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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the main agency that issues visas, green cards and citizenship papers, is forming its own police force and will be able to arrest people for immigration violations, the Wall Street Journal reported.

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that may strip away federal funds to jurisdictions that have a cashless bail policy like New York City. Reactions from elected officials and mayoral candidates were mixed.

The ruling spares President Donald Trump from a potential fine that is now over $515 million, but continues to ban him and his two eldest sons from serving in corporate leadership in New York for a few years, the Associated Press reported.

Decreasing SNAP benefits are a "direct threat" on the AAPI community, elected officials said.

Federal prosecutors are in the early stages of an investigation into the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James, who brought a civil fraud case against President Donald Trump, according to NBC News.

The price on many goods will rise, including on foreign cars, electronics, furniture and toys. Clothing and textiles will also be a lot more expensive.

A new federal policy threatens to disrupt health coverage for more than 750,000 young children across New York State, Governor Kathy Hochul warned.

Twenty-one state attorney generals, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, and the state of Kentucky on Monday sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture to block it from obtaining the personal information of all residents who receive support from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

The Trump administration had withheld more than $6 billion in education funding on July 1. About $400 million should be released to New York public schools.

The Department of Justice lawsuit also names City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and other commissioners.