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FILE - Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden arrives at the presentation of the Gershwin Prize, to be awarded to Joni Mitchell at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington March 1, 2023.

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  • National

President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

Hayden, who became the first woman and the first African American to serve as the Librarian of Congress when she was appointed in 2016, was abruptly fired via email late Thursday.

May 09, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Pope Leo XIV greets the public for the first time from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.

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  • Religion

Who is the new Pope Leo XIV and what are his views?

Pope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago. He is of French, Italian and Spanish descent. He spent years working as a missionary in Peru.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Juliana Kim and
  • Ayana Archie
Jeanine Pirro speaks during 2022 FOX Nation Patriot Awards in 2022 in Hollywood, Fla.

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  • Law

Trump names Fox's Pirro as interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. after dropping earlier pick

President Trump named Fox News personality Jeanine Pirro as the interim top prosecutor in Washington, D.C., to replace Ed Martin.

May 08, 2025
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  • Tom Dreisbach
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks at an event unveiling a new U.S. air traffic control system at the Department of Transportation on Thursday in Washington, D.C.

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  • National

Trump administration unveils a plan to modernize the air traffic control system

The transportation secretary announced a far-reaching plan to drastically overhaul the current technology used by thousands of controllers responsible for guiding planes in and out of airports.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Scott Neuman
NIH Director Jayanta Bhattacharya, left, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speak before a news conference at the Health and Human Services Department on April 22.

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  • National

RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info

The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

May 08, 2025
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  • Alana Wise
Cam Hamilton, acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee on Homeland Security oversight hearing of FEMA on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

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  • National

FEMA's acting administrator is replaced a day after congressional testimony

The abrupt change came the day after Cameron Hamilton testified on Capitol Hill that he did not agree with proposals to dismantle an organization that helps plan for natural disasters and distributes financial assistance.

May 08, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Thursday.

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  • Religion

Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes the first American pope, choosing the name Leo XIV

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected pope, the first time an American has led the Roman Catholic Church. Prevost, 69, chose the name Pope Leo XIV.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Ventre and
  • Daniel Burke
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks at a campaign rally for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, in Nov., 2024. In January, Sanders announced plans to reprise an effort to institute work requirements for Medicaid, as Arkansas did under the first Trump administration.

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  • Health

States try to revive Medicaid work requirements, worrying some low-income Americans

13 states got the greenlight to add work requirements during the first Trump Administration, but courts halted those plans. Now that Trump is back in the White House, some states are trying again.

May 08, 2025
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  • Alexandra Olgin
Muscatine Community College students in Iowa may get to pursue bachelor's degrees. From left: Jake Siefers is majoring in psychology, Elexiana Oliva is majoring in criminal justice, Shiloh Morter plans to become an engineer and Jaylea Perez is pursuing psychology.

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  • Education

More states are allowing community colleges to offer bachelor's degrees

Diminishing access to four-year universities and majors has been holding rural students back. Community colleges say they can bridge the gap.

May 08, 2025
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  • Jon Marcus
Anti-abortion activists pray and protest in front of the Greenville Women's Clinic in Greenville, S.C., in March.

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  • National

Once-fringe activists are fighting to be the voice of the anti-abortion movement

Most Americans balk at the idea of charging women who get abortions with homicide, but post-Roe, militant anti-abortion activists are finding state lawmakers are increasingly open to it.

May 08, 2025
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  • Odette Yousef
A study recruited Black and Latina women and asked them to log all the beauty products they use in a week. More than half of the women used products with known carcinogens.

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  • Health

Cancer-causing chemicals are in many beauty products women use, a study finds

Soaps, lotions and shampoos were found to have formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing preservatives.

May 08, 2025
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  • Ronnie Cohen
Kellen and his classmates, including his best friend, Nolan Robbins (left), learn about the structure of the U.S. government with teacher Robyn Fox.

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  • Education

On Teacher Appreciation Week, union leaders say teachers are underpaid and under attack

The presidents of the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers say the political climate has added to age-old money problems for teachers, such as underfunded schools.

May 08, 2025
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  • Ayana Archie
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks to the press at the Georgia State Capitol after signing a religious freedom bill into law on Friday, April 4.

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  • Politics

Georgia's Brian Kemp becomes latest swing state governor to decline a run for Senate

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he is passing on running for the senate in next year's midterm elections, a blow to Republicans who spent months courting him to challenge Democratic incumbent.

May 08, 2025
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  • Sam Gringlas
A composite image of former Memphis Police Department officers Tadarrius Bean (from left), Justin Smith and Demetrius Haley in court in Memphis, Tenn., on May 3. The former officers were charged with fatally beating Tyre Nichols in 2023. They each took the stand to decline to testify on their own behalf.

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  • National

3 former Memphis police officers found not guilty in the death of Tyre Nichols

A jury found the three men not guilty of all charges in connection with the 2023 fatal beating, including the most serious charge of second-degree murder.

May 07, 2025
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  • Katie Riordan
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2025.

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  • Politics

USDA chief says agency is trying to fill key jobs after paying 15,000 to leave

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says the department will consider bringing back some employees who took the government's deferred resignation offer.

May 07, 2025
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