Medical professionals and human rights advocates say the trend has a chilling effect on immigrant populations around the country.
Tim Allen
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Trump, Pelosi clash over White House photo
The president and House speaker have very different takes on an encounter in the Cabinet Room.
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Pope Francis canonizes John Henry Newman, 19th-century theologian
The pontiff praises the Anglican convert who became an influential, unifying figure in both the Anglican and Catholic churches.
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Mormon church opposes Utah’s LGBTQ ‘conversion therapy’ ban
The Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints changes its position just months after saying it wouldn’t stand in the way of a similar measure.
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Share of Americans with no religious affiliation growing
The portion of Americans with no religious affiliation is rising significantly, in tandem with a sharp drop in the percentage that identifies as Christians.
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Johnson & Johnson agrees to $117 million settlement over pelvic mesh devices
Maine’s share of the multistate settlement is a little more than $1.5 million, according to Attorney General Aaron M. Frey.
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Europe’s specialty food makers brace for U.S. tariffs
Producers of premium agricultural items such as French wine, Italian Parmesan and Spanish olives face a 25 percent tariff increase Friday.
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Pelosi moves on drug prices despite falling-out with Trump
The House speaker is proceeding with legislation allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription prices with drugmakers.
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Golf buddies no more? Trump, Graham swing apart over Syria
The alliance between the president and the South Carolina senator is fraying.
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Parents of British teen killed in crash reject Trump’s attempted introduction
They felt ‘ambushed’ when the president tried to get them to meet, in front of the press, with the U.S. diplomat’s wife involved in the fatal car accident, an attorney says.