Tucked into the 1,000+ pages of Congress’s “big, beautiful” spending bill is a 3.5 percent tax on remittances, the money immigrants and others send back to families and others in […]
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VP Vance set to visit LA amid ongoing immigration enforcement efforts
Vice President JD Vance was expected to visit Los Angeles today amid ongoing enforcement actions cracking down on illegal immigration, a major point of emphasis for the Trump administration. Few […]
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Protests increase nationwide toward Trump anti- immigration practices
This past weekend, the Los Angeles community mobilized to push back on an increasingly aggressive immigration enforcement apparatus. Rather than reassessing the approach, the White House escalated the situation by […]
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Sen. Padilla forcibly removed from DHS secretary news conference, handcuffed
Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, was forcibly removed today from a West Los Angeles news conference being held by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and he was subsequently forced to […]
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Newsom: State will sue over deployment of CA National Guard in LA
Governor Gavin Newsom said the state will sue the Trump Administration today over the federalization of the California National Guard in response to unrest over immigration raids in the Los […]
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Pardon Mania!
As his first 100 days in office have come and gone, Trump 2.0, or the second iteration of Donald J. Trump’s tenure as chief executive of the U.S. is in […]
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Trump gets checked on tariffs
The Trump White House vows to appeal the three-judge panel of the United States Court of International Trade’s ruling that the proposed presidential tariffs exceed his legal authority. This ruling […]
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LA Mayor calls for emergency meeting in wake of Colorado terror attack
Mayor Karen Bass is calling today for an emergency meeting at City Hall to evaluate security in Los Angeles following what is being described as a “terror”’ attack on Jewish […]
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Family of 4-year-old girl with potentially fatal illness battle deportation to threat
The family of a 4-year-old Mexican girl being treated for a life-threatening illness pleaded for assistance today in the face of threats that they could be deported following the revocation […]
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Congressman Charles Rangel dies at 94
Charles B. Rangel, who served New York City as a Democratic U.S. representative for 46 years, died on May 26 at the age of 94 at. His family confirmed his […]
