The Trump administration is suing Maine’s education department for not complying with the government’s push to ban transgender athletes in girls sports.
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Today in History: 32 people killed in Virginia Tech shooting
On April 16, 2007, Seung-hui Cho, a 23-year-old Virginia Tech student, killed 32 people on the Virginia Tech campus before taking his own life. It remains the deadliest school history in US history.
Former President Joe Biden, in Chicago, says threat of Social Security cuts by GOP creating psychological fear
In first major speech since leaving office, ex-President Joe Biden challenged President Donald Trump’s first 100 days.
US judge presses Trump administration on its refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvadorian prison
A federal judge said Tuesday that she will order sworn testimony by Trump administration officials to determine if they complied with her orders to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison.
Records show Gene Hackman’s wife researched symptoms of illness days before her death
Authorities on Tuesday released a lengthy investigation report detailing some of the last emails, phone calls and internet searches by Gene Hackman’s wife in the days before her death.
A strong solar storm heads to Earth. Here’s what to know about northern lights.
A strong solar storm headed to Earth could produce colorful aurora displays across more U.S. states than usual Tuesday night.
Target baby food is recalled over lead contamination
A company that makes baby food sold under a Target store brand is recalling more than 25,000 packages of a product because it may contain elevated levels of lead.
Translating what Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine allies hear in his response to the measles outbreak
When the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., endorsed the measles vaccine this month after an outbreak in Texas claimed the life of a second child, his comments made waves because he has spent 20 years making false claims that vaccines are unsafe.
Harvard’s challenge to Trump administration could test limits of government power
On one side is Harvard, the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university, with a brand so powerful that its name is synonymous with prestige. On the other side is the Trump administration, determined to go farther than any other White House to reshape American higher education.
As President Donald Trump considers auto tariffs pause, parts exemptions could be key for US industry
President Donald Trump hinted that he might temporarily relieve the auto industry from “permanent” tariffs he previously imposed on the business. The president didn’t specify how long the potential pause would be or what it would entail, but the auto sector is awaiting how rules might change on 25% tariffs based on U.S. parts, if duties remain on assembled vehicles.