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Trump administration is set to drop lawsuit pushing Idaho to allow emergency abortions, filing shows

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration signaled Tuesday it will let Idaho enforce its strict abortion ban in the treatment of pregnant women suffering medical emergencies, a dramatic reversal from the previous administration in a closely watched lawsuit. The Justice Department said it would move to dismiss

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Demonstrators across 50 states look to unify a disparate opposition to Trump and his sweeping agenda

By BILL BARROW, CHARLOTTE KRAMON and NADIA LATHAN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — As Donald Trump prepared Tuesday to address a joint session of Congress, protest groups gathered at parks, statehouses and other public grounds across the country to assail his presidency as dangerous and un-American. The rallies and marches — set in motion by

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Second judge orders longer-term block on Trump orders on transgender youth health care

WASHINGTON (AP) — A second federal judge extended a block Tuesday on President Donald Trump’s executive orders halting federal funding for providers of gender-affirming health care for transgender people under age 19. The judge’s ruling came after in a lawsuit filed earlier this month on behalf of families with transgender or nonbinary children who allege

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Immigrant labor fuels US economy but Trump’s crackdown mostly ignores it

By TIM SULLIVAN and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press The Trump administration is touting an immigration crackdown that includes putting shackled immigrants on U.S. military planes, expanding agents’ arrests of people here illegally and abandoning programs that gave some permission to stay. One tool that’s conspicuously absent from President Donald Trump’s efforts to reduce illegal immigration:

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Justice Department is reviewing prosecution of Colorado clerk who supported Trump’s election lies

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and CHRISTINA CASSIDY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The Department of Justice is backing a former county election clerk in Colorado who was convicted for her role in allowing supporters of President Donald Trump to access confidential data about the 2020 election, the latest move by the administration to use its power

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Minnesota considers blocking ‘nudify’ apps that use AI to make explicit images without consent

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Molly Kelley was stunned to discover in June that someone she knew had used widely available “nudification” technology to create highly realistic and sexually explicit videos and images of her, using family photos that were posted on social media. “My initial shock turned to horror

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The Latest: Tensions rise between Trump and Zelenskyy over the Russia-Ukraine war

By The Associated Press President Donald Trump on Wednesday called Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator without elections,” lashing out after the Ukrainian president said Trump was being influenced by Russian disinformation as he moves to end the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine on terms that Kyiv says are too favorable to Moscow. Here’s the latest: Trump orders

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Senate confirms Kelly Loeffler, former Georgia senator, to lead Small Business Administration

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kelly Loeffler, a Georgia businesswoman and former senator, to lead the Small Business Administration, returning a stalwart supporter of President Donald Trump to Washington. At SBA, Loeffler will oversee the entity that describes itself as the only Cabinet-level federal agency “fully

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Tens of millions of dead people aren’t getting Social Security checks, despite Trump and Musk claims

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is falsely claiming that tens of millions of dead people over 100 years old are receiving Social Security payments. Over the past few days, President Donald Trump and billionaire adviser Elon Musk have said on social media and in press briefings that people who

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Incumbent Wisconsin schools leader and GOP-backed challenger advance in primary

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic-backed incumbent state schools leader will face a Republican-supported challenger after both advanced in Tuesday’s three-person primary. The winner in the April 1 general election will guide education policy in the battleground state during President Donald Trump’s second term. Jill Underly, currently serving her first

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Trump’s Labor Department pick has union support. Worker advocates wonder how much power she’d have

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Union leaders have described President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Labor as a friend of organized labor. But as her confirmation hearing began Wednesday, advocates for workers’ rights question whether Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be able to uphold that reputation in an administration that

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Trump signs order to study how to expand IVF and calls for ‘radical transparency’ from government

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order meant to expand access to and reduce costs of in vitro fertilization and issued a presidential memorandum calling for “radical transparency requirements” from the government, which he suggested could reduce wasteful spending.

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