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Lawyer Patricia Ortiz meets with Rosa, an immigrant from El Salvador, at the Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project offices in Los Angeles to discuss her asylum case.

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Asylum-Seekers In California Wait For Their Day In Immigration Court

7:27am January 09, 2019

by David Wagner

Immigrants who manage to make it to cities in California face a high cost of living, but they also have access to legal aid which makes a huge difference in asylum cases.

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President Trump speaks during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 26, 2018. He became the first U.S. leader to visit the annual gathering in 18 years.

Analysis: At Davos, A Darker Mood Awaits Meeting Of Global Elites

4:00am January 09, 2019

by Pallavi Gogoi

Last year, the Davos scene was marked by grand entrances and ambitious power politics. But this year, the power of several word leaders is in decline and the global economy is shaky.

President Trump speaks to the nation in his first televised address from the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday.

Trump Pushes For Wall Amid Shutdown, Says There's 'A Crisis Of The Heart' At Border

11:27pm January 08, 2019

by Jessica Taylor

Speaking after the president, the two leading Democrats in Congress accused Trump of trying to "manufacture a crisis, stoke fear and divert attention from the turmoil in his administration."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak on Capitol Hill in response President Trump's prime-time address on border security on Tuesday.

Transcript: Trump's Address On Border Security And Democratic Response

11:24pm January 08, 2019

by Dana Farrington

President Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office, pressing Congress again to provide funding for a border wall. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer refused.

President Trump speaks to the nation in his first-prime address from the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday.

FACT CHECK: Trump's Oval Office Pitch For A Border Wall

11:01pm January 08, 2019

President Trump used his first prime-time address from the Oval Office to make the case for a $5.7 billion border wall. That demand and Democrats' opposition has led to a partial government shutdown.

David O'Sullivan, ambassador of the European Union to the U.S., attends a signing ceremony in 2016 at the White House.

'They Conveniently Forgot To Notify Us': EU Diplomat Downgraded In D.C.

9:56pm January 08, 2019

The chief of the EU Mission to the U.S. noticed he was called up last as he paid his respects to late President George H.W. Bush.

Larry Woodruffe was charged with capital murder on Tuesday in the Dec. 30 slaying of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes.

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Second Suspect Charged With Murder In Shooting of 7-Year-Old Jazmine Barnes

9:37pm January 08, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

Investigators filed capital murder charges against Larry Woodruffe on Tuesday. The 24-year-old was picked up on Jan. 5 after investigators received a tip connecting him to the drive-by attack.

Volunteer Alexandra Degen cleans a restroom during the government shutdown at Joshua Tree National Park in California.

Joshua Tree National Park Will Close After Visitor Damage During Government Shutdown

8:14pm January 08, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

Park officials said few rangers are on hand to prevent off-road driving, which causes destruction of the park's namesake trees. Volunteers have been cleaning the nearly 800,000-acre park.

A Hacienda HealthCare location in Phoenix, where a patient in a vegetative state gave birth to a child last month. Police are now investigating the incident.

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After Patient In Vegetative State Gives Birth, Facility's CEO Resigns

7:47pm January 08, 2019

by Ian Stewart

Hacienda HealthCare is facing investigations after the birth. Staff at the Phoenix facility reportedly hadn't noticed she was pregnant.

How The U.S. Steel Industry Is Reacting To Trump's Aspiration For A Steel Border Wall

7:21pm January 08, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Thomas Gibson, president and CEO of the American Iron and Steel Institute, about his reactions to President Trump's aspiration to build a border wall out of steel.

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