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Immigration protests mark a make-or-break political moment for Newsom

After months of trying to balance confrontation and collaboration, California Gov. Gavin Newsom seized a volatile moment on Tuesday to speak not just to California but to the nation.

byThe editor13 June 2025
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Republican efforts to cut green energy credits meets resistance in the Senate

A small number of Senate Republicans are pushing back on their own party’s plans to cut green energy credits that were approved under former President Biden.

byThe editor13 June 2025
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House narrowly passes bill to claw back $1.1 billion from public media

The House of Representatives voted to claw back two years of federal funding for public broadcasting Thursday in a largely party line vote. The bill heads to the Senate next.

byThe editor13 June 2025
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Sen. Padilla was removed from DHS presser and briefly handcuffed

California Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from the press conference after entering the room and trying to speak with the Secretary of Homeland Security.

byThe editor13 June 2025
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What’s next in the case that symbolizes Trump’s immigration crackdown?

Kilmar Abrego Garcia: a name that’s become near-synonymous with the Trump Administration’s immigration crackdown. Abrego Garcia was arrested by ICE agents on March 12th, as he was leaving his job in Baltimore. In the days and months that followed, the fate of the 29-year-old father of three was in the…

byThe editor13 June 2025
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Drag performers plan to protest Trump’s attendance of ‘Les Mis’ at the Kennedy Center

The drag performers are expected to attend the musical alongside Trump, who after changing leadership at the Kennedy Center, said he would end drag shows there. (Image credit: AP)

byThe editor11 June 2025
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What is the status of DOGE now that Elon Musk is gone?

Washington Post Reporter Hannah Natanson says DOGE’s mass firings made the government more inefficient. She also explains the risks of DOGE creating a massive database for the Trump administration.

byThe editor11 June 2025
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Elon Musk says some of his social media posts about Trump ‘went too far’

Musk has quietly deleted some of his inflammatory tweets about Trump since last week. In a podcast episode released Wednesday, Trump said he was disappointed in Musk but had “no hard feelings.” (Image credit: Kevin Dietsch)

byThe editor11 June 2025
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How Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ threatens access to Obamacare

If the law passes, new paperwork requirements and other logistical hurdles could lead to millions of people on ACA plans becoming uninsured, according to Congressional Budget Office. (Image credit: Anna Moneymaker)

byThe editor11 June 2025
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A year later, Trump continues to appeal his historic criminal case. Here’s what we know

Wednesday’s hearing is another attempt by the president’s legal team to have a hush money case moved from New York state court to federal court, in an effort to get the criminal charges dismissed. Trump was found guilty of all 34 charges last year, and sentenced in January. (Image credit:…

byThe editor11 June 2025
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Retired Marine Corps. leader concerned about military deployment in LA

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Walter Gaskin about President Trump’s activation of Marines and what comes with following orders on American streets. (Image credit: Jim Vondruska)

byThe editor11 June 2025
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ABC drops Terry Moran after he calls Trump a world-class hater

In dropping veteran correspondent Terry Moran, ABC News said his post calling President Trump “a world-class hater” was “a clear violation of ABC News policies.” (Image credit: Nick Ut)

byThe editor11 June 2025
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Are we safe? How ‘copaganda’ makes the case for investing more in police

As President Trump flirts with invoking the Insurrection Act on anti-ICE demonstrators in LA, we look back at the national protests of 2020, when Trump last talked about invoking the act. Back then, there was broad energy around rethinking policing, but polls show that that energy has largely vanished. In…

byThe editor11 June 2025
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Justice Department says Trump can cancel national monuments that protect landscapes

A Justice Department legal opinion released Tuesday disavowed a 1938 determination that monuments created by previous presidents under the Antiquities Act can’t be revoked. (Image credit: Damian Dovarganes)

byThe editor11 June 2025
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Hungarians declare resistance to Orbán’s government with a large protest

It was the latest anti-government protest since Orbán’s party pushed through a law in March, and a constitutional amendment the following month, that effectively banned public LGBTQ+ events. (Image credit: Ferenc Isza)

byThe editor11 June 2025
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Trump’s efforts to cut National Parks budget faces bipartisan pushback

President Trump wants to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the National Park Service budget this year and much more next year. The effort is facing bipartisan criticism.

byThe editor10 June 2025
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Rep. Adam Smith fears Trump will use military as his ‘personal police force’

NPR asks Rep. Adam Smith of Washington state, top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, about the mobilization of U.S. Marines and deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles. (Image credit: Spencer Platt)

byThe editor10 June 2025
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All the ways the Trump administration is going after colleges and universities

In seeking to reshape elite universities, the Trump administration is using several tactics, including freezing federal grants and contracts, and threatening colleges’ tax-exempt status. (Image credit: Cassandra Klos)

byThe editor10 June 2025
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Protests against ICE have continued in LA into the week. Here’s what to know

LAPD said while the protests have mostly been peaceful, some violence has occurred. Though, several officials have rebuffed the president’s intervention, saying they have it handled. (Image credit: Eric Thayer)

byThe editor10 June 2025
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Wall Street CEOs are cycling through the five stages of tariff grief

As they process President Trump’s chaotic tariffs and other economic policies, some of the country’s most powerful CEOs are moving from denial and bargaining to public anger and depression. (Image credit: Chip Somodevilla)

byThe editor10 June 2025

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