Alicia Civita

Entertainment and Pop Culture writer


Trilingual multimedia journalist with 20-plus years of experience in legacy and new media, as well as social media. Founder and CEO of Life a la Latina, a bilingual community celebrating the Latino experience. Before, I relaunched the U.S. Latino edition of Selecciones, the Spanish version of Reader's Digest, and was the founding editor of EFE´s Hispanic News Service. I have also worked at The Wall Street Journal and Reuters. I love show business, politics, traveling and home-making, but above anything, I'm proudly mamá.

Entertainment and Pop Culture writer

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Governor Greg Abbott

Texas Governor Threatens Austin, Dallas and Houston's World Cup Funding Over ICE Fight

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's office threatened to pull or withhold public safety grants from Houston, Dallas, and Austin unless the cities changed policies that state officials said limited police cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, turning preparations for the 2026 World Cup into the latest front in the national battle over immigration enforcement.
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico

CIA Deaths In Mexico Trigger Sheinbaum Crackdown On State-Level U.S. Security Ties

President Claudia Sheinbaum sent a letter to Mexico's governors Friday reminding them that any security cooperation with foreign agencies must go through federal channels, a move that turns the deaths of two reported CIA officers in Chihuahua into a test of presidential authority, sovereignty and the limits of U.S.-Mexico anti-cartel cooperation.
DOJ seal

DOJ Revives Firing Squad As Trump Pushes To Speed Up Federal Death Penalty

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Friday it is expanding federal execution protocols to include "additional manners of execution, such as the firing squad," while also directing the Bureau of Prisons to study whether federal death row should be relocated, expanded, or paired with a new execution facility.
Judge Rules Florida's DeSantis Violated First Amendment by Labeling Muslim Civil Rights Group a 'Terrorist Organization'

Ron DeSantis Signs 7 New Florida Laws: Here's What Changes July 1

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed seven more bills into law, adding to a growing list of measures approved during the 2026 legislative session. Most of the new laws are set to take effect on July 1, 2026, unless otherwise specified, continuing the state's fast-paced policy changes across local government, business regulation, and public services.
US government shutdown vote

Senate Advances Plan to Fund ICE, Border Patrol Without Democratic Votes

The U.S. Senate approved a budget resolution early Thursday morning that paves the way to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, and the Border Patrol without Democratic support, marking a key step in Republican efforts to end the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, DHS, which has been ongoing since mid-February.