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Trump Administration Will Shut Down 7 Major Housing Discrimination Cases
Three cases allege that local governments clustered polluting industrial facilities in minority neighborhoods.

New Helpline Aims to Disrupt the “Prison-to-ICE Deportation Pipeline”
It is designed to help incarcerated people who are vulnerable to being transferred by ICE following their release.

Thanks to Congress, Puerto Ricans Will Struggle Even More to Feed Their Families
The island imports more than 80 percent of its food, and residents already face rising prices and supply chain issues.

Trump Admin to Restrict Waivers That Let States Help Kids Stay on Medicaid
This comes less than two weeks after Trump signed into law the largest Medicaid cuts in US history.

Public Health Experts Sound the Alarm as Trump EPA Eliminates Research Arm
Scientists warn the closure will obstruct the agency's ability to protect the environment and public health.

Trump Sues Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Report
Sen. Bernie Sanders warns that the media “succumbing to pressure” from Trump sets “an incredibly dangerous precedent.”

A Christian Right “Bill Mill” Aims to Get the Ten Commandments Into Classrooms
Experts say the campaign is part of a broader, well-organized, deep-pocketed assault on church-state separation.

By Refusing to Show Faces or Badges, ICE Opens Door to Vigilante Impersonators
The masked, plainclothes ICE agents terrorizing immigrant communities are indistinguishable from racist vigilantes.

Trump’s New Tax Law Could Create Insurmountable Hurdles for LGBTQ Health Care
Roughly 1.8 million LGBTQ adults in the US use Medicaid as their primary health insurance.

Slovenia Bans Israeli Ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir for “Genocidal Statements”
Ben-Gvir and Smotrich incite “serious violations of the human rights of Palestinians,” the government said.