WASHINGTON — Public health experts warned Tuesday that $600 million in cuts to federal public health funding announced by the Trump administration would endanger one of California’s main early-warning systems for HIV outbreaks, leaving communities vulnerable to undetected disease spread. The grant terminations affect funding for a number of disease control programs in California, Colorado, Illinois and…
Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez celebrated what he called a “Mass for Peace” at Our Lady of the Angels on Wednesday, stopping just short of a direct appeal to the Trump administration to draw down its aggressive immigration enforcement efforts as protesters gathered blocks away. “We are united with everybody in our country praying…
California Democrats have assumed leading roles in their party’s counter-offensive to the Trump administration’s massive immigration crackdown — seizing on a growing sense, shared by some Republicans, that the campaign has gotten so out of hand that the political winds have shifted heavily in their favor. They stalled Department of Homeland Security funding in the…
In his first press conference since taking over federal immigration operations in Minnesota after the killing of two U.S. citizens, border policy advisor Tom Homan said street operations in the state would wind down if the agents are allowed into the local jails instead. “The withdrawal of law enforcement resources here is dependent upon cooperation,”…
For months, Gregory Bovino has been the public face of President Trump’s sweeping immigration raids across U.S. cities. When the brash Border Patrol commander charged into Los Angeles last summer with the stated mission of arresting thousands of immigrants, he was unapologetic as agents smashed car windows, concealed their identities with masks, seized brown-skinned Angelenos…
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio left the door open Wednesday to future U.S. military action in Venezuela, telling lawmakers that while the Trump administration does not anticipate further escalation, the president retains the authority to use force if Venezuela’s interim leadership or other American adversaries defy U.S. demands. Rubio’s remarks came hours after President Trump…
WASHINGTON — The killing of a second U.S. citizen by federal agents in Minneapolis is deeply complicating efforts to avert another government shutdown in Washington as Democrats — and some Republicans — view the episode as a tipping point in the debate over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies. Senate Democrats pledged to block funding for the…
Gold smashed through the $5,000-an-ounce threshold for the first time, extending a breakneck rally fuelled by US President Donald Trump’s reshaping of international relations and investor flight from sovereign bonds and currencies.Bullion jumped as much as 2.5% to more than $5,111 on Monday, as dollar weakness reinforced demand. A gauge of the greenback has fallen…
The Trump administration has blamed the death of an American citizen at the hands of immigration agents in Minnesota on the victim within hours of their killing for the second time this month, calling Alex Jeffrey Pretti an “assassin” and “domestic terrorist” without opening an independent investigation. The crisis response from President Trump’s top Homeland…
Nearly a year after the Education Department threatened to withhold billions of dollars in federal funding unless schools and colleges eliminated diversity, equity and inclusion programs — the Trump administration on Wednesday gave up a legal fight against DEI. In a federal court filing, the U.S. government said it would drop its appeal of a…