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Missouri stands to lose $23 billion in federal Medicaid funds over the next 10 years if proposed changes become law, the Missouri Foundation for Health says.

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We must not throw 16 million low-income and working class Americans off of the health care they have in order to give massive tax breaks to billionaires. That is obscene.

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Republicans want to change or reduce key social safety net programs that provide health care, food benefits and financial assistance for millions of children.

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BREAKING: New York City's comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander has been arrested while visiting an immigration court.

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Tragically, the outrageous assault of Sen. Padilla today is becoming normal behavior for a Trump administration which is moving us toward authoritarianism. The American people do not like petty tyrants. We defeated King George in 1776. We will defeat King Donald.

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BREAKING: House approves President Trump's request to cancel $9.4 billion in previously approved foreign aid and funding for NPR and PBS.

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The top 10% of earners in the U.S. would see the biggest gains under the GOP tax and spending package, according to congressional forecasters, but those at the bottom of the income ladder would be worse off.

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A Justice Department legal opinion released Tuesday disavowed a 1938 determination that monuments created by previous presidents under the Antiquities Act can't be revoked.

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UP FIRST: Tariffs on imported steel and aluminum are doubling today. Here's how it could impact your wallets. And, Trump has asked Congress to wipe out funding for public broadcasting.

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BREAKING: Ukraine says Russia has launched the biggest number of drones in the 3-year war.

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"Remigration"—a far-right European plan to expel minorities and immigrants from Western nations—may soon have a dedicated office following a Trump administration reorganization of the State Department. And it may already be happening in the US.

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DeBoer: "I didn't blame it all on Jake, but the reality is if you go back to last year's playoffs, he's lost six of seven games to Edmonton. And we give up two goals on two shots in an elimination game. ... That's a pretty big sample size."

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BREAKING: Kyiv comes under a massive Russian drone and missile attack with explosions heard throughout the city.

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BREAKING: The Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling international students and says thousands of students must transfer. Follow live updates.

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BREAKING NEWS: Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, which has metastasized to the bone, according to a statement from his personal office.

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Trump set to accept luxury 747 from Qatar to use as Air Force One, ABC News says reut.rs/4iV7Giw

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The Army is pausing flights near a Washington airport after two commercial planes had to abort landings last week because of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that was flying to the Pentagon.

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The Missouri Botanical Garden and the St. Louis Zoo lost nearly $1 million amid the Trump administration's funding cuts.

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Members of the Congressional Labor Caucus wrote the letter after NPR reported that a whistleblower says DOGE may have removed sensitive labor data and compromised the security of computer systems.

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A developing political scandal in Florida has put Gov. Ron DeSantis on the defensive. Republican lawmakers are investigating how $10 million in state money was diverted for use in a campaign.

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Trump says US cannot give every person it wants to deport a trial reut.rs/3EAThdd

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Defense chief Hegseth shared war plans in second Signal chat, NYT reports reut.rs/4jFGRzw

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The agency's annual human rights reports are being purged of references to prison conditions, political corruption and other abuses.

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A coalition of Jewish groups warns that the Trump administration stripping international students of visas under the guise of fighting antisemitism actually makes Jews less safe and undermines the rule of law.

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AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s America.

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A whistleblower complaint says that Elon Musk's DOGE team of technologists may have been responsible for a 'significant cybersecurity breach,' likely of sensitive case files, at America's federal labor watchdog reut.rs/4je9RyG

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NEW: Systems at the Department of Health and Human Services are in danger of collapse, workers say, following the purging of IT and cyber staff. This could put public health data, including sensitive health records of hundreds of millions of Americans, at risk. read @davidgilbert.bsky.social:

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BREAKING: Hungary has passed a constitutional amendment that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities.

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AOC: We must acknowledge the terrifying moment we are in right now. What we are hearing and seeing with our own eyes is, in fact, happening. We are watching our neighbors, students, and friends being fired, targeted, and disappeared. It is real.

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NEW: An unsigned interagency agreement calls for the Dept of Labor to reimburse the US DOGE Service up to $1.3 million for work done by four DOGE affiliates over 18 months. Musk has previously stated that DOGE staffers would cost taxpayers nothing. from me and @timmarchman.bsky.social:

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The Associated Press has obtained a new video showing Russian forces killing Ukrainian POWs — and unusually, discovered a second video of the same incident that sheds light on how Russians are framing the conflict. These videos, analyzed together, tell a larger story at a crucial time.

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At the Environmental Protection Agency, some managers were told by Trump appointees that Musk's DOGE team is rolling out AI to monitor workers, including looking for language in communications considered hostile to Trump or Musk. Read the full exclusive ➡️ reut.rs/443eKWL

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White House calls reports of 90-day tariff pause 'fake news.' CNBC reported Kevin Hassett said Trump is considering a 90-day pause in tariffs for all countries except China, sending stocks up briefly. Then CNBC reported White House officials are not aware of such a pause reut.rs/3XNwDEU

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Marmol says no update on Herrera. Pagés will catch game two.

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