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06-22-2025 1:48 pm • PDX and SEA Weather
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Immigration remains a strength for President Donald Trump, but a new AP-NORC poll finds his handling of tariffs is getting more negative feedback. About half of U.S. adults approve of the president's approach to immigration but only about 4 in 10 have a positive view of the way he’s handling the economy and trade negotiations. It also suggests Trump’s volatile threats on tariffs might be erasing his advantage on an issue that’s been largely good for him in the past. Trump's tariff threats have been accompanied by tumbling consumer confidence and wild stock market swings.
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Measles infections are soaring in states where large numbers of parents are not vaccinating their children. Vaccination has a 97 percent success rate in preventing measles which can cause long-term damage to children's brains, lungs and immune system
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The rollout of the investigations highlights the climate of fear and uncertainty in higher education, which President Donald Trump’s administration has begun policing for policies that run afoul of his agenda even as he moves to dismantle the Education Department.
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Big retail chains pursued partnerships with Black-owned brands after the 2020 police killing of George Floyd. Some brand founders suspect a more hostile climate for DEI means those opportunities are over.
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BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — If there are big cuts to SNAP, “over 285,000 jobs would be at risk” Rep. Bishop pointed out. “Real people are going to be hurt if the $230 billion in SNAP cuts are forced upon the American people,”
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BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Nine in ten Republicans (91%) think it’s a problem or crisis that Americans can’t afford childcare, along with 91% of Independents, and 97% of Democrats
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BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The American Civil Liberties Union immediately condemned the plan, stating it puts millions’ education and civil rights at risk.
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A Defense Department website honoring Black Medal of Honor recipient Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers was taken down last week. It was back online Monday, but thousands of pages have been taken down in efforts to delete material promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Georgia is one of 11 states with no compensation law. Individuals instead go to the General Assembly and seek a lawmaker to sponsor a resolution for payment. Critics say the process is plagued by politics. Some lawmakers want to move the decision to judges, but it's unclear if a bill will pass this year.
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The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations. Flights were in the air at the time of the ruling. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg issued an order Saturday evening blocking the deportations but lawyers told him there were already two planes with immigrants in the air — one headed for El Salvador, the other for Honduras. Boasberg verbally ordered the planes be turned around, but they apparently were not and he did not include the directive in his written order
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