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Supreme Court to hear challenge to ‘conversion therapy’ ban for minors

by Ann E. Marimow (c) 2025 , The Washington Post The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a Christian therapist’s challenge to a state law barring “conversion therapy” that attempts to change a young person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Kaley Chiles, who practices in Colorado, says the state law banning such treatment […]

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Supreme Court to hear challenge to ‘conversion therapy’ ban for minors

by Ann E. Marimow (c) 2025 , The Washington Post The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a Christian therapist’s challenge to a state law barring “conversion therapy” that attempts to change a young person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Kaley Chiles, who practices in Colorado, says the state law banning such treatment […]

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Trump declines to rule out recession amid tariffs’ effects on markets

by Michael Birnbaum, Mariana Alfaro, Yeganeh Torbati (c) 2025 , The Washington Post WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – President Donald Trump declined to rule out a recession this year as the economy stutters from his efforts to impose tariffs and rebuild the U.S. manufacturing sector, acknowledging in an interview broadcast Sunday that “it takes a […]

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Trump declines to rule out recession amid tariffs’ effects on markets

by Michael Birnbaum, Mariana Alfaro, Yeganeh Torbati (c) 2025 , The Washington Post WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – President Donald Trump declined to rule out a recession this year as the economy stutters from his efforts to impose tariffs and rebuild the U.S. manufacturing sector, acknowledging in an interview broadcast Sunday that “it takes a […]

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Former Social Security official describes hostile takeover by Musk team

by Lisa Rein (c) 2025 , The Washington Post They came in aggressively, a former official who witnessed Elon Musk’s team take over the Social Security Administration said, demanding access to sensitive taxpayer data and refusing briefings on how the agency ensures the accuracy of its benefit systems. They recklessly exposed data in unsecured areas […]

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Former Social Security official describes hostile takeover by Musk team

by Lisa Rein (c) 2025 , The Washington Post They came in aggressively, a former official who witnessed Elon Musk’s team take over the Social Security Administration said, demanding access to sensitive taxpayer data and refusing briefings on how the agency ensures the accuracy of its benefit systems. They recklessly exposed data in unsecured areas […]

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Trump threatens ‘large scale’ sanctions on Russia after major attack on Ukraine

by Sabrina Rodriguez, Kostiantyn Khudov (c) 2025 , The Washington Post President Donald Trump said Friday that he is considering imposing “large scale” sanctions on Russia to pressure the country into a ceasefire and peace deal with Ukraine. Trump’s threat on social media followed Russia’s first major missile attack against Ukraine since the Trump administration […]

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Trump threatens ‘large scale’ sanctions on Russia after major attack on Ukraine

by Sabrina Rodriguez, Kostiantyn Khudov (c) 2025 , The Washington Post President Donald Trump said Friday that he is considering imposing “large scale” sanctions on Russia to pressure the country into a ceasefire and peace deal with Ukraine. Trump’s threat on social media followed Russia’s first major missile attack against Ukraine since the Trump administration […]

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DOGE staffers bring U.S. Marshals to small federal agency that denied them access

by Brianna Tucker (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Employees of the U.S. DOGE Service, the organization overseen by Elon Musk that is tasked with slashing the size of the federal government, successfully gained access to the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) headquarters in downtown Washington on Thursday, a day after the small aid agency […]

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DOGE staffers bring U.S. Marshals to small federal agency that denied them access

by Brianna Tucker (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Employees of the U.S. DOGE Service, the organization overseen by Elon Musk that is tasked with slashing the size of the federal government, successfully gained access to the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) headquarters in downtown Washington on Thursday, a day after the small aid agency […]