The Trump administration’s crackdown on DEI programs could exacerbate an unexpectedly steep drop in diversity among medical school students, even in states like California, where public universities have been navigating bans on affirmative action for decades. Education and health experts warn that, ultimately, this could harm patient care.

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WASHINGTON — As court orders against his administration mount, President Donald Trump has ramped up his attacks on federal judges in recent days, railing against their authority and calling for their impeachment.

In particular, the president seems to have zeroed in on the idea of limiting federal district judges’ ability to issue ...Read more

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Arms are a global business, so it's little surprise that at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference, discerning quartermasters had a world buffet of weaponry before them, be it Brazilian ballistic munitions, Indian patrol boats or the latest in AI-enabled drones from the U.S.

Also present was ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- On days when the emphysema and the side effects of his traumatic brain injury are not flaring out of control, David Cochran sometimes leaves his house in Vista.

But simple things like traffic can set off his post-traumatic stress, and the U.S. Army veteran quickly returns home, where he doesn’t feel so vulnerable to the ...Read more

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders to increase logging in national forests and on other federal lands.

Trump’s orders direct federal agencies to set aggressive targets for timber harvests and to circumvent environmental laws such as the Endangered Species Act that protect critical habitats.

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RICHMOND — At an event in the Patrick Henry Building in Richmond Monday, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced that he prepared 205 budget line amendments and eight item vetoes to the General Assembly’s proposed budget amendments.

Youngkin stressed that despite potential cuts at the federal level, Virginia’s economy remains strong. The budget ...Read more

The coalition behind the state’s “Fair Share Amendment,” or millionaire’s tax, is pushing for increased taxes on “billionaire global corporations” and calling on lawmakers to use the state’s rainy day fund to bridge any potential budget gap resulting from the Trump Administration’s quest to slash government spending.

The group ...Read more

Gov. JB Pritzker vetoed a bill aimed at providing protections for workers at large warehouses, saying it was passed “hastily” and “without engagement with relevant state agencies or my office and presents both legal and operational issues that undermine its effect.”

The bill was passed in early January by the Democratic-controlled ...Read more

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Senate Democratic lawmakers in the Washington Legislature released a $78.5 billion state spending proposal Monday that includes increased funding for K-12 special education for the next two years and raises for state workers.

The budget, which relies on the state's rainy day fund and $17 billion in revenue over the next four ...Read more

Two starkly different, if both bipartisan, transportation budgets came out of the Washington state Senate Monday.

The first one — preferred by Democratic and Republican leaders on the Transportation Committee — is a $16.2 billion proposal for the 2025-27 biennium that finishes promised projects and fills a $1 billion hole left behind by ...Read more

One lot of Target store-brand cheesecake has been recalled by the manufacturer for an issue that can range from annoyance to fatal, depending on the consumer.

The FDA-posted recall notice from Dessert Holdings, which made Favorite Brand Gourmet New York Style Cheesecake for Target, says Dessert Holdings got a complaint that the cheesecake had ...Read more

Dick Harpootlian, the South Carolina attorney who represented convicted killer Alex Murdaugh in his six-week 2023 murder trial, has a new high-profile client: Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden.

Harpootlian will be representing Hunter Biden in a federal libel lawsuit that Biden brought against Patrick Byrne, an outspoken ...Read more

A range of national and local education groups, including the union representing Maryland state employees, sued the U.S. Department of Education on Monday as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to dismantle the agency.

Filed Monday in U.S. District Court for Maryland, the lawsuit seeks for a judge to halt the Trump administration’...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Members of the California Assembly will consider a pair of bills targeting transgender athletes next week, a surprising development that comes weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom called trans athletes’ participation in sports “deeply unfair” on his podcast.

Two bills sponsored by Assemblymembers Kate Sanchez, R-Rancho ...Read more

DENVER — Two days after the fourth anniversary of the Boulder King Soopers mass shooting, the Colorado House passed legislation to limit the sale of certain semiautomatic firearms to Coloradans who have passed a background check and taken a training course.

Senate Bill 3 — which would apply the new restrictions to the gun used in the ...Read more

Nevada’s Republican governor said he believes dismantling the U.S. Department of Education will give more power to state officials over Nevada’s curriculum and remove bureaucracy, countering concerns raised by state Democrats and education groups made last week.

During an exclusive interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Monday, Gov....Read more

An ex-U.S. Attorney who worked during former President Joe Biden’s administration was found dead Saturday at her home in northern Virginia.

Jessica Aber was found unresponsive at her residence in Alexandria, police said in a social media post. She was 43.

Aber’s death was not considered suspicious, sources told ABC News. The former ...Read more

With just two weeks left of the legislative session, Gov. Wes Moore gathered with dozens of public sector union members Monday to advocate for the passage of labor protection bills in the face of federal cuts.

“All of our state workers, all of our federal workers who call Maryland home, we want to let you know we’ve got you today, we’ve ...Read more

A South Florida man took dangerous, criminal action to express distaste for protesters opposing Elon Musk by aiming his SUV and speeding into a crowd standing in front of a Tesla dealership over the weekend, law enforcement officials said.

Around 2 p.m., Palm Beach resident Andrew Dutil, 45, drove his black Nissan SUV on the curb of a sidewalk ...Read more