Mike Schneider

FILE - A man takes an image with his phone next to where the border wall separating Mexico and the United States reaches the Pacific Ocean Jan. 28, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Trump administration’s immigration crackdown contributed to drop in the US growth rate last year

January 27, 2026 at 9:30 a.m.

President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration contributed to a year-to-year drop in the nation's growth rate as the U.S. population reached 341.8 million people in 2025.

FILE – An envelope containing a 2020 census form mailed to a U.S. resident is seen in Detroit, on April 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Trump appointee George Cook takes interim lead at Census Bureau amid new census push

September 19, 2025 at 4:40 p.m.

A Trump appointee has been picked to be the acting head of the U.S. Census Bureau, replacing a career economist in the interim job, at a time when the Republican...

Work progresses on a new migrant detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Florida Everglades on July 4, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ will likely be empty within days, top Florida official says

August 27, 2025 at 11:56 a.m.

A top Florida official says the controversial state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades will likely be empty in a matter of days.

A sign marks the entrance to the Baker Correctional Institution, Sanderson, Fla., Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough)

A judge has ordered ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in Florida to wind down operations. What happens now?

August 22, 2025 at 6:39 p.m.

A federal judge has put a stop to further expansion of the immigration detention center built in the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz," ordering that its operations wind down...

FILE – Work progresses on a new migrant detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Florida Everglades, on July 4, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Florida must stop expanding ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration center, judge says

August 22, 2025 at 8:20 a.m.

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction halting further expansion of an immigration detention center built in the Florida Everglades.

FILE – A family of five claiming to be from Guatemala and a man stating he was from Peru, in pink shirt, walk through the desert after crossing the border wall in the Tucson Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border, Aug. 29, 2023, in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument near Lukeville, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Illegal immigration hit a record-high of 14 million in the US in 2023, Pew report finds

August 21, 2025 at 2:02 p.m.

By MIKE SCHNEIDER The number of people in the United States illegally surged to an all-time high of 14 million in 2023, a research group said Thursday, a major increase...

FILE – in this April 3, 2005, file photo, Hulk Hogan fires up the crowd between matches during WrestleMania 21 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

Hulk Hogan’s cause of death revealed

July 31, 2025 at 4:24 p.m.

Hulk Hogan's death last week was caused by a heart attack, according to a Florida medical examiner’s report released Thursday.

Rana Mourer waves an American flag outside of the migrant detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, Saturday, July 12, 2025 in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Alexandra Rodriguez)

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees held without charges and barred from legal access, attorneys say

July 28, 2025 at 2:29 p.m.

Lawyers seeking a temporary restraining order against an immigration detention center say “Alligator Alcatraz” detainees have been barred from meeting attorneys.

This satellite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration taken at 11:36pm ET on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, shows Hurricane Milton. (NOAA via AP)

Hurricane Milton is a Category 5. Florida orders evacuations and scrambles to clear Helene’s debris

October 7, 2024 at 8:13 p.m.

Milton strengthened rapidly Monday into a Category 5 hurricane on a path toward Florida, threatening the densely populated Tampa area with a potential direct hit.

Florida teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender ID under ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill settlement

March 11, 2024 at 5:26 p.m.

Students and teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms, provided it's not part of instruction. That's according to a settlement reached Monday between Florida education officials...

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