How many Americans are moving abroad? New report reveals 2025 expat numbers

MIAMI — Au revoir, America. The number of Americans moving abroad has risen sharply in recent months, likely due to a number of factors, new data reveals.

An estimated 1,285 U.S. citizens expatriated in the first quarter of 2025, marking a 102% increase compared with the last quarter of 2024, according to a report from CS Global Partners, which analyzed statistics from the U.S. Federal Register.

Should this pattern continue, 2025 is poised to see a record-high number of Americans relocating overseas, surpassing the previous peak in 2020 — during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

For those moving abroad, Europe emerged as the top choice, with Greece, in particular, appearing to be the favorite destination, according to the report.

—Miami Herald

Beverly Hills public schools to consider displaying Israeli flag on all campuses

LOS ANGELES — The Beverly Hills Unified School District's Board of Education will vote Tuesday night on a proposal to display the Israeli flag on all campuses and district facilities to recognize Jewish Heritage Month in May.

The proposal is part of a resolution to combat antisemitism that also calls for educating students about Jewish history and commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah), International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and Oct. 7 as a Day of Remembrance of the 2023 Hamas-led attacks on Israel.

The resolution has sparked debate over whether it is appropriate to dedicate this much time and resources to recognizing a specific ethnic and religious group in a public school setting.

It has also raised concerns that displaying the Israeli flag doesn't simply signal support for the Jewish people but also represents support for the Israeli government and its actions in Gaza, where more than half a million people are living in famine amid the ongoing war.

—Los Angeles Times

Republicans hail Trump’s halt to Maryland wind farm; Democrats call it ‘shortsighted’

Though Maryland Democrats lament the potential loss of a long-planned offshore wind farm on the coast of Ocean City, Republicans and local representatives herald President Donald Trump’s push to stop the project as a victory.

“President Trump’s decision to move toward revoking US Wind’s federal permit is a very positive development for Ocean City,” Mayor Rick Meehan, a Republican, said in a statement Tuesday. “This action acknowledges the validity of our objections and represents a major step in protecting our community, our coastal environment, our commercial and recreational fishing industries and the future of Ocean City.”

Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat who has been publicly feuding with the president, said in a statement Tuesday that the cancellation of a project that was poised to net $1 billion in investments, create thousands of manufacturing jobs, and generate more in-state electrical supply is “utterly shortsighted.”

“Maryland is committed to wind because we know that building more generation to meet demand, bringing in investment, and creating good-paying jobs is not political — it’s progress for Marylanders,” Moore said.

—Baltimore Sun

Naval buildup escalates: Trump now sends cruiser, sub to Venezuela’s doorstep

The United States is increasing its military presence in the southern Caribbean even more as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to disrupt Latin American drug cartels, according to multiple U.S. officials familiar with the deployments.

Two sources briefed on the plan told the Reuters news agency that the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie and the nuclear-powered fast attack submarine USS Newport News will arrive in Caribbean waters by early next week.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the operations, declined to detail the ships’ exact mission. But they described the buildup as aimed at countering threats to U.S. national security posed by groups that the Trump administration has formally designated as “narco-terrorist organizations.”

Another source familiar with the deployments confirmed on Monday to the Miami Herald that the Pentagon would add more ships to the deployment that began assembling in the region last week. That group includes the amphibious ships San Antonio, Iwo Jima and Fort Lauderdale, which officials said could be stationed off Venezuela’s northern coast.

—Miami Herald