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Trump's congressional gerrymandering push is getting complicated for the GOP
As President Donald Trump laid it out to reporters this summer, the plan was simple.
Republicans, the president said, were "entitled" to five more conservative-leaning U.S. House seats in Texas and additional ones in other red states. The president broke with more than a century of political tradition in directing the ... (full story)
Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody have surged. A prison guard describes rampant abuse
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The number of Palestinians dying in Israeli custody surged to nearly 100 people since the start of the war in Gaza, according to a report published recently by a human rights group that says systematic violence and denial of medical care at prisons and detention centers contributed to many of the deaths ... (full story)
Tribal college leaders are uneasy about US financial commitments despite a funding increase
NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) — On a recent chilly fall morning, Ruth De La Cruz walked through the Four Sisters Garden, looking for Hidatsa squash. To college students in her food sovereignty program, the crop might be an assignment. But to her, it is the literal fruit of her ancestors' labor.
"There's some of the squash, yay, ... (full story)
Immigrant student enrollment is dwindling at schools across the US amid immigration crackdowns
From Miami to San Diego, schools around the U.S. are seeing big drops in enrollment of students from immigrant families.
In some cases, parents have been deported or voluntarily returned to their home countries, driven out by President Donald Trump's sweeping immigration crackdown. Others have moved elsewhere inside the U.S.
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Families brace for continued gaps in Head Start service despite government reopening
Vital federal funding is on the way for Head Start centers that were thrown into crisis by the government shutdown, but it could take time before some children who rely on the federal program can return to preschool.
Some centers that missed out on federal payments had to furlough staff. Others had to shut down entirely, destabi ... (full story)