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Joe Biden has made more use of immigration “parole” than any American president to bypass an uncooperative Congress, but he’s hardly the first. The presidential power faces a key test in this year's race for the White House. It has been a centerpiece of Biden’s strategy to channel immigrants through legal pathways and discourage illegal crossings. That's a radical difference from his rival Donald Trump. Biden granted parole for at least 1 million temporary visits, which generally include eligibility to work. Читать дальше...

The winds are expected to wane, but more snow is on the way after a powerful blizzard howled through the Sierra Nevada mountains. The National Weather Service says conditions will improve Sunday as the wind weakens but the precipitation will quickly return, with heavy snow Monday in some areas and rain in others. That's not much of a break after a multiday storm that one meteorologist called “as bad as it gets” closed a key east-west freeway in northern California, shut down ski resorts and left thousands of homes and businesses without power. Читать дальше...

There are few times in a American presidency that the art of speechwriting is more on display than during a State of the Union. President Joe Biden will deliver the annual address on Thursday. It's an occasion when the vast array of a president’s policy aspirations and political messages come together in one, hour-plus carefully choreographed address at the Capitol. It's also about how a president executes the speech. Biden’s biggest political liability remains his age and voters’ questions about whether he's still up to the job. Читать дальше...

Democratic infighting is rattling elections in swing congressional districts in California that could be key to helping determine control of the U.S. House. Heading into the primaries Tuesday, Democrats are hoping to regain seats the party lost in 2020 in the heavily Democratic state. But rival Democrats are trading attacks that could undercut the party's chances. In Southern California, Democrats Dave Min and Joanna Weiss are bickering through back-and-forth charges. In the Central Valley, bitter... Читать дальше...

It took 10 years and three rounds of in vitro fertilization for Rania Abu Anza to become pregnant, and only seconds for her to lose her five-month-old twins, a boy and a girl. An Israeli strike hit the home of her extended family in the southern Gaza city of Rafah late Saturday, killing her children, her husband and 11 other relatives. Surviving relatives say another nine people are missing under the rubble. Israeli airstrikes have regularly hit crowded family homes since the start of the war, even in Rafah... Читать дальше...

Super Tuesday is almost here, with 16 states holding contests this coming week. It's the biggest day on the election calendar. But for many Americans who live in places that hold primaries much later, it means they'll often have little say in choosing the presidential contenders by the time their turn comes to weigh in. A primary season that engages only a fraction of the electorate to choose the candidates is a reminder of how the U.S. election system excludes many voters and differs starkly from... Читать дальше...

The 27-year-old Houston man was charged with evading authorities after he attempted to flee from officers on Friday

A court in Bangladesh has granted bail to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in a $2.3 million embezzlement case. Yunus, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for pioneering the use of microcredit to help impoverished people, was sentenced to six months in prison in January on a separate charge of violating labor laws. He was granted bail in that case too and has appealed. The prosecutor said the embezzlement case involves a workers welfare fund of Grameen Telecom, which owns 34.2% of the country’s largest mobile phone company... Читать дальше...

A small but substantial chunk of Republican primary and caucus voters say they would be so dissatisfied if Donald Trump became the party’s presidential nominee that they wouldn't vote for him in November’s general election. That's according to AP VoteCast, a series of surveys conducted among Republican voters in the early-voters states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. An analysis of the data shows that many of those dissatisfied voters were unlikely to vote for Trump, some even before this year. Читать дальше...

A Pennsylvania prison unit is helping men with autism and other intellectual and developmental disabilities stay safe behind bars while learning life skills. The unit is the first in the state and one of only a handful nationwide. It provides accommodations to help prisoners who struggle with overstimulation and physical coping needs. There is no comprehensive count on how many prisoners in the U.S. have developmental disabilities, and experts disagree on whether it’s better to segregate them or... Читать дальше...

Thousands of senior doctors have rallied in Seoul to express their support for junior doctors who have been on strike for nearly two weeks over a government plan to sharply increase the number of medical school admissions. Sunday's rally comes a day before the government said it would begin to take steps to suspend the medical licenses of nearly 9,000 medical interns and residents for defying government orders to end their walkouts, which have disrupted hospital operations. Protesters chanted slogans... Читать дальше...

A county in Indiana has lost its top election official nearly every other month since its longtime supervisor resigned over a vote-counting mistake in the 2022 election. Monroe County now hopes to avoid a rocky election year with the hiring of an election supervisor who vows to stay. The county promoted a 24-year-old assistant to the top job, just 12 weeks before the May 7 primaries. The drama in Bloomington, Indiana, reflects a nationwide exodus of elections officials, many of whom are leaving due to threats. Читать дальше...

One burning issue dominates as the 2024 session of China’s legislature gets underway this week: the economy. The annual meeting of the National People’s Congress is being closely watched for any signals on what the ruling Communist Party might do to reenergize an economy that is sagging under the weight of expanded government controls and the bursting of a real-estate bubble. Proposals to raise the retirement age are also expected to be a hot topic, and China watchers will parse the annual defense... Читать дальше...

An airplane believed to be carrying Norway’s King Harald has departed Malaysia, a day after he was implanted with a pacemaker. Europe’s oldest reigning monarch was hospitalized in Malaysia for an infection during a private vacation in the northern resort island of Langkawi, the royal house said Tuesday. He underwent surgery at the Sultanah Maliha Hospital on Saturday to implant a temporary pacemaker due to a low heart rate, according to the royal house. Norwegian media outlets said Harald traveled to the Malaysia with his wife... Читать дальше...

An unusual legal challenge may upend the future of a Chicago ballot measure that would hike a real estate tax on high-end properties sales to pay for services for homeless people. Early voting has already started for the March 19 Illinois primary as the case makes its way through the courts. The referendum asks voters in the nation’s third-largest city to support an increase on the real estate transfer tax on properties over $1 million. If it survives a legal challenge, the change is expected to... Читать дальше...

Teachers at Head Start child care centers are paid far less than public school teachers, even though they have similar credentials. President Joe Biden wants to raise their pay, but Congress has no plans to expand the Head Start budget. Many have left the job for higher-paying positions at restaurants or in retail. About one in five teachers turned over in 2022. But if Head Start centers are required to raise teacher pay without additional money, operators say they would have to cut how many kids they serve. Читать дальше...

Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to be among those marking the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the day Alabama law officers attacked Civil Rights demonstrators at the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. The demonstrators were beaten by police as they tried to march across Alabama on March 7, 1965, in support of voting rights. A march across the bridge again, which is a highlight of the commemoration in Selma every year, is planned for Sunday afternoon. It's among dozens of events during the Selma Crossing Jubilee... Читать дальше...

North Carolina Lt. Gov Mark Robinson has received former President Donald Trump’s formal endorsement in his bid for governor, several months after the former president pledged to do so. Trump had a rally in Greensboro on Saturday that Robinson also attended and spoke at. The former president listed Robinson among several candidates that people should vote for in Tuesday’s primary, saying “they have my complete and total endorsement.” Trump threw his support behind Robinson in the race for governor... Читать дальше...

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Former President Donald Trump has further escalated his immigration rhetoric, baselessly accusing President Joe Biden of waging a “conspiracy to overthrow the United States of America” at the border as he campaigned ahead of next week’s Super Tuesday contests. Trump has a long history of trying to turn attack lines back on his rivals to attempt to diminish their impact. Immigration was the animating issue of his 2016 campaign and he has once again seized on the issue that the U.S. has experienced a record influx of migrants at the border.

Elected officials, community leaders and farmworkers on Saturday launched a project to significantly increase the amount of shade in unincorporated areas in the Eastern Coachella Valley, a major agricultural area in southern California where temperatures routinely top 100 degrees in the summer. The initiative is the latest push across the U.S. to increase shaded areas in Latino and other minority communities, which are often disproportionately exposed to heat and don’t have the resources, such as air conditioning, to combat it.