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President Donald Trump is pushing the Senate to abandon the filibuster and pass the SAVE American Act, a bill top Democrat calls "Jim Crow 2.0."
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California says it will train 988 responders to support LGBTQ+ youth calling for help. -
Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said that children without legal status cannot enroll in Head Start — effective immediately. But without implementation guidelines, providers say they're in a holding pattern. -
Undocumented immigrants and mixed-status families are learning how to assert themselves — and prepare for worst-case scenarios.
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San Diego’s community college district finds itself directly in Trump’s crosshairs: Its “pride centers” were the only items called out by name in the administration’s plan to slash more than $10 billion of federal spending on education. -
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s announcement of the intent to revoke Chinese student visas could affect more than 50,000 at California universities and colleges. -
The Port of Los Angeles reported that it expected 80 ships to arrive in May, but 17 have been canceled.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post that, at Trump's direction, she is ordering the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to pause the program.
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Friday is the deadline for the government to release files related to the life and death of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Government sources say that for the last six weeks, they’ve been ordered not to release undocumented children in federal custody to their parents and relatives.
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The Trump administration Thursday proposed two rules targeting hospitals that treat transgender children and youth using Medicare and Medicaid as the lever.
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The only Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission says chairman's belief that the FCC isn't independent leaves news media vulnerable to political pressure.
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Smith told the a House committee that his team developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" that Trump took part in a criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 election.
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Bongino's tenure was at times tumultuous, including a clash with Justice Department leadership over the Epstein files.
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Trump broke little new ground, restating messages: that economic problems can be blamed on Joe Biden, and that his second term has been a massive success.
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A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds 70% of Americans say things have become too unaffordable.
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The Trump administration announced Tuesday it was expanding travel restrictions to an additional 20 countries and the Palestinian Authority.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testified amid a pause in funding to her agency and increased bipartisan scrutiny of her leadership.
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Immigrants in California's newest ICE detention center allege they're experiencing inhumane conditions and that they're not getting access to lawyers. Until recently, the site was a state prison.
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The announcement follows harsh criticism from the Trump administration about California and other states granting licenses to people in the country illegally.
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President Trump signed a bill reopening the government Wednesday night, but it will take more than a day for some things to return to business as usual. We're tracking those here.
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President Trump signed a bill to fund the government through the end of January, ending the shutdown that has dragged on for six weeks.
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The House Oversight Committee has released a new tranche of documents, including several emails from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that refer to President Trump.
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Airlines and aviation regulators warned that flight disruptions are likely to continue even after the government reopens. Thousands of flights have been canceled as air traffic restrictions ramp up.
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The Supreme Court will hear a case that could decide whether states can count postmarked mail ballots that arrive after Election Day — something that about 20 states and territories currently allow.
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President Donald Trump says the government will distribute checks to Americans from tariff revenue. Here's what that could mean.
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After 41 days of a government shutdown, the U.S. Senate passed a set of bills to reopen the government. The House comes back to vote as early as Wednesday afternoon.
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Afrikaners are rejecting President Trump's claims of "white persecution" in South Africa as false and politically driven.
