3 d. ago Los Angeles Dodgers donate $1m to families affected by Ice raids

Team, which said it stopped Ice agents entering parking lot on Thursday, makes donation to immigrant familiesThe Los Angeles Dodgers have donated $1m to assist families affected by two weeks of immigration raids in southern California.The World Series champions also said they intend to form partnerships with the California Community Foundation, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor and other organization to continue providing aid to immigrant families. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Dodgers announce $1 million donation to aid families of immigrants affected by federal raids

The Los Angeles Dodgers have donated $1 million to assist families impacted by two weeks of immigration raids in Southern California

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6 d. ago California preps for intense fire season – as Trump slashes federal aid

Trump has requested a 63% reduction in the U.S. Forest Service’s budget

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1 week ago Native American tribe steps up to protect Florida lands for wildlife

Miccosukee Tribe partners with Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation to safeguard lands as part of ‘moral obligation’Almost two centuries ago, Native American tribe members sought the protection of Florida’s Everglades during the Seminole wars as they hid from government forces seeking to banish them to Indian territories that later became Oklahoma.Now, as the Trump administration continues its wholesale slashing of federal funding from conservation projects, the Miccosukee Tribe is stepping up to fulfill what it sees as a “moral obligation” to return the favor. Continue reading...

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1 week ago LA protests: Newsom calls Trump a ‘stone cold liar’ as California prepares to challenge troop presence in court – live

California governor has accused Trump of provoking unrest in LA, and a judge will hear arguments Thursday as part of lawsuit against presidentA woman defiantly dances near police officers as protesters continue to march and chant in an approximately one-square mile area of downtown Los Angeles in response to a series of immigration raids.Nerves are frayed in Los Angeles, as the second largest city in the US is flooded with more than 2,000 federal troops tasked with protecting immigration enforcement officials after thousands of people hit the streets to protest deportation raids. Continue reading...

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1 week ago LA protests: Newsom condemns Trump’s use of troops as ‘madness’ while California prepares to challenge president in court – latest updates

California governor has accused Trump of provoking unrest in LA, and a judge will hear arguments Thursday as part of lawsuit against presidentA woman defiantly dances near police officers as protesters continue to march and chant in an approximately one-square mile area of downtown Los Angeles in response to a series of immigration raids.Nerves are frayed in Los Angeles, as the second largest city in the US is flooded with more than 2,000 federal troops tasked with protecting immigration enforcement officials after thousands of people hit the streets to protest deportation raids. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Families arrested in LA Ice raids held in basements with little food or water, lawyers say

Agents confiscated belongings and rushed deportees to California’s high desert or Texas, saying local facilities had not prepared for influxLA protests – live updatesAs federal agents rushed to arrest immigrants across Los Angeles, they confined detainees – including families with small children – in a stuffy office basement for days without sufficient food and water, according to immigration lawyers.One family with three children were held inside a Los Angeles-area administrative building for 48 hours after being arrested on Thursday immediately after an immigration court hearing, according to lawyers from the Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef), which is providing non-profit legal services in the region. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Aid groups weigh how much more they can help if FEMA reduces its disaster response

With concern and confusion over how the federal government will respond to disasters this summer, aid groups are readying to expand the ways they help communities after hurricanes, fires and other storms

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2 w. ago Citing trade wars, the World Bank sharply downgrades forecast for global economic growth to 2.3%

President Donald Trump’s trade wars are expected to slash economic growth this year in the United States and around the world, the World Bank forecast Tuesday

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2 w. ago White House budget request slashes funding for tribal colleges and universities

If President Donald Trump's budget proposal wins final congressional approval, funding will be slashed for tribal colleges and universities

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2 w. ago Newsom is warned of ‘criminal tax evasion’ if he withholds federal taxes

California governor made threat amid reports Trump is weighing huge federal funding cuts targeting stateThe US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has warned California governor Gavin Newsom that he would be guilty of “criminal tax evasion” if he withholds his state’s tax payments to the federal government amid threats of a funding cut by Donald Trump.Newsom had threatened to cut tax payments to the federal government two days ago after reports that Trump was preparing huge federal funding cuts targeting Democrat-dominated California, including its state university system. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago US supreme court rules Doge can access social security data during legal challenge

Key player in Trump’s drive to slash federal workforce keeps access to sensitive records including family court and mental health recordsThe US supreme court on Friday permitted the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), a key player in Donald Trump’s drive to slash the federal workforce, broad access to the personal information of millions of Americans in Social Security Administration data systems while a legal challenge plays out.At the request of the justice department, the justices put on hold Maryland-based US district judge Ellen Hollander’s order that had largely blocked Doge’s access to “personally identifiable information” in data such as medical and financial records while litigation proceeds in a lower court. Hollander found that allowing Doge unfettered access likely would violate a federal privacy law. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Data capturing hot spots and burned acres show Canada wildfire season off to wild start

Canada’s wildfire season is off to an intense start

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3 w. ago Chuck Todd says his tires were slashed after Trump called him out: ‘It creates a security problem’

‘There was direct correlation,’ Chuck Todd said about Donald Trump’s attacks on the press, adding that he’d immediately get ‘weird phone calls’ and ‘death threats’

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3 w. ago Man Utd stars 'quizzed on holidays' and face axe if targets not met in brutal pre

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim is planning an intense pre-season as he looks to turn things around after the Red Devils' worst-ever Premier League campaign

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3 w. ago China's factory activity contracts in May, but there are signs of improvement

China’s factory activity contracted in May although the decline slowed from April as the country reached a deal with the U.S. to slash President Donald Trump’s sky-high tariffs

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3 w. ago Universe’s mysteries may never be solved because of Trump’s Nasa cuts, experts say

‘Extinction-level cuts’ to space agency’s spending means labs will close and deep-space missions will be abandonedSome of the greatest mysteries of the universe, such as the possibility of life on Mars, and whether humans could ever live on Venus, may never be solved because of Donald Trump’s proposed “extinction-level” cuts to Nasa spending, scientists are warning.The Trump administration revealed last month its plan to slash the space agency’s overall budget by 24% to $18.8bn, the lowest figure since 2015. Space and Earth science missions would bear the brunt of the cutbacks, losing more than 53% of what was allocated to them in 2024. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Britain is still hoping to slash Donald Trump's 10% tariffs on UK goods, says Peter Mandelson

The Labour peer, who is the UK's ambassador to the US, outlined how work is ongoing to 'address' the 'reciprocal' tariffs the US President has imposed.

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4 w. ago NPR sues Trump over ‘textbook retaliation’ for slashing funds: ‘This wolf comes as a wolf’

‘The Executive Order is a clear violation of the Constitution and the First Amendment's protections for freedom of speech and association, and freedom of the press,’ NPR chief Katherine Maher said in a statement

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4 w. ago This livestream of baby bald eagles is the only thing keeping me sane

A YouTube video feed of eagles Jackie and Shadow and their two children has given me hope the internet isn’t all badTell us: how has your sex life changed after 60?The internet is an unpleasant place, full of grim headlines, misinformation and social media content designed to make you feel ugly and unsuccessful. But there are good bits too.Take Jackie and Shadow, a happy couple who live in a home with breathtaking views of Big Bear Lake in San Bernardino county, California. They currently have two children, Sunny and Gizmo, who are preparing to leave home and make their own way in the world. They are, in many ways, the purest embodiment of the modern American dream: reality stars, and also bald eagles. Continue reading...

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