National Watchdog: US forced deported parents to leave kids behind By BEN FOX Associated Press May 24, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — A government watchdog says the Trump administration, under its practice of separating families at the border, forced migrant…
Other Voices When it comes to migrant children, we need a better way The Los Angeles Times Mar 11, 2021 President Biden is facing a critical test as a surge of migrants, emboldened by the end of the Trump era, is arriving at the U.S.-Mexico borde…
National Biden declares 'America is back' in welcome words to allies By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press Feb 19, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden used his first address before a global audience Friday to declare that "America is back, the transatlant…
Local News Featured Officials call for Redwood City’s salt pond protections By Sierra Lopez Daily Journal staff Updated Apr 14, 2021 Bay Area political leaders and organizations have come together to encourage the new Biden administration to protect Redwood City’s salt ponds…
National Time, transparency needed as Biden inherits frazzled census By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Jan 21, 2021 Battered by criticism that the 2020 census was dangerously politicized by the Trump administration, the U.S. Census Bureau under a new Biden a…
National Biden's virus plan: 100 million shots just the start By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and BILL BARROW Associated PressUpdated Jan 15, 2021 WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Getting 100 million shots in Americans' arms in his first 100 days is only the beginning of his coronavirus plan, Pres…
National US shifts to speed COVID shots as cases and deaths rise By ZEKE MILLER and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press Jan 12, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — Barely a month into a mass vaccination campaign to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration unexpectedly shifted…
National Trump hits Cuba with new terrorism sanctions in waning days By MATTHEW LEE and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Jan 11, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday re-designated Cuba as a "state sponsor of terrorism," hitting the country with new sancti…
National Race to vaccinate millions in US off to slow, messy start By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Dec 31, 2020 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Terry Beth Hadler was so eager to get a lifesaving COVID-19 vaccination that the 69-year-old piano teacher stood in l…