News for June 29, 2025

Two firefighters were killed and a third was wounded in Idaho after a gunman reportedly started a brush fire and opened fire on first responders in what officials called an ambush.

President Donald Trump is expected to attend the opening of Florida’s new Everglades immigration detention center, a controversial project pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and backed by state Attorney General James Uthmeier.

Sen. Mark Warner said the White House’s pressure on the University of Virginia and its president shows it can use federal power to push other public universities too.

President Donald Trump’s budget bill faces a major hurdle after a Congressional Budget Office estimate said it could leave nearly 12 million people without health coverage and add trillions to the debt.

Zohran Mamdani said he does not think billionaires should exist and tied his New York City mayoral campaign to higher taxes on the wealthy.

Trump administration budget cuts and layoffs are disrupting National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute cancer research, raising fears for patients in clinical trials.

Protesters gathered in Florida’s Everglades to oppose Gov. Ron DeSantis’ fast-tracked immigration detention site, “Alligator Alcatraz,” over environmental, tribal, and human rights concerns.

A blast caused three rowhomes to partially collapse in Philadelphia’s Nicetown neighborhood, killing one person, injuring two others, and leading to a large emergency response and investigation.

A deadly seven-vehicle crash on I-20 near Terrell left four people dead and two critically injured, and Texas Department of Public Safety officials are investigating.