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Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the prescription painkiller. (Image credit: Douglas Healey/AP)

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday, using the first trip of his second administration to tour areas where politics has clouded the response to deadly disasters. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”]

Trump defends decision to pull security detail for ex-aides  POLITICO Trump Administration Live Updates: Latest News on the President’s Executive Orders  The New York Times ‘I’m hearing a lot of concern’: Kaitlan Collins on how former Trump aides are responding to revoked

Trump order ending federal DEI programs leaves agencies and stakeholders on uncertain ground  The Associated Press ENDING ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION AND RESTORING MERIT-BASED OPPORTUNITY  The White House Federal workers placed on leave by Trump’s DEI order are angry and fearful of what lies

Health researchers alarmed as Trump administration pauses travel, communications  The Washington Post Travel, grant and funding cuts ‘stifling’ US health agencies in new Trump era  The Guardian US Swaths of U.S. Government Grind to a Halt After Trump Shock Therapy  The Wall Street

Health researchers alarmed as Trump administration pauses travel, communications  The Washington Post Travel, grant and funding cuts ‘stifling’ US health agencies in new Trump era  The Guardian US Swaths of U.S. Government Grind to a Halt After Trump Shock Therapy  The Wall Street

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on artificial intelligence Thursday that will revoke past government policies his order says “act as barriers to American AI innovation.” To maintain global leadership in AI technology, “we must develop AI systems that

A memo appears to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to target programs that let in more than a million people.

Some posts related to obtaining abortion pills were recently hidden on Instagram and Facebook and some accounts were suspended, before being later restored.

Moscow believes it has the resources and manpower to withstand at least another year of the conflict.