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Thailand has long been known as a haven for LGBTQ+ communities. It is only the third place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, behind Taiwan in 2019 and Nepal in 2023.

The executive order conflicts with laws in California and other blue states that forbid discrimination based on gender identity. The courts are expected to take up the issue.

Once Syria's most influential minority, Alawites struggle to move on from their association with a hated dictator.

The Department of Justice is planning to investigate and possibly prosecute state and local officials who hinder Trump administration immigration efforts.

The new/old president seems to have a memory issue. 'You will pay,' he told Jan. 6 lawbreakers in 2021. You're free to go, he said Monday.

Worry spreads over what Trump's orders will mean for California immigrants. One in eight state residents are undocumented or live with a family member who is.

Former President Biden and former First Lady Jill Biden are spending their first days after leaving the White House in Santa Barbara County.

Musk made the gestures during a giddy speech celebrating Trump's return to power at a rally Monday at Capital One Arena in Washington. Many condemn the gestures, but not the ADL.

Mexico's President Sheinbaum says she will work with Trump on deportations, border issues and cartels, but laughs at his 'Gulf of America' order.

Rioters who were convicted and imprisoned for their roles in the violent attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6 were being released after receiving pardons and commutations from Trump.

The president freed the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, disparaged California firefighters and welcomed the members of a new American oligarchy to Washington.

California, a coalition of other states and the city of San Francisco have sued the Trump administration over President Trump's executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship, calling it unconstitutional.

Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the chief of the inaugural transition, acknowledged the difficulty of overseeing the handoff of power to President Trump in the site where his followers sought to violently overturn his election defeat four years ago.

President Trump signed executive orders Monday asserting that the U.S. government recognizes only two sexes that are "not changeable," and reversing Biden administration directives on LGBTQ+ rights.

President Trump flexed his presidential powers Monday, promising executive orders to usher in his agenda. He issued 1,500 pardons, after President Biden issued his own.

In his first day as the 47th U.S. president, Donald Trump took action to reverse many of the Biden administration's efforts to move the country toward a green-energy economy.

The pledge to rename Denali was opposed by environmental groups and Alaskan politicians, including Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

President Trump signed executive orders that will fundamentally change how the nation handles immigration, beefing up enforcement and deportations.

President Trump promised an inaugural address focused on "unity," but what he delivered was long on promises and anger toward opponents.

'We're taking it back.' Trump inauguration speech claim that the U.S. will regain control of the Panama Canal spurs immediate reaction in Panama.

Hundreds of the world's most powerful people — among them every living president as well as billionaire tech executives — were crammed cheek-by-jowl in the 7,200-square-foot Capitol Rotunda.

The Trump administration cancelled a program aimed at easing the process of applying for asylum, leaving thousands of asylum-seekers disappointed and unsure of what to do next.

Most people who traveled to Washington to watch the event in person have been relegated to the Capital One Arena, a sports venue nearby, for a livestream of the official ceremony.

The revolutionary rallying cry 'Common Sense' — challenging authoritarian rule, countering the sway of the wealthy and upholding the will of the majority — is as relevant in 2025 as it was in 1776.

Donald Trump took the oath of office to become the 47th president in a historic Inauguration Day.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has big plans for the FDA if he's confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services. FDA Commissioner Robert Califf explains why certain changes may not be that easy — or desirable.

Three hostages were handed over to Israeli forces — the first of 33 expected to be freed over the next six weeks in exchange for some 1,900 Palestinians. The deal follows months of negotiations.

As Donald Trump takes the oath of office again, the world watches with a sense that, this time, those outside the U.S. have a better idea what to expect.

The president-elect's inauguration takes place on the holiday honoring the civil rights leader, prompting us to consider how King might respond to Trump's America.

A year ago, a survey of presidential scholars put him in the top third of chief executives while Trump ranked last. But that was before the 2024 election and campaign.

Will Trump take the opportunity this time, in his second inaugural speech, to talk of unity? Or will it be more 'American carnage'?

Nearly three years after passage of legislation to place a commemorative plaque on the western front of the Capitol there is still no action. Speaker Mike Johnson and other Trump allies are trying to bury history.

No matter what the new president says, the facts show that Joe Biden left America in better economic shape than he found it.

As South Korean authorities extended President Yoon Suk Yeol's detention, his supporters stormed the courthouse that issued the warrant, smashing windows with police shields.

President-elect Donald Trump, in perhaps his first official trip after being inaugurated Monday, will likely visit the Los Angeles area to survey wildfire damage late next week.

Supreme Court will take up a dispute over grade school textbooks that include LGBTQ+ themes, pitting religious rights against individual rights.

Brad Pitt is not on social media, his team reminded fans, after a French woman said she was conned out of $800,000 by scammers posing as the A-list actor.

Congress and now the Supreme Court say TikTok must separate itself from its Chinese owners or shut down operations in the U.S.

Joan Plowright, the celebrated English actor whose career included the films 'Enchanted April,' 'The Entertainer' and 'Spiderwick Chronicles,' has died at 95.

Some in the fire-ravaged city have taken to laying personal blame. But what endures from the Canadian disaster is the generosity of those who helped rebuild.

Arrivals at the border are the lowest they've been since incoming President Trump first left office in 2021.

In the escalating war among rival factions of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, sons of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán are suspected of ordering the destruction of elaborate mausoleums that belong to rival families, including one for a fallen grandson of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.

President-elect Donald Trump could start taking action Monday on his many "Day 1" campaign promises, but California officials and others are ready to fight.

Two decades ago, fire ripped through Canberra, destroying 480 homes. An Australian fire chief reflects on possible lessons for California.

California Sen. Alex Padilla introduced several bills to increase firefighter pay, expand FEMA funding and include affordable housing as part of disaster response.

Vice President Kamala Harris, in one of her last public appearances in the role, signed her ceremonial desk drawer at the White House on Thursday, a tradition that dates back nearly a century.

Trump's unfit nominee for Defense secretary gets the benefit of an incomplete, half-baked and secret FBI report.