Trump signs executive orders to end cashless bail in D.C. and ban flag burning

Washington — President Trump on Monday signed an executive order to push Washington, D.C., and other localities to end cashless bail for arrested suspects, threatening to withhold federal funding from cities that fail to end the program. It’s the latest move in the president’s federal crackdown on crime.  Mr. Trump also signed an order directing

Judge Bars Government From Blocking Funding to 34 Cities, Counties Over Sanctuary Policies

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrest a illegal immmigrant during an operation in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City on April 11, 2018. John Moore/Getty Images A federal judge ruled on Aug. 22 that the federal government cannot suspend funding to 34 “sanctuary” jurisdictions across the country that limit or refuse cooperation

Kilmar Abrego Garcia taken into ICE custody, facing deportation to Uganda

Washington — Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being processed for deportation to Uganda, the Department of Homeland Security said, after he was taken into custody Monday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, days after his release from criminal custody. Abrego Garcia, a native of El Salvador, was mistakenly deported to his home country in March and held in

Kilmar Abrego Garcia taken into ICE custody, lawyer says

Washington — Kilmar Abrego Garcia was taken into custody Monday by immigration authorities following his release from criminal custody last week and Homeland Security said ICE is processing him for deportation. Abrego Garcia’s lawyer, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, filed a lawsuit Monday morning to challenge his deportation to Uganda. In a legal filing over the weekend, Abrego

As measles surged, Trump administration’s actions hampered CDC response

As measles surged in Texas early this year, the Trump administration’s actions sowed fear and confusion among CDC scientists that kept them from performing the agency’s most critical function — emergency response — when it mattered most, an investigation from KFF Health News shows. The outbreak soon became the worst the United States has endured