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Do you have information you want to share with HuffPost? Here’s how. … [Read more...] about Trump Administration Axes Funding For NASA System That Monitors Greenhouse Gases

Unaccompanied minors often can’t get their names added to the waitlist. Near the San Ysidro port of entry, migrants managing the list for seeking asylum told HuffPost Wednesday that there were no unaccompanied minors on their ledger. One of the list managers said “no unaccompanied minors come here,” while others said they had to be escorted. In one case, a minor came alone to ask to be added to the list, and the managers referred him to Grupos Beta, part of the Mexican government’s National Institute of Migration, another volunteer managing the process said. … [Read more...] about Trump Administration Is Turning Child Migrants Away At The Border, Lawyers Say

The initiative was still in the planning stage, with officials at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency working to craft a legal justification for the policy, the paper said. It said there were hurdles to its implementation, including opposition from some in the administration. … [Read more...] about WSJ: Trump Administration Mulls Stiffer Rules for Auto Imports

Harvard denies the allegation and is seeking to prevent public disclosure of any evidence its attorneys say would compromise the privacy of applicants and undermine the admissions process. The university, like its peers, asserts that race is only one factor among many in what it calls a holistic review of applications. It also contends that schools have a compelling educational interest in seeking racial diversity. The Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld the constitutionality of the use of race in college admissions despite perennial debate about affirmative action. … [Read more...] about Trump administration seeks to uncover secrets about selective college admissions

In a milestone case that put Santa Clara County and San Francisco at the center of a national immigration showdown last year, Judge William Orrick halted President Donald Trump’s executive order stripping so-called sanctuary cities and counties of federal funding. … [Read more...] about Trump administration to appeal court ruling favoring sanctuary cities