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Planned Parenthood and two smaller regional abortion providers are resuming billing Medicaid for services other than abortion after being cut off for most of a year. The defunding, which was mandated in President Trump’s big tax and policy law last year, has been blamed in the closure of multiple clinics as well as a reduction in the number of Planned Parenthood patients being screened for breast cancer or tested for sexually transmitted infections. The Medicaid billing was allowed to resume Sunday. The restored funding does not mean the battle over federal abortion policy has ended, and not all services that…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The grandfather of a man who was shot and killed by the Tennessee National Guard in Memphis over the weekend says he wants answers from law enforcement. Evaniel Johnson said he is waiting to see if video footage supports the police narrative that his 20-year-old grandson, Tyrin Johnson, turned toward U.S. guard members with a gun while running from them early Sunday. Memphis police say the guard members were responding to a report of gunfire. The National Guard members had been assigned to a crime-fighting patrol in Memphis created last year by President Donald Trump, who has…

An Idaho woman who said her toddler twins died last year after being vaccinated faces murder charges connected to their deaths, authorities said. A grand jury indicted Andrea Shaw, who is accused of suffocating her 18-month-old twins in May 2025, on two counts of first-degree murder on June 29, according to court records and a news release from the Payette Police Department. While appearing last year on an internet show produced by Children’s Health Defense – an anti-vaccine group founded by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – Shaw said her twins died after getting vaccinated. Kennedy…

NEW YORK — A former Democratic commissioner of one of the country’s top civil rights agencies dropped a lawsuit Monday challenging her dismissal by President Donald Trump, citing a recent Supreme Court ruling that dramatically enhanced the president’s power over independent agencies. Trump’s unprecedented dismissal of Jocelyn Samuels and another Democrat from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission cleared the way for his shake-up of civil rights enforcement, which has prioritized rooting out diversity and inclusion practices, weakening protections for transgender workers and championing discrimination claims against white workers and U.S.-born workers. The EEOC moved forward with aspects of that plan…

President Trump said Monday that retailer Walmart will lower prices on many of its products, including the cost of beef, after his administration requested price drops to coincide with the nation’s 250th anniversary. Mr. Trump said Walmart is “stepping up in a big and bold way.” “This is a huge deal for the many millions of Americans who, smartly, shop at Walmart, which is a truly patriotic company who loves the U.S.A,” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social. Walmart issued a statement saying it was lowering prices on thousands of goods, including groceries, household essentials, outdoor living, toys, and apparel.…

A swimmer was bitten on the foot in a suspected shark attack Friday at a New York beach, prompting authorities to temporarily close the beach. The attack at Jones Beach comes a day after multiple shark sightings were reported at other New York beaches. The person was swimming at Jones Beach State Park Field 6 when they suffered lacerations on their foot, according to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Lifeguards responded immediately and an ambulance took the victim to a hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to the department. Swimming was suspended…

A former Utah Valley University police officer testified Monday he heard a gunshot and saw Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk fall to the ground while engaging in a verbal exchange with students. Prosecutors called Officer Chris Bagley as their first witness in what is expected to be a multiday probable cause hearing for the prosecution of Tyler Robinson, the 23-year-old electrician apprentice charged with murdering Kirk. The hearing was underway in Utah County, Utah, amid heavy security and a courtroom full of VIPs. Kirk’s parents and his widow, Erika Kirk, were in attendance along with Donald Trump Jr., who…

PROVO, Utah — Utah prosecutors are in court Monday seeking to convince a state judge they have enough evidence to bring to trial the man accused in Charlie Kirk’s assassination and seek the death penalty. Kirk’s parents and widow, Erika Kirk, were in the courtroom for the first time, along with Donald Trump Jr., President Donald Trump’s son. The five-day preliminary hearing will mark the most significant presentation of evidence in the case against defendant Tyler Robinson. Three men escorted Erika Kirk into the courthouse in Provo several minutes before the hearing began. She walked into court holding hands with…

Tennessee National Guard soldiers deployed to Memphis as part of President Trump’s anti-crime crackdown shot and killed an armed man while responding to reports of gunfire on Sunday, authorities said. Police were investigating reports of gunfire in downtown Memphis around 4 a.m. Sunday, when they spotted a man carrying a handgun. “The male fled on foot, and officers pursued him with assistance from Tennessee National Guard soldiers assigned to the area,” Memphis Police officials said in a statement. Police said the man, later identified as 20-year-old Tyrin Johnson, turned toward the soldiers with his weapon. The soldiers opened fire, killing…

SALT LAKE CITY — The 23-year-old man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University will be in court this week for the most substantial hearing so far in his murder case. Prosecutors will lay out their evidence against Tyler Robinson in a five-day preliminary hearing. When it is over, the judge will decide whether the case will proceed to trial, with the death penalty as a possible punishment if he is convicted. Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, and his parents are expected to be in the Utah courtroom, according to a person familiar with the situation…