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The EPA won't consider the economic costs of harms to human health, at least for now.
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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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SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.
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The Trump administration has finalized a plan to open the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, renewing long-simmering debate over whether to drill in one of the nation's most sensitive wilderness areas.
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The federal government recalled some furloughed workers specifically to produce the inflation report, which plays a key role for Social Security beneficiaries.
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The announcement on Friday comes a day before vote centers are set to open for polling across California.
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Over the past few days, cattle ranchers and agricultural groups have been sounding the alarm that a plan to import more foreign beef would hurt struggling ranchers.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he's pulling the TV ad that caused President Trump to say he was ending trade negotiations with Canada. The ad used former President Ronald Reagan's words to criticize U.S. tariffs.
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President Donald Trump is plowing ahead with plans to build a grand ballroom where the East Wing of the White House currently stands. The plans have not gone through the committee tasked with overseeing such projects.
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There have been at least 20 deaths in ICE custody in 2025, the deadliest year since 2004. As the agency is ramping up hiring and increasing detentions, concerns remain about how to stop the trend.
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President Donald Trump's administration announced Wednesday new "massive sanctions" against Russia's oil industry that are aimed at bringing an end to Moscow's brutal war on Ukraine.
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Two significant legal actions — including a possible decision from the U.S. Supreme Court — are expected this week. While both would be preliminary, they could impact how courts weigh in on such cases going forward.
The review comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told admirals and generals in September that women must meet the "highest male standard."
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Required by Congress, the reports no longer single out things like rigged elections or sexual violence against children as human rights violations.
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The effort is focused on bringing the organization in line with President Donald Trump's cultural directives ahead of the country's 250th anniversary celebrations.
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Days after the president's call for a "new" census, the top official overseeing the Census Bureau told employees that Congress, not Trump, has final say over the tally, NPR has exclusively learned.
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University of California attorneys argued the suspensions were arbitrary and capricious.
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The boycott targets Penske, Home Depot and other large companies across Los Angeles.
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President Trump says that the announcement of this year's Kennedy Center honorees will come Wednesday.
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Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was unlikely to be included in talks he described as a "feel-out meeting" to better understand Russia's demands for ending its war in Ukraine.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would back off efforts for a Democratic gerrymander if red states do the same, warning President Donald Trump that he is “risking the destabilization of our democracy.”
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The president said that Nvidia would pay the government in exchange for easing export restrictions — and that he'd initially asked for a larger cut.
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President Donald Trump says he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to end his war on Ukraine, but will use a Friday summit to "feel out" his counterpart.
