Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state. That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators To fine it for running scam ads. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

AG Uthmeier is taking fight to higher court in Trump library sunshine law case, raising the stakes for the future of open gov in FL “If the AG gets his way, then it will embolden every government agency in Florida to be vague, secretive."

South Florida Obamacare enrollees worry subsidy expirations could double premiums in 2026, forcing choices between medication, rent and keeping insurance.

EXCLUSIVE: The USDA moved $13 billion from an account designed to support farmers into another designed to provide emergency relief from President Trump’s tariffs, but the funding is now largely sitting in limbo without any immediate function. buff.ly/df2gm1b

We’re running out of money to help the poorest Americans keep the lights on and the heat running If the shutdown doesn’t end soon, millions of Americans may see their electricity turned off or fuel deliveries stopped for the coldest winter months

NEW @miamiherald.com: Seniors in Miami-Dade — the county with the highest share of food stamp beneficiaries with one elderly member in the household — risk going hungry as federal government shutdown continues (GIFT LINK)

Florida AG to defend Miami Dade College after court temporarily blocks Trump library Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

South FL congressional seats are in Republicans’ crosshairs after this week’s SCOTUS hearing about the Voting Rights Act — a case DeSantis has been closely watching, and which outside advocates say could put three Dem held seats in FL at risk. Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Also, a look back at our unpaywalled story: Army intelligence analysts are monitoring civilian-made ICE tracking tools, treating them as potential threats, as immigration protests spread nationwide.

Obamacare insurance plan premiums are set to spike with the new year, and no place stands to be more affected than Miami-Dade County, which has the largest percentage of residents in the country getting healthcare discounts through the marketplace.

The judge said the court believes Miami Dade College did not give the public “reasonable notice” about its plans to transfer the land to the state.

Everyone in the family planning office at HHS has been locked out of their emails + computers, so they can’t confirm if they’ve been fired It appears that the whole office — which funds the country’s repro health clinics — has been cut w/ @margaretmanto.bsky.social

Court blocks Miami Dade College from transferring land for Trump library until the court issues a final verdict on alleged Sunshine law violations “The court does not believe that the notice was reasonable,” the judge said Tuesday. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...

Judge declines to stop Miami Dade College land transfer for Trump library—for now Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

A new lawsuit is attempting to void Miami Dade College’s land transfer for Trump’s presidential library until the board of trustees takes a new, publicly noticed vote. The lawsuit accuses the board of violating sunshine laws the first time it voted on it. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

Ben Sasse’s defunct Senate campaign gives cash to his old political organization Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Where other developers tried and failed to get the college to let them develop the property over the past two decades, Trump’s team got the land for free without providing site plans, renderings or any public debate. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Push to build Trump library on Miami Dade College land shrouded in secrecy www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

NEW: After one of Kristi Noem’s major financial supporters contacted her, the DHS chief quickly expedited more than $11 million of federal money to rebuild a historic pier in Naples, Florida, records obtained by ProPublica show.

SCOOP: Pam Bondi called @ericswalwell.bsky.social after he said DOJ refused to prosecute death threats against him “Hopefully there’s some action,” he said But other House Dems claim DOJ hasn’t prosecuted threats against them — and they don’t trust Bondi to do it now www.notus.org/congress/bon...

Venezuelans in South Florida are living two conflicting realities: hope the Trump administration’s actions will lead to regime change & fear as he threatens mass deportations to a country the U.S. deems too unsafe for Americans to visit. w/ Syra Ortiz Blanes www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Florida Democrat Jennifer Jenkin enters US Senate race, and supports a controversial proposal to allow independents to vote in the primary www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Some personal news ✨ After two years at @NOTUSreports, I’m thrilled to be back in FL and joining the @MiamiHerald in September!

🚨 At least 10 scientists, all cited in the Trump admin's new climate change report, told me that the report completely mischaracterizes their research. I also found five citations with significant errors, and a paragraph missing an important citation.

Ron DeSantis’ push to build the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center is stretching the bounds of executive power in Florida. www.notus.org/ron-desantis...

TPM reported these contracts were removed from the accountability site in my story earlier this week. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/contrac...

Jeanine Pirro says a case to recoup funds for Trump allies who fell for a crypto scam was temporarily hidden from the public because of a “clerical error.” She told NOTUS her office was trying to shield the identity of a company, not the entire case. www.notus.org/money/jeanin...

More drama here. Now Jeanine Pirro tells us that the court clerk is to blame for temporarily rendering secret a case that appears to involve would-be Trump supporters. Story from me @claireheddles.bsky.social: @notusreports.bsky.social: www.notus.org/money/jeanin...

Last week, my colleague @claireheddles.bsky.social spotted a case that involved Trump's allies. Now it's been sealed entirely -- which means it's currently proceeding in secret. @notusreports.bsky.social: www.notus.org/money/crypto...

The DOJ’s Case to Recoup Money for Trump Allies Is Now Secret w/ @josepagliery.bsky.social www.notus.org/money/crypto...

Just as this happens, a top ICE official tells a judge that the US State Department brokered the Salvadoran-Venezuelan deal. And yet, in the same document, the federal government keeps insisting El Salvador remained in full custody of these guys.

Republican lawmakers are stepping in to personally protect some people who are facing deportation — while saying they support Trump’s immigration crackdown www.notus.org/immigration/...

Florida Quietly Hid Contracts Detailing DeSantis’ $225 Million Spending Spree on Everglades Detention Center www.notus.org/florida/desa...

Florida Quietly Hid Contracts Detailing DeSantis’ $225 Million Spending Spree to Detain Migrants NEW via @claireheddles.bsky.social www.notus.org/florida/desa...

Norman, Oklahoma was ready to build the same kind of flood warning system that could have saved lives in Texas — until Trump took away the funding I found a long list of places with similar stories👇

NEW: The DOJ seemingly outed top crypto executives at MoonPay as falling for a Nigerian crypto scam www.notus.org/money/crypto... @notusreports.bsky.social

The deadly floods that ripped through Kerr County, Texas have left state and federal officials blaming each other. www.notus.org/us-news/texa...

NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group. By Anas Baba

“I’ve never seen anything like this.” The Pentagon sent hurricane forecasters scrambling after suddenly announcing a shutdown of key satellites. www.notus.org/climate-envi...

New: SCOTUS' decision in Trump v. CASA has made Dem AGs the most important people in the Trump resistance AGs are now "in the unique position of retaining the ability to secure injunctions that protect the rights of all," Jamie Raskin said w/ @annackramer.bsky.social www.notus.org/courts/democ...

As someone who grew up in South Florida and endured hurricanes Andrew, Frances, and so many others... limiting meteorologists will have immediate impacts. I went to FIU. The National Hurricane Center is on the edge of campus. We all respected the work they do there.

Pentagon Sends Hurricane Forecasters Scrambling After Suddenly Announcing Shutdown of Key Satellites Forecasters could miss out on “six, eight, 10 hours” of early warning about dangerous storms, one expert said. w/ @emilykennard.bsky.social www.notus.org/climate-envi...

NEW: “The rhetoric is quite different, but it doesn’t seem like the reality is obviously different." RFK Jr. promised to end the "corporate capture" of the health agencies. But lobbyists and experts said for the most part, it's still business as usual. www.notus.org/health-scien...

AND I wrote about how despite being in the minority, Democrats have a shot at killing these anti-trans positions in the OBBB and they might take it despite consistent anti-trans attack ads from Republicans last cycle. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Behind closed doors, Emil Bove has a lot to say about how to turn the DOJ into Trump's enforcers. But in Congress... www.notus.org/trump-white-...

Democrats’ Hot New Legal Strategy is to Use Conservative Wins Against Trump

At least 11 White House staffers have stock in Elon Musk’s Tesla, according to NOTUS’ analysis of 121 staff financial disclosure reports that were quietly published last week. www.notus.org/money/tesla-...

NOTUS: Even as RFK calls sugar “poison,” "Republicans aren’t showing any signs of backing away from propping up the sugar industry. "Both the House and Senate versions of President Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation bills include the largest loan rate increases for sugar farmers in decades"

Even in the MAHA era, Republicans aren’t showing any signs of backing away from propping up the sugar industry. www.notus.org/policy/repub...

NWS still hasn’t posted the 100+ critical jobs it's planning to rehire after DOGE’s layoff frenzy. Lutnick insisted to Congress weather agencies are at “full capacity.” One former NOAA admin told me, “He’s either misinformed or lying. It’s clearly not true."