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More Kids Are Getting Placed In Foster Care Because Of Parents' Drug Use

With drug use surging in the past decade and a half, many parents are losing custody of their kids. But is foster care the best solution?

A migrant family waits in Tijuana, Mexico, before being transported to the San Ysidro port of entry to begin the process of applying for asylum in the United States. A new Trump administration rule says immigrants who pass through a third country en route to the U.S. cannot apply for asylum at the U.S. southern border.

Trump Administration Implementing '3rd Country' Rule On Migrants Seeking Asylum

Immigrants who want to seek asylum at the U.S. southern border must first apply for refugee status in another country, according to a new rule that is set to take effect Tuesday.

Immigration activists rally outside the Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments over the Trump administration's plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census, in Washington, April 23, 2019.

SD Leaders Praise SCOTUS Decision To Block Citizenship Question On Census

San Diego elected officials and immigration-rights activists Thursday hailed a U.S. Supreme Court ruling blocking a citizenship question from the 2020 Census.

Homes in the Cantera area of San Juan, Puerto Rico are covered with FEMA tarps after Hurricane Maria. The island is now bracing for another major storm.

As Puerto Rico Braces For Storm, DHS, FEMA To Move $271 Million To Border Operations

The Department of Homeland Security will move millions in emergency funds for new detention beds and facilities for court cases. House Democrats slammed the move, calling it "backwards and cruel."

On March 21, 2010, Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), alongside fellow anti-abortion Democrats, holds up a copy of an executive order from President Barack Obama guaranteeing no federal funding for abortion.

Clash Over Abortion Stalls Health Bill, Again

As Congress considers a bipartisan bill to keep premium prices down on the Affordable Care Act's marketplaces, a long-standing fight over abortion reappears.

ICE has detained more than 100 people in the Los Angeles area in ongoing raids. Cities have pledged to not cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

ICE Detains More Than 100 In Los Angeles-Area Immigration Raids

The federal immigration enforcement agency said "uncooperative jurisdictions," like Los Angeles, were "putting officers, the general public and the aliens at risk."

Hasan Ikhrata, incoming executive director of SANDAG, speaks during a press conference after his hire was announced, Sept. 14, 2018.

SANDAG Executive Director Discusses New Vision For Transportation

The San Diego Association of Governments board agreed in late February to delay updating its regional transportation plan to bring it in line with state targets for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

Jerome Powell, President Trump's pick for chairman of the Federal Reserve, testifying before a Senate committee in November 2017. He was confirmed by the full Senate on Tuesday.

Senate Confirms Jerome Powell As New Federal Reserve Chair

Powell, an uncontroversial pick of President Trump, is widely expected to follow the gradual interest rate increase policy of outgoing chief Janet Yellen.

The offshore oil drilling platform called Gail, operated by Venoco, Inc., off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif., in 2009.

Second Judge Says Trump Can't Keep Stalling Clean-Air Rules

A second judge has told the Trump administration it can't keep stalling clean-air rules for oil and gas production on federal lands.

President Trump says he looks forward to seeing the report of special counsel Robert Mueller, who has been looking into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Trump Backs Public Release Of Mueller Report

The president told reporters, "Let people see" special counsel Robert Mueller's report, as Trump again denied any collusion with Russia prior to his election in 2016.

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