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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… Read more »

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… Read more »

Watch full video here By Josh Haskell "EAST HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- In East Hollywood Wednesday morning, more than 40 community health centers rallied to protect Medicaid and demand the preservation of Medi-Cal. Community health centers serve 1 in 5 Californians. "We're going to lose something like 10 to… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

Tapper: Lead lawmakers today grilled Trump's top trade official Jamieson Greer on Capitol Hill. Democrats especially demanding answers on the tariff whiplash that we've been experiencing from the Trump administration. Democratic Congressman Jimmy Gomez from California joins us now. And Congressman, obviously, you… Read more »

  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… Read more »

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… Read more »

Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-LA, wants to change that with his legislation called the Enhanced Access to SNAP Act, or the EATS Act. This would expand eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, so that rather than having to work on top of school work, students would be eligible simply through college enrollment — as long they meet other SNAP income and eligibility… Read more »