Audience-funded nonprofit news
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
-
Listen Listen
Trump Administration
ICE's budget hovered around $10 billion for years. But President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are taking the agency's funding to unprecedented levels.
From LAist reporters
-
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.
Sponsored message
The 2024 Vote
From our partner CalMatters
-
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.
Stay informed with independent, local news
More on Trump's policies and actions
-
Michigan's Slotkin — a centrist with deep national security credentials — delivered the Democrats' rebuttal to Trump's speech, highlighting bipartisanship and the "core beliefs" most Americans share.
-
As President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress, reporters from across NPR's newsroom fact-checked his speech and offered context.
-
The Office of Personnel Management has revised a Jan. 20 memo asking federal agencies to identify probationary employees ahead of a mass firing. The reissued memo does not order fired workers reinstated.
-
The president's address to a joint session of Congress is expected to touch on DOGE, immigration, tariffs and the future of U.S. support for Ukraine.
-
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed an $840 billion plan to build up the bloc's defense as President Trump pauses military aid to Ukraine.
-
investors continued a selloff that had started on Monday after Trump announced that there was "no room left" for negotiation with Mexico or Canada.
-
The news comes just days after a disastrous meeting between the U.S. president and Ukraine's leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
-
The White House has been clear that it intends to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, and that it will be McMahon's job to oversee that effort.
-
Canada and China hit back swiftly after Trump's sweeping tariffs took effect Tuesday, raising fears of a global trade war. International markets, meanwhile, continued to slide.
-
President Trump warned international students that if they support groups the U.S. deems terrorist organizations, "we will find you, and we will deport you." It's left many student activists anxious.
'Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize … I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace,' Trump writes to Norway's leader.
Sponsored message
More stories
-
Immigration authorities are making more arrests than they did under President Biden. But the Department of Homeland Security's own data shows that they're not keeping pace with White House demands.
-
Three years after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, the U.S., in a split with its European allies over the war, sided with Russia at the U.N.
-
The move, which is in line with an executive order from President Trump to slash the federal workforce, raises concerns about staffing at the agency that delivers crucial benefits to Americans.
-
Almost 15 million Californians have health care coverage through Medi-Cal, a program that stands to lose billions of dollars if Republicans follow through on proposed cuts.
-
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration houses key groups like the National Weather Service. Experts warn the consequences of employee cuts could be drastic.
-
A federal judge in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration's firings of thousands of probationary employees, calling the actions illegal.
-
Service members and recruits who are diagnosed with or treated for gender dysphoria are to be separated from the U.S. military in accordance with an executive order issued a month ago by President Trump.
-
California Democrats were among 201 members of Congress to reintroduce a bill on Wednesday that would provide a path to citizenship for an estimated 2.7 million undocumented immigrants — most of them so-called Dreamers.
-
Little about how Trump discusses tariffs is normal — not only because he threatens tariffs on a weekly, even daily, basis, but also because it's often unclear if or when those tariffs will happen.
-
President Trump's executive order that the federal government recognizes only two sexes, male and female, is disrupting the lives of some trans, nonbinary and intersex people applying for passports.
