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In policy reversal, Trump eliminates help for Black and Latino communities hit harder by pollution

In policy reversal, Trump eliminates help for Black and Latino communities hit harder by pollution

For four years, the Environmental Protection Agency made environmental justice one of its biggest priorities , working to improve health conditions in heavily-polluted communities often made up largely of Black, Latino and low-income Americans.
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Health groups prepare for the unthinkable: Working with RFK Jr.

Health groups prepare for the unthinkable: Working with RFK Jr.

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Ramaswamy's expected run for Ohio governor would test experienced Republicans and tradition

Ramaswamy's expected run for Ohio governor would test experienced Republicans and tradition

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fresh off of his unexpected departure from President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency , Vivek Ramaswamy has set his sights on becoming governor of his home state.
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Battlegrounds Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are back in the spotlight with high-stakes court elections

Battlegrounds Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are back in the spotlight with high-stakes court elections

HARRISBURG, Pa.
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Democrats are splintered on immigration and how to respond to Trump

Democrats are splintered on immigration and how to respond to Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Donald Trump took office in 2017 with promises to crack down on immigration, he was met by widespread protests that filled churches, airports and union halls as Democratic lawmaker vowed to fight the new Republican president at
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Survey says more young Canadians believe the history of the Holocaust is exaggerated

Survey says more young Canadians believe the history of the Holocaust is exaggerated

OTTAWA — On Monday the world will mark eight decades since the liberation of Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi extermination camps where more than a million people, most of them Jews, were murdered during the Second World War.
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Trump's border emergency declaration comes amid relative calm after years of major turmoil

Trump's border emergency declaration comes amid relative calm after years of major turmoil

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Long stretches of silence on a Border Patrol scanner are punctuated with updates on tracking a single migrant for hours.
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Trump uses mass firing to remove independent inspectors general at a series of agencies

Trump uses mass firing to remove independent inspectors general at a series of agencies

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has fired about 17 independent inspectors general at government agencies, a sweeping action to remove oversight of his new administration that some members of Congress are suggesting violated federal oversig
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Senate confirms Noem as Trump's homeland security secretary

Senate confirms Noem as Trump's homeland security secretary

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and President Donald Trump's plans to clamp down o
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Carney secures three more ministerial endorsements

Carney secures three more ministerial endorsements

OTTAWA — Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney secured three more endorsements from cabinet on Saturday, with Defence Minister Bill Blair and Transport Minister Anita Anand backing Carney in statements on X and Housing Minister Nate Erskine-Smith ho
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