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China’s relations are starting to improve with Japan, India and other countries that former U.S. President Joe Biden courted, just as Donald Trump brings his more unilateralist approach back to the White House.

U.S. officials say the Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days.

Republicans in statehouses are emboldened by GOP electoral successes to push a new wave of bills to restrict transgender rights and gender-affirming care.

Fast growing fire breaks out in Castaic, prompting evacuations  LAist Fast-moving Hughes Fire forces evacuations near Castaic  KTLA Los Angeles Mandatory evacuations ordered in northern LA County in first significant wildfire outbreak since fatal fires  CNN California Wildfires Live Updates: New Fire Explodes

Some Trump voters express reservations with his sweeping Jan. 6 pardons  NPR Capito had thought Trump would consider Jan. 6 pardons on case-by-case basis  West Virginia MetroNews Video: Donie O’Sullivan speaks with pardoned January 6 defendants | CNN Politics  CNN ‘Betrayed’: Former DC

Student fatally shoots 1 student, wounds another at Nashville high school, police say  CNN 2 dead, 2 injured after shooting inside Antioch High School cafeteria  WSMV 4 Teen fatally shoots a female student and himself at Antioch High School in Nashville, police

Jan. 6 rioters convicted for role in Capitol attack speak out against Trump’s pardons  ABC News Judges in Washington Push Back on Trump’s Reprieve of Jan. 6 Defendants  The New York Times Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons won’t change the ‘truth’, judge says  The

As President Donald Trump cracks down on immigrants in the U.S. illegally, some families are wondering if it is safe to send their children to school.

President Donald Trump’s national security adviser has sidelined about 160 National Security Council staffers, telling them to work from home while the administration reviews staffing and tries to align it with Trump’s agenda.

As President Donald Trump’s Cabinet and Administration nominees face confirmation hearings, they are set to wield control over a range of departments affecting everything from healthcare to the economy. And many of them will have some power over abortion access—even