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The Flores agreement has protected migrant children for nearly 3 decades. Changes may be coming.
Politics
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration is expected to try to partially end a 27-year-old agreement that provides court oversight of ...
Grizzly bears are set to be reintroduced to Washington state, after years of debate
U.S.
Grizzly bears will be reintroduced to Washington state’s North Cascades mountain range, the federal government said this week — a decision that ...
Vice President Harris to reveal final rules mandating minimum standards for nursing home staffing
U.S.
The federal government will for the first time require nursing homes to have minimum staffing levels after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed grim ...
Supreme Court allows Texas to enforce immigration law
Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to enforce for now a contentious new law that gives local police the power ...
Green groups cheer order undoing Florida’s permit control
U.S.
A federal judge in Washington has canceled a decision under former President Donald Trump’s administration that let Florida handle permitting for development ...
Biden is marking the 15th anniversary of landmark pay equity law with steps to help federal workers
Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is marking Monday’s 15th anniversary of a landmark federal pay equity law with new action to ...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on “Face the Nation,” Jan. 7, 2024
Politics
The following is a transcript of an interview with 2024 GOP hopeful Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that aired on Jan. 7, 2024. ...
White House asks supreme court to allow cutting of Texas’s border fencing
Politics
The Biden administration has asked the US supreme court to allow border patrol agents to cut through razor-wire fencing that Texas placed ...
Canada announces temporary visas for people in Gaza with Canadian relatives
World
FILE – Hundreds of Palestinian refugees waving Palestinian and Canadian flags request asylum at a rally outside the the Canadian Embassy, in ...
The U.S. government can’t quit Elon Musk
Politics
Some of Elon Musk‘s biggest business clients are rethinking their relationship with his tech empire amid a fresh spurt of controversial behavior. ...
