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Workplace Inspections by OSHA Dropped Over a Six-Month Period of 2025

Labor advocates worry that the Trump administration is relaxing oversight of companies and increasing the potential for serious injuries and deaths.

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The Trump administration has made efforts to roll back regulations for worker safety and protections, including plans to pull back a requirement that employers provide appropriate lighting at construction sites.
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Administration Targets Noncitizen Voting, Despite Finding It Rare

The intensified push is part of an extraordinary all-fronts effort to insert federal law enforcement into the machinery of American elections ahead of the midterms.

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Voters in Miami Beach in 2024. A new nationwide effort by the Trump administration to find and charge criminal voting cases appears to be targeted at green card holders.
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Leslie Wexner Says Epstein ‘Conned’ Him, but Democrats Are Skeptical

House Republicans skipped a deposition with Leslie Wexner, the retail billionaire, and Democrats said his answers were not credible.

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Representative Robert Garcia of California, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, speaking during a news conference about the congressional deposition of Les Wexner in New Albany, Ohio.
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Marco Rubio Is Failing Western Civ

The Declaration of Independence’s powerful vision of equality stands as a chief obstacle to the MAGA right’s effort to consummate its vision of domination.

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Ethan Hawke on ‘Blue Moon,’ ‘Reality Bites’ and the Lessons He’s Learned

A best actor Oscar contender for “Blue Moon,” the star reflects on turbulent times in Hollywood and the notion of selling out: “I think about it constantly.”

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Acting is “such a wonderful profession,” Hawke said, explaining, “You can use your own joys and heartbreaks and relationships to educate you, then put it in service of something else.”
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Mark Zuckerberg Takes the Stand in Social Media Addiction Trial

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Meta’s chief executive said users spent a lot of time on Instagram because of its value, as he was grilled about child safety issues in front of a jury.

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Mark Zuckerberg has been criticized over allegations that his company created child safety and privacy problems.
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Meta Begins $65 Million Election Push to Advance A.I. Agenda

Meta’s biggest election investment aims to prevent state legislation that it fears could inhibit artificial intelligence development. Its spending starts this week in Texas and Illinois.

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Meta is quietly supporting two new super PACs as it aims to influence the regulatory environment for artificial intelligence.
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How Microbes Got Their Crawl

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.
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Kentucky Derby Operator Accused of Regulatory ‘Freeloading’

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority filed a complaint saying Churchill Downs Inc. is not paying its fair share to support inspections and testing.

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Kentucky Derby day at Churchill Downs in 2024. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority says Churchill Downs Inc. owes it $2.4 million in fees.
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N.I.H. Director Will Temporarily Run C.D.C. in Leadership Shake-Up

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya will serve as the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention until President Trump appoints a permanent director.

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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, will serve as the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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A Case Against 6 Democrats Lacked Urgency. Then Came a Swift Bid for an Indictment.

Prosecutors have been repeatedly caught between the president’s insistence that they undertake weak or baseless cases and the necessity of having to go to court.

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Senators Elissa Slotkin and Mark Kelly were among the Democratic lawmakers targeted by federal prosecutors after recording a video informing troops that they could refuse illegal orders.
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Mamdani Fills Out Housing Board in Push to Freeze Rent

Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed six members to the Rent Guidelines Board, which decides whether rents can go up in nearly one million rent-stabilized apartments.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani pledged throughout his campaign last year to “freeze the rent” for the nearly two million New Yorkers who live in rent-stabilized units.
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Russia’s Exile From World Sports Will End Next Month at Paralympics

Six Russian athletes and four Belarusians will be allowed to represent their nations, officials said. The decision could pave the way for a Russian team to compete at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.

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Russian athletes carrying their national flag at the closing ceremony for the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, in 2014.
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The Social Media Addiction Trials: What to Know

Landmark trials will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products.

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The lawsuits are for the first time putting social media companies on the spot for creating harmful products, exposing them to new kinds of liability.
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Colorado Democrats Push to Rip Up 2028 House Map for an Extra Edge

A proposed ballot measure to give Democrats more seats for the 2028 and 2030 elections signals that the nation’s gerrymandering fight is likely to persist for years.

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Voters in Oak Creek, Colo., in 2024. A ballot measure backed by a Democratic-allied group in the state would ask voters to suspend the state’s independent redistricting commission for two election cycles and install a map with as many as three more Democratic-leaning seats.
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