As Donald Trump assumes office, immigrants are bracing for the prospect of mass deportations. The number of instances of whooping cough is at its highest level in ten years. and a retrospective of the memes and online phenomena that characterized 2024.
What to know today is as follows.
Immigrants prepare action plans as Trump promises mass deportations
Many of us genuinely celebrate Christmas together with the heartbreaking idea, “Oh my God, is this the last time we get to spend Christmas with our family members?” This is a reality for certain immigrant households in the United States. Felipe Sousa-Lazaballet, the head of a nonprofit organization in Florida that supports immigrants and other marginalized groups, said.
When he assumes office next month, President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to implement what he has described as the greatest deportation effort in American history. According to reports, the next administration plans to repeal laws that limit immigration enforcement operations in establishments such as hospitals, schools, and houses of worship, as well as the neighborhoods around them.
Consequently, unpleasant conversations are taking place during the holidays among immigrant families.
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NBC News spoke with nearly a half-dozen immigrants rights advocates across four states, and they all said they have received an increased number of calls from immigrants asking about their rights. The nonprofits and advocates are responding by holding know-your-rights trainings and assisting families who are at risk in creating plans of action in the event that an undocumented relative is unexpectedly detained or deported.
For example, Hope CommUnity Center, the nonprofit outside of Orlando which Sousa-Lazaballet leads, is helping immigrant families come up with a dignity plan that includes legal plans about who will take care of children left behind if an undocumented parent is picked up by authorities.
The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights has presented 93 know-your-rights seminars at local companies, schools, and community service organizations in Los Angeles.
They are not the only organizations striving to make sure that individuals are emotionally ready for any eventuality.
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Gaetz accused of paying women for sex while in Congress
The House Ethics Committee released its final report on its investigation into Matt Gaetz, finding that the former representative from Florida engaged in a long list of conduct that violates House Rules and some actions that could be criminal offenses on the state level. In the 42-page report, the committee said it tracked more than $90,000 paid to 12 women over a four-year period from 2017 to 2020, while Gaetz was a member of Congress, and concluded the payments were most likely connected to sexual activity or drug use. Gaetz has denied paying for sex on numerous occasions.
In addition to prostitution, the committee said in the report that Gaetz violated House Rules and other standards of conduct prohibiting statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress.
After President-elect Donald Trump named him his choice for attorney general, Gaetz retracted his bid after additional information regarding the Ethics Committee investigation and other allegations surfaced. Gaetz resigned his seat in Congress last month, just days before the report was scheduled to be made public. He unsuccessfully tried to block the report s release yesterday morning.Here s what else to know.
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Former President Bill Clinton, 78,
has been hospitalized
in Washington after he developed a fever. A source close to Clinton said the situation is not urgent.
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President Joe Biden
signed into law a defense bill
that boosts overall military spending to $895 billion despite his objections to language stripping coverage of transgender medical treatment for children in military families.
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Democrats are already looking to the 2026 midterm elections, in which they hope to take back the Senate majority.
Here are the key races
and battlegrounds to watch.
Whooping cough cases are skyrocketing
Whooping cough cases in the U.S. have reached the highest annual total in a decade, according to data from the CDC. As of mid-September, about 14,500 cases had been recorded nationwide since the beginning of the year. That number climbed to more than 32,000 as of Dec. 14, meaning as many cases have been tallied in the last 12 weeks as in the entire rest of the year. For comparison, more than 5,100 cases were recorded from the same time in 2023, and the total number of cases in 2022 was roughly 3,000.
There are a few possible reasons for the dramatic rise in cases, experts said. Vaccine protection is likely waning as vaccination rates among children are falling. Improved testing has also likely led to more cases being diagnosed.
Here s what to knowabout symptoms and who is most at risk.
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Luigi Mangione
pleaded not guilty
to New York state charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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The IRS plans to issue automatic special payments of up to $1,400 to 1 million taxpayers.
Here s who qualifies.
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Three people
dropped into the ocean
when Santa Cruz Wharf in California partially collapsed. Two people were rescued, the third made it out of the water on their own, an official said.
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How much are people tipping their babysitters, housekeepers and teachers this holiday season? A survey found that
it s the same amount as three years ago
despite inflation.
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The drama between It Ends With Us co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, also the film s director,
had been simmering for months
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2024 in memes, from brat summer to underconsumption core
This year, Charli XCX and her fans redefined the word brat. The Hawk Tuah girl took the internet by surprise and ran with her new-found fame. And underconsumption core encouraged people to rethink microtrends.
Read moreabout the best viral memes and moments of the year. Caution: We can t promise you won t experience brain rot.
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