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Non-U.S. citizens lose access to SBA funding for small businesses, which provide the bulk of new jobs in California.
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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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United in song, the activists expressed solidarity with families who've been affected by the Trump administration's mass deportation effort.
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Trump is using Cold War-era emergency powers to force a California oil pipeline back online — and Gov. Newsom vows to sue, to block the move.
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With the price of oil reaching nearly $105 a barrel on Monday, President Trump again urged NATO and China to help secure the vital Strait of Hormuz.
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Fees paid by airline passengers keep piling up, even as airport security officers work without pay.
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In a post on Truth Social, President Trump announced Friday that Richard Grenell is leaving the Kennedy Center. The arts complex is scheduled to close in July for renovations.
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A federal judge said the probe was part of an improper campaign by the Trump administration to pressure the central bank into cutting interest rates.
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California Democrats introduced legislation to restore Medi-Cal for all income-qualifying residents of any age, including undocumented immigrants.
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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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Israel targeted Iran's oil facilities for the first time early Sunday, with videos showing huge flames lighting up the sky.
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The Trump administration says it is "laser focused" and mission driven, but the messaging has been varied. The range of cited motivations fare sometimes at odds.
Andrea Pitzer, who’s studied concentration camps worldwide, reflects on the utility of using the phrase to describe what’s happening in the U.S.
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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.
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Trump has cut billions of dollars in science research grants. Now universities have to try to get the money back in a little-known court.
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RFK Jr.'s reshaped ACIP vaccine panel re-did a vote from yesterday on the MMRV vaccine and scrapped plans for another vote on the hepatitis B birth dose.
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The group was chosen by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. amid controversy. It's changed guidance for for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox shots and deferred proposed changes to hepatitis B.
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Democratic lawmakers aim to put a bond measure on the 2026 ballot that would create and fund the California Foundation for Science and Health Research.
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The Fed lowered interest rates by a quarter percentage point Wednesday in an effort to cushion the sagging job market. The move comes as policymakers face growing pressure from President Trump.
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While legally questionable, the extension comes just as it appears China and the U.S. finally may have a deal on TikTok's fate.
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RFK Jr.'s hand-picked panel of vaccine advisors is expected to vote to delay the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Doctors warn that could fuel a return of a disease virtually eradicated in U.S. kids.
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The University of California plans to “evaluate every option” to resolve charges of antisemitism brought by the Trump administration against UCLA.
