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Chart: ICE Detention Population Decreasing Sharply

Beyond The Border, Fewer Immigrants Being Locked Up But ICE Still Pays For Empty Beds

5:56am April 01, 2021

by Joel Rose

The number of immigrants in detention peaked under former President Donald Trump. Now those detention centers have emptied out, but ICE is still paying more than $1 million a day for empty beds.

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Weeks before the 1980 census officially began, the Federation for American Immigration Reform launched its campaign to exclude unauthorized immigrants from population counts that, according to the Constitution, must include the "whole number of persons in

Immigration Hard-Liner Files Reveal 40-Year Bid Behind Trump's Census Obsession

4:34pm February 15, 2021

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Trump administration tried and failed to accomplish a long-held desire of immigration hard-liners — a count of unauthorized immigrants to reshape Congress, the Electoral College and public policy.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been named the new head of the World Trade Organization. An economist, she previously served as Nigeria's finance minister and as managing director of the World Bank.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Makes History As WTO's First African And Female Leader

11:52am February 15, 2021

by Brakkton Booker

As she takes the helm of the World Trade Organization, the former Nigerian finance minister faces challenges from COVID-19 response to navigating trade frictions between the U.S. and China.

Union Station and the Kansas City skyline are lit on Feb. 01, 2021 in Kansas City, Mo. In June 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced its plan to move two of its research agencies out of Washington, D.C., to the Kansas City area. Rather than m

National

USDA Research Agencies 'Decimated' By Forced Move. Undoing The Damage Won't Be Easy

12:13pm February 02, 2021

by Frank Morris

When the Trump administration moved two of the Agriculture Department's research agencies to Kansas City, many of the experienced employees left. Fixing this will be tricky for President Biden.

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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, pictured at the White House in December, was among the 28 Trump administration officials sanctioned by China.

China Slaps Sanctions On 28 Trump Administration Officials, Including Mike Pompeo

8:09pm January 20, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

In a statement released just minutes after President Biden took office, China's foreign ministry said it was sanctioning those "who have seriously violated China's sovereignty."

Health & Safety

Organ Donation Nonprofits Face New Scrutiny Under Trump Administration Rules

12:02pm December 29, 2020

by Blake Farmer

Health officials are changing how they assess the regional nonprofits that find organs to transplant. The goal is to understand, and eventually fix, the geographic disparities in organ availability.

President Trump contradicted an earlier White House statement saying that administration officials would get early access to a COVID-19 vaccine.

In Reversal, Trump Says White House Staff Won't Be 1st To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine

11:22am December 14, 2020

by Emma Bowman

An administration spokesman said senior government officials would be among the first to get the vaccine, but the president himself later said that White House staff would get it later.

The Justice Department plans to execute five people in the coming weeks. The planned executions pose a challenge to Attorney General Bill Barr's adherence to Catholic teachings, which oppose the death penalty.

Federal Executions Pit The Trump Administration Against The Catholic Church

6:22am December 10, 2020

by Tom Gjelten

Opposition to the death penalty is "a teaching that deserves our respect," says Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley. "I don't think it can be simply disregarded."

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A proposed rule could cause headaches and extra work for the successor of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, seen with President Trump in November.

Trump HHS Proposal Criticized As Burden For Biden Administration

11:28am December 09, 2020

by Phil Galewitz

The rule would require health officials to review about 2,400 regulations on everything from Medicare benefits to prescription drugs approvals. Those not analyzed within two years would become void.

Nana (left) gets her birth control implant checked by Dr. Jean Rangomana during the Marie Stopes International mobile clinic in Besakoa, Madagascar, on April 9, 2018. Abortion is illegal under all circumstances in Madagascar, and Trump administration poli

Under Trump, New Anti-Abortion Rules Shook Fragile Health Systems Around the World

2:23pm November 24, 2020

by Sarah Varney

President-elect Joe Biden inherits a global health landscape changed by the Trump administration more than under any Republican president since Ronald Reagan.