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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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Bystanders and protesters have been confronting ICE agents as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement.
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The risks of drones have been underscored by Russia's drone strikes in Ukraine, and Ukraine's surprise drone strikes that destroyed some aircraft deep within Russia, the White House said.
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The order, for now, overturns actions that limited DOGE's access to sensitive private information. In a separate case, the court said DOGE did not have to share internal records with a watchdog group.
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The memo obtained by NPR says troops would be used in activities, including in "night operations and rural interdiction," as well as "guard duty and riot control" inside detention facilities.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported to El Salvador, is back in the U.S. to face smuggling chargesAbrego Garcia faces criminal charges for allegedly transporting migrants without legal status around the country, according to a Justice Department indictment.
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President Donald Trump fired the head of the U.S. Copyright Office just after the agency released a major report on AI.
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The Trump administration has tried firing people, dismantling agencies and inviting people to quit. Lawsuits have blocked some of those efforts.
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From space travel to military operations to the future of green energy, the U.S. has become reliant on Elon Musk's business empire. But it won't be easy for the government to end its reliance on Musk.
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The blowup marks the end of an alliance between the president and the billionaire that lasted far longer than many observers expected.
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President Trump and his former adviser, Elon Musk, lashed out at each other on social media Thursday in a public feud that has ramped up since Musk left his role with the administration.
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government.
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The Department of Agriculture is demanding sensitive data from states about more than 40 million food stamp recipients as DOGE is amassing data for immigration enforcement.
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A federal judge in San Francisco issued a two-week restraining order temporarily blocking the Trump administration's sweeping overhaul of the federal government. Her order applies to 20 agencies.
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The Posse Comitatus Act restricts using federal troops in civilian law enforcement. Exceptions exist, but Trump's crackdown on immigration is shaping up to be a major test for the law.
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The justices blocked a lower court order that temporarily halted the ban's enforcement.
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College affordability experts weigh in on how to protect yourself from mismanagement and stay on track toward cancellation.
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President Trump issued an executive order Monday banning federal funding for any research abroad that involves a field of scientific study known as "gain-of-function" research. Here's what it means.
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Production in Hollywood has been suffering. But it's unclear how a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the United States would work — or who it would help.
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The prison on a forbidding island off San Francisco was operated at a prohibitive cost. Now, President Donald Trump says it's time to substantially enlarge and rebuild Alcatraz as a federal penitentiary.
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The Trump administration and Congress have taken a series of actions that could greatly affect federal student loan borrowers.
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Hours after the Trump administration proposed eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts from next year's federal budget, hundreds of arts groups in the U.S., including in Los Angeles, were told their grants were canceled.
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When asked about the image, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York who is friendly with Trump, said "it wasn't good" and that he hoped Trump had nothing to do with it.
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The president says a third term is "not something I'm looking to do," and the U.S. economy is in a "transition period."
