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Wanda Vázquez assumed office after the former governor resigned amid protests last summer. But her year in office has been marked by scandal.

The National Governors association is signaling a growing dire financial picture for states as Congress spars over including state and local funds along with additional money for small business loans.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was established to prevent the abuses that led to the 2008 financial crisis. Now the Trump administration is questioning its independent structure.

Federal law sets standards for how much pollution can come from cars and trucks. But since the 1970s, California has been permitted to set tougher rules because it has the most cars and struggles to meet air quality standards. On Thursday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration withdrew California's waiver.

Neo-Nazis and skinhead groups have been a constant threat, and for years L.A. County officials — in collusion with sheriff's deputies — have discriminated against Black people in Section 8 housing.

The employee did not have prolonged contact with people on the White House coronavirus task force, the agency says.

It is a major victory for the Native American tribes and environmental groups fighting against the project. The judge has not decided whether oil can still flow in the meantime.

Car traffic took a big dip beginning in late March, and headlines celebrated clean air around the U.S. But an NPR analysis of EPA data tells a more troubling story.

A federal judge in Texas has declined to order that the U.S. government stop the Obama-era program shielding young immigrants from deportation.

Questions linger over whether the rules open the door to challenge the Navy's zero-tolerance policy regarding THC, as the Navy reacts to the federal government allowing hemp-based CBD products.