For first time in 90 years, more people are leaving the US than moving in

NEW YORK — For the first time in roughly 90 years — dating back to the Great Depression — the United States has seen more people moving out of the country than moving in.

The Trump administration has made immigration to the U.S., along with mass deportations, chief among its priorities. But according to the Wall Street Journal, there’s also an exodus fueled by American citizens seeking better lives abroad.

The U.S. experienced a net negative migration of roughly 150,000 people in 2025, according to the Brookings Institution. The Washington, D.C. think tank expects even more Americans than that will leave in 2026.

A Wall Street Journal analysis of data from just 15 countries found that at least 180,000 Americans citizens left the U.S. to live abroad last year. The total number is almost surely higher globally.

—New York Daily News

Why Florida lawmakers want to expand the school guardian program to universities

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Faculty at Florida’s colleges and universities may soon be able to carry guns on campus as part of state lawmakers’ planned expansion of the school guardian program.

Lawmakers first created the program after the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in which a gunman killed 17 people, including students and faculty. Under the program, select staff or an employee hired for security can be trained to carry weapons for school defense.

State lawmakers this year are moving forward legislation to expand that program to colleges. The measure is in response to the April 2025 shooting at Florida State University that left two people dead.

Rep. Michelle Salzman, R-Escambia County, was a student at Florida State University during the shooting. As the shooting unfolded, texts came into Salzman’s phone from classmates sharing their hiding locations. “The question was, what are we going to do, what’s next?”

—Miami Herald

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz decries ‘targeted retribution’ as Trump administration seeks to claw back Medicaid funds

MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Walz lashed out at the Trump administration for clawing back a quarter-billion dollars in Medicaid funding from Minnesota over its handling of fraud, calling it a “ransom note” and saying it would only hurt the vulnerable.

Speaking at a news conference Feb. 26. Walz said the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ announcement that it would halt $259 million in payments to Minnesota amounts to “targeted retribution against a state that the president doesn’t like.”

He said the federal government has failed to recognize steps taken by state leaders to tamp down on fraud in the state’s social services programs.

“No state has experienced this before,” Walz said as he rolled out a new suite of fraud prevention proposals at the Capitol. “How does taking and punishing children and (the) elderly have anything to do with fighting fraud? It does nothing.”

—The Minnesota Star Tribune

Danish leader calls March vote after Greenland crisis boost

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called an early election for March 24, betting a popularity boost from a standoff with Donald Trump over Greenland will help secure her another term in office.

The move comes after the U.S. president revived claims over the Arctic territory in early January, causing a diplomatic rift with Europe. The rupture in relations bolstered Frederiksen’s domestic standing, reinforcing her image as a disciplined and steady leader during periods of national strain.

“It will be a decisive election, because in the next four years, we as Danes, and we as Europeans, will truly have to stand on our own,” Frederiksen, 48, said in a speech on Thursday in parliament.

“We must define our relationship with the U.S. We must rearm to secure peace on our continent. We must hold Europe together, and we must safeguard the future of the Kingdom of Denmark.”

—Bloomberg News