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Trump plan fails to cut immigration court backlog; caseload soars 26 percent
By on February 21, 2019
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s controversial plan to shrink the ballooning backlog of immigration cases by pushing judges to hear more cases has failed, according to the latest data, with »

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Can Trump take back California’s high-speed rail money? A look at the political and legal battle ahead
By on February 21, 2019
LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration’s decision to cancel a $927 million grant to California’s troubled high speed rail project and claw back $2.5 billion in funds already spent has »

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IRS analyst charged with leaking Michael Cohen bank records
By on February 21, 2019
A U.S. Internal Revenue Service analyst in San Francisco has been charged in federal court with leaking information about the bank records of Michael Cohen, a former personal lawyer to »

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Sierra Club, ACLU challenge Trump national emergency declaration as unconstitutional
By on February 20, 2019
The Sierra Club and a coalition of border community organizations sued President Donald Trump in federal court in San Francisco Tuesday to challenge his declaration of a national emergency to »

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Trump administration vows to cancel $929 million in California rail funding
By on February 19, 2019
(LOS ANGELES) The U.S. Transportation Department announced Tuesday it would attempt to cancel $929 million in federal grant funds for California’s troubled high-speed rail project. The move marks an escalation »

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Can Bernie Sanders re-create the magic? Vermont senator launches presidential bid
By on February 19, 2019
WASHINGTON — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the progressive iconoclast who emerged from the ideological fringe four years ago to build a movement that reshaped the Democratic Party, entered the race »

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Trump has 4 candidates in mind for United Nations job, sources say
By on February 18, 2019
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is considering four people to be his next United Nations ambassador: Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner Dina Powell; the current ambassadors to Canada and Germany, »

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Japanese prime minister won’t say whether he nominated Trump for Nobel Prize
By on February 18, 2019
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declined to confirm President Donald Trump’s claim that he’d nominated the U.S. leader for a Nobel Prize — but he didn’t call him a liar »

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