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Karoline Leavitt is walking away from one of the most high-profile jobs in Washington for a reason many parents can understand: She wants to be there for her children. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Leavitt will step down as White House press secretary at the end of August, less than a month after she…

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom brought a sharply political message into a Detroit church Sunday, warning congregants that President Donald Trump and Republicans want to take America back to a “pre-1960s world.” Speaking at Fellowship Chapel, a prominent Black church in Detroit, Newsom initially framed his remarks around the relationship between faith and action. “The reverend…

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President Trump signed an executive order lowering the number of recommended vaccines for children, spacing out the vaccine schedule over longer periods, and suggesting breaking up the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (known as the MMR) into separate vaccines rather than all at once. The White House announced the new recommendations as the “Gold Standard…

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The governor of Massachusetts has signed a sweeping new abortion bill that removes restrictions on late-term abortions, allowing abortions to take place up until the birth of the baby. Governor Maura Healey signed the new legislation on Monday, which removes restrictions on abortions after 24 weeks. Previously, such abortions had only been permitted in life-threatening…

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