The battle over how to place guardrails on the practice is starting to play out in legislatures across the country.
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Trump signs order requiring proof of citizenship in federal elections
President Donald Trump referenced election fraud as he signed the order Tuesday, saying, ‘this will end it, hopefully.’
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Posted inBusiness, Health, Nation & World
23andMe files for bankruptcy, sparking data security concerns
The genetic testing company says the filing won’t change the way it stores or protects data, but experts are still urging caution.
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Trump officials texted war plans to group chat in secure app that included journalist
The president is downplaying the incident as ‘the only glitch in two months’ of his administration.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, New England
Experts say US weather forecasts will worsen as DOGE cuts mean fewer balloon launches
Weather balloons provide information that forecasters and computer models use to figure out what the weather will be and how dangerous it can get.
Posted inNation & World, Politics, Schools and Education
Trump orders a plan to dismantle the Education Department
Members of Maine’s congressional delegation and advocates for public schools say eliminating the department would leave children behind in an American education system that is fundamentally unequal.
Posted inNation & World, Politics, Schools and Education
What to know about Trump’s plan to abolish the Education Department
President Donald Trump has been promising to abolish the Education Department since the 2024 campaign. Here’s what to know about his effort to close it.
Posted inNation & World, Politics, Schools and Education
Trump plan will dismantle US Education Department
The department sends billions of dollars a year to schools and oversees $1.6 trillion in federal student loans.
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Chief justice, in rare statement, rebukes Trump’s call to impeach judge who ruled against his deportation plans
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rejected calls for impeachment — a rare step usually taken only in cases of grave ethical or criminal misconduct — as an inappropriate response to a ruling the president doesn’t like.
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Israel launches airstrikes across Gaza, killing more than 400 and shattering ceasefire with Hamas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the strikes, which killed mostly women and children, after Hamas refused Israeli demands to change the ceasefire agreement.