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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.