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Sat Jan 18 2025

Will Trump once again curtail U.S. refugee resettlement?

Gloire Sadiki holds his 3-year-old child after they were reunited at the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in in Louisville, KY, Jan. 14, 2025. The Congolese refugees were reunited through the U.S. refugee program.

Refugee communities and agencies are bracing to see whether Trump again curtails the U.S. resettlement program.

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Denise and Adonis Jones inspect the charred remains of their home in Altadena, Calif., after firestorms swept through Los Angeles County throughout the second week of January 2025. Denise's parents had bought the home in 1968, among a wave of African Americans who found refuge in Altadena and made one of the county's first Black middle-class neighborhoods.

Did California fire erase a community's Black heritage for good?

Altadena, California, was among Los Angeles County's first Black middle-class enclaves. Some fear recent wildfires may have erased that legacy.

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A person rides a scooter in front of posters of hostages kidnapped during the Oct. 7 2023, attack by Hamas, in Jerusalem on Jan. 16, 2025. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Israel's hostages may finally come home. Families can't wait

Hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are expected to be freed in a ceasefire deal with Israel. Palestinian prisoners held in Israel will also be freed.

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When is TikTok getting banned? Catching you up on the latest info

Citing national security, the Supreme Court rules that TikTok can be banned if its Chinese parent company ByteDance does not sell the app by Sunday.

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Kristen Clarke, the first Black woman to serve as assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, standing in the offices of the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division with a portrait of Thurgood Marshall, a civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991, on Jan. 16, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

Biden's top civil rights enforcer bids 'bittersweet' farewell to DOJ

Kristen Clarke, the first Black woman chosen to be the nation's top civil rights enforcer, called leaving the DOJ 'a bittersweet moment.'

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Illustration by Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY

TikTok ban timeline: What's next?

Is TikTok banned? The Supreme Court has upheld the ban meaning the app may go down starting Sunday for millions of Americans.

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Firefighters battle a fire in a home along the Pacific Coast Highway in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on Jan. 8, 2025. The fire, one of several in Los Angeles County, destroyed more than 1,000 homes, businesses and other structures.

Growing wildfires put millions at risk in California

California wildfires like the Palisades and Eaton fires are growing larger and more destructive. Here's why.

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Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona speaks during the National Action Network National Convention in New York, U.S., April 12, 2023.

Biden's education secretary talks FAFSA, the GOP, and what worries him

In an exit interview with USA TODAY, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona reflected on his agency's accomplishments – and its unpredictable future.

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Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be U.S. Defense Secretary, walks with his wife Jennifer Rauchet, after a meeting in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 17, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Why one group in US military left seething over support for Hegseth

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, said women shouldn't serve in combat roles in the military before he walked his comments back.

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A stocking with 20 dollar bills hangs on a Christmas tree in this photo illustration taken on December 16, 2024.

Over my dead body? Boomers aren't quite ready to pass on their wealth.

A survey of wealthy Americans by Charles Schwab reveals a fascinating generational divide over how, and when, we leave money to our heirs.

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