Jul 15 Trump abortion restrictions effective immediately By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The Health and Human Services department said Monday it will begin enforcing the ban on abortion referrals, along with a requirement that family planning clinics maintain separate finances from facilities that provide abortions. Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch 6:28 How immigrant communities are preparing for possible ICE raids President Trump has said that major arrests and deportations of undocumented immigrants and migrants no longer eligible to remain in the country would begin this past Sunday. So far, the number of people detained appears to be small, but fear… Continue watching
Jul 15 62 border employees are under internal investigation for social media posts By Colleen Long, Associated Press "Messages posted on a private page that are discriminatory or harassing are not protected and violate standards of conduct," said Matthew Klein, assistant commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Professional Responsibility. Continue reading
Jul 15 WATCH: Trump digs in on tweets telling Democratic lawmakers to ‘go back’ to their countries Trump, resurrecting language not prevalent in the U.S. for decades, said Monday that if the lawmakers "hate our country," they "can leave" it. Continue reading
Jul 15 Trump moves to end asylum protections for most Central American migrants By Colleen Long, Associated Press According to a new rule published in the Federal Register, asylum seekers who pass through another country first will be ineligible for asylum at the U.S. southern border. Continue reading
Jul 15 Neo-Nazi sentenced to 2nd life term for Charlottesville car attack By Associated Press The man who was sentenced to life for killing one person and injuring dozens during the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Virginia received an additional 419 years on state charges Monday. Continue reading
Jul 15 Evidence against financier Epstein is growing, federal prosecutors say By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Federal officials say several more women contacted them in recent days to say Jeffrey Epstein abused them when they were underage. Continue reading
Jul 15 Hawaii activists prepare to protest start of telescope construction By Caleb Jones, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press Scientists hope the massive telescope they planned for the site will help them peer back to the time just after the Big Bang, but some Native Hawaiians consider the land holy. Continue reading
Jul 14 Watch 6:38 Threat of immigration raids incites fears across U.S. By PBS NewsHour The Trump administration said Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids would begin Sunday in cities across the country, targeting undocumented immigrants who have received deportation orders. Immigrants and activists were prepared, but by the afternoon, there were no signs of a… Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch 10:38 Wisconsin dairy farmers are struggling to stay afloat By Hari Sreenivasan, Mori Rothman, Michael D. Regan As Americans consume less milk and turmoil in international markets challenges the country's dairy industry, many dairy farmers are struggling to stay afloat. In 2018, more than 2,700 dairy farms in the U.S. went out of business, with nearly a… Continue watching