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Federal report due on Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina's path to recognition as a tribal nation

10:15am April 22, 2025

Members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina are awaiting the release of a Department of the Interior report that could light a path for federal recognition as a tribal nation.

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Politics & Government

'Hands Off!' rallies draw crowds to Triad downtowns Saturday

6:56pm April 06, 2025

by Paul Garber

Attendees’ top concerns included cuts to education and the implementation of tariffs. Billionaire Elon Musk’s name appeared on many signs denouncing his budget-cutting efforts.

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Federal officials are quietly terminating the legal residency of some international college students

11:52am April 04, 2025

by Collin Binkley, Annie Ma and Makiya Seminera, Associated Press

A crackdown on foreign students is alarming colleges, who say the Trump administration is using new tactics and vague justifications to push some students out of the country.

Jerome Adams, who served as Trump's U.S. surgeon general, says he hopes that coming out of the pandemic, people can have a healthier respect for the scientific process.

Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams calls for masking 'compassion'

3:19pm April 28, 2022

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The U.S. needs to ensure everyone has an equitable chance to protect themselves, and if people don't have that opportunity, they need to be able to rely on others to be compassionate, he says.

A panel of judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, pictured in San Francisco, ruled on Monday that the Trump administration can end humanitarian protections for immigrants from four countries, clearing a path for their eventual deportat

Court Rules Government Can End Humanitarian Protections For Some 300,000 Immigrants

8:45pm September 14, 2020

by Rachel Treisman

Critics say ending Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan will devastate families and communities, especially during the coronavirus pandemic.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the lawsuit he is co-leading with Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, over the Trump administration's plan to detain immigrant children indefinitely.

National

19 States And DC Sue Administration Over Plan To Detain Migrant Children Indefinitely

6:57pm August 26, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The states are taking legal action to prevent the Trump administration from dropping out of an agreement on how long it can hold children in federal facilities and under what standards.

A Rally For Our Children event to protest the separation of migrant families last year in San Antonio. A federal judge ordered an end to the policy in June 2018.

National

ACLU: Administration Is Still Separating Migrant Families Despite Court Order To Stop

7:15pm July 30, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

A year after a federal judge ordered an end to family separations, the ACLU says the practice continues. The government says it is allowed to consider a parent's health or criminal history.

The Trump administration has suggested buying a prescription drug is like buying a car — with plenty of room to negotiate down from the sticker price. But drug pricing analysts say the analogy doesn't work.

Car Shopping, Handbags And Wealthy Uncles: The Quest To Explain High Drug Prices

4:48pm July 17, 2019

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

Trump administration officials say drugs' list prices are like cars' sticker prices — easily negotiated. But in the life and death world of medicine, say price watchers, that analogy falls apart.

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