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The change will extend employees’ health insurance and will particularly help workers whose due dates, or those of a pregnant spouse, were close to a July layoff date.

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Trump shuts off federal funding for gain-of-function virus research in China, Iran

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Trump administration asks judge to toss suit restricting access to abortion medication

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Justice Department plans to investigate prosecutor's office in Minnesota's most populous county

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Linda McMahon blasts Harvard in scathing letter telling elite university it will no longer get federal grants

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Migrants deported by Donald Trump set to be sent to Rwanda hotels built by Britain

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Trump welcomes freed Russian-American ballerina at White House

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UK planning on restricting visa applications from certain nationalities – report

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Doctors warn of ‘threat to patient safety’ over elderly people stuck in A&E

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Swinney: Eradicating child poverty ‘ever more difficult’ because of Labour

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John Swinney says campaigning in Holyrood by-election is ‘tough’

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Girls and pupils at disadvantaged schools to benefit from maths funding

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John Swinney to put ‘serious action’ over the NHS at the heart of his plans

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DOJ investigating ‘anti-Catholic’ Washington state law requiring clergy to report child abuse

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Trump's spending cuts are hitting communities of his supporters

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Trump has booted 11,000 IRS employees so far, and counting

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Trump halts greening of federal buildings

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Balancing Trump criticism and bipartisanship, Democrat Jon Ossoff walks a fine line in Georgia

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An overwhelming majority of Americans don't want Trump tax cuts to expire

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Danielle Smith promises Alberta separation referendum if signatures warrant

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Welsh Labour leader to say she ‘won’t stay silent’ as she looks to Senedd vote

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Starmer and Macron discuss Ukraine and migration in call

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Former Palantir workers condemn company's work with Trump administration

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett says Trump is 'terrified' of intelligent Black women

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Fairfax County drops charges against migrant accused of child kidnapping

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A GOP congressman is peppered with questions about Trump during raucous town hall

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Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage to run for Congress in Trump-friendly district held by Democrat Golden

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Coalition of 19 states, D.C. asks federal judge to reverse deep cuts to Health and Human Services

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Trump says Mexico's president rejected help from U.S. military because she's 'scared' of cartels

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Democratic senators press Trump administration on how it will protect endangered species

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urges investor patience to see the big picture of Trump's agenda

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Cinco de Mayo celebrates resilience and culture of Mexican people

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South Dakota students weigh protest against university honors for homeland security chief Noem

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