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Pentagon restores some webpages honoring minority service members but defends DEI purge

By Leah Willingham, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Tara Copp, Associated Press

The Pentagon says internet pages honoring a Black Medal of Honor winner and Japanese American service members were mistakenly taken down. But it is defending its campaign to strip out content singling out the contributions by women and minority groups.

Fact-checking Trump's claim that Biden pardons are 'void' because he used an autopen

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact

Legal scholars say that the Constitution doesn’t require a pardon’s direct human signing, and subsequent judicial decisions and legal memoranda support an autopen’s use for similar purposes.

Chief Justice Roberts rejects Trump's call for impeaching a judge who ruled against him

By Chris Megerian, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

“For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision,” Roberts said in a rare statement.

Trump says federal judge who ruled against deportation orders should be impeached

By Chris Megerian, Associated Press

Trump's comments on Tuesday align him with allies like Elon Musk, who has made similar demands and suggested that the judiciary's power over the executive branch should be curtailed.

Trump says he's ending Secret Service protection for Biden's adult children, Hunter and Ashley

By Zeke Miller, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

Former presidents and their spouses receive life-long Secret Service protection under federal law, but the protection afforded to their immediate families over the age of 16 ends when they leave office.

Trump and Putin will hold a call on a ceasefire proposal. Ukraine's Zelenskyy is skeptical Russia is ready for peace

By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

The White House is expressing optimism that peace is within reach.

Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Democrats clashing over how to govern in the minority

By Geoff Bennett, Matt Loffman

NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including members of the Democratic Party debating how to govern in the minority, how Congress narrowly avoided…

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Danes angry with Trump's threats boycott U.S. goods with fervor

By Vanessa Gera, Associated Press

Consumers across Europe furious over President Donald Trump’s policies are boycotting U.S. goods. Among the most passionate are Danes, seeking a way to protest Trump's threat to seize the Danish territory of Greenland.

WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing on U.S. strikes on Yemen's Houthis

By Associated Press

Lt. Gen. Alex Grynkewich, director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, estimated those strikes have killed “dozens” of militants and would continue in the coming days.

Doctor who was deported to Lebanon supported Hezbollah leader, Homeland Security officials say

By Michael Casey, RODRIQUE NGOWI, Kathy McCormack, Associated Press

The department's statement, posted on social media, provides a possible explanation for Dr. Rasha Alawieh's deportation, which has sparked widespread alarm, especially after a federal judge ordered that she not be removed until a hearing could be held.