It was a traumatic moment for much of Southern California, as federal immigration agents snatched undocumented workers from car washes, garment factories and Home Depot parking lots. Angelica Salas, who …
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A grand jury indicts Louisiana’s attorney general in a fight over changes to New Orleans courts
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesNEW ORLEANS — Louisiana’s attorney general has been indicted over accusations she threatened the jobs of New Orleans leaders who fought a Republican-led overhaul of local courts in the heavily Democratic city. …
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New Jersey to charge companies with workers on Medicaid. Other states may follow
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesNew Jersey is launching a new fee on companies whose workers have Medicaid health coverage instead of being covered by their employers. Other states are considering it, too. Democratic lawmakers …
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Trump got the Senate candidates he wanted. How much will he spend to help them?
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — President Trump reshaped this year’s U.S. Senate map by sidelining some Republican incumbents and promoting loyalists to replace them. Now the question is whether he’ll put his money where his …
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Trump refashions America’s 250th as a celebration of himself
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — Small towns across America had big plans to celebrate the nation’s semiquincentennial this weekend. Local historical societies scheduled town square readings of the Declaration of Independence, hired bands to play …
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Former Olympian indicted on felony charge over alleged Reflecting Pool vandalism
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — A former Olympian was indicted Thursday on a felony charge in what President Trump has called vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, where a renovation project he launched has …
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WASHINGTON — Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 10,000 people over a five-day period at the end of June, marking a major push by the agency tasked with carrying out the Trump administration’s …
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How Roberts led a fractured Supreme Court to wins for the right and defeats for Trump
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. led a fractured Supreme Court this year that both expanded a president’s power to run the government and dealt major defeats to President …
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Why it took so long for feds to allow masks for crews fighting fires
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesLast week, the U.S. Forest Service and Department of the Interior expanded the situations in which their firefighters are allowed to wear N95 masks. Starting in September, the federal government …
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Trump’s reported $2.2 billion in 2025 income sets off ethics alarms
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesEthics experts sounded the alarm Wednesday after new financial disclosure reports revealed that President Trump’s income ballooned to $2.2 billion in 2025, with $1.4 billion coming from various new cryptocurrency-related …