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Takaichi Visits White House Amid Iran Conflict pressure

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is visiting the White House as Washington seeks partners in the wake of rising tensions with Iran. She is the first allied leader to meet President Trump since he urged partners to help patrol the Strait of Hormuz.

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Independent autism panel forms to challenge federal committee changes

A newly formed, independent panel of autism experts convened in Washington, D.C., to push back against recent shifts in the federal Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. overhauled its membership.

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States Adopt CARE Act Protections for Pregnancy Centers

Several conservative state legislatures are advancing laws based on model language from a leading anti‑abortion legal group to expand legal protections for crisis pregnancy centers — organizations that provide some services to pregnant people while discouraging abortion.

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Sen. Mullin's DHS Confirmation Hearing

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 25: Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) (L), accompanied by Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) (R), speaks during a nomination hearing for Dr. Casey Means, for the medical director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service and U.S.

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Trump-era Treasury: Rewarding Allies, Punishing Critics

An exchange between President Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent — in which Trump said he told Bessent to 'cut off all dealings with Spain' after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez criticized U.S.

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Last detainee from campus crackdown freed after year

ALVARADO, Texas — A Palestinian woman who was the last person still in immigration detention after the Trump administration's 2025 crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism