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The State Department says it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance.
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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 advisories come after some citizens from European countries and Canada have been detained and deported by immigration officials while traveling to the United States.
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Here are five takeaways from a week when President Trump moved ahead with deportations and sweeping changes to the federal government — and ran into obstacles in the courts.
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DHS confirms it is implementing a reduction in force in three oversight offices as part of the effort to cut the federal workforce.
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The president said federal student loans would move to the Small Business Administration, and hinted that the Department of Health and Human Services would take over special education oversight.
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White House communication has caused confusion over the fate of the country's newest national monuments in California.
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With cuts to nearly all the staff at the Department of Education's primary data agency, low-income and rural schools may not get the federal funds they rely on in coming years.
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Friday's hearing over the merits of the judge's temporary restraining order came as the case has become a flashpoint between the judiciary and executive branches.
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Judge James Boasberg had earlier asked the Trump administration to provide more details about weekend flights that deported hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador — despite his order to turn the planes around.
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The Trump administration has already moved to cut the department's staff by nearly half.
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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.
Hundreds of protesters have been killed in Iran, rights groups say, as President Trump threatened "strong" military action.
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President Trump wants more U.S. oil companies to "go in" to Venezuela. But there are economic, historical, and climate reasons that may not be easy.
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President Trump said the U.S. would "run" Venezuela, following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday. But many questions remain about what's next.
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Top Republicans in Congress praised President Trump for the operation in Venezuela amid calls for briefings in the days to come.
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Maduro, his wife and senior Venezuelan officials face charges related to alleged 'drug trafficking and narco-terrorism conspiracies.'
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President Trump says the United States conducted a strike in Venezuela and captured that country's president, Nicolás Maduro, along with his wife, Cilia Flores.
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Here's what we know — and don't.
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President Trump claimed overnight that the United States carried out airstrikes in Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro.
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Rep. Ro Khanna of California says the Justice Department should've started preparing Epstein files for release months ago.
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A new law backed by California unions gives a state board the right to regulate working conditions and labor rights as the federal labor board’s fate is in limbo.
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Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., says he thinks the Senate can pass a "retroactive" Affordable Care Act subsidy extension, but "we need President Trump."
