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The government is investigating new claims that DOGE misused Social Security data

The fallout from DOGE staffers' efforts to access sensitive Social Security data continues as an agency watchdog disclosed a ...
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Chile turns right: Kast inaugurated as nation's most conservative leader since Pinochet

Chile has sworn in its most right-wing president in decades — and his rise, and ideology, are rooted in a small town beneath the Andes.
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Iran's soccer team cannot participate in the FIFA World Cup, Iranian minister says

Iran is set to play three games in the U.S. this June. But amid the U.S.-Israel military campaign that has killed Iran's supreme leader, Iran's sports minister said the team would pull out.
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New state ban on expanded civil rights rolls back local gender identity protections

Hundreds of Iowans gathered at the Capitol in 2025 to protest the Legislature removing gender identity as a protected class from the Iowa Civil Rights Act. Now, the state's civil rights protections ...
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No Nobles Day: Britain's Parliament boots its last hereditary Lords after 700 years

Government minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the change put an end to "an archaic and undemocratic principle." The removed aristocrats are 92 of the House of Lords' 800 members.
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Greetings from a Shanghai temple where you can ward off bad luck in the Year of the Horse

According to Chinese mythology, those born in the Year of the Horse will clash with Tai Sui, a heavenly general. Luckily, there are ways to appease Tai Sui, including amulets at Shanghai's Jade Buddha ...
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Bill limits governor’s power to close churches and mandate vaccines during emergencies

The governor would be barred from closing or regulating places of worship during emergencies under a bill advanced by the House. This includes disasters or public health emergencies, like the COVID-19 ...
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Pentagon probe points to U.S. missile hitting Iranian school

The U.S. has launched a formal investigation into a missile strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed at least 165 civilians, after a preliminary assessment determined the U.S. was at fault, ...
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Medical providers can deny services that violate their beliefs under bill passed by Iowa Senate

A bill that allows health care providers and institutions to decline to participate in services that violate their conscience was passed by the Iowa Senate.
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Iowans urge lawmakers to reject a bill that permanently privatizes Medicaid services

Parents of people with disabilities pleaded with lawmakers to reject a bill that would require the state to use private companies to manage most of Iowa’s Medicaid system.
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House passes bill expanding DNA collection by law enforcement

Law enforcement would collect DNA samples of people arrested for felonies or certain violent crimes under a bill advanced by the Iowa House. Currently, DNA is collected when people are convicted of ...
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House passes bills to limit WIC eligibility for immigrants, raise income cap for disabled Iowans on Medicaid

Mothers and infants in the U.S. without legal status and some lawfully present immigrants would be barred from food assistance under a bill that passed the Iowa House Tuesday. The bill (HF 2716) would ...