California lawmakers introduce “No Secret Police Act” to ban face coverings for law enforcement after ICE raids involving masked agents without identification.
White House denies Guardian report that VA hospitals are already refusing care to veterans based on marital status and political affiliation under January executive order.
Reagan-appointed federal judge rules Trump’s cancellation of $1 billion in NIH diversity research grants illegal, calling it “palpable” racial discrimination.
Federal agents recapture two of four detainees who punched through an unpermitted wall at Newark’s for-profit Delaney Hall ICE facility, spotlighting security lapses as two remain at large.
Trump directs ICE to prioritize mass deportations from Democratic-led cities after LA protests while pausing raids on farms and hotels to ease industry backlash.
US border agents detained Australian writer Alistair Kitchen for 12 hours at LAX, downloaded his phone’s contents, and expelled him over Israel-Gaza views.
Kilmar Ábrego García pleads not guilty to smuggling charges after Trump administration wrongfully deported him against court orders, then brought him back to face prosecution.
Federal judge rules Trump administration’s foreign policy grounds for detaining Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil unconstitutional but allows continued detention on technical immigration charges.
ICE holds immigrants for days in Burlington office building not equipped for detention, denying women menstrual products and forcing detainees to sleep on concrete floors.
Kennedy advisers order federal health officials to hand over millions of Medicaid enrollees’ personal data to immigration authorities within 45 minutes despite privacy law concerns.
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Nonprofit sues USDA for canceling legally required food assistance hotline contract after agency says government determines whether to follow “that particular law.”
Four detainees missing from private Newark ICE facility as Newark mayor cites withholding food and poor treatment leading to uprising and escaped detainees.
Trump vows to protect migrant farm and hotel workers from deportation after businesses complain mass deportation policy is taking away essential employees.
Trump strips work permits from 530,000 legal migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, ordering immediate departure or risk detention.
Missouri becomes second state after Texas to activate National Guard ahead of planned protests while KC mayor criticizes lack of action against neo-Nazi marchers.
DeSantis tells drivers they have right to hit protesters blocking roads if they fear for their safety, saying “that’s their fault for impinging on you.”
Federal judge orders release of Harvard researcher detained 4 months for bringing undeclared frog embryos for cancer research.
Federal judge transfers deportation case for Boulder attack suspect’s family to Texas after blocking Trump administration’s expedited removal attempt.
Trump kills $1 billion salmon recovery agreement with Native American tribes to prioritize dam energy production, forcing return to decades of litigation over treaty fishing rights.
Breaking overnight: Appeals court blocks ruling through at least Tuesday that would have returned CA National Guard to state control, keeping Trump’s federal deployment for immigration raids.
San Diego lawsuit challenges Trump’s shutdown of asylum processing at border crossings, saying administration “pulled the rug out” from migrants who had scheduled appointments and followed legal migration rules.
Kosovo agrees to accept 50 U.S. deportees from other countries as Trump pressures allies worldwide to take migrants whose home nations won’t accept them.
Federal judge says Trump administration cannot detain green card holder Mahmoud Khalil over pro-Palestinian activism, gives government until Friday to appeal or he could release him.
Anti-ICE protests spread to New York, San Francisco, Boston and Austin as LA enters second night of curfew and Marines prepare to join 2,800 federal troops already deployed.
Appeals court pauses order requiring due process for 140 Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison under wartime Alien Enemies Act without hearings.
LA lawmakers pass bill allowing lawsuits against out-of-state doctors who mail abortion pills after NY refuses to extradite physician charged with felony.
MT Supreme Court strikes down 2021 GOP abortion restrictions as unconstitutional as anti-abortion groups file same-day lawsuit challenging voter-approved constitutional amendment.
FL state senator Ileana Garcia, Latinas for Trump co-founder, posts on social media that president’s immigration arrests are “unacceptable and inhumane,” saying “this is not what we voted for.”
Federal judge orders Trump administration to reconsider cases of migrant children stuck in custody more than 7 months on average under Trump’s new sponsor requirements that prohibit foreign documents. `
Trump seeks removal from New Hampshire lawsuit challenging his transgender sports ban after federal judge allows two teen girls to keep playing while case proceeds.
Federal judge gives Apache tribes 60 days after environmental review to challenge sacred land transfer to mining company for congressionally authorized copper mine.
World Pride 2025 concludes in Washington with defiant protest march toward the White House as LGBTQ+ activists prepare for renewed fight against Trump’s second-term policies.
Trump’s travel ban targeting citizens from 19 countries including Haiti and Venezuela, whose citizens he demonized during his campaign, takes effect with full restrictions on 12 nations and partial bans on seven others.
WorldPride parade draws 700,000 attendees to Washington, nearly doubling typical turnout despite Trump administration targeting of LGBTQ rights.
Wichita and Washoe tribes sue federal government for using $23.3 billion in Native trust funds to finance abusive boarding schools that harmed their children.
Trump administration returns El Salvador deportee Kilmar Abrego Garcia to face federal smuggling indictment after months of resisting Supreme Court order to facilitate his return.
Supreme Court unanimously rules straight woman can pursue workplace discrimination claim without meeting higher legal standard than minority groups.
Federal officials threaten to cut NY school funding over Indigenous mascot ban as state vows to expand the ban to all racial and ethnic mascots.
California’s Yurok Tribe regains 73 square miles of ancestral land after 120 years, marking California’s largest tribal land return and beginning new restoration efforts.
Federal judge blocks enforcement of Biden-era rules requiring Catholic employers and health providers to offer gender-affirming care, citing religious freedom and limiting federal agencies’ reach.
GOP budget bill would block millions of U.S. citizen children from the Child Tax Credit if their parents lack Social Security numbers, making eligibility depend on parental immigration status.
CA fourth grader detained by ICE 5 days ago and separated from father during routine immigration hearing in Houston as community back home rallies to bring student back.
Federal judge blocks deportation of Boulder antisemitic attack suspect’s wife and five children after immigration officials detained the family despite their pending asylum case.
Federal judge orders Trump administration to allow migrants sent to El Salvador mega-prison under Alien Enemies Act to challenge their removal after significant evidence emerged many have no gang connections.
Guatemalan man wrongly deported to Mexico without due process finally returns to U.S. more than a week after federal judge ordered Trump administration to fly him back.
Trump bans travel from 12 countries and restricts it from 7 others while citing Boulder antisemitic attack by Egyptian man as justification despite Egypt not being on either list.
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Trump proposes cutting tribal college funding by nearly 90%, threatening to close institutions already underfunded by $250 million annually.
ICE detains wife and five children of Boulder antisemitic attacker after State Department revokes their visas, with administration threatening deportation “as early as tonight” despite no evidence of family involvement.
