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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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U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the Trump administration will continue to treat opioid overdoses as a "national security" emergency even as fentanyl deaths decline.
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College advisors are hearing concerns about the future of federal financial aid federal loans, and support for financial aid forms.
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The decision by U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes blocks the Department of Defense from carrying through with a policy directive designed to remove transgender service members from the military.
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E-bike vouchers and rooftop solar? Maybe not as local nonprofits face ongoing federal funding freezeClimate resilience projects in the San Gabriel Valley are once again in flux amid Trump funding confusion.
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The judge wrote: "Musk made the decisions to shutdown USAID's headquarters and website even though he lacked the authority to make that decision." What does that mean for the agency's future?
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The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
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President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 against Tren de Aragua members, provoking a legal fight. Here's what to know about the controversial law, which was last used during World War II.
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Since January, the Trump Administration has taken a series of actions that touch virtually every aspect of higher education in Southern California, from campus protests to financial aid.
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The Trump administration has invoked a 227-year-old law, the Alien Enemies Act, to target Tren de Aragua, a gang with its roots in the prisons of Venezuela. Who are they and how wide is their reach?
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It was not clear if the deportations happened before a D.C. federal judge ordered the administration to stop using wartime powers to deport anyone immediately, and turn around any planes in the air.
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government.
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A recent interview with Steve Bannon reignited chatter about whether President Trump would try to run in 2028, despite the 22nd Amendment.
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The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point Wednesday, because the central bank is more concerned about the job market than it is with battling inflation.
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Immigration enforcement officers are sometimes forgoing license plates or otherwise masking their cars while apprehending migrants across the U.S.
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The White House has fired all six members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the independent federal agency that reviews design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings.
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A federal judge in San Francisco has indefinitely halted thousands of layoffs of federal employees announced by the Trump administration since Oct. 1.
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States are trying to sort what options they can offer beneficiaries to fill the gap in food assistance. Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the impact of this potential lapse in states across the country.
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Faculty filed a public records lawsuit to get details of a negotiation that has mostly taken place behind closed doors.
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The federal government pulled $1.2 billion in hydrogen funding for California. Los Angeles is pressing ahead anyway — starting with the Scattergood power plant.
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More than two dozen Democratic state leaders are suing the Department of Agriculture after the Trump administration said it would not use contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits during the shutdown.
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta questioned the Trump administration's motives, saying they're designed to sow doubt in the election process.
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In his first campaign to lead Ontario, Ford started out as a Trump-style populist. But tariffs changed his view and he is now a consistent thorn in the U.S. president's side.
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A statue of Confederate general Albert Pike, which had been pulled down during the Black Lives Matter movement, has been put back up in Washington, D.C.'s Judiciary Square.
