Evening Wrap

Good evening. In Tennessee, the state will require immigration status checks in a program that provides healthcare to children with critical illnesses. Local officials in Utah filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from opening an immigration detention center that could hold up to 10,000 people.

Good evening. Tonight we begin in Kentucky, where communities are rallying behind restrictions on data center development, after lawmakers failed to pass a statewide approach. 

An asylum seeker from Minnesota who was arrested just before a major surgery has been released from federal immigration detention after nearly four months of advocacy on her behalf. And a federal judge on Friday ruled that the Trump administration must resume processing documents for asylum seekers nationwide.

Flock camera networks in Wisconsin are on shaky ground as communities weigh the balance between privacy and safety. 

Tonight we begin in the West, where firefighters say federal cuts and reorganization, along with a warm, dry summer forecast are a bad mix. 

Good evening. In New Jersey today, state officials filed a lawsuit seeking to gain access for health inspectors to an immigration detention center that is the site of ongoing strikes inside and protests outside.

Good evening. We begin today in Nebraska, where U.S. Rep. Mike Flood is one of the few Republicans braving jeers and boos at town halls, saying it’s just part of his job. In Idaho, state officials are asking for public help in preventing wildfires under dire conditions. In West Virginia, parents and educators want lawmakers to pause school closures while they look for a better funding system.

Good evening. We start today in Alabama, where an appeals court allowed the state to use a state Senate district map that had been previously blocked under the Voting Rights Act. 

Good evening. Food and water are necessary for survival. And we start off tonight with news on both: from the grocery workers reliant on federal food benefits and grocers’ concerns about new SNAP limits, to the allocation of scarce water in the West. 

Good evening. Tonight we begin with another round of news on prediction markets. North Carolina’s governor signed an executive order banning state employees from using information they learn on the job to place wagers on platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket. In Indiana, electoral races are attracting thousands of wagers, despite concerns from party leaders. 

Republicans hit two roadblocks in their ongoing efforts to redraw congressional district boundaries to benefit the party: an Alabama appellate panel again ruled against proposed districts, and South Carolina senators abandoned an effort as voters lined up for early voting. 

Good evening. Tonight we start on the topic of immigration. In Minnesota, hundreds of people were arrested during the federal crackdown there despite having legal work documents; their families face uncertain futures. In Tennessee, a judge dismissed charges against  Kilmar Abrego Garcia as “vindictive and selective.”