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The Trump administration is moving to restart the specialized LGBTQ+ option for youth who contact the 988 crisis intervention hotline, but the group that helped pioneer the idea is being shut out
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02:14 AM on 06/26/2026 ABC Politics Supreme Court allows Trump to end temporary protections for Haitians, Syrians
More than a million immigrants face possible deportation if they can’t get other legal status in the U.S.
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