White House, California Spar Over Abortion Coverage Mandate
A Trump administration move to stop California from requiring health insurers to cover abortions has drawn a sharp riposte from California’s political leadership.
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Feds Sue California Over Ban on Private Prisons
The federal government Friday sued California over its ban on private prisons, claiming the new law is unconstitutional, discriminates against the federal government and obstructs its ability to carry out operations.
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9 Parents Separated From Families Return to Children in US
As his long-lost son walked toward him in an airport terminal, a sobbing David Xol stretched out his arms, fell to one knee and embraced the boy for about three minutes, crying into his shoulder.
Read moreGeneral Says Mideast Troop Surge Won’t End Soon
Over the past eight months, the United States has poured more than 20,000 additional troops into the Middle East to counter the threat from Iran that peaked with the recent missile attack on American forces in Iraq.
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Iraqis Jam Streets to Protest US Troops
Thousands rallied in Baghdad on Friday to demand that American troops leave the country, though their numbers fell short of the million-man march called for by an influential Shiite cleric amid heightened anti-U.S. sentiment after the drone that killed a top Iranian general at the Baghdad airport.
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States Sue Over White House Plans to Loosen 3D-Printed Gun Restrictions
Accusing the Trump administration of jeopardizing public safety to appease gun lobbyists, 21 attorneys general sued the federal government Thursday over new rules that make it easier to distribute blueprints for 3D-printed guns online.
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Washington State Urges Judge to Block $3.6B Pentagon Funds for Border Wall
The state of Washington tried to convince a federal judge Thursday that the Trump administration’s plan to divert Pentagon funds for border wall construction is illegal and should be immediately stopped.
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New Visa Rule Aims to Crack Down on ‘Birth Tourism’
The Trump administration unveiled a new visa rule Thursday in an effort to stop pregnant woman from traveling to the U.S. so their children can be born American citizens.
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Mnuchin at Davos Pushes Back on Thunberg Climate Warnings
The Trump administration continued to belittle 17-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg at a summit in Switzerland, with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin becoming the latest U.S. official to do so Thursday.
Read moreTrump Rolls Back Protections of Streams and Waterways
The Trump administration will announce Thursday the replacement of Obama-era protections of streams and wetlands that farmers and businesses have criticized as being unnecessary and cumbersome.
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Conservationists Sue Feds to Stop Pangolin Trafficking
Fighting for the dwindling lives of a lesser known species, wildlife conservation groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday in hopes of adding pangolins to the list of endangered species.
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Warren Releases Plan for Life After Trump Presidency
Democratic hopeful Elizabeth Warren released a plan Tuesday to systematically undo President Donald Trump’s policies and appointments and rebuild the country in a starkly different image.
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Voters Split on Security of 2020 Election, Poll Shows
Less than two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, a new poll released Tuesday shows a steep partisan divide on whether America has taken adequate steps to ensure the 2020 presidential election is safe and secure.
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US Trade War With France Put on Simmer
Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump have agreed to extend negotiations on a dispute over a French tax on digital companies to the end of the year, postponing Washington’s threat of sanctions against Paris, French officials said Tuesday.
Read moreSecurity Probe Targets Trump’s Russia Adviser
A White House adviser on Europe and Russia issues has been placed on administrative leave pending a security-related investigation, two people with knowledge of his exit said Sunday.
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California Sues Feds Over Plan to Open State to Fracking
In the latest clash over environmental policy between the Golden State and federal government, California sued the Trump administration Friday over its plan to open over a million acres of the state’s public lands to oil and gas drilling.
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Pentagon Asked to Pay for 270 Miles of New Border Wall
The Department of Homeland Security has requested the Pentagon fund hundreds of miles of new and renovated barriers along the southern border this year to stop the flow of drugs.
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Ninth Circuit Tosses Youth Climate Change Suit Against Feds
The Ninth Circuit put the brakes on a landmark climate change suit against the federal government filed by 21 young people, finding that while a factual dispute over whether the government knowingly created climate change by subsidizing the fossil fuel industry exists, courts lack the authority to craft climate policy that ensures a planet capable of sustaining human life.
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Ukraine Probes Trump Allies Amid Reports of Surveillance of Ambassador
Ukraine said Thursday it had launched an investigation into alleged illegal surveillance of former U.S. ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, who is now a key figure in President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry.
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Trump Under Fire for Food Stamp Work Requirement
Fourteen states plus New York City and the District of Columbia brought a federal complaint Thursday over a new work requirement for food stamps that opponents say will strip benefits away from 700,000 Americans.
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