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RFK Jr. targets one of the strongest state school vaccine mandate laws

By Anumita Kaur
Aug 27, 2025 4:38 pm - The Trump administration is urging West Virginia to offer religious exemptions from school vaccine mandates, alarming public health advocates who see it as part of a broader campaign to undermine an effective immunization strategy.West Virginia, which has one of the nation’s strictest vaccine mandates, has been embroiled in a dispute over Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s (R) demand to let parents decline shots for their children by invoking their religious beliefs.
DHS moves to bar aid groups from serving undocumented immigrants

By Brianna Sacks
Aug 27, 2025 4:35 pm - The Department of Homeland Security is now barring states and volunteer groups that receive government funds from helping undocumented immigrants, according to a Washington Post analysis of updated guidelines and interviews with Federal Emergency Management Agency employees. The new rules also require groups to cooperate with immigration officials and enforcement operations.
Top Florida official says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ will likely be empty within days, email shows

By KATE PAYNE and MIKE SCHNEIDER
Aug 27, 2025 12:52 pm - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A top Florida official says the controversial state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades will likely be empty in a matter of days, eve...
FDA approves updated COVID-19 shots but limits access for some kids and adults

By MATTHEW PERRONE
Aug 27, 2025 12:49 pm - U.S. regulators approved updated COVID-19 shots Wednesday but limited their use for many Americans — and removed one of the two vaccines available for young children.
Prosecutors fail to indict sandwich thrower in Trump’s Washington public safety operation

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Aug 27, 2025 10:22 am - Federal prosecutors have failed to obtain a felony indictment against a man who was seen on camera hurling a sandwich at a federal law enforcement official in the nation’s capital, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
A shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school kills 2 children, injures 17 people

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and MARK VANCLEAVE
Aug 27, 2025 10:20 am - A shooter opened fire with a rifle through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis and struck children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing two and wounding 17 people in an act of violence the police chief called “absolutely incomprehensible.”
Trump administration is investing in US rare earths in a push to break China’s grip

By JOSH FUNK and DIDI TANG
Aug 27, 2025 10:04 am - U.S. production of crucial components in electric vehicles, smartphones and fighter jets is set to expand rapidly in the coming years, as the Trump administration intensifies efforts to build up the critical mineral industry in the United States to work to break the chokehold that China has on the global supply chain.
Israel calls Gaza City evacuation ‘inevitable’ as US hosts talks on postwar Gaza

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAM METZ and SALLY ABOU ALJOUD
Aug 27, 2025 9:31 am - Israeli and U.S. officials will meet in Washington on Wednesday to discuss post-war Gaza, even as Israel's military calls the evacuation of Gaza City “inevitable” ahead of a military offensive and with no sign of a ceasefire in sight.
Cracker Barrel is keeping its old-time logo after new design elicited an uproar

By DEE-ANN DURBIN
Aug 27, 2025 9:12 am - Cracker Barrel said late Tuesday it's returning to its old logo after critics — including President Donald Trump — protested the company's plan to modernize. In a post on...
Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Aug 27, 2025 8:53 am - Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Wednesday that his department is taking management of Union Station, the main transportation hub in Washington, away from Amtrak, in another example of how the federal government is exerting its power over the nation's capital.

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