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9:02 PM on Friday, August 22

The world’s leading food authority says Gaza is experiencing famine

Judge blocks Trump from cutting funding from 34 cities and counties over ‘sanctuary’ policies

6:32 PM on Friday, August 22

A judge has ruled the Trump administration cannot deny funding to Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and 30 other cities and counties because of policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration efforts

Fed Chair Powell faces fresh challenges to Fed independence amid potential rate cuts

6:01 PM on Friday, August 22

Now that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has signaled that the central bank could soon cut its key interest rate, he faces a new challenge: how to do it without seeming to cave to the White House’s demands

Justice Department won't defend grants for Hispanic-serving colleges, calling them unconstitutional

5:21 PM on Friday, August 22

The Trump administration said Friday it will not defend a decades-old grant program for heavily Hispanic universities that is being challenged in court, declaring that the government believes the funding is unconstitutional

FILE - Vehicles pass underneath the Cedar Viaduct, designed to take high-speed trains over Cedar and North avenues and State Route 99, on April 15, 2025, in Fresno, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

California's long-delayed bullet train slated to run in the Central Valley by 2032, report says

3:51 PM on Friday, August 22

California's long-delayed high-speed rail project is slated to be operating in the Central Valley by 2032, according to a report released Friday by the High Speed Rail Authority

What’s next after a court cut Donald Trump’s $515 million fine to $0

3:41 PM on Friday, August 22

President Donald Trump was quick to declare “TOTAL VICTORY” after a New York appeals court threw out a civil fraud penalty that stood to cost him more than a half-billion dollars

Trump visits a DC gift shop and the Kennedy Center during military crackdown

3:32 PM on Friday, August 22

President Donald Trump visited a gift shop near the White House and stopped by the Kennedy Center on Friday, all while his federal takeover of Washington is keeping residents on edge

FACT FOCUS: Posts overestimate number of noncitizens living in US by tens of millions

3:21 PM on Friday, August 22

The Trump administration's decision to review the visas of more than 55 million people is leading to false reports on social media for the number of noncitizens living in the U.S., with claims as high as 70 million to 100 million people

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