President Donald Trump has made the first vetoes of legislation since retaking the White House nearly a year ago, setting up a potential showdown with US lawmakers. The other bill would have supported a flooding mitigation project for a Native American tribe in Florida that had sued to stop construction of "Alligator Alcatraz". Trump, who pardoned Peters of her federal charges this month, has called on the Colorado's Democratic governor, Jared Polis, to release her. In his veto message, Trump wrote that the Miccosukee had conducted "unauthorised" development on the land in question. The Miccosukee tribe took legal action against the Trump administration's construction of an immigration detention centre in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz".

Source: The Star December 31, 2025 22:45 UTC