
Still can't pay your rent or mortgage? Here's how the new stimulus plan will help
CNN
The $1.9 trillion stimulus package that President Joe Biden signed into law Thursday includes close to $50 billion in housing assistance to struggling renters, homeowners and people experiencing homelessness.
The aid included in the American Rescue Plan Act -- the third round of housing relief approved in a year -- is intended to support the tens of millions of people who are unable to pay for their housing or utilities because of the pandemic. The plan includes $27 billion in rent relief, $10 billion in mortgage payment relief and $5 billion to address homelessness.
Judge restricts federal response to Minnesota protests amid outrage over immigration agents’ tactics
Immigration agents carrying out a sweeping operation in Minnesota can’t deploy certain crowd-control measures against peaceful protesters or arrest them, a federal judge ruled Friday. The order follows widespread outrage over a fatal shooting, reports of US citizens getting detained and Minnesotans getting asked for documents for no clear reason.

The smell of wet grass from the recent atmospheric river rains, mud and gasoline wafts through the warm Southern California air as Alec Derpetrossian works the chainsaw with a foreman, Randy Magaña, who helps him guide where to put the blade. Derpetrossian is still learning how to adequately use the large tool.











