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President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order relating to clemency for anti-abortion protesters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Justice Department curtails prosecutions for blocking access to reproductive health centers

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President Donald Trump’s new Justice Department leadership is curtailing prosecutions against people accused of blocking access to abortion clinics and reproductive health centers.

FILE - President John F. Kennedy waves from his car in a motorcade in Dallas, with first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, right, Nellie Connally, second from left, and her husband, Texas Gov. John Connally, far left, Nov. 22, 1963. (AP Photo/Jim Altgens, File)
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What JFK assassination files are still classified? Trump’s order could bring them to light

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Millions of documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas have already been made public, but President Donald Trump has ordered the release of thousands of still-classified files.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks after being sworn in by Vice President JD Vance in the Vice Presidential Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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State Department freezes new funding for nearly all US aid programs worldwide

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The State Department has frozen new funding for almost all U.S. aid programs worldwide, making exceptions to allow humanitarian food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt to continue.

FILE - Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies during a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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Trump ends Fauci's security detail and says he'd feel no responsibility if harm befell him

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President Donald Trump has ended the federal security detail for Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease expert who advised him on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two men walk down a road towards Border Patrol agents after crossing the border illegally through a gap in two walls separating Mexico from the United States, behind, before turning themselves in, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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As Trump ramps up immigration enforcement, Newark slams ICE over arrests there

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The Trump administration says it is expanding a fast-track deportation authority nationwide.

This U.S. Department of Education website page is seen on Jan. 24, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Federal agencies begin removing DEI guidance from websites in Trump crackdown

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Several federal agencies have begun removing resources for underrepresented Americans from their webpages following President Donald Trump’s executive order cracking down on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

President Donald Trump supporter Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, convicted on charges relating to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, talks to reporters after meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025 (AP Photo Nathan Ellgren)
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Oath Keepers founder Rhodes is barred from entering Washington or Capitol without court's permission

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A federal judge has barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from entering Washington without the court’s approval.

FILE - A motorist charges his electric vehicle at a Tesla Supercharger station in Detroit, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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'We've got to move forward' - Michigan electric vehicle industry responds to Trump policy changes

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President Trump has slashed a slew of EV-related policies, which could affect many states that have received billions of dollars in investment for electrification, notably Michigan.

Rev. Mariann Budde leads the national prayer service attended by President Donald Trump at the Washington National Cathedral, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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What to know about Mariann Budde, the bishop who upset Trump with her inaugural sermon

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The Right Rev. Mariann Budde, Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Washington, made headlines this week after she angered President Donald Trump with her sermon during an inaugural prayer service.

People leave the Congress Center on the final day at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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As elite Davos event ends, some hail 'constructive optimism' despite divisions, suffering in world

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The World Economic Forum's annual gathering of elites in Davos has ended with many business leaders, world-class academics, top government officials and other elites casting an upbeat tone about economic prospects, efforts to end wars and technological progress.

Elon Musk reacts as President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a rally ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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What Americans think about Trump and Musk's plans for the federal government: AP-NORC poll

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Americans see the federal government as rife with corruption, inefficiency and red tape — but they’re less sure about whether Elon Musk is the right person to fix it.

FILE - Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R- Fla. speaks at AmericaFest, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Florida's special congressional primaries

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Republicans are eager to find replacements for former GOP Reps. Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz in Tuesday’s special congressional primaries in Florida to add some breathing room to their slender majority in the U.S. House, but control of the chamber isn’t on the line.

Roughly half of the Minnesota House seats remain empty as Democrats fail to show up after the legislative session gaveled in on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in St. Paul, Minnesota. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)
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Democrats' Minnesota House boycott echoes earlier walkouts in other states

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Democrats in the Minnesota House who have boycotted daily sessions are using tactics that lawmakers elsewhere have tried dozens of times in seeking to thwart their opponents.

People participating in the annual March for Life, walk from the Washington Monument to the Supreme Court, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, in Washington.(AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Trump and Vance join March for Life anti-abortion activists in celebrating the movement's gains

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President Donald Trump and his vice president, JD Vance, are celebrating gains in the anti-abortion movement with activists in the annual March for Life.

White House staff secretary Will Scharf talks with President Donald Trump after he signed executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Who's the guy handing Trump those binders of executive orders? Meet Will Scharf

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Those binders full of executive orders that President Donald Trump has been signing with a flourish in recent days don’t just magically appear before him.

FILE - A woman marks her ballot inside of a voting center during early voting in the states' presidential primary election, March 26, 2024, in Freeport, N.Y. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)
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New York county agrees to redraw voting lines that lawsuit said disenfranchised residents of color

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A New York county has agreed to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised residents of color.

President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Trump signs executive order on developing artificial intelligence 'free from ideological bias'

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on artificial intelligence Thursday that will revoke past government policies his order says “act as barriers to American AI innovation.”.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for defense secretary, appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Hegseth told senator he paid $50,000 to woman who accused him of 2017 sex assault

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Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, paid $50,000 to the woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017.

FILE - Anti-abortion activists Lauren Handy, front, with Terrisa Bukovinac, from left, Jonathan Darnell, and Randall Terry, speak during a news conference in Washington, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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Trump pardons anti-abortion activists who blockaded clinic entrances

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President Donald Trump is pardoning anti-abortion activists who were convicted in the October 2020 invasion and blockade of a Washington clinic.

President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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FEMA faces shakeup under Trump while it wrestles with disasters on both coasts

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President Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of responding to disasters in California and North Carolina.

FILE - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton arrives with former President Donald Trump at Manhattan criminal court before Trump's trial in New York, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (Justin Lane/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Texas bar association drops lawsuit against AG Ken Paxton over 2020 election challenge

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The State Bar of Texas is dropping efforts to discipline Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton over allegations that his failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election amounted to professional misconduct.