Politico: Escalating ICE raids pull California Democrats back into immigration fight

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By Dustin Gardiner The Trump administration’s increasingly aggressive moves on immigration are pulling Democrats back into a border security debate they had tried to ignore. For months, Democrats scarred by the politics of the issue sought to sidestep President Donald Trump’s immigration wars — focusing instead on the economy, tariffs or, in the case of deportations, due process…

Newsweek: California Democrat Reacts as ICE Reportedly Held Detainees in Basement

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By Mandy Taherl Representative Jimmy Gomez called reports of immigrants being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the basement of a federal building in his Los Angeles district "scary," telling Newsweek he has "concerns that this facility is not meant to hold individuals overnight, and that it can actually cause harm to the people that are being held there." An…

CBS News: Thousands of Students in Limbo as Trump Administration Seeks to Shut Down Job Corps Centers

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By Nidia Cavazos "Emily Scott is a Job Corps student in Los Angeles who is also a caretaker for her disabled mother. She is four months away from graduating from the Job Corps program as a licensed nurse.  Andrea Watts of Las Vegas was homeless before finding her way to a Job Corps center in L.A. for an opportunity to obtain her high school diploma and eventually become a…

Los Angeles Times: U.S. Representatives Sound Alarm Over Slowing Port Activity

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By Caroline Petrow-Cohen Three Democratic U.S. representatives for California visited the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Friday to voice their concerns after President Trump told reporters that the slowdown of activity at the ports was “a good thing.” Trump has argued that tariffs are needed to boost manufacturing jobs in the U.S. and that the slowdown in port activity…

NBC News: Critics say Trump's Baby Bonus Proposal Won't Address the Real Problems Parents Face

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By Alexandra Marquez, Gabe Gutierrez and Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner President Donald Trump's administration has been exploring ways to increase the country’s birth rate, with the president himself saying he wouldn't mind being known as the "fertilization president." But congressional Democrats and activists say Republicans have long overlooked the growing cost of having and…

Los Angeles Times: Californians in Congress Push For Break On Mortgage Payments After Natural Disasters

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By Laura J. Nelson "The Southern California lawmakers who represent the Eaton and Palisades fire zones introduced a bill in Congress on Thursday that would give homeowners affected by natural disasters nationwide a break on mortgage payments for almost a year. The bill, introduced by U.S. Reps. Judy Chu (D-Monterey Park) and Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks), would require lenders to…

ICYMI: Rep. Jimmy Gomez Joins MSNBC And CNN To Discuss Signalgate, Calls For Defense Sec. Hegseth To Be Fired

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  Rep. Gomez: “It’s Time For Hegseth To Go” In Case You Missed It, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) joined MSNBC’s Jen Psaki and CNN’s John Berman to discuss the Signalgate scandal, where top Trump intelligence officials used an unsecured Signal chat to coordinate military operations. NSA Director Mike Waltz accidentally added a journalist to the chat, who then published screenshots…

Roll Call: Congressional Dad Bod Grows As Jeffries Joins Dads Caucus

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By Jim Saska Hakeem Jeffries, a parent of two, made his fatherhood status congressionally official Wednesday by joining the Dads Caucus. The minority leader’s move signals how top Democrats plan to respond to their 2024 election losses by making concerted efforts to court men, who have shifted significantly rightward since the 2020 contest, said the caucus’ founder and chair, Jimmy…