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US regulators finish review of Hyundai plant’s Georgia water permit, finding no changes needed

U.S. regulators have concluded a monthslong review of their environmental permit for Hyundai’s $7.6 billion electric vehicle plant in Georgia, finding that no changes are needed

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Bernice King reflects on the Fair Housing Act, made law after her father’s killing

Bernice King warns decades of work to reduce inequities in housing is at risk, as the Trump administration cuts funding for projects and tries to reduce funding for nonprofits that handle housing discrimination complaints

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Tennessee Senate OKs a plan to let public schools turn away undocumented students

Tennessee is advancing a plan to let schools turn away students or charge their families tuition if they cannot prove their legal residency

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Michigan court bans mandatory life sentences for 19 and 20-year-olds in murder cases

The Michigan Supreme Court has made sweeping changes to the state’s sentencing law

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Company says thousands of gallons of oil have been recovered from a pipeline spill in North Dakota

Workers have recovered thousands of gallons of crude oil from an underground pipeline spill on North Dakota farmland

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Florida brings charges against a man jailed on federal counts of trying to assassinate Trump

Florida’s attorney general says his office will bring terrorism and attempted murder counts against a man already jailed on federal charges of attempting to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump while he was golfing last fall

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Trump nominee withdraws after her criticism of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack surfaces

President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee an agency that manages a quarter-billion acres of public land has withdrawn her nomination

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DOE withdraws from plan to address discipline disparities for Native students

The Education Department has withdrawn from an agreement to address disparities in discipline for Native American students at a South Dakota school system, saying it was wrongly rooted in efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion

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Girl killed, sister is missing after a fire destroys several New Jersey homes

Authorities say a fire raced through a southern New Jersey neighborhood, destroying six homes, killing a girl and leaving her sister unaccounted for

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Democrats propose renaming Earth to Trump while mocking Gulf of Mexico plans

‘Let’s just make it official, show Donald Trump how mindlessly cultish you are. He is going to love this.’

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Jewish families channel Passover story after devastating losses in LA wildfires

Members of a 104-year-old Pasadena synagogue that was burned down in the Los Angeles fires in January are getting ready to celebrate Passover

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Donald Trump accused of market manipulation – is that why he’s paused tariffs?

‘This is amateur hour and it needs to stop.’

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Options for Trump’s space-based ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense shield head to Hegseth for approval

U.S. Space Command says it’s finalized options for President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense system and has sent its recommendations to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for his review and approval

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Interior Department staff, including those at national parks, offered buyouts and early retirement

Employees across the Department of the Interior have until the end of Wednesday to respond to the latest offer to take buyouts or early retirement

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Shark attack survivor presses her state for alert system to keep people safe in water

An Alabama teen who narrowly survived a fierce shark attack last year is asking her state’s lawmakers to support the creation of a new alert system

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Pennsylvania judge convicted of shooting, wounding her ex-boyfriend as he slept

A magistrate judge in Pennsylvania accused of shooting and wounding her ex-boyfriend in the head as he slept has been convicted of attempted homicide and aggravated assault charges

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US Postal Service seeks to hike cost of a first-class stamp to 78 cents

The U.S. Postal Service is seeking a rate increase this summer that includes hiking the cost of a first-class stamp from 73 cents to 78 cents

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Cleanup underway of the Keystone oil pipeline spill in North Dakota

Trucks and workers started a cleanup effort at the site of a spill of the Keystone oil pipeline in rural North Dakota

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California’s effort to hold oil companies liable for natural disaster damage stalls

A bill in the California Legislature that would have made oil and gas companies liable for damage to homes caused by natural disasters has failed to advance

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Former Facebook executive tells Senate committee company undermined US national security with China

Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former executive at Meta and author of an explosive insider account of her time at the social media giant testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, accusing the company of undermining national security and briefing…

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The Latest: Treasury secretary says Trump will keep 10% import tariff, raise import tax on China

President Donald Trump has shared on Truth Social that he has “authorized a 90 day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%, also effective immediately.”

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Senate Republicans express relief after Trump pauses tariff plans

As news that President Donald Trump was backing down on most of his tariffs reached a luncheon of Senate Republicans Wednesday, the room reacted with relief, cheers and smiles

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House votes to overturn Biden-era rule limiting bank overdraft fees to $5, sends to Trump to sign

The House has voted to overturn a rule that would have limited bank overdraft fees to $5, following the Senate in moving to dismantle the Biden-era regulation that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau had estimated would save consumers billions of …

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New task force to review US intelligence agencies and consider declassifying COVID-19 material

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says she has formed a task force to consider big changes to America’s spy agencies

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A California soccer coach charged in a 13-year-old’s death is accused of assaulting other teens

Prosecutors say a Southern California youth soccer coach charged with killing a 13-year-old boy last month is being investigated in connection with alleged sexual assaults on at least two other teens in recent years

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