Hundreds of federal health workers, including doctors in senior leadership positions, began hearing early Tuesday morning that they are losing their jobs, part of a vast restructuring that will winnow …
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Alabama Can’t Prosecute Those Who Help With Out-of-State Abortions, Judge Rules
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAlabama cannot prosecute doctors and reproductive health organizations for helping patients travel out of the state to obtain abortions, a federal judge ruled on Monday. Alabama has one of the …
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Trump Administration Tied Migrants to Gang Based Largely on Clothes or Tattoos, Papers Show
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe Trump administration has granted itself the authority to summarily deport Venezuelan migrants accused of being members of a violent street gang on the basis of little more than whether …
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No Toilet Paper and No Privacy: Returning to the Office, Federal Workers Walk Into Chaos
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesFor some federal employees, returning to the office has meant an expansion of their duties to include cleaning toilets and taking out the trash. For others, it has been commuting …
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As early as the 19th-century Gold Rush, when miners arrived on riverboats to stock up with supplies before heading into the mountains, Sacramento’s reputation has been more way station than …
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Greenland’s Prime Minister Says the U.S. Will Not ‘Get’ the Island
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe United States will not take control of Greenland, the island’s new prime minister said on Sunday in response to President Trump’s latest assertion that he wants to annex the …
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Trump Says He ‘Couldn’t Care Less’ if Auto Tariffs Raise Car Prices in the U.S.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesPresident Trump has said that “tariffs are the greatest thing ever invented.” For someone who once called himself a “tariff man,” tariffs are the solutions to many economic problems. He …
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Nearly 40 nations, big and small, have voiced opposition to a plan by a Wall Street-backed mining company to team up with the Trump administration to circumvent international law and …
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Frank Curnow, a retired Navy veteran, had a question for the Republican Party volunteers at an early voting site in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Thursday. Why, he asked, were some …
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‘No Cake, No Entry’: More Than 1,000 Picnic to Celebrate the Love of Cake
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesMore than a thousand people gathered for a picnic on Saturday around tables draped with white tablecloths and spread over the lawn of the Legion of Honor art museum in …