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Blue collar jobs and American Energy

Blue collar jobs and American Energy with MANDY GUNASEKARA - Former Chief of Staff at the EPA

Netanyahu to Seek Approval for Expanded Gaza Military Operations as 29 Palestinians are Killed

The Israeli security cabinet is meeting Thursday evening to discuss expanding military operations in Gaza. An Israeli official says the cabinet is expected to approve a plan to gradually increase pressure on Hamas. Israel’s Chief of Staff warns this could endanger hostages and exhaust troops. Demonstrations are planned across Israel to protest the expansion. Meanwhile, Israeli authorities have returned the body of a Palestinian activist allegedly killed by an Israeli settler last week, following a hunger strike by his relatives, and aid organizations denounce Israeli policies in Gaza.

Trump to meet Putin soon, the Kremlin says as a White House deadline looms on Ukraine

The Kremlin says a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump has been agreed to.

Shooting in Fort Stewart!

Alex Marlow Discusses His New Book ”Breaking the Law”

Apple announces $600 billion Investment in US

Apple announces $600 billion Investment in U.S.

Harvard Deserves Everything That's Happening to Them

Arrest Warrants for Democrats in Texas

Trump, Cook announce $100 billion Apple investment

As part of the Apple announcement, the investments will be about bringing more of its supply chain and advanced manufacturing to the United States as part of an initiative called the American Manufacturing Program.

CA Wildfire Grows To State's Largest Blaze Of Year

Rising temperatures pose new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive wildfire in central California that has injured four people as it has become the biggest blaze in the state so far this year. More than 870 remote homes and other structures at the northern edge of Los Padres National Forest are threatened by the Gifford Fire, which grew only slightly overnight after burning out of control for days. The fire has scorched at least 131 square miles of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, with just 9% containment on Wednesday.

DHS Removes Age Limits For ICE Recruits

The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that it is removing age limits for new hires at the agency responsible for immigration enforcement, as it aims to expand hiring after a massive infusion of cash from Congress. The department said in a news release that it would waive age limits for new applicants so “even more patriots will qualify to join ICE," the agency responsible for finding, arresting, detaining and removing people who are in the U.S. illegally. The agency is at the center of the Trump administration's efforts to carry out President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda. Earlier this summer Congress passed a spending bill that gives ICE money to hire 10,000 more staff. Currently, ICE applicants must be 21 years old and no older than 37 or 40, depending on what position they are applying for. In an interview with Fox & Friends, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said applicants could be as young as 18. “We no longer have a cap on how old you can be or you can continue at age 18, sign up for ICE and join us and be a part of it. We'll get you trained and ready to be equipped to go out on the streets and help protect families," Noem said. The department said all recruits would have to go through medical and drug screening and complete a physical fitness test. ICE earlier announced a recruiting campaign aimed at finding and hiring the deportation officers, investigators and lawyers it will need to meet its hiring goals. As part of that campaign the agency is offering an eye-catching bonus of up to $50,000 for new recruits as well as other benefits like student loan forgiveness and abundant overtime for deportation officers.

Army Base Shooting Suspect Sgt. Quornelius Radford In Custody

Officials say an Army sergeant opened fire at Fort Stewart, shooting five soldiers and prompting a brief lockdown at one the country’s largest Army bases. Few details were immediately available about what led to Wednesday's gunfire. A U.S. official says the shooter is an Army sergeant. The official was not authorized to publicly discuss details of the investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. This latest act of violence on a U.S. military installation again raised concerns about safety and security within the armed forces’ own walls.

Steve Witkoff Met With Vladimir Putin in Russia

Fixing California

Steve Hilton is running for Governor in California.

Florida To Build Another Immigration Detention Center

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ' administration is apparently preparing to build a second immigration detention center, awarding at least one contract for what’s labeled in state records as the “North Detention Facility.” The site would add to the capacity at the state's first detention facility, built at an isolated airfield in the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz." Already, state officials have inked more than $245 million in contracts for that facility, which officially opened July 1. Florida plans to build a second detention center at a Florida National Guard training center called Camp Blanding, about 27 miles (43 kilometers) southwest of downtown Jacksonville, though DeSantis has said the state is waiting for federal officials to ramp up deportations from the South Florida facility before building out the Camp Blanding site. “We look forward to the increased cadence,” of deportations, DeSantis said last month, calling the state “ready, willing and able” to expand its operations. Civil rights advocates and environmental groups have filed lawsuits against the Everglades facility, where detainees allege they've been forced to go without adequate food and medical care, and been barred from meeting with their attorneys, held without any charges and unable to get a federal immigration court to hear their cases. President Donald Trump has touted the facility’s harshness and remoteness as fit for the “worst of the worst," while Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has said the South Florida detention center can serve as a model for other state-run holding facilities for immigrants. The Florida Division of Emergency Management, the state agency that built the Everglades facility, has awarded a $39,000 contract for a portable emergency response weather station and two lightning sirens for what's been dubbed the “North Detention Facility," according to records in the state’s public contract database. The equipment will help enable “real-time weather monitoring and safety alerting for staff." The contract comes as the state approaches the peak of hurricane season, and as heavy rains and extreme heat have pounded parts of Florida. Immigrant advocates and environmentalists have raised a host of concerns about the Everglades facility, a remote compound of heavy-duty tents and trailers that state workers and contractors assembled in a matter of days. Last week, FDEM released a heavily redacted draft emergency evacuation plan for what the document called the “South Florida Detention Facility.” Entire sections related to detainee transportation, evacuation and relocation procedures were blacked out, under a Florida law that allows state agencies to make their emergency plans confidential. Despite multiple public records requests by The Associated Press, the department has not produced other evacuation plans, environmental impact studies or agency analyses for the facility. Questioned by reporters on July 25, FDEM executive director Kevin Guthrie defended the emergency response agency's plans for the makeshift facility, which he says is built to withstand a Category 2 hurricane, which packs winds of up to 110 mph. “I promise you that the hurricane guys have got the hurricane stuff covered,” Guthrie said.

Medical Transport Plane Crash Kills 4 In Arizona

A small medical transport plane crashed and caught fire on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, killing four people. The crash Tuesday of a CSI Aviation company flight from Albuquerque, New Mexico, occurred near the airport in Chinle, about 300 miles northeast of Phoenix. Two pilots and two medical personnel were on their way to a hospital to pick up a patient who needed critical care. The tribe says the cause of the crash is unknown. Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren said in a social media post that he was heartbroken to learn of the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating.