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Trump demands an apology from bishop who asked him to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ+ people and migrants

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, TIFFANY STANLEY and GARY FIELDS
Jan 22, 2025 8:00 am - President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded an apology from the Episcopal bishop of Washington after she made a direct appeal to him during a prayer service marking his inauguration to have mercy on the LGBTQ+ community and migrant workers who are in the United States illegally.
Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER
Jan 22, 2025 7:46 am - The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration, according to a memo to the entire workforce obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review

Lena H. Sun, Dan Diamond, Rachel Roubein
Jan 21, 2025 8:37 pm - The Trump administration has instructed federal health agencies to pause all external communications, such as health advisories, weekly scientific reports, updates to web...
Federal judge revives legal effort to limit access to abortion pill

By Tobi Raji
Jan 21, 2025 6:32 pm - A decision by a federal judge last week is reviving the effort to limit access to mifepristone, opening a fresh round of litigation over a widely used drug that has grown...
Tariffs for Mexico and Canada taking shape for Feb. 1

By David J. Lynch
Jan 21, 2025 4:53 pm - President Donald Trump signaled early plans to use tariffs on imported goods as a key weapon in relations with the United States’ three top trading partners, saying the f...
Trump pardons upend massive Jan. 6 prosecution by freeing rioters and dismissing cases

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ASHRAF KHALIL
Jan 21, 2025 4:44 pm - WASHINGTON — Rioters locked up for their roles in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack were released while judges began dismissing dozens of pending cases Tuesday after President Do...
At least 76 people killed in a hotel fire at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey

By SUZAN FRASER
Jan 21, 2025 1:28 pm - A fire raged through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey early Tuesday during a school holiday, killing at least 76 people — at least two of them when they jumped from the building to escape the flames, officials said.
States sue to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship

By MIKE CATALINI
Jan 21, 2025 12:59 pm - Attorneys general from 18 states sued Tuesday to block President Donald Trump's move to end a decades-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status.
Trump White House celebrates release of two Americans freed in a swap with Taliban brokered by Biden

By ZEKE MILLER, JON GAMBRELL and AAMER MADHANI
Jan 21, 2025 11:17 am - A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and terrorism charges, officials said Tuesday.
Threat of immigration raids turns Chicago’s ‘Little Village’ into ghost town

By Miranda Davis, Alicia A. Caldwell and Daniela Sirtori
Jan 21, 2025 10:31 am - The second busiest retail corridor in Chicago is typically a bustling area dotted with taquerias and Mexican grocery stores in the southwestern part of the city. By Monday afternoon it had turned into a ghost town.

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