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Missouri Clinics Resume Abortions After Judge Strikes Restrictions
“Today’s decision is a triumph for all Missourians,” the president of Planned Parenthood Great Plains said.

Acting Social Security Commissioner Resigns Amid Pressure From “DOGE”
“There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is,” one critic of “DOGE's” work said.

Pain Clinics Exploited Opioid Dependency to Earn Millions From Ineffective Shots
Chronic pain patients received medically unnecessary injections from Pain MD as part of a decade-long fraud scheme.

I’m 1 of More Than 600 People on CA’s Death Row. Newsom Must End Death Penalty.
Twenty-three states have abolished the death penalty. California should join them in ending state-sponsored executions.

Retailers Ration Eggs as Prices Jump 18 Percent Since Trump Inauguration
Trump promised on the campaign trail that consumer prices will “come down fast” but has since reneged on that pledge.

Leonard Peltier Is Released After Nearly 50 Years in Prison
The 80-year-old activist, who always maintained his innocence, will serve the rest of his sentence in home confinement.

Trump’s Plan to Make America Healthy Again? Continued Exposure to Lead in Water.
No one knows how many lead pipes funnel tainted water into schools and daycares, but the GOP is derailing remediation.

IRS Said He Led the “Worst of the Worst” Tax Scams. Now He’s a Trump Adviser.Â
A proponent of a tax deduction decried as “abusive” is now advising the agency that manages US government property.

As Trump Bars Asylum Claims, Migrants Struggle in Mexico City
Trump’s crackdown has caused distress and anguish for many, compounding their already precarious mental health.

Abortion Laws Are Eroding Trust Between Mental Health Providers and Clients
As a resident of Texas, one woman was too scared to tell her therapist about her abortion because of the state’s laws.