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Florida AG launches new ‘Office of Parental Rights.’ Here’s what it does
Read full article: Florida AG launches new ‘Office of Parental Rights.’ Here’s what it doesDuring a news conference in Jacksonville on Tuesday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a brand-new state agency.

Judge skeptical of Trump administration argument that federal courts can't review border declaration
Read full article: Judge skeptical of Trump administration argument that federal courts can't review border declarationA federal judge expressed skepticism over the Trump administration’s assertions that its decision to declare an invasion at the U.S.-Mexico border and suspend asylum access was not something courts had the authority to review.

Trump administration tells Congress it plans to label Haitian gangs as foreign terror organizations
Read full article: Trump administration tells Congress it plans to label Haitian gangs as foreign terror organizationsThe Trump administration has told Congress that it intends to designate Haitian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations.

Judge orders Trump administration to restore $12 million for pro-democracy Radio Free Europe
Read full article: Judge orders Trump administration to restore $12 million for pro-democracy Radio Free EuropeA federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore $12 million that Congress appropriated for Radio Free Europe, a pro-democracy media outlet at risk of going dark for the first time in 75 years.

House GOP wants to pump billions into Trump’s deportations and detentions as part of tax bill
Read full article: House GOP wants to pump billions into Trump’s deportations and detentions as part of tax billRepublicans in Congress are working to pump billions of dollars into President Donald Trump’s mass deportation and border security program.

New Mexico judge orders remedial plan to improve public education for Native American students
Read full article: New Mexico judge orders remedial plan to improve public education for Native American studentsA judge has ruled that the state of New Mexico must commission a remedial plan for K-12 education because the system hasn't adequately helped Native American students and others from low-income households.

Water fluoride ban heads to DeSantis as part of Florida agriculture bill
Read full article: Water fluoride ban heads to DeSantis as part of Florida agriculture billThe Florida House on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill that would prevent local governments from adding fluoride to water supplies and take aim at labeling of plant-based products as milk, meat and eggs.

Trump dismisses Biden nominees to US Holocaust Memorial Council, including Doug Emhoff
Read full article: Trump dismisses Biden nominees to US Holocaust Memorial Council, including Doug EmhoffPresident Donald Trump has dismissed many of former President Joe Biden’s nominees to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, including Doug Emhoff, the husband of former Vice President Kamala Harris.

Takeaways from Canada's election: America's northern ally rejects Trump after he dominates race
Read full article: Takeaways from Canada's election: America's northern ally rejects Trump after he dominates raceThe first major test of Donald Trump’s influence on the affairs of a longtime U.S. ally went badly.

Harvard pledges reforms following internal reports on antisemitism and anti-Arab bias
Read full article: Harvard pledges reforms following internal reports on antisemitism and anti-Arab biasHarvard University is promising to review its academic offerings and admissions policies in response to a pair of internal reports on antisemitism and anti-Arab prejudice at the Ivy League campus following pro-Palestinian protests.

Take It Down Act, addressing nonconsensual deepfakes and 'revenge porn,' passes. What is it?
Read full article: Take It Down Act, addressing nonconsensual deepfakes and 'revenge porn,' passes. What is it?The Take It Down Act, which seeks to enact stricter penalties for the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery, sometimes called ‘revenge porn’ online, is heading to President Donald Trump's signature after its bipartisan passage in congress.

At little-known US research lab, Bondi meets with scientists studying illicit drugs to stop the flow
Read full article: At little-known US research lab, Bondi meets with scientists studying illicit drugs to stop the flowAttorney General Pam Bondi traveled to a Drug Enforcement Administration lab to meet with chemists who are tasked with identifying the ever-evolving tactics employed by cartels to manufacture drugs flowing across the southern border.

US judge bars Border Patrol from some warrantless arrests of suspected undocumented residents
Read full article: US judge bars Border Patrol from some warrantless arrests of suspected undocumented residentsA federal judge in California has barred Border Patrol agents from arresting someone suspected of living in the U.S. illegally unless they have a warrant or a reason to believe the person might flee before a warrant can be obtained.

Bob Filner, a former U.S. congressman who also had an embattled term as San Diego mayor, dies at 82
Read full article: Bob Filner, a former U.S. congressman who also had an embattled term as San Diego mayor, dies at 82Bob Filner, a 10-term U.S. congressman whose long political career ended abruptly after he was elected mayor of San Diego and driven from office amid sexual misconduct allegations, has died.

Hegseth boasts about ending 'woke' program on women and security. Trump signed it into law
Read full article: Hegseth boasts about ending 'woke' program on women and security. Trump signed it into lawDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth has boasted that he's dismantling a program supporting women on security teams.

Senate confirms former Sen. David Perdue as Trump's US ambassador to China amid tariff showdown
Read full article: Senate confirms former Sen. David Perdue as Trump's US ambassador to China amid tariff showdownThe Senate has confirmed former Sen. David Perdue as ambassador to China, just as the U.S. and China are locked in a tariff showdown that threatens to redefine diplomatic relations between the world’s two largest economies.

Canadian company turns to Trump for permission to mine international waters, bypassing a UN agency
Read full article: Canadian company turns to Trump for permission to mine international waters, bypassing a UN agencyA Canadian company has announced that its U.S. subsidiary has submitted applications to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to mine the seafloor.

UN agencies that provide aid worldwide slash jobs or cut costs as US funding drops
Read full article: UN agencies that provide aid worldwide slash jobs or cut costs as US funding dropsSeveral U.N. agencies that provide aid to children, refugees and other vulnerable people around the world are slashing jobs or cutting costs in other ways.

Major companies face a difficult task in estimating the impact of tariffs on their business
Read full article: Major companies face a difficult task in estimating the impact of tariffs on their businessExecutives at some of the world’s biggest companies are faced with the tricky task of explaining how President Donald Trump’s tariffs are impacting their business as they discuss the latest financial results.

Trump offers automakers some relief on his 25% tariffs, after worries they could hurt US factories
Read full article: Trump offers automakers some relief on his 25% tariffs, after worries they could hurt US factoriesPresident Donald Trump has signed executive orders to relax some of his 25% tariffs on automobiles and auto parts.

Decision looming for Trump administration on first PFAS drinking water limits
Read full article: Decision looming for Trump administration on first PFAS drinking water limitsThe Trump administration is expected to soon say whether it intends to stand by strict drinking water standards for forever chemicals set last year.

Danish king arrives in Greenland as Trump eyes strategic Arctic island
Read full article: Danish king arrives in Greenland as Trump eyes strategic Arctic islandKing Frederik X of Denmark has arrived in Greenland to kick off a visit to the semiautonomous territory that U.S. President Donald Trump wants to annex because of its strategic Arctic location.

The Latest: Trump marks his first 100 days in office with a rally in Michigan and ABC interview
Read full article: The Latest: Trump marks his first 100 days in office with a rally in Michigan and ABC interviewPresident Donald Trump has marked his first 100 days in office with an interview with ABC News and a rally in Michigan.

Layoffs, closures and gaps in oversight expected after hundreds of DOJ grants are canceled
Read full article: Layoffs, closures and gaps in oversight expected after hundreds of DOJ grants are canceledHundreds of organizations have received notice that the Department of Justice is canceling ongoing grants they had received through the Office of Justice Programs.

Numbers that matter from the first 100 days of Trump's second term
Read full article: Numbers that matter from the first 100 days of Trump's second termFor President Donald Trump's administration, the numbers on executive orders, deportations, reductions in the federal workforce and tariffs in his first 100 days back in the White House point toward a renewed America.

Trump marks his first 100 days in office in campaign mode, focused on grudges and grievances
Read full article: Trump marks his first 100 days in office in campaign mode, focused on grudges and grievancesPresident Donald Trump has celebrated the 100th day of his second term — yet spent much of his rally marking it in campaign mode, fixated on past grudges and grievances.

Trump's team has disrupted some $430 billion in federal funds, top Democrats say
Read full article: Trump's team has disrupted some $430 billion in federal funds, top Democrats sayThe Trump administration has frozen, stalled or otherwise disrupted some $430 billion in federal funds since the president took office — from federal disease research to Head Start for children to disaster aid.

Same candidate, two parties. A Wisconsin lawsuit aims to bring back fusion voting
Read full article: Same candidate, two parties. A Wisconsin lawsuit aims to bring back fusion votingA lawsuit in battleground Wisconsin seeks to legalize a once-popular practice of fusion voting, where the same candidate could appear on the ballot as nominated by multiple political parties.

US Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota joins the race for retiring Sen. Tina Smith's seat
Read full article: US Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota joins the race for retiring Sen. Tina Smith's seatU.S. Rep. Angie Craig is the latest Minnesota Democrat to enter an increasingly competitive race for the U.S. Senate seat held by the retiring Sen. Tina Smith.

Supreme Court seems likely to rule narrowly for family whose house was wrongly raided by FBI
Read full article: Supreme Court seems likely to rule narrowly for family whose house was wrongly raided by FBIThe Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to rule narrowly in favor of a family trying to hold law enforcement accountable in court after an FBI raid that wrongly targeted their Atlanta home.

Can public money flow to Catholic charter school? The Supreme Court will decide
Read full article: Can public money flow to Catholic charter school? The Supreme Court will decideThe Catholic Church in Oklahoma wants taxpayers to pay for an online charter school that “is faithful to the teachings of Jesus Christ.”.

Black female WWII unit, 'Six Triple Eight,' receives congressional medal
Read full article: Black female WWII unit, 'Six Triple Eight,' receives congressional medalThe only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, known as the “Six Triple Eight,” has been presented with the Congressional Gold Medal.

What do local NPR, PBS stations do? Trump Admin. intends to defund public media
Read full article: What do local NPR, PBS stations do? Trump Admin. intends to defund public mediaIf you grew up watching Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, or more recently (your children perhaps), Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, those shows existed, in part, because American taxpayers paid and continue to pay for them. The Trump Administration is attempting to change that.

Top Florida official picked for Trump’s FEMA Review Council. Here’s who made the cut
Read full article: Top Florida official picked for Trump’s FEMA Review Council. Here’s who made the cutOn Monday, President Donald Trump announced several picks for his FEMA Review Council, including a state official here in Florida.