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Trump administration tells immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela they have to leave
Read full article: Trump administration tells immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela they have to leaveThe Department of Homeland Security is notifying hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans that their temporary permission to live and work in the United States has been revoked and they should leave the country.
GOP tax bill would cost poor Americans $1,600 a year and boost highest earners by $12,000, CBO says
Read full article: GOP tax bill would cost poor Americans $1,600 a year and boost highest earners by $12,000, CBO saysThe Republican tax bill approved by the House would cost the poorest Americans roughly $1,600 a year while increasing the income of the wealthiest households by an average of $12,000 annually.
US faith leaders opposed to ICE raids counsel nonviolent resistance and lead by example
Read full article: US faith leaders opposed to ICE raids counsel nonviolent resistance and lead by exampleFaith leaders across denominations are joining nationwide protests against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown but are calling for any resistance to remain nonviolent.
Officers sue to compel Congress to install a Jan. 6 riot memorial at Capitol
Read full article: Officers sue to compel Congress to install a Jan. 6 riot memorial at CapitolTwo of the police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol from a mob of Trump supporters have filed a lawsuit to compel Congress to follow one of its own laws and install a memorial to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
Nationwide protests against immigration raids escalate, leading to arrests and curfews
Read full article: Nationwide protests against immigration raids escalate, leading to arrests and curfewsProtests over federal immigration enforcement raids are flaring up around the country, and officials in cities from coast to coast are bracing for major demonstrations against President Donald Trump over the weekend.
Illinois officials investigate license-plate data shared with police seeking woman who had abortion
Read full article: Illinois officials investigate license-plate data shared with police seeking woman who had abortionIllinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has asked for an investigation into a suburban Chicago police department for allegedly sharing data from automatic license-plate readers with a Texas sheriff seeking a woman who had an abortion.
Abrego Garcia's lawyers ask judge to fine Trump administration for contempt
Read full article: Abrego Garcia's lawyers ask judge to fine Trump administration for contemptLawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked a federal judge in Maryland to impose fines and other sanctions against the Trump administration.
The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day arose decades after Betsy Ross sewed her first
Read full article: The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day arose decades after Betsy Ross sewed her firstThe reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day came decades after the lifetime of the woman often credited with sewing the first United States national flag.
Gov. Abbott deploys over 5,000 Texas National Guard troops ahead of planned 'No Kings' protests
Read full article: Gov. Abbott deploys over 5,000 Texas National Guard troops ahead of planned 'No Kings' protestsTexas Gov. Greg Abbott says he has ordered the deployment of more than 5,000 Texas National Guard troops across the state, along with more than 2,000 state police.
Trump signs measure blocking California's ban on new sales of gas-powered cars
Read full article: Trump signs measure blocking California's ban on new sales of gas-powered carsPresident Donald Trump signed a resolution on Thursday that blocks California’s first-in-the-nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.
At least 5 dead and 2 missing in San Antonio after heavy rains flood parts of Texas
Read full article: At least 5 dead and 2 missing in San Antonio after heavy rains flood parts of TexasAt least five people are dead in San Antonio after heavy rains flooded highways and stranded motorists.
Robert F. Kennedy met with the CIA after a trip to the Soviet Union, newly declassified files show
Read full article: Robert F. Kennedy met with the CIA after a trip to the Soviet Union, newly declassified files showThe CIA has released 1,500 pages of previously classified documents relating to the assassination of New York Sen. Robert F.
Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos is released from federal custody on bail
Read full article: Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos is released from federal custody on bailA Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos into the United States has been released on bail.
AI chatbots need more books to learn from. These libraries are opening their stacks
Read full article: AI chatbots need more books to learn from. These libraries are opening their stacksEverything ever said on the internet was just the start of teaching artificial intelligence about humanity.
Most US adults say Trump's military parade is not a good use of money, a new AP-NORC poll finds
Read full article: Most US adults say Trump's military parade is not a good use of money, a new AP-NORC poll findsA new AP-NORC poll finds that as Washington prepares for a military parade this weekend to honor the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, U.S. adults are more likely to approve than disapprove of President Donald Trump’s decision to hold the festivities.
Standoff with troops in Los Angeles reignites old feud as Newsom resists Trump's immigration raids
Read full article: Standoff with troops in Los Angeles reignites old feud as Newsom resists Trump's immigration raidsAn escalating clash pits a Republican president looking to fulfill his mass deportation goals against a Democratic governor with White House aspirations hoping to mobilize opposition.
Inside the legal fight over the telehealth clinics that help women defy abortion bans
Read full article: Inside the legal fight over the telehealth clinics that help women defy abortion bansEvery month, thousands of women evade abortion bans in their home states by turning to telehealth clinics willing to send them pregnancy-ending drugs through the mail.
Homeland Security secretary pledges to carry on with Trump's immigration crackdown despite unrest
Read full article: Homeland Security secretary pledges to carry on with Trump's immigration crackdown despite unrestHomeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is promising to move forward with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Los Angeles despite the waves of unrest.
Trump administration hit with second lawsuit over restrictions on asylum access
Read full article: Trump administration hit with second lawsuit over restrictions on asylum accessThe Trump administration is facing a second lawsuit over the shutdown of asylum at ports of entry, a legal pathway created by Congress under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Southern Baptist public policy arm survives challenge to its conservative credentials
Read full article: Southern Baptist public policy arm survives challenge to its conservative credentialsSouthern Baptist representatives have fended off two efforts to move the staunchly conservative body even more sharply to the right.
EPA says power plant carbon emissions aren't dangerous. We asked 30 scientists: Here's what they say
Read full article: EPA says power plant carbon emissions aren't dangerous. We asked 30 scientists: Here's what they sayThe Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday proposed a new ruling that heat-trapping carbon gas “emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants do not contribute significantly to dangerous air pollution.
Trump's plan to begin 'phasing out' FEMA after hurricane season burdens states, experts warn
Read full article: Trump's plan to begin 'phasing out' FEMA after hurricane season burdens states, experts warnPresident Donald Trump’s plan to begin “phasing out” the federal agency that responds to disasters after the 2025 hurricane season is likely to put more responsibilities on states to provide services following increasingly frequent and expensive climate disasters, experts say.
Judge says government must release Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil, but has until Friday to appeal
Read full article: Judge says government must release Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil, but has until Friday to appealA federal judge has ruled that the government cannot deport and must release Mahmoud Khalil, the student whom the Trump administration jailed over his participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University.
Iowa governor rejects GOP bill to increase regulations of Summit’s carbon dioxide pipeline
Read full article: Iowa governor rejects GOP bill to increase regulations of Summit’s carbon dioxide pipelineIowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has rejected a bill that could have introduced more complications for a massive carbon-capture pipeline project routed across several Midwestern states.
Colorado funeral homeowner who left corpse in hearse for a over a year sentenced to 18 months
Read full article: Colorado funeral homeowner who left corpse in hearse for a over a year sentenced to 18 monthsA Colorado funeral homeowner who pleaded guilty to leaving a woman’s corpse in the back of a hearse for over a year and improperly stashing the cremated remains of at least 30 people has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Immigration officers intensify arrests in courthouse hallways on a fast track to deportation
Read full article: Immigration officers intensify arrests in courthouse hallways on a fast track to deportationLarge-scale arrests outside immigration courts have unleashed fear among asylum-seekers and immigrants who are accustomed to remaining free while judges grind through a backlog of 3.6 million cases.
Oklahoma court clears the way for execution of a man convicted in a Tulsa woman's killing
Read full article: Oklahoma court clears the way for execution of a man convicted in a Tulsa woman's killingAn Oklahoma appeals court has ordered a stay of execution for a man on death row to be lifted, clearing the way for him to receive a lethal injection.
Peanuts or almonds? Rice or millet? Planet-friendly grocery shopping choices go beyond cutting meat
Read full article: Peanuts or almonds? Rice or millet? Planet-friendly grocery shopping choices go beyond cutting meatIf you want to make diet choices that help the planet, the most common and effective advice is to eat fewer animals and more plants.
Google offers buyouts to more workers amid AI-driven tech upheaval and antitrust uncertainty
Read full article: Google offers buyouts to more workers amid AI-driven tech upheaval and antitrust uncertaintyGoogle has offered buyouts to another swath of its workforce across several key divisions in a fresh round of cost cutting coming ahead of a court decision that could order a breakup of its internet empire.
Wisconsin lawsuit seeks to ban Elon Musk from offering $1 million checks to voters
Read full article: Wisconsin lawsuit seeks to ban Elon Musk from offering $1 million checks to votersA government watchdog group in Wisconsin has filed a lawsuit seeking to prohibit billionaire Elon Musk from ever again offering cash payments to voters in the battleground state like he did in this spring’s hotly contested Supreme Court race.
Judge won't halt execution in South Carolina over lethal injection concerns
Read full article: Judge won't halt execution in South Carolina over lethal injection concernsA federal judge doesn't plan to stop the execution of a South Carolina inmate in two days because the convicted man's lawyers didn’t have evidence of problems with the state’s lethal injection process.
Is the Trump-Musk spat really over? Judging from Wall Street trading, it's a fragile peace
Read full article: Is the Trump-Musk spat really over? Judging from Wall Street trading, it's a fragile peaceThe world’s most powerful politician and its richest businessman stepped back from their war of words Wednesday, but it’s unclear if the peace will hold.
Los Angeles-area mayors demand that Trump administration stop stepped-up immigration raids
Read full article: Los Angeles-area mayors demand that Trump administration stop stepped-up immigration raidsDozens of mayors from across the Los Angeles region banded together to demand that the Trump administration stop the stepped-up immigration raids that have spread fear across their cities and sparked protests across the U.S. They also called on President Donald Trump to pull back from using troops alongside immigration agents during the raids.
California governor says 'democracy is under assault' by Trump as feds intervene in LA protests
Read full article: California governor says 'democracy is under assault' by Trump as feds intervene in LA protestsCalifornia Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom says the federal military intervention in Los Angeles marks the onset of a much broader effort by President Donald Trump to overturn political and cultural norms at the heart of the nation’s democracy.
Federal appeals court hears arguments in Trump’s bid to erase hush money conviction
Read full article: Federal appeals court hears arguments in Trump’s bid to erase hush money convictionPresident Donald Trump's lawyers are fighting to erase the New York hush money criminal conviction that punctuated his reelection campaign last year and made him the first former — and now current — U.S. president found guilty of a crime.
Pulse massacre survivors revisit the nightclub before it's razed for a permanent memorial
Read full article: Pulse massacre survivors revisit the nightclub before it's razed for a permanent memorialSurvivors and family members of the Pulse nightclub massacre nine years ago are getting a chance to walk through the long-shuttered, gay-friendly venue this week.
Raids in Southern California rattle immigrant communities — including those in the US legally
Read full article: Raids in Southern California rattle immigrant communities — including those in the US legallyImmigration raids across Southern California are rattling the area’s immigrant communities, even among those in the country legally.
What will happen to food assistance under Trump's tax cut plan? A look at the numbers
Read full article: What will happen to food assistance under Trump's tax cut plan? A look at the numbersBig changes are being proposed to a food assistance program as part of President Donald Trump's tax-cut legislation.
US Justice Department says Trump can cancel national monuments that protect landscapes
Read full article: US Justice Department says Trump can cancel national monuments that protect landscapesLawyers for President Donald Trump’s administration say he has the authority to abolish national monuments meant to protect historical and archaeological sites.
Arizona governor vetoes bill banning teaching antisemitism, calls it an attack on educators
Read full article: Arizona governor vetoes bill banning teaching antisemitism, calls it an attack on educatorsArizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a proposal that would have banned teaching antisemitism at the state’s public schools.
Authorities believe they spotted ex-soldier Travis Decker, who is wanted in deaths of 3 daughters
Read full article: Authorities believe they spotted ex-soldier Travis Decker, who is wanted in deaths of 3 daughtersAuthorities say they believe they spotted Travis Decker, an ex-soldier wanted in the deaths of his three daughters, in the remote backcountry of Washington state, after receiving a tip from hikers who said they saw a lone person who appeared to be ill-prepared for the conditions.
World’s most popular TikTok star Khaby Lame leaves the US after being detained by ICE
Read full article: World’s most popular TikTok star Khaby Lame leaves the US after being detained by ICEThe world's most popular TikTok personality has left the U.S. after being detained by immigration agents in Las Vegas.
Associated Press seeks full appeals court hearing on access to Trump administration events
Read full article: Associated Press seeks full appeals court hearing on access to Trump administration eventsThe Associated Press has asked for a full hearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, seeking to overturn last week's decision by three judges of that court that continues to allow the Trump administration to restrict the outlet's access to cover presidential events.
Juneteenth started with handbills proclaiming freedom. Here's what they said
Read full article: Juneteenth started with handbills proclaiming freedom. Here's what they saidThe origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War.
Correspondent Terry Moran out at ABC News, two days after suspension over Stephen Miller post
Read full article: Correspondent Terry Moran out at ABC News, two days after suspension over Stephen Miller postCorrespondent Terry Moran is out at ABC News, two days after the network suspended him for an online remark that Trump administration deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller was a “world-class hater.”.
Louisiana lawmakers pass bill targeting out-of-state doctors who prescribe and mail abortion pills
Read full article: Louisiana lawmakers pass bill targeting out-of-state doctors who prescribe and mail abortion pillsLouisiana lawmakers have approved a measure that targets out-of-state doctors and activists who prescribe, sell or provide pregnancy-ending drugs to residents in the reliably red state.
Southern Baptist delegates at national meeting overwhelmingly call for banning same-sex marriage
Read full article: Southern Baptist delegates at national meeting overwhelmingly call for banning same-sex marriageSouthern Baptist delegates at their national meeting overwhelmingly endorsed banning same-sex marriage — including a call for a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 10-year-old precedent legalizing it nationwide.