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HUD finalizes a rule requiring every resident of federally assisted housing to verify citizenship or eligible immigration status. What it means for California’s mixed-status families
The rule, effective Dec. 14, makes prorated aid for mixed-status households temporary; HUD says federal law requires the change, and its own figures place 36 percent of the affected families in California.
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USDA proposes limiting automatic food-stamp eligibility to households on cash welfare. What it could mean for CalFresh
The department says the change would keep benefits for the truly needy and close a path that let households above federal income and asset limits qualify; its own analysis estimates 6.3 million people nationwide would lose…
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Robinson’s Trial Is Set for June 2028. What the 19 Months Before Jury Selection Mean for the Evidence Still in Dispute
Judge Tony Graf’s Nov. 9 order puts the first fight on the calendar for January: whether the F.B.I. may run new tests on the bullet evidence, including the only fragment suitable for comparison with the rifle.…
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The Supreme Court weighs whether the Labor Department can fine farm employers through its own judges, a question for California’s H-2A growers
The administration told the justices that enforcing seasonal farmworker visa terms in agency proceedings is a long-recognized power over immigration; the grower and several justices questioned whether penalties can be imposed without a federal court.
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FDA adds a warning about a rare optic nerve condition to Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound and other GLP-1 drugs
The agency’s review of 126 clinical trials found 6.4 cases per 100,000 patient-years among people taking the drugs, compared with 3.8 among those on comparison treatments, and it is telling patients to seek care right away…
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ICE agents bring a person in custody to a Boyle Heights hospital for care, and a protest follows outside
ICE says it does not target hospitals and will not discuss the operation; the hospital says it treated the patient and diverted ambulances for about two hours after agents lined its ambulance entrance, and rapid-response groups…
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Inquirer Investigation: The Justice Department’s new election-crime cases in California, charge by charge
On Nov. 2 the department announced charges involving 63 people nationwide, including 12 lawful permanent residents in two California federal districts. The defendants are presumed innocent.
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FDA proposes new nutrient limits for infant formula, its first broad update since 1998
The proposal would raise the minimums for iodine and vitamin D and cap manganese for the first time, with public comments due March 2.
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Judge’s order limits federal demands on election workers through Nov. 16, and the Justice Department appeals
A San Francisco federal judge temporarily barred the Justice Department and Homeland Security from threatening election workers with prosecution for counting ballots of voters the government flags as likely noncitizens, and the department, which says it…
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What an ‘Inconclusive’ Bullet Comparison Can and Cannot Show in the Robinson Case
The A.T.F. could not match the fatal bullet to the rifle prosecutors say Tyler Robinson used. Here is what that finding means, and what it does not.