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A group of protesters rally against the announcement to reduce automobile emission standards by Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Scott Pruitt in front of the EPA building in Washington, U.S., April 3, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Nation May 01

California and 16 other states sue Trump administration over plan to scrap car emission standards

By Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press

News Wrap: LA County OKs sheriff’s dept. abuse settlement

In our news wrap Wednesday, Los Angeles County approved a settlement over systematic abuses of minorities. Under the settlement, the sheriff’s department agreed to three years of federal monitoring. Also, the government reported today that the first quarter GDP rose…

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Supreme Court limits EPA’s authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday placed limits on the sole Obama administration program already in place to deal with power plant and factory emissions of gases blamed for global warming. The justices said that the Environmental Protection Agency…

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

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Read Jun 21 What was the message behind Melania Trump’s jacket?
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Watch Jun 21 This judge hopes outrage over family separation is ‘last gasp’ of current immigration system

Photo of U.S. Supreme Court by Larry Downing/Reuters

Nation Jun 22

Supreme Court justices adopt new privacy rules for cellphone tracking

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

Politics Jun 22

Most Americans oppose presidential self-pardons, poll finds

By Steve Peoples, Emily Swanson, Associated Press

The outside of the Food and Drug Administration headquarters is seen in White Oak, Md., on Monday, November 9, 2015. The FDA is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and has been in commission since 1906. Photo By Al Drago/CQ Roll Call

Health Jun 22

White House proposes a reduction of the FDA’s mission

By Ike Swetlitz, STAT

Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights is seen during his speech at the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, in September 2017. Picture taken with a fisheye lens. Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters

World Jun 22

UN human rights expert slams U.S. over income inequality

By Associated Press

A view of the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, September 29, 2017. Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters

Politics Jun 22

Another U.S. worker confirmed hurt by mysterious Cuba incidents

By Josh Lederman, Matthew Lee, Associated Press

President Donald Trump holds a rally with supporters in Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. June 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Politics Jun 22

Trump tells GOP to ‘stop wasting their time’ on immigration

By Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

A man walks past a mural of Freddie Gray in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Photo taken December 2015. Photo by Bryan Woolston/Reuters

Health Jun 21

New study gives broader look into how police killings affect black Americans’ mental health

By Joshua Barajas

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 16: Charles Krauthammer, columnist for The Washington Post via Getty Images on March 16, 1985 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Ray Lustig/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Nation Jun 21

Charles Krauthammer, prominent conservative voice, dies at 68

By Hillel Italie, Associated Press

First lady Melania Trump climbs into her motorcade vehicle wearing a Zara design jacket with the phrase "I Really Don't Care. Do U?" on the back as she returns to Washington from a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border area in Texas, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., June 21, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Politics Jun 21

What was the message behind Melania Trump’s jacket?

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

File photo of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., by Joshua Roberts/Reuters

Politics Jun 21

Farm bill with major food stamp changes narrowly passes the House

By Juliet Linderman, Kevin Freking, Associated Press

U.S. Air Force Major Paul "Loco" Lopez performs in an F-22 Raptor during the AirPower Over Hampton Roads JBLE Air and Space Expo at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, U.S. May 18, 2018. Picture taken May 18, 2018. Photo by U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Areca T. Bell/Handout via REUTERS.

Science Jun 21

Why a U.S. ‘Space Force’ is ‘premature’ but ‘inevitable’

By Nsikan Akpan

MISSION, TX - JUNE 12: A boy and father from Honduras are taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents near the U.S.-Mexico Border on June 12, 2018 near Mission, Texas. The asylum seekers were then sent to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) processing center for possible separation. U.S. border authorities are executing the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy towards undocumented immigrants. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions also said that domestic and gang violence in immigrants' country of origin would no longer qualify them for political asylum status. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Politics Jun 21

What’s in Trump’s executive order on family separation?

By Gretchen Frazee

A 2003 aerial photo of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Photo by Andy Dunaway/USAF via Getty Images

Nation Jun 21

Pentagon agrees to provide housing for 20,000 detained migrant children

By Robert Burns, Associated Press

Nation Jun 21

Justice Department asks federal judge to remove 20-day detention limit on immigrant families

By Nomaan Merchant, Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press

James Joyce's "Ulysses," which is referenced throughout the comic novel "Less."

Arts Jun 21

Try these 3 writing exercises from Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Less’

By Elizabeth Flock

Politics Jun 21

WATCH: First lady Melania Trump visits migrant children at Texas immigrant holding center

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Science Jun 21

Koko, gorilla who communicated with sign language and raised kittens, dies at 46

By Associated Press

Politics Jun 21

Trump administration proposes merging Education and Labor departments

By Associated Press

Nation Jun 21

Immigrant children allege abuse at Virginia detention center

By Michael Biesecker, Jake Pearson, Garance Burke, Associated Press

Police officers stand in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC, U.S., January 19, 2018. Photo by Reuters.

Nation Jun 21

Supreme Court says states can collect online sales tax

By Associated Press