2+ week, 2+ day ago   (293+ words) Millions of dollars will be preserved for Santa Clara County after an appeals court backed the county-led lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration for imposing politically motivated restrictions on federal grants. County Counsel Tony LoPresti said this ruling confirms the…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (253+ words) Suspicions of graft, political bias and police interference loom over several of its members, and the turmoil is already spilling into October's national elections. Chief-Justice Luiz Edson Fachin ordered the cancellation Thursday, reconvening for Tuesday, when the court is not…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (511+ words) Comedian Stavros Halkias takes the stage for the taping of his Netflix comedy special “Uncle Stav.” Since Trump’s ascension in 2016, liberals and progressives have been searching for someone who could speak to the country’s disaffected male youths, who abandoned the…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (393+ words) The cost of fuel is a particularly sensitive issue for voters, who will decide in October whether to grant Lula a fourth, nonconsecutive term, or elect Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, a son of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Brent crude, the international…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (555+ words) The rift between Supreme Court judges perceived as occupying opposing ends of Brazil's political spectrum is emerging as a major issue ahead of next month's presidential election, in which President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva could face off against Sen....

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (316+ words) Mendonca, an appointee of former President Jair Bolsonaro, said in his ruling that federal police Director-General Andrei Rodrigues, a Lula nominee, and the intelligence director of the force, Leandro Almada, headed an organization that allegedly produced six illegal reports on…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (905+ words) California lawmakers wrestled with a difficult question earlier this summer: Could the state safely share driver's license data with a national group, as the federal government demanded, without exposing more than a million people to immigration and law enforcement agencies?...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (429+ words) The Chinese government is pressing for answers after a Chinese man died hours after being taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a U.S. territory. Lianyong Wei, 51, died Aug. 23 at a hospital in the Northern Mariana Islands, ICE announced…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (447+ words) Two bills authored by Bay Area lawmakers to check the powers of federal immigration authorities passed through the state Legislature this week. Senate Bill 1004 will allow the state to enforce a ban on facial coverings for federal immigration officers, and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (621+ words) The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors held a community forum Tuesday to discuss the role of county law enforcement had in assisting U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2025. Over more than two hours, the Supervisors received presentations from Sheriff…...