory of reader suggestions.
- Actor and Grammy Award winner Malcolm-Jamal Warner, greatest identified for his position as Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Present, died on Sunday at age 54.
This text was edited by Obed Manuel.
