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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 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.
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The Justice Department began delivering files from its Jeffrey Epstein investigation to the House Oversight Committee on Friday. The panel plans to release some of the files publicly.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced withering questioning from skeptical Democrats.
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More immigrants are not showing up for their mandatory immigration court hearings compared to prior years, an NPR analysis shows.
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His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government.
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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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Fourteen companies in total have now reached what the administration calls most-favored-nation pricing deals.
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Experts fear the move could jeopardize the accuracy of forecasting and prediction systems.
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The arts institution will be called the Trump-Kennedy Center.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post that, at Trump's direction, she is ordering the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to pause the program.
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Friday is the deadline for the government to release files related to the life and death of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Government sources say that for the last six weeks, they’ve been ordered not to release undocumented children in federal custody to their parents and relatives.
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The Trump administration Thursday proposed two rules targeting hospitals that treat transgender children and youth using Medicare and Medicaid as the lever.
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The only Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission says chairman's belief that the FCC isn't independent leaves news media vulnerable to political pressure.
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Smith told the a House committee that his team developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" that Trump took part in a criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 election.
