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How $60M in tourism revenue is at risk if Alcatraz reopens

How $60M in tourism revenue is at risk if Alcatraz reopens

CNN05-05-2025

How $60M in tourism revenue is at risk if Alcatraz reopens
After Trump's suggestion to reopen Alcatraz as a working prison, CNN's Veronica Miracle hopped aboard the ferry and visited the island – along with its throng of tourists – to get a first-hand look at how $60M in tourism revenue could be at risk if the president's plans come to fruition.
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How $60M in tourism revenue is at risk if Alcatraz reopens
After Trump's suggestion to reopen Alcatraz as a working prison, CNN's Veronica Miracle hopped aboard the ferry and visited the island – along with its throng of tourists – to get a first-hand look at how $60M in tourism revenue could be at risk if the president's plans come to fruition.
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Trump supporters on third term
Comedians Davram Stiefler and Jason Selvig regularly attend Trump rallies, speaking with the President's supporters for their podcast, 'The Good Liars Tell the Truth.' They tell CNN's Laura Coates there was 'constant forgiveness for anything' that President Trump does, including a possible third term.
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How businesses are waiting out tariffs
With Trump's new tariffs in place on products from countries like China, many businesses are looking at bonded warehouses as a way to legally avoid paying the extra dues, for now. CNN's Julia Vargas Jones explains how they work.
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Van Jones speaks with Black Trump supporters
CNN senior political commentator Van Jones speaks with a group of African Americans in South Carolina who explain why they voted for and continue to back President Donald Trump.
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Vanessa Yurkevich explains Trump's big move that could raise prices
President Trump ended the de minimis exemption, a major shipping loophole that allowed shipments of goods worth $800 or less to come into the United States duty-free, often more or less skipping time-consuming inspections and paperwork. CNN's Vanessa Yurkevich explains what this move will mean for US consumers and prices.
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How much the Trump family stands to earn from $2B crypto deal
CNN's Erin Burnett and chief data analyst Harry Enten look at how much money the Trump family stands to make from a major crypto deal.
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Fareed's take on Trump's executive order record
Fareed Zakaria breaks down President Donald Trump's first 100 days executive order record and compares it to that of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Fighting Trump's transgender military ban
Lt. Nic Talbott is a member of the US Army Reserve and the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's ban of transgender people serving in the military. CNN's MJ Lee spoke to Talbott about his military career being in limbo.
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HHS releases controversial report on transgender children
The US Department of Health and Human Services has released a 400-page review of treatment for gender dysphoria in children but did not disclose who authored or reviewed the report. CNN's Ben Hunte explains.
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Would you date someone with a different political POV?
Can you separate the political context from your romantic life? CNN's Audie Cornish speaks with her show crew and with Orna Guralnik, a psychoanalyst and star of Showtime's Couples Therapy.
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Manu Raju breaks down Senate vote on Trump tariffs
CNN's Manu Raju reports on the Senate rejecting a resolution that would have effectively blocked the president's global tariffs by revoking the emergency order Trump is using to enact them.
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Anderson on the exodus from DOJ's civil rights division
CNN's Anderson Cooper examines the fallout of a massive number of workers leaving the Department of Justice civil rights division in the wake of the Trump administration outlining its agenda for the department's priorities.
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Trump says he won't bring back Abrego Garcia
President Donald Trump acknowledged that he could secure the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador, but refuses to do so. The comments appear to contradict previous remarks made by him and his top aides who say the US does not have the ability to return Abrego Garcia because he is in the custody of a foreign government, despite the Supreme Court's ruling that the Trump administration must 'facilitate' his return.
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Republicans share views as Trump's poll numbers sink
CNN's Manu Raju asks Republican lawmakers about their thoughts on President Donald Trump's policies amid his sinking poll numbers.
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Trump details call with Jeff Bezos over tariff charges
US President Donald Trump told reporters about his call with Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos saying he was 'a good guy,' following a spat earlier in the day between the White House and e-commerce giant. Two senior White House officials told CNN that Trump called Bezos to complain about reports that the company was considering displaying the cost of US tariffs on its website, a move that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called a 'hostile political act.' Amazon spokesperson Tim Doyle said in a statement, 'The team that runs our ultra-low cost Amazon Haul store considered the idea of listing import charges on certain products. This was never approved and is not going to happen.'
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