‘Very mean’ animal, appearing out of nowhere and clawing and biting people’s legs, still on the loose in Bay Area city

Celebrating a bigoted rage-baiter sends a clear message to people of color, LGBTQ+ folks and women

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Journalists who have risked their freedom to report for Voice of America and its sister news outlets wonder what happens to them now that the Trump administration has gutted their parent agency.

Attack sets off a new conflict in the Middle East; Israel declares state of emergency as it braces for retaliation

President Trump has inflamed tensions over immigration raids in Los Angeles, which his top adviser Stephen Miller described as an insurrection. “They want protesters to react violently to distract fro...

Roughly 700 Marines have been ordered to deploy to Los Angeles to protect federal buildings and officials amid mounting immigration protests there, U.S. Northern Command, or NORTHCOM, announced on Mon...

Trump: Well, we’re going to have troops everywhere.Reporter: What’s the bar for sending in the Marines?Trump: The bar is what I think it is.The 2026 and 2028 elections may have just gotten a lot more ...

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Trump is making the already tense situation in Los Angeles even more precarious with his reactions.

Trump has cited a provision of U.S. law that allows the president to use the National Guard to suppress the “danger of a rebellion.”

The most notable part of the provision stems from the emphasis given to business relationships — and from the addition of new categories of discrimination that the question would make unlawful.

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Arts organizations across the country saw their grants pulled with little explanation, while a proposed federal budget sought to eliminate the arts funding agency altogether.

Harvard researcher Ari Ne'eman says the policy shifts underway under the Trump administration pose a unique threat to people with disabilities, but that they've fought for rights before and won.

American media stocks tumbled on Monday after President Donald Trump unveiled a 100% tariff on all movies produced outside the U.S., a move that could sharply raise costs for Hollywood studios and rattle the global entertainment industry.

Two of the men whose lives a Republican lawmaker was credited with saving are raising claims of stolen valor.Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) was awarded a Bronze Star in January 2021 for “exceptional bravery” during Operation Iraqi Freedom.But five people who served with him questioned the narrative laid out...

The president completely bashed one Fox News figure and urged another to retire.

Israel’s intentions can only result in yet more unimaginable suffering for civilians in the Strip, who have endured 19 months of intense bombardment and slaughter, mass displacement and starvation, wr...

Union warns 100% levy could be ‘knock-out blow’ and urges ministers to defend sector and those who work in it * US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump’s threat to impose 100% tariffs on movies made outside the US could “wipe out” the UK film industry, ministers have been warned, as they came under immediate pressure to prioritise the issue in trade talks with the White House. In an extraordinary intervention, Trump announced his intention to impose the levy on all movies “produced in Foreign Lands”, stating that the US film industry was suffering a “very fast death” as a result of the incentives being offered overseas. The UK is among the countries offering film-makers generous tax incentives. Continue reading...

The aid-distribution proposal has been rejected by international humanitarian groups

Peer reviewed research has found scant evidence that traditional military physical training — aimed at improving performance on the physical fitness test — improves combat readiness.

A viral video of a Minnesota mom appearing to hurl racist slurs after an altercation with a Black child has garnered criticism, and large donations.

The removals of three young U.S. citizens have intensified concerns about whether the Trump administration is violating the rights of citizens and noncitizens.

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Up until three months ago, the average white American never lived in fear of their government. The more enlightened white American understood that the government was unfair and unjust and treated marg...

In the months before she lost her job at the Food and Drug Administration, Karen Hollitt’s mom and boyfriend kept telling her not to worry. She’d be fine, they said; she was a veteran.