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Fees paid by airline passengers keep piling up, even as airport security officers work without pay.
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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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Here's your recap of what happened in the leadership shakeup at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week.
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The Trump administration argues that rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule will help wildland firefighters. Fire researchers warn that more roads could exacerbate the problem.
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The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines, but is restricting them to people at high risk for COVID complications.
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A whistleblower complaint says the personal data of over 300 million Americans was copied to a private cloud account to allow access by former members of the Department of Government Efficiency team.
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President Donald Trump says he's firing the Federal Reserve governor after a Trump ally accused Cook of making false statements on a mortgage application.
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Trump has swapped out the grass in the Rose Garden with stone, turning what had been a lawn into a patio that bears a striking resemblance to one at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
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A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with.
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A judge ruled the Trump administration cannot deny funding to Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and 30 other cities and counties because of policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration efforts.
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The major parties' redistricting battle escalated this week, with lawmakers in the country's two most populous states each taking a notable step toward a new congressional map.
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Several UCLA scientists tell LAist that their experiments on cancer, heart disease and other ailments are imperiled, but they’re more worried that young academics will abandon the field and that humanity will be worse off for it.
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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President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that he says will help curb ticket scalping and bring “commonsense” changes to the way live events are priced.
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A Turkish student living and studying lawfully in the U.S. was arrested by federal immigration officers. A lawyer explains to NPR some of the basic rights people have in such a situation.
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At a rally in Los Angeles, 65-year-old Phil Ansell said he wanted to participate because "I want to do everything possible to protect democracy in this country."
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The temporary injunction issued by Judge Berman Jackson seeks to preserve the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as a lawsuit filed by the agency's union proceeds.
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The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that Trump can fire Democratic members of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board after a lower court had them reinstated.
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The Trump administration has threatened to withhold funds from schools who uphold the framework.
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The remaining USAID employees were given an end-of-employment date in an email sent out Friday.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that his department has revoked the student visas of hundreds of students so far, with plans to cancel more.
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President Trump's new executive order ends collective bargaining for wide swaths of federal employees, as part of his broader campaign to reshape the government's workforce. Unions vow to sue.
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Here are five takeaways from a week when the Trump administration has had to deal with the Signal chat leak, announced new tariffs and carried out more deportations.
