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Justice Dept. Asks California Sheriffs for Names of Undocumented Inmates – The New York Times

Justice Dept. Asks California Sheriffs for Names of Undocumented Inmates  The New York Times LA County cannot hand over immigrant inmates’ data despite DOJ threat, Luna says  NBC Los Angeles Justice Department requests lists of all noncitizen inmates being held in California jails  Los Angeles Times Trump’s DOJ requests California sheriffs’ data on criminal illegal immigrants in custody  Fox News DOJ pushes for all …

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ICE is gaining access to Medicaid records, adding new peril for immigrants

ICE is gaining access to Medicaid records, adding new peril for immigrants

The Trump administration is forging ahead with a plan that is sure to fuel alarm across California’s immigrant communities: handing over the personal data of millions of Medicaid recipients to federal immigration officials who seek to track down people living in the U.S. illegally. The huge trove of private information, which includes home addresses, social security numbers and ethnicities of …

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5 Charged in U.C. Berkeley Professor’s Killing in Greece, Including His Ex-Wife – The New York Times

5 Charged in U.C. Berkeley Professor’s Killing in Greece, Including His Ex-Wife  The New York Times Greek police charge five people in murder case of UC Berkeley professor, including his ex-wife  CNN Ex-wife, 4 others arrested in murder of UC Berkeley professor in Greece, sources say  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Przemyslaw Jeziorski: UC Berkeley professor killed in Greece …

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State Department cyber, tech cuts deeper than previously known – Politico

State Department cyber, tech cuts deeper than previously known  Politico State Department layoffs affect key Trump priorities like intelligence, energy and China  AP News ‘It’s sort of scary’: Officials flag surprising revelations from deep State Department cuts  Fox News Senate Democrats Rail at ‘Sloppy, Rushed’ State Dept. Firings  The New York Times Sources describe disarray at State Department after Trump administration’s layoffs  CBS News Source …

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District of Columbia | Former Voice of America Employee Indicted for Threatening Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

District of Columbia | Former Voice of America Employee Indicted for Threatening Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

WASHINGTON – An indictment unsealed today in the District of Columbia charges a Maryland resident with influencing a federal official by threatening a family member, influencing a federal official by threat, interstate communications with a threat to kidnap or injure, and anonymous telecommunications harassment. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro and Chief Michael G. Sullivan of …

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Trump ‘would not recommend’ special prosecutor to investigate Epstein case, White House says

Trump ‘would not recommend’ special prosecutor to investigate Epstein case, White House says

CNN  —  President Donald Trump “would not recommend” a special prosecutor to investigate the Jeffrey Epstein case, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday — despite some GOP calls to do so. “The president would not recommend a special prosecutor in the Epstein case. That’s how he feels,” Leavitt told reporters at a White House briefing, adding that she …

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ICE will get access to Medicaid enrollees’ personal information to help find immigrants.

ICE will get access to Medicaid enrollees’ personal information to help find immigrants.

The Trump administration will start sharing the personal information of nearly 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities, with federal immigration authorities as the president seeks to ramp up deportations. In a statement to NBC News on Thursday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin described the latest data-sharing agreement between her agency and the Centers for Medicare …

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Trump’s interior secretary must sign off on all wind and solar projects

Trump’s interior secretary must sign off on all wind and solar projects

WASHINGTON (AP) — All solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters must be personally approved by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum under a new order that authorizes him to conduct “elevated review” of activities ranging from leases to rights of way, construction and operational plans, grants and biological opinions. The enhanced oversight on clean-energy projects is aimed at …

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Alabama governor backs withholding video of officer fatally shooting Black student

Alabama governor backs withholding video of officer fatally shooting Black student

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is supporting a state agency’s refusal to release body camera footage in the fatal police shooting of an 18-year-old Black college freshman, saying the case must first be thoroughly investigated. Ivey said she was confident “the facts will prevail” when the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency completes its investigation into the June 23 shooting of Jabari Peoples …

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