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Trump administration investigates LA County over federal benefits for unauthorized immigrants
The Trump administration announced Monday that it has launched an investigation into California's Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants, a state program that provides monthly cash benefits to aged, blind and disabled noncitizens who are ineligible for Social Security benefits due to their immigration status.
The investigation began in Los ...Read more

Tlaib backs primary challenger to Detroit colleague Thanedar in Congress
WASHINGTON — Detroit U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib is endorsing a state lawmaker who is trying to unseat U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar, a fellow Democrat who represents the district next door to hers in Congress.Tlaib on Monday said she is backing state Rep. Donavan McKinney’s bid for Congress in Michigan’s 13th District and also took a dig at the two...Read more

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is responsible for migrant shelter problems, Kennealy says in new ad
BOSTON — Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Kennealy is out with what his campaign calls a “scathing” new ad accusing Gov. Maura Healey of allowing the state’s shelter crisis to grow out of control under her watch.
In the ad titled “Failure” Kenneally says governor’s handling of an influx of migrants to Massachusetts ...Read more

Trump wants to attack drug cartels. How can Mexico respond if he does?
MEXICO CITY — She has won acclaim for facing down tariff threats, shunning political bluster and skirting White House provocations — while winning admiration from President Donald Trump.
"A cool head" has been her motto.
But Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum may soon face her most challenging test — and her response could define ...Read more

Massachusetts Senate president invites Trump to the Bay State to see how 'we do it right'
In the spirit of seeing is believing, a leading Bay State lawmaker is offering an open invitation to the president to stop by Massachusetts and personally witness the apparently positive impact of the policies he frequently derides.
Senate President Karen Spilka said that President Donald Trump is welcome make the trip up to the commonwealth ...Read more

Trump seeks to align US drug costs with cheapest ones abroad
President Donald Trump said he plans to order a cut in U.S. prescription drug costs by mandating that Americans pay no more than people in countries that have the lowest price.
Trump said in a social media post that he’ll sign the executive order at 9 a.m. Monday in Washington.
While predicting that pharmaceutical prices could drop 30% to 80...Read more

Philippines midterm vote begins as Marcos-Duterte feud, China row flare
The Philippines began voting on Monday in midterm elections that could decide the fate of impeached Vice President Sara Duterte, whose feud with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. comes as the Southeast Asian nation grapples with both the global trade war and growing tensions with China.
Over 18,000 national and local positions are up for grabs, ...Read more

US, Iran agree to more nuclear talks after 'useful' round
The U.S. and Iran will continue talks over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, after discussions on Sunday that were described as encouraging by Washington and “difficult but useful” by Tehran.
“Despite the challenges, very useful discussions were held,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in televised statements ...Read more

US, Iran agree to continue nuclear talks after 'difficult' round
The U.S. and Iran will continue talks over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, after discussions on Sunday that were described as encouraging by Washington and “difficult but useful” by Tehran.
A senior Trump administration official said the U.S. was encouraged by Sunday’s talks, which were held both directly and indirectly. Both ...Read more

Israel endorses Trump food plan for Gaza but details are scarce
Israel embraced a plan by U.S. President Donald Trump for a phased resumption of food distribution to Gaza’s civilians that would prevent it being seized by Hamas. It was unclear, though, when the program would start, or who would fund or implement it.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee went public with the plan on Friday, saying the aim...Read more
Trump fires US Copyright Office chief Perlmutter, Politico says
President Donald Trump fired the top official at the U.S. Copyright Office on Saturday, Politico reported.
The termination of Shira Perlmutter on Saturday came two days after Trump fired the head of the Library of Congress, which has oversight of the copyright office, the report said. The White House did not respond to Politico’s request for ...Read more

Trump vs. Massachusetts: Brazilian child rapist in home day care ICE flashpoint
BOSTON — The governor is being called out for the “appalling” case of an illegal immigrant child rapist found at a Cape Cod home day care.
It’s a startling arrest, Gov. Maura Healey’s administration argued Friday night, that dates back to the waning months of the Biden presidency that’s now being highlighted as Massachusetts, Boston...Read more

Trump executive order envisions housing homeless veterans at VA center in West LA
LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday directing the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a center for homeless veterans on its West Los Angeles campus.
The order set a goal of housing up to 6,000 homeless veterans at the center, which Trump named the National Warrior Independence Center, and ordered federal...Read more

Once-powerful NSC is sidelined by Trump as Rubio takes the helm
President Donald Trump is taking his time naming a permanent replacement for his national security adviser. But he’s already sent a clear message: the job once held by figures like Henry Kissinger and Zbigniew Brzezinski won’t matter in his administration nearly as much.
Even before he removed Mike Waltz from the post on May 1, the ...Read more

Trump must halt mass layoffs of federal workers, judge rules
The Trump administration must temporarily cease from engaging in widespread layoffs and firings for government workers, a California federal court ruled Friday.
President Donald Trump’s February executive order calling for a radical reorganization of the federal workforce likely violates the Constitution, Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. ...Read more
South Korea conservatives reportedly agree to unify presidential campaign
South Korea’s conservative presidential hopefuls have agreed to end their rift, Yonhap News Agency reported, uniting behind a single candidate ahead of a snap election triggered by the impeachment of the country’s former president.
People Power Party nominee Kim Moon-soo won a vote among rank-and-file members, prompting former Prime ...Read more

Trump fired the Librarian of Congress. Now Democrats want to change the hiring process
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has reignited an effort in Congress to wrest back power from the executive branch and assert more control over legislative branch agency heads.
Democratic lawmakers blasted Trump’s decision, and some are vowing to change the way positions like the librarian of...Read more

Fate of Gaza will hang over Trump's Middle East swing
WASHINGTON — As he prepares to jet off Monday on his first working foreign trip of a breakneck second term, President Donald Trump will be met head-on with the uncertain future of war-torn Gaza and its beleaguered residents — as congressional Democrats remain flummoxed by his emerging foreign policy approach.
Trump chose Saudi Arabia and ...Read more

Washington, 14 other states sue Trump over his order to shortcut reviews on fossil fuel projects
SEATTLE — Washington is leading 14 other states in a new lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring a “national energy emergency” and seeking to shortcut environmental reviews for oil drilling, pipelines and other fossil fuel projects.
The lawsuit, announced by Attorney General Nick Brown at a news conference...Read more

Trump says Mayor Adams came to White House to 'thank' him after indictment dismissal
President Donald Trump said New York City Mayor Eric Adams came to the White House on Friday so the mayor could “thank” him in the wake of the dismissal of Adams’ federal corruption indictment.
“Almost nothing,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked what he and Adams discussed during their brief sit-down earlier in the ...Read more
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- Trump vs. Massachusetts: Brazilian child rapist in home day care ICE flashpoint
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- Philippines midterm vote begins as Marcos-Duterte feud, China row flare
- Once-powerful NSC is sidelined by Trump as Rubio takes the helm
- US, Iran agree to continue nuclear talks after 'difficult' round