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The Trump administration is making the country less safe for domestic violence victims
Slashed and paused funding, mass firings and information purges have destabilized an infrastructure that took 40 years to build.
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Keisha Lance Bottoms enters Georgia governor’s race, pledging to fight 'the chaos of Trump 2.0'
The Democratic former mayor of Atlanta says she will focus on the economic anxieties plaguing Georgians amid Trump’s second term.
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Fourteen years in America. A one-way ticket to El Salvador.
Yessenia Ruano worked to build a life in Milwaukee with her family, a teaching career and church community. Now she’s fighting to stop it from being uprooted.
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Is Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship in effect?
Here's where the order stands as of May 12, 2025.
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Advocates for immigrant victims of domestic violence condemn White House ‘political theater’
The way the White House aired an accusation of domestic violence in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case has sent his wife and her children into hiding, and could discourage victims from seeking help, they say.
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DHS shuts ‘open door’ for women and queer immigrants to report abuse, advocates say
Offices that helped survivors of violence and discrimination from inside the immigration system have been gutted by the Trump administration.
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Grieving mothers thrust into the spotlight during Trump’s address to Congress
Trump invoked the ongoing debate about the nation’s immigration policies as he drew attention to the deaths of Laken Riley and Jocelyn Nungaray.
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Groups helping LGBTQ+ victims of violence could face a catastrophic loss of federal funding
These nonprofits say there’s no way for them to do their work and comply with Trump’s executive orders.
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Domestic violence nonprofits rocked by Trump funding freeze
Gender-based violence organizations have begun to self-edit their public-facing media out of fear they will lose federal grants essential to the provision of life-saving services.
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Trump executive order on birthright citizenship casts a narrow view of family
The order only acknowledges children born to man and woman “biological progenitors.” How it would affect LGBTQ+ families is one of many questions causing worry and confusion.