Biden’s Border Negotiations Mark Seismic Shift on Immigration Politics
December 16, 2023
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Biden’s Border Negotiations Mark Seismic Shift on Immigration Politics

On his first day in office, President Biden sent a bill to Congress to “restore humanity and American values to our immigration system.” Nearly three years later, he…

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Over 1,000 families separated at U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego since September, advocates say
December 15, 2023
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Over 1,000 families separated at U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego since September, advocates say

WASHINGTON —  Nearly 1,100 migrant families have been separated while being processed at the U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego since September, immigrant advocacy groups said in a letter sent…

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Senate Passes Defense Bill, Steering Clear of Far-Right Policy Dictates
December 14, 2023
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Senate Passes Defense Bill, Steering Clear of Far-Right Policy Dictates

The $886 billion legislation is the product of bipartisan negotiations between the House and Senate in which right-wing restrictions on abortion, transgender care and diversity initiatives were jettisoned.…

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Chief Moore cites ‘serious concerns’ about LAPD officer who killed pedestrian while driving police cruiser
December 13, 2023
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Chief Moore cites ‘serious concerns’ about LAPD officer who killed pedestrian while driving police cruiser

Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore has “serious concerns” about how an officer was driving just before her patrol car struck and killed a pedestrian, the department announced…

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Yale Condemns Hanging of Palestinian Flag on Menorah During Protest
December 11, 2023
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Yale Condemns Hanging of Palestinian Flag on Menorah During Protest

Yale University leaders, elected officials and clergy in New Haven, Conn., condemned what they called the desecration of a public Hanukkah menorah after a protester briefly hung a…

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After mastering chess in prison, can he win elite competitions?
December 10, 2023
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After mastering chess in prison, can he win elite competitions?

Almost every day for the last two years, Vincent “VDogg” Hubbard has stood outside the Louisiana Fried Chicken at Manchester and Normandie avenues with a suitcase full of…

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In Iowa, Nikki Haley Looks Beyond Her Rivals’ Attacks
December 9, 2023
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In Iowa, Nikki Haley Looks Beyond Her Rivals’ Attacks

In her first campaign stop since Wednesday’s contentious Republican debate, Nikki Haley, the former United Nations ambassador and former governor of South Carolina, largely ignored the many attacks…

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Bakersfield constituents ‘don’t blame’ McCarthy for Congress exit
December 8, 2023
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Bakersfield constituents ‘don’t blame’ McCarthy for Congress exit

BAKERSFIELD —  Billie Jo Medders can recite her history with Kevin McCarthy like a well-worn catechism. Before he was a congressman, before he was California’s first Republican speaker of…

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Israel Claims It Has Killed 5 Hamas Commanders in Rare Photo
December 6, 2023
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Israel Claims It Has Killed 5 Hamas Commanders in Rare Photo

The Israeli military on Tuesday released a photo of 11 senior Hamas military leaders gathered in a tunnel beneath Gaza and said that five of them had been…

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Los Angeles-to-Baltimore drug pipeline behind triple homicide in Porter Ranch, prosecutors say
December 5, 2023
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Los Angeles-to-Baltimore drug pipeline behind triple homicide in Porter Ranch, prosecutors say

Travis Reid was frustrated. Three packages of cash the Baltimore drug dealer had mailed to his cocaine supplier in Los Angeles had gone missing. Out $377,000, Reid thought…

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