DeSantis floats building another immigration detention center

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida officials are pursuing plans to build a second detention center to house immigrants, as part of the state’s aggressive push to support the federal government’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he’s considering standing up a facility at a Florida National Guard training center known as Camp Blanding, about 30 miles southwest of Jacksonville. That location would be in addition to the site under construction at a remote airstrip in the Everglades that state officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” Democrats and activists have condemned the plan in South Florida as a callous, politically motivated spectacle.

Fed’s Powell repeats warning about tariffs as some GOP senators accuse him of bias

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs will likely push up inflation in the coming months, even as some Republican senators suggested the chair was biased against the duties. On the second day of his twice-yearly testimony before the House and Senate, Powell said that consumers will likely have to shoulder some of the cost of the import taxes. Most Fed officials support cutting rates this year, Powell added, but the central bank wants to take time to see how inflation changes in the months ahead. “There will be some inflation from tariffs coming,” Powell said under questioning from members of the Senate Banking Committee. “Not yet, but over the course of the coming months.”

FDA requires updated warning about rare heart risk with COVID shots

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials have expanded warnings about a rare heart side effect associated with the two leading COVID-19 vaccines. The Food and Drug Administration announced the update Wednesday, providing more detail about the problem and the number of people who may be affected. Pfizer and Moderna have added the information to their labels and pamphlets for patients. Myocarditis, a type of heart inflammation that is usually mild, emerged as a rare effect with the first COVID-19 shots, mainly in boys and young men. Earlier vaccine labeling advised doctors about the issue. The new warning covers a larger group.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia to remain in jail while attorneys debate

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia will remain in jail for at least a few more days while attorneys in the federal smuggling case against him spar over whether prosecutors can prevent his deportation if he is released to await trial. The Salvadoran national whose mistaken deportation became a flashpoint in the fight over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies has been in jail since he was returned to the U.S. on June 7, facing two counts of human smuggling. Although a federal Judge has ruled that he has a right to be released and even set specific conditions for his release, his attorneys at a Wednesday hearing expressed concern that it would lead to detention by ICE.