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Christopher Kinnison, who owns a one-man law firm in the central Louisiana, is "tired of losing.”. His clients are among the thousands of people who had been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after President Trump took office.
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Most of immigration lawyer Christopher Kinnison’s clients in rural Louisiana are detainees. Every week, more calls come in, and Kinnison hasn’t been able to process what his days at work are becoming.
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President Trump directed the National Guard to prepare for deeper involvement in any future civil unrest throughout the United States and called for the creation of a new military unit that is deputized to enforce federal laws, specifically in D.C.
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President Donald Trump’s National Guard directive was issued as he touts his efforts to assert control over D.C. and muses about deploying troops to other major U.S. cities.
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Gen Z is learning about skilled trades on social media at a time when many have grown skeptical about the cost of college and the promise of white-collar employment.
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Worker influencers are showing what life is like in fields such as construction, plumbing and manufacturing. Trade schools are trying to make the most of it.
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Orange juice was once a symbol of health. But over the past 20 years, orange juice has plummeted in popularity. At the same time, climate-change-fueled weather events and a bacterial disease have decimated orange groves in Florida and around the world.
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Orange juice was once a national obsession. Climate change, disease and the beverage’s high sugar content are turning consumers away.
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President Trump, in a pair of executive orders, threatened to withhold federal funding from D.C. if it does not reinstate cash bail, continuing the president’s focus on crime and exerting control over the nation’s capital.
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In addition to the order on cash bail, Trump’s second order demanded a grab bag of changes to the city, including for the U.S. Park Police to hire more officers and a request that the U.S. Attorney...
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A lawyer for George Mason University President Gregory Washington told the board the leader had done nothing unlawful and would not apologize for his diversity, equity and inclusion policies, despite a call from the Education Department to do so.
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The Education Department had found last week that GMU had discriminated in hiring. A proposed resolution called for GMU President Gregory Washington to publicly apologize.
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Breaking news: President Donald Trump moved to oust Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook over unproven allegations that she committed mortgage fraud, ratcheting up his push to bend the independent central bank to his will.
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Trump moves to fire a Federal Reserve member he has accused of mortgage fraud.
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The Washington Post wants to hear from people impacted by the Trump administration’s efforts to deport undocumented immigrants. Use this form to tell us about your experience:
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The Washington Post wants to hear from people impacted by the Trump administration’s efforts to deport undocumented immigrants.
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RT @PostOpinions: "Instead of toppling our radio towers, the funding cut is just likely to make them lean further left. Was that the White….
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Will rural affiliates see through the politicization and adopt a more all-embracing approach?
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Rapper Lil Nas X has been charged with four felonies, including three counts of battery against a police officer, after he was reportedly seen walking naked in Los Angeles.
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The “Old Town Road” rapper faces three counts of battery against police officer and a count of resisting an executive officer.
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President Trump hosted South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the White House on Monday, just hours after suggesting in a social media post that the United States might stop doing business with the country.
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Donald Trump suggested on social media that the U.S. might stop doing business with South Korea, but in a meeting with President Lee Jae Myung, no tension emerged.
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The weaponization of federal funding, cast as a necessary step to end discrimination and antisemitism, is threatening lifesaving research at Harvard University — and forcing agonizing choices.
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Even if grants at Harvard are suddenly restored, there is deep-rooted uncertainty about the damage already done and the future of basic science research in the U.S.
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Breaking news: The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, requesting Epstein’s attorneys produce a leather-bound “birthday book” Epstein’s former partner Ghislaine Maxwell compiled for her associate’s 50th birthday.
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Comer also requested “any document or record that could be reasonably construed to be a potential list of clients involved in sex, sex acts or sex trafficking” facilitated by Epstein.
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Ismael Zambada García, also known as “El Mayo,” pleaded guilty to charges related to decades of narcotics trafficking that funneled cocaine and other drugs into the United States and resulted in turf-related deaths in Mexico.
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The Justice Department has said it would not seek the death penalty for former cartel leader Ismael Zambada García and other Mexican drug lords in U.S. custody.
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A request by Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch its massive Starship rocket from Cape Canaveral is drawing opposition from the company’s rivals, revealing a high-stakes tussle over the company’s growing dominance on Florida’s historic Space Coast.
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The historic home of America’s space program could soon host more launches than ever before as Elon Musk’s rocket company plans a dramatic scale-up.
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Breaking news: Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI sued Apple and ChatGPT maker OpenAI, alleging the two companies were colluding to disadvantage his AI venture and escalating his legal war against rivals over the technology.
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A lawsuit alleging Apple and OpenAI colluded to disadvantage Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok widens the billionaire’s legal assault on the maker of ChatGPT.
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President Trump has long hankered for a Nobel Peace Prize, an award received by four U.S. presidents previously — Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama. Here’s what to know about the prize and how it is awarded:
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President Donald Trump touts his efforts in Ukraine and other conflicts as reasons to give him the prize, received by four U.S. presidents, including Barack Obama.
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Breaking news: A federal judge temporarily barred Kilmar Abrego García’s deportation to Uganda until she can hold a hearing to examine whether the Trump administration will give him an opportunity to contest his removal to that country.
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Kilmar Abrego García was detained at a check-in at ICE’s Baltimore office, his attorney said. The Trump administration is trying to deport him to Uganda.
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President Trump said that the Justice Department plans to sue California over legislation aimed at redrawing the state’s congressional maps — an initiative by Democrats to counter Republican-driven efforts in Texas to remake its map.
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The president’s possible legal action comes after he urged Texas Republicans to pursue a similar redistricting strategy to create GOP-friendly congressional maps.
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Fallingwater is leaking. For the past two years, staff at Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece in the woods of Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands have found themselves in the middle of a $7 million home improvement project on steroids.
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Inside the three-year, $7 million project to keep water out of the 1930s home designed by the legendary architect and built atop a waterfall.
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