Eduardo Medina

The Trump administration’s deportation agenda is reverberating beyond immigrant communities as agents begin fanning out around New Orleans.

The district court ruling means that the party is one step closer to securing another seat in the U.S. House and retaining its majority, at the urging of President Trump.

The mayor and sheriff said earlier in the day that the operation appeared to have concluded. But a homeland security spokeswoman said that the effort was “not ending anytime soon.”

Agents were active in the Raleigh and Durham areas on Tuesday, though the scope of the immigration crackdown in the state’s Research Triangle region was not immediately clear.

Border Patrol agents descended on Charlotte over the weekend, searching for immigrants who are in the country illegally. It remains unclear how long the agents will stay.

The annual Penn Center Heritage Day Parade in South Carolina draws hundreds to celebrate the Gullah Geechee people. But a new route has Black residents feeling as if their legacy is vanishing.

Shootings have long plagued the city of Montgomery, Ala., where poverty levels are high and good jobs are scarce. That’s My Dog Jr. offers teenagers a moneymaking opportunity — and $3.99 hot dogs.

Both state chambers signed off on the new map this week, and the governor cannot veto it, per the State Constitution.

The Trump administration has pushed Republican leaders to redraw House district maps before the midterm elections next year. His party already holds 10 of North Carolina’s 14 congressional seats.

The bill, approved last month by the Republican-dominated legislature in the wake of the brutal killing of a Ukrainian refugee, will tighten bail rules and may restart executions.