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WBUR TODAY: What's next for local TPS holders?

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  ❤️ Donate Friday, June 26, 2026 🌧️ Mostly cloudy, with showers this morning and a high near 81. Good Morning Boston, It's Friday. The final World Cup group stage match in Foxborough kicks off this afternoon — and it's the big one. France and Norway will play at 3 p.m. to determine the winner of Group I. In Cambridge, the city is holding a watch party for the game ahead of its annual public dance party in Central Square. (Click here to find other watch party options around Greater Boston.) But first, the news: Legal limbo: Local immigrant rights groups are urging the thousands of Haitians in Massachusetts living under Temporary Protected Status to talk to a lawyer ASAP, following yesterday's Supreme Court decision. The court's conservative majority ruled in a 6-3 decision that the federal government has the power to terminate TPS — which the Trump administration has been trying to do for migrants from Haiti, Syria and 11 other countries. The ruling means nearly ...

Morning Digest: Trump's anointed pick in Louisiana has a real fight on her hands

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  Morning Digest: Trump's anointed pick in Louisiana has a real fight on her hands Julia Letlow is the latest Trump favorite to learn his wishes are not divine commands David Nir and Jeff Singer Jun 26 Republican Rep. Julia Letlow, candidate for Senate in Louisiana. (Credit: Julia Letlow Facebook) Leading Off LA-Sen Donald Trump’s influence over his party faces yet another test on Saturday as Rep. Julia Letlow, his chosen candidate for U.S. Senate in Louisiana, heads into a surprisingly unpredictable runoff against state Treasurer John Fleming. Letlow posted a tiny 40-38 lead in a recent survey conducted by BDPC on behalf of Alton Ashy, a lobbyist who has helped the congresswoman raise money. That tiny advantage, though, still represented an improvement from the 40-38 advantage for Fleming that BDPC reportedly found in a previous survey that Ashy declined to release. But Fleming, a wealthy former congressman who was one of the founders of the far-right Freedom Caucus, says he’s...