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Animal Samaritans launches $100K spay & neuter program for unincorporated Coachella Valley communities

THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) Animal Samaritans Veterinary Clinic in Thousand Palms has committed $100,000 toward free spay and neuter surgeries for qualified residents in unincorporated areas of the Coachella Valley. The initiative aims to reduce the number of unwanted pets and cut down on euthanasia rates at high-risk shelters. August’s round of surgeries is already full, with

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Seen here is the security fencing at Delaney Hall

Democratic lawmakers sue over ICE’s new policy limiting access to detention centers

By Angelica Franganillo Diaz (CNN) — Twelve Democratic members of Congress have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing it of unlawfully obstructing their efforts to visit federal immigration detention centers. The complaint, filed Wednesday in Washington, DC, argues that a new Department of Homeland Security policy that requires seven days’ notice and limits

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Trump administration reaches $50 million deal with Brown University to restore funding

By Betsy Klein and Ethan Schenker, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has reached a multimillion-dollar agreement with Brown University to restore federal funding – its second major deal with an elite university after last week’s $221 million settlement with Columbia University. In return for Brown agreeing to several measures aimed at dismantling certain diversity,

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tied the new Trump accounts to privatizing Social Security.

Treasury secretary calls new Trump accounts ‘a backdoor’ way to privatize Social Security

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday likened the Trump accounts created by Republicans’ massive new domestic policy law to “a backdoor for privatizing Social Security.” Democrats are already launching political attacks. Bessent was discussing the Trump accounts at a Breitbart policy panel. The federal government will contribute $1,000 into

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‘There was no nefarious conspiracy’: Ex-top Biden official forcefully pushes back on GOP probe of mental decline

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — A former top advisor to Joe Biden forcefully pushed back on the GOP-led House Oversight Committee’s investigation into the former president’s cognitive decline and possible efforts to cover it up, calling the probe an “unprecedented effort” to intimidate the prior administration. In a statement delivered to the committee as

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