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About 5.5 million borrowers currently are in default. They haven't risked wage garnishment since the beginning of the pandemic, when policymakers paused the practice.
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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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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.
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President Donald Trump promised a weekend crackdown on unhoused population and criminals. Trump activated federal agents to also be a show of force across the district.
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NPR has learned that dozens of immigrants across the U.S. have received letters notifying them that their asylum cases have been dismissed because they have not yet received a screening interview.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reposted the video profiling Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson, who opposes same-sex marriage.
The Trump administration is suing to block a new California that would ban federal law enforcement officers from wearings masks on duty.
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Trump called for the firing of the Labor statistics official after data earlier showed employers added just 73,000 jobs in July, while job gains for the previous two months were largely erased.
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World leaders have lavished praise on President Trump in order to smooth diplomatic relations — and get better deals too.
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A federal appeals court ruled Friday to uphold a lower court's temporary block, citing "mountain of evidence" that tactics violate Constitution.
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UCLA tells researchers to 'immediately stop spending' after Trump administration freezes grant fundsThe Trump administration cited alleged antisemitism at UCLA as a reason for suspending the funding. Years worth of research could be lost, one UCLA researcher said.
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The push to rehire retired workers comes as the administration has also sought to downsize large swaths of the federal government through mass layoffs and other changes.
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California has filed suit seeking to overturn an executive order targeting gender-affirming care for people under 19.
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Her family's statement is the latest development involving Epstein, who took his own life in a New York jail in 2019 while facing federal sex trafficking charges, and the Republican president.
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An executive order says most of the tariffs will not take effect for at least a week, despite an earlier assertion that new rates would take effect on Friday.
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The Trump administration has said the conditions in the three countries have improved, therefore the immigrants can return back to their homelands. But federal Judge Trina Thompson suggested Trump's motives are discriminatory.
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The Justice Department issued UCLA a notice of violation for not responding “adequately” to complaints about antisemitism.
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The high-ranking federal housing appointee said they'd would be recommending that President Donald Trump “defund” Los Angeles, according to a county official. The federal housing agency has declined to comment so far.
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After at least 15 years of talking about it, President Trump is building a ballroom at the White House. Work will begin this September, with a price tag of $200 million, the White House says.
