San Francisco to make childcare free for families earning up to $230,000

15 janvier 2026 à 22:49

Officials to offer 50% subsidy up to $310,000 in effort to make one of world’s most expensive cities more affordable

San Francisco will offer free childcare to families earning less than $230,000 a year, and a 50% subsidy to those earning up to $310,000, in an expansion of the city’s childcare offerings designed to make one of the world’s most expensive cities more affordable for residents.

San Francisco’s mayor, Daniel Lurie, announced the initiative as part of his “Family Opportunity Agenda” on Wednesday, alongside a package of housing, education, food, healthcare, transportation and other programs focused on affordability.

Three US citizens sue Trump with the ACLU over encounters with ICE agents – live

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Par :Cecilia Nowell and Robert Mackey (now) · Shrai Popat, Lucy Campbell and Tom Ambrose (earlier)

16 janvier 2026 à 02:57

Lawsuit comes as state governor Tim Walz urges Trump to ‘turn the temperature down’ after president threatens to invoke Insurrection Act

Donald Trump is in Washington today. He’s due to meet with Mariá Corina Machado – Venezuela’s opposition leader – at 12:3opm ET. At the moment that’s closed to the press but we’ll let you know if that changes and bring you the latest.

Later, Trump is set to host the champions of the 2025 Stanley Cup, the Florida Panthers, at the White House. We’ll be watching to get his reaction to the news of the day.

Senate backs Donald Trump in Venezuela resolution as Vance casts tie-breaking vote – live

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Par :Cecilia Nowell (now) and Shrai Popat and Frances Mao (earlier)

15 janvier 2026 à 00:57

Republicans in the Senate defeat Venezuelan war powers resolution that would have prevented president from taking further military action without giving Congress notice

Donald Trump repeated his threat to withhold federal funding to sanctuary cities on Truth Social today.

“ALL THEY DO IS BREED CRIME AND VIOLENCE! If States want them, they will have to pay for them!,” the president wrote in a post.

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