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DHS's handling of the incident raises questions about the department's oversight mechanisms to investigate employee misconduct.
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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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UCLA and University of California leaders are fighting Trump’s demands for a $1.2 billion settlement over a litany of accusations, including that the campus permits antisemitism.
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The Department of Agriculture said it will end a longstanding annual food insecurity survey. Experts say the move will obscure the effects of recent changes that will lead to people losing food aid.
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The president and his deputies tied autism to acetaminophen use during pregnancy, presented a cancer drug as possible treatment and said the FDA would change labeling. There's little strong scientific evidence for either.
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Organizers say the rally was meant to defend free speech and to protest recent FCC actions.
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At a service focused on Kirk's conservative Christian faith, President Trump described the late 31-year-old as the "greatest evangelist for American liberty" as Kirk's widow forgave the alleged gunman.
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More than half a million high-skilled U.S. workers are in the country through the H-1B program, which is heavily used by the big tech companies trying to curry favor with the president.
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The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.
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President Donald Trump signed two executive orders aimed at raising billions of dollars through high visa fees.
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The group voted to make people who want a COVID shot to be briefed on harms and benefits, but in a close vote, it failed to pass a proposal that states should require people to get a prescription.
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George Cook is the Trump administration's new acting director of the Census Bureau, which has been thrust into the middle of a renewed attempt by President Trump to alter the national head count.
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government.
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As President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress, reporters from across NPR's newsroom fact-checked his speech and offered context.
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The Office of Personnel Management has revised a Jan. 20 memo asking federal agencies to identify probationary employees ahead of a mass firing. The reissued memo does not order fired workers reinstated.
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The president's address to a joint session of Congress is expected to touch on DOGE, immigration, tariffs and the future of U.S. support for Ukraine.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed an $840 billion plan to build up the bloc's defense as President Trump pauses military aid to Ukraine.
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investors continued a selloff that had started on Monday after Trump announced that there was "no room left" for negotiation with Mexico or Canada.
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The news comes just days after a disastrous meeting between the U.S. president and Ukraine's leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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The White House has been clear that it intends to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, and that it will be McMahon's job to oversee that effort.
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Canada and China hit back swiftly after Trump's sweeping tariffs took effect Tuesday, raising fears of a global trade war. International markets, meanwhile, continued to slide.
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President Trump warned international students that if they support groups the U.S. deems terrorist organizations, "we will find you, and we will deport you." It's left many student activists anxious.
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Before becoming the second-in-command at the FBI, Dan Bongino used his popular podcast to spread conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6 attack. Here's what else he said.
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President Trump will lay out his second term agenda in an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.
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In the nearly 250-year history of the United States, English had never been designated as the nation's official language.
