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This is a FOX News alert. Shut it down. I'm Carmen Roberts. A federal judge orders the government to stop sending migrants to the detention center in the Florida Everglades known as Alligator Alcatraz, and says that much of that facility should be taken down. U.S. district Judge Kathleen Williams issued the temporary injunction, sharply criticizing state and federal authorities for failing to assess the potential environmental damage before constructing the center. Governor Ron DeSantis says the state will appeal.
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We totally expected an adverse ruling and we also knew we were going to immediately appeal and get that decision stayed. So we'll ultimately be successful in this. It's not going to stop our resolve.
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The ruling is a significant legal blow to the country's first state run center for federal immigration detainees. Eric Menendez is denied parole in a crushing defeat for the celebrity killer. He and his brother Lyle have served more than 30 years for the 1989 murder of their parents. Eric has said that his father sexually abused him for years and that he feared for his life if he went public. Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hockman has long opposed their parole, arguing they still haven't fully accepted responsibility for their actions. Fox says Kristen Goodwin, his brother Lyle makes his plea for freedom on Friday. A New York appeals court tosses out a half a billion dollar penalty against President Trump for his civil fraud conviction.
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Two justices calling the more than $515 million penalty in that violates the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution, Fox says.
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Brian yet as President Trump calls it a total victory. The court, however, let the fraud conviction stand. And New York Attorney General Letitia James says her office will appeal. America's listening to FOX news.
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Repeating our top story, a federal judge bars Florida and the Trump administration from sending any new detainees to Alligator Alcatraz and demands that the state scale down operations at the facility within 60 days. Villanova University's president says reports of an active shooter on campus Thursday were a cruel hoax. Delaware County DA Jack Strollsteimer adding, these.
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Are some of the best police officers you'll ever meet. And what they did here today was truly heroic and I am thankful, excuse me, that none of them got hurt.
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Police reported no victims, but ordered students to shelter in place until the all clear. An active shooter hoax also happened Thursday at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. A great earthquake strikes off the southern tip of South America, but no threat of a tsunami. The USGS first measured the quake in the Drake Passage at a magnitude 8, but has downgraded it to a 7.5. There's no land, only ships in the passage that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. California will hold a special election in November to allow residents to vote on a new congressional district map. It's designed to counteract Texas lawmakers passage of a map to gain five GOP seats in the U.S. house.
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The Democratic controlled California assembly passed the controversial congressional redistricting map aimed at handing their partners party five new seats in the U.S. house. State Republicans argue the new map violates the state's constitution in part because redistricting is not supposed to be done mid decade and should not favor a particular party. And Republicans say Democratic legislators have not revealed exactly who drew the new lines. California has a citizens Redistricting committee tasked with drawing the state's congressional maps independent from politicians. But California Democrats proposed an amendment to the Constitution to go around the commission.
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Date: August 22, 2025
Host: FOX News Podcasts
This episode delivers the latest breaking national and international news updates. Major coverage includes a federal judge’s ruling against a controversial migrant detention facility in Florida, parole denied to Eric Menendez, a pivotal Trump civil fraud case decision, a campus shooter hoax at Villanova University, a major earthquake off South America, and a high-stakes congressional redistricting battle in California.
This edition of the Fox News Hourly Update captures several breaking legal and political stories, from courtroom dramas to the frontlines of immigration and congressional redistricting. The tone is brisk and urgent, focusing on immediate quotes from officials and concise, impactful recaps of ongoing national stories.