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Today — 2 April 2026Main stream

Judge Finds Border Officials Violated Previous Order on Warrantless Arrests

2 April 2026 at 09:54
A federal judge in California ordered agents to thoroughly document any future stops in an area spanning 34 counties.

© Mark Abramson for The New York Times

A day laborer in Bakersfield, Calif., in January. A federal judge found on Wednesday that border officials appeared to have violated her earlier order when agents carried out an immigration sweep last year in a Home Depot parking lot in Sacramento.
Yesterday — 1 April 2026Main stream

Gavin Newsom Suggests His Conservative Critics Are Gay in Online Insults Criticized as Homophobic

By: Tim Balk
1 April 2026 at 03:44
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s aides said that their online insults were meant to ridicule figures on the right. But some critics say they are homophobic.

© Felix Hörhager/picture-alliance, via AP Images

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, is attracting criticism for social media posts taunting his opponents by suggesting they are gay.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Eric Swalwell Sends Cease-and-Desist Letter to F.B.I. Over Case Files

31 March 2026 at 09:24
A Trump administration effort to gather documents from an old investigation had alarmed law enforcement officials, who feared it would be used to smear the Democratic lawmaker.

On What Was Once Chavez Day, Some Try to Highlight a Movement, Not a Man

The reconsideration of the legacy of Cesar Chavez after he was accused of abusing women and girls has led some to question the lionization of icons, when reality is so often a letdown.

© Barton Silverman/The New York Times

Cesar Chavez speaking in New York City in 1971.

How Cesar Chavez Abused His Power

1 April 2026 at 03:29
The civil rights icon had a history of sexually abusing women and girls, which the Times reporters Manny Fernandez and Sarah Hurtes spent five years uncovering. They spoke to “The Daily” about their investigation, and one woman affected shares her story.

© Barton Silverman/The New York Times

Cesar Chavez speaks to farmworkers and other unionized laborers in Foley Square in New York in 1971.

Inside La Paz, the California Mountain Compound Led by Cesar Chavez

In his remote headquarters, the United Farm Workers leader began to see himself as not just a union leader, but a visionary healer.

© Ariana Drehsler for The New York Times

Cesar Chavez kept his home and office at La Paz, a United Farm Workers compound in the Tehachapi Mountains north of Los Angeles.
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