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Trump’s new travel ban set to take effect amid escalating tension over immigration enforcement
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's new ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries is set to take effect today amid escalating tension over the president's unprecedented campaign of immigration enforcement. The new proclamation, which ...
Travel ban may shut door for Afghan family to bring niece to US for a better life
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IRMO, S.C. (AP) — Mohammad Sharafoddin, his wife and young son walked at times for 36 hours in a row over mountain passes as they left Afghanistan as refugees to end up less than a decade later talking about their journey on a plush love seat in the family's three-bedroom suburban American ...
Trump officials are vowing to end school desegregation orders. Some parents say they’re still needed.
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FERRIDAY, La. (AP) — Even at a glance, the differences are obvious. The walls of Ferriday High School are old and worn, surrounded by barbed wire. Just a few miles away, Vidalia High School is clean and bright, with a new library and a crisp blue "V" painted on orange brick. Ferriday High is ...
Mike Johnson downplays Musk’s influence and says Republicans will pass Trump’s budget bill
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With an uncharacteristically feistiness, Speaker Mike Johnson took clear sides Sunday in President Donald Trump's breakup with mega-billionaire Elon Musk. The Republican House leader and staunch Trump ally said Musk's criticism of the GOP's massive tax and budget policy bill will not derail ...
Unsubstantiated ‘chemtrail’ conspiracy theories lead to legislation proposed in US statehouses
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As Louisiana Rep. Kimberly Landry Coates stood before her colleagues in the state's Legislature she warned that the bill she was presenting might "seem strange" or even crazy. Some lawmakers laughed with disbelief and others listened intently, as Coates described ...