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Trump administration cancels mandatory pay hike for Head Start teachers

The Trump administration on Friday said it would cancel a rule mandating pay increases for teachers in Head Start, the federally funded early education program that serves more than 700,000 of the nation's neediest preschoolers every year.

Trump to attend trilateral meeting with Xi, Putin in China, White House confirms

President Trump is jetting to Asia on Monday for high-level meetings in the Philippines and China that will conclude with a major trilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Pope says it's a 'joy' to be home as Peru's Chiclayo welcomes back its former shepherd

Pope Leo XIV returned Friday to his beloved former diocese of Chiclayo and said it was a "joy" to be home, as he visited some of his old stomping grounds and highlighted the social justice-minded mark he left behind.

Rubio blasts international law as instrument of control as State Department attacks ICC

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday gave an aggressive speech lambasting international entities that he said weaponize the rule of law to constrain the U.S. as his State Department continues to put pressure on the International Criminal Court.

US gives states another 6 months before they have to remove people from Medicaid for not working

President Donald Trump's administration told states Friday that they can wait until July before removing people from Medicaid for failing to meet a work requirement.

Brooklyn building collapse raises questions about city oversight and safety precautions

Thousands of building construction projects are underway in New York on any given day. The deadly collapse of a building next to one of those work sites has raised questions about the city's oversight and the safety precautions taken by contractors.

'TrumpCare' and commemorative plaques -- how Democrats are pitching dealmaking with the president

Abdul El-Sayed has proposed "TrumpCare," a golden insurance card providing universal healthcare, dangling the president's name on the ambitious Democratic plan.

French far-right leader willing to meet with Zelenskyy, despite her calls to cut off aid to Ukraine

Marine Le Pen, the far-right figure who is the leading candidate in France's presidential elections next year, said she would be open to a future meeting with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy.

Brother of late Mexican cartel leader is sentenced to 22 years in prison for drug trafficking plot

A man whose brother led one of Mexico's most violent drug cartels was sentenced Friday to more than 22 years in U.S. prison for his part in a sprawling drug trafficking conspiracy that brought cocaine and methamphetamine to American streets.

The U.S. flu season is off to a very early start. It's targeting the South and West now

The U.S. flu season is off to a very early start, and it's quickly intensifying.

Hungarian authorities recover $19.5 million in cash during investigation into Orban-era minister

Hungarian authorities said Friday that they'd recovered about $19.5 million in hidden cash, some of which they found buried underground, as part of an investigation into an ex-minister who served under former Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Study finds ADHD special accommodations don't improve student behavior or learning

A new study has found that four common classroom accommodations for grade school students with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder had no positive effect on their learning or behavior.