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ACLU asks U.S. Supreme Court to block more Venezuelan detainee removals
Arguing that the Trump Administration was busing dozens of Venezuelan men to an airport in Texas to be deported, the ACLU asked multiple…
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Barbara Lee surges into lead in Oakland mayor's race
Former longtime Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee surged into the lead in the race to become Oakland’s next mayor, according to vote…
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Trump Just Put Worst People Imaginable in Charge of National Security
The news outlet cited an editing memo and other documents showing that department employees have been ordered to “streamline” the reports…
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More immigrants opt to self-deport rather than risk being marched out like criminals
Celeste traveled from Peru to the U.S. two decades ago, then a young woman of 19, and overstayed her tourist visa. She had studied graphic…
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Commentary: Trump threatened Vietnam with a huge tariff. How's that going over in Little Saigon?
ABC Supermarket in the heart of Little Saigon is like a Donald Trump tariff rant come to fragrant, tasty life. Sorghum liquors from China.…
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Trump’s IRS Pick Had Some Interesting People Pay Off His Personal Debt
Shortly after Trump announced Long as his pick to head the IRS, the committee was suddenly flush, taking in $137,000 in under three weeks…
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Trump Officials Just Got Even More Power to Send People to Guantánamo
“No person … shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property,…
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Special election for Oakland mayor too close to call, but Loren Taylor takes slim early lead
OAKLAND — Former City Councilmember Loren Taylor took a very slim lead in early results in Oakland’s special mayoral election on Tuesday…
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That Blue Origin flight was a success but isn't landing well among some stars: 'Disgusted'
Earth to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin: This week’s fleeting space launch featuring an all-female crew was a wasteful, performative and…
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Behind the landmark trial that could reshape Meta's future with Instagram
Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg returned to Washington this week, testifying in a landmark trial that could force the world’s largest…
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Attack by gunmen leaves at least 40 people dead in Nigeria, the country's president says
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's president said on Monday that at least 40 people were killed when Muslim gunmen, believed to be herders,…
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Trump's new director of federal prison system led a troubled state agency
William “Billy” Marshall, the relatively unknown head of the West Virginia corrections department, has been selected to lead the troubled…
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The Trade War Is Scaring People
We’re only just beginning to experience the unintended and unpredictable consequences of the tariff experiment. Source link
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Two Planes Just Collided. Trump Team Is Arguing With People About it.
“We’ve moved a lot of troops to Panama, and, uh, filled up some areas that we used to have, we didn’t have any longer, but we have them…
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'From dictatorship to occupation': Syrian civilians caught in Israeli advance
RASM Al-RAWADHY, Syria — The Israeli tanks — 15 of them, along with two armored bulldozers — growled as they advanced, their treads…
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California lawmakers tackle potential dangers of AI chatbots after parents raise safety concerns
When her 14-year-old son took his own life after interacting with artificial intelligence chatbots, Megan Garcia turned her grief into…
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‘It’s a shambles’: DOGE cuts bring chaos, long waits at Social Security for seniors
When Veronica Sanchez called a Social Security hotline Thursday, she waited two hours before her call was abruptly disconnected. On…
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Commentary: Bringing the death penalty back to L.A. is politics and hubris, not justice
California currently has 592 people in our prisons who have been sentenced to death. It’s the largest population of prisoners awaiting…
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Trump threats do the unthinkable: transform Canadians into flag-waving, U.S.-booing patriots
Kaile Shilling, a writer and former theology student, says she moved from Los Angeles to Canada during the first Trump administration to…
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Photos show people meditating, not victims of Myanmar earthquake
Old photos of a meditation exercise in Myanmar surfaced in social media posts that falsely claimed they depicted casualties of a magnitude…
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Zen the border collie teaches other dogs how to rescue people in Italy's avalanche-prone Dolomites
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Zen, a 5-year-old border collie, circled friskily around a mound of snow as he picked up a scent, his…
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Border inspectors charged with taking bribes to wave in people without documents
Two U.S. border inspectors in Southern California have been charged with taking thousands of dollars in bribes to allow people to enter…
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Contributor: The Statue of Liberty was a welcome sign. Now the U.S. vibe is 'stay out'
A little over a year ago, while trying to secure votes to pass a $1.2-trillion spending package, House Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly…
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RFK Jr. Reveals DOGE Fired Some People by Mistake
A fifth of the jobs slashed at the Department of Health and Human Services were actually a mistake, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.…