Tifton Talks News Roundup for July 15, 2025

Covered in this packed episode:

• Georgia lost 260,000 sq. ft. of federal office space this year, part of ongoing Trump-era government downsizing.
• CSX train delays are backing up traffic daily in South Georgia.
• Operation Southern Slowdown cracks down on speeders after a spike in highway deaths.
• Atlanta pizza boxes accidentally became recruiting tools for Border Patrol — and sparked protests.
• Folkston’s D. Ray James facility is becoming the largest ICE detention center in the country.
• SCOTUS clears Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Dept. of Ed workers, sparking legal fights over frozen education funds.
• Georgia secures $20 million from opioid settlements.
• A deadly fire at a Massachusetts assisted living center leaves 9 dead.
• West Nile virus confirmed in Fulton County mosquito traps.
• Food banks brace for SNAP benefit cuts hitting hard in Georgia.
• Delta Airlines finds a creative way to dodge tariffs on Airbus planes.
• FBI warns of violent online predator networks targeting kids, with a disturbing Georgia case.
• Bitcoin surges past $123,000 as Congress mulls pro-crypto laws.

Catch all that and more with your host, Donovan, on Tifton Talks.

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