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Environmental advocates and the Miccosukee Tribe challenged the project, saying construction at the isolated Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport had damaged the fragile Everglades ecosystem and threatened protected species.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

Dahlia and Mark sort through the brutalizing, even lethal implications for asylum seekers and more than 1 million recipients of temporary protected status, or TPS.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026

Foreigners with TPS are protected from removal and can receive work authorizations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

The protected coral is estimated to be 300-400 years old and is believed to be among the largest black corals ever recorded in the waters of Aotearoa New Zealand.

From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026

It was frightening now to see the walls disappearing—the walls that could have protected them from whoever or whatever was marching toward them.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix