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Democratic governors form state public health alliance to counter RFK Jr.

By David Ovalle and Lena H. Sun
Oct 15, 2025 4:44 pm - Fifteen Democratic governors on Wednesday announced the formation of a state public health alliance designed to counter turmoil at federal agencies under the Trump administration.Leaders of the Governors Public Health Alliance said it will serve as a hub for governors and public health leaders to monitor disease outbreaks, establish public health policy guidance, prepare for pandemics and buy vaccines and other supplies.
Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act

By MARK SHERMAN
Oct 15, 2025 4:29 pm - The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century, a change that would boost Republican electoral prospects, particularly across the South.
On National Mall, ‘Democracy’ drips in daylight

By Joe Heim
Oct 15, 2025 3:55 pm - What weighed 3,000 pounds at dawn’s early light in Washington and will virtually disappear by sundown?The correct guess is a large ice sculpture of the word “Democracy” placed on the National Mall on Wednesday morning in direct view of the U.S. Capitol as a vanishing reminder, its creators said, of rapidly eroding rights and an existential threat to the freedom on which America was founded.
Pennsylvania man pleads guilty in arson attack at governor’s mansion while Shapiro’s family slept

By MARK SCOLFORO
Oct 14, 2025 9:20 pm - HARRISBURG, Pa. — A man who scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, eluded police and used beer bottles filled with gasoline to ignite the occupied Penn...
Erdogan opposed Netanyahu’s attendance at summit, Turkish official confirms

By SUZAN FRASER
Oct 14, 2025 8:51 pm - ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made clear he would not accept Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s presence at a high-level summit in Egy...
Deadly Texas floods prompt new state investigation

By Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Oct 14, 2025 6:56 pm - A new joint Texas legislative committee will investigate the response to the historic July 4 floods that killed at least 137 people in Central Texas, the country’s deadliest flood in nearly 50 years.
Trump threatens to pull support for Argentina if its politics don't align with US

By SEUNG MIN KIM and ISABEL DEBRE
Oct 14, 2025 6:40 pm - President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to pull assistance for Argentina — led by a political kindred spirit whose philosophy aligns with that of the Republican administration — if the nation’s internal politics don’t go the United States’ way in its upcoming elections.
US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Oct 14, 2025 6:30 pm - WASHINGTON — The United States struck another small boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela, killing six people, President Donald Trump said Tuesday. T...
Trump honors Charlie Kirk with Presidential Medal of Freedom on what would be his 32nd birthday

By WILL WEISSERT
Oct 14, 2025 5:14 pm - President Donald Trump on Tuesday posthumously awarded America's highest civilian honor to Charlie Kirk, the assassinated activist who inspired a generation of young conservatives and helped push the nation's politics further to the right.The ceremony coincided with what would have been Kirk’s 32nd birthday. It came just over a month after the Turning Point USA founder was fatally shot while speaking to a crowd at Utah Valley University.
Instagram says it’s safeguarding teens by limiting them to PG-13 content

By BARBARA ORTUTAY
Oct 14, 2025 4:32 pm - Teenagers on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won't be able to change their settings without a parent's permission, Meta announced on Tuesday.

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