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HUD rule could push families with undocumented immigrants out of their homes
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters in Washington, D.C. The agency wants to ban families with any undocumented member from federally subsidized housing. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kent Nishimura/Getty Images WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Housing and Urban Development wants to ban families with any member who is…
Read MoreRefugees in the U.S. could be arrested under a new immigration memo
Refugees walk through the departure terminal to a bus at Dulles International Airport after being evacuated from Kabul following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 in Dulles, Va. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Immigrants who came to the U.S. as refugees could be detained after a year of…
Read MorePolice arrest Ex-Prince Andrew. And, Trump hosts the first Board of Peace meeting
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories President Trump convenes the first-ever meeting of the Board of Peace today at the Donald J. Trump U.S. Institute for Peace in…
Read MoreEarly voting underway in closely watched Texas Senate Democratic primary
Early voting began this week in the Texas Senate Democratic primary election, and one candidate got a fundraising bump from talk show host Stephen Colbert. LEILA FADEL, HOST: Early voting started this week in Texas for some closely watched U.S. Senate primaries. On Monday, we heard about the Republican side of that race, including incumbent…
Read MoreSen. Bernie Sanders rallies support for proposed tax on billionaires in California
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is in California trying to drum up support for a ballot measure asking for a tax on billionaires. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: A proposal to tax California’s billionaires is pitting the state’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom against independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Sanders was in Los Angeles Wednesday night rallying support…
Read MoreIran and the U.S. lean into gunboat diplomacy as nuclear talks hang in balance
In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the USS Gerald R. Ford embarked on the first of its sea trials to test various state-of-the-art systems on its own power for the first time, April 8, 2017, from Newport News, Va. Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ridge Leoni/AP/U.S. Navy hide caption toggle caption Mass Communication…
Read MoreTrump gathers members of Board of Peace for first meeting, with some U.S. allies wary
President Trump, flanked by Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, joins leaders for a group photo during the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace in Washington on Thursday. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images President Trump convened the first meeting of the…
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg faces a jury today. And, the top DHS spokesperson resigns her post
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will take the stand in Los Angeles today in a trial that could reshape social media. The plaintiffs…
Read MoreBig tech on trial: Google faces a reckoning for anticompetitive ad dominance
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Read MoreThe Justice Department is not acting like it used to, criminal defense lawyers note
Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 11. Bondi has defended the Justice Department’s prosecutions during her tenure. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Some of the nation’s leading defense lawyers have been trying to wrap their heads around what they consider abnormal…
Read MoreTrump administration is erasing history and science at national parks, lawsuit argues
Demonstrators gather to protest removal of explanatory panels that were part of an exhibit on slavery at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, Feb. 10, 2026. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption toggle caption Matt Rourke/AP WASHINGTON — Conservation and historical organizations sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over National Park Service policies that the groups say…
Read MoreMamdani asks New York State to raise taxes on 'ultra-wealthy' to address city budget deficit
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) asked Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul to raise taxes on the “ultra-wealthy,” citing a “significant chasm” in the city’s $5.4 billion deficit. During a preliminary budget proposal announcement on Tuesday, Mamdani laid out two different “paths” the city could take to address the deficit concerns. The first and “most sustainable…
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