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The remarks contrast with Border Czar Tom Homan's softer messaging earlier this year, after two U.S. citizens were killed by immigration officials in Minneapolis.
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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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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.
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President Trump filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times and four of its journalists, accusing them of harming his business and personal reputation.
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Kash Patel's appearance in the Senate comes at a delicate time for the director, who is a loyalist of President Donald Trump but has no experience leading an organization like the FBI.
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Whether the case will get all the way to trial is unclear, but it's part of a national effort by the Trump administration to obtain unredacted voter data.
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A judge will decide whether DOGE's health cuts are legal. Local health departments aren't waiting to close clinics, stop programs, cut immunization appointments and lay off workers anyway.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced withering questioning from skeptical Democrats.
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Trump created the group to oversee his ceasefire plan in Gaza, and said member states have pledged $7 billion for Gaza reconstruction.
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“ This is one of those situations where both the left and the right should be supportive.”
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The move is another Trump administration effort to limit legal pathways to migration or resettlement.
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In a rare move, the White House recently took down a racist post from one of President Trump's social media accounts. Extremism researchers say it fits a pattern.
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This court observer program started last summer when the Trump administration’s deportation campaign ramped up in Southern California.
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Criminal defense lawyers are tracking when the Justice Department appears to rely on irregular charging practices.
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Tricia McLaughlin has become the public face defending the Trump administration's mass deportation policy and immigration tactics over the past year.
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Partnerships between ICE and local law enforcement agencies has expanded widely under the second Trump administration, data analyzed by NPR shows.
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The Trump administration is proposing massive changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. We asked disaster experts to weigh in.
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Is the U.S. still a democracy? Scholars tell NPR that after the last year under President Trump, the country has slid closer to autocracy or may already be there.
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"There doesn't seem to be any shame about this among people who used to feel like you had to have some sort of decorum," Obama said.
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Government sources and advocates for migrant children worry the administration is concentrating pregnant unaccompanied minors in Texas to restrict their access to abortion.
