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290 items of 1822 · updated Oct 30, 2026, 6:10 AM ET
Conservative parents lament that anti-trans ads are teaching their kids trans people exist.
Source: Erin in the Morning (erininthemorning.com)
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to lift a lower court injunction that temporarily blocked border wall construction in the Big Bend Sector.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
Lawmakers are calling for the release of Maria Alejandra Valero Brinez, a pregnant woman with complications detained at Eloy Detention Center in Arizona.
Source: The 19th (19thnews.org)
US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth reportedly signed a memo permitting DHS to test the Active Denial System 'heat ray' for potential use at the US southern border.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
A lawsuit filed in New Jersey alleges HelloFresh engaged in forced labor and discriminated against Latino employees at its Newark warehouse.
Source: Documented (documentedny.com)
The DOJ has approved nearly half as many applications for a legal aid program in 2026, and local organizations are concerned more immigrants will go without legal help in immigration court.
Source: Borderless Magazine (borderlessmag.org)
GOP attack ads in Texas may be teaching kids the word 'transgender', in a story that mentions Ken Paxton.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
GOP-aligned ads targeting Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico highlight his advocacy for transgender people, upsetting some parents.
Source: them (them.us)
The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D., a stay order involving plans to deport undocumented persons without a hearing to third countries.
Source: SCOTUSblog (scotusblog.com)
The federal government detained and sought to deport students and academics over support for Palestine, and the Supreme Court could soon take up the cases of Mahmoud Khalil and Badar Khan Suri.
Source: SCOTUSblog (scotusblog.com)
An analysis says the Trump administration's mass deportation efforts have expelled nearly a million people through July, including voluntary returns and people turned around at the border.
Source: Stateline (stateline.org)
CA SB 934 on sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts was chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter 469, Statutes of 2026, on 2026-09-26.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
CA AB 1801 on approval of detention facilities by public agencies was chaptered by the Secretary of State as Chapter 743, Statutes of 2026.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
CA AB 1655, on CalWORKs temporary absence and immigration detention, was chaptered by the Secretary of State as Chapter 742, Statutes of 2026 on 2026-09-29.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow border wall construction in Big Bend after a lower court judge halted the plan to erect hundreds of miles of barriers in Texas.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
S. 5304, the Fairness for Farm Workers Act, was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on 2026-08-06.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
H.R. 10273, the Fairness for Farm Workers Act, was referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce on 2026-09-03.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow it to resume construction of its border wall in the Big Bend region of southwestern Texas.
Source: SCOTUSblog (scotusblog.com)
The Supreme Court is blocking the Trump administration from enforcing new restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender prisoners.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
Voters will decide more than 140 ballot measures in 40 states next month, covering issues from abortion to voter ID to transgender rights.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)