Bugs, heat, broken toilets: life inside “Alligator Alcatraz”

虫蚁纷扰,酷暑难耐,破损的厕所:探秘“鳄鱼阿尔卡特拉兹”内的生活

Apple News Today

2025-07-15

15 分钟
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New reporting from the Miami Herald reveals that a significant portion of detainees held at an immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades do not have criminal charges. Reporter Ana Ceballos joins to discuss that story and another highlighting conditions inside. Some Trump supporters inside and outside of the White House are disappointed with how the administration handled the Jeffrey Epstein case. The Washington Post’s Natalie Allison reports on how the broader MAGA movement is reacting. Anas Baba, NPR’s producer in Gaza, took the harrowing journey to get food through the new Israeli- and U.S.-backed aid distribution system. He shares what the experience was like. Plus, the Supreme Court ruled on Trump’s plans to dismantle the Department of Education, a new weapons deal for Ukraine, and the strange secret to picking the perfect watermelon. Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.
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  • On today's show, new stories of vile conditions at Florida's so-called alligator Alcatraz,

  • a rare up-close view of the Gaza aid system,

  • and the Supreme Court clears the way for Trump to dismantle the Education Department.

  • But first, to the fractures forming among President Trump's strongest supporters.

  • A number of people in Trump's movement have been upset with the way that the White House is handling certain issues that they see as really fundamental to the MAGA movement.

  • That's Washington Post reporter Natalie Allison, who told us about their concerns.

  • Trump's decision to continue sending weapons to Ukraine,

  • which they see as going against Trump's America First promises of not getting involved in other wars.

  • And they're very upset over Trump's decision also recently to allow carve outs for certain illegal immigrant workers,