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Politics Denounced by GOP lawmakers, blue state governors defend immigration policies GOP lawmakers on Thursday blasted Democratic immigration policies as coddling violent criminals. Democrats portrayed Trump's escalating migrant sweeps as a dangerous assault on civil liberties. Brian Mann
Environment A popular climate website will be hobbled, after Trump administration eliminates entire staff Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it. Rebecca Hersher
Politics U.S. House votes to claw back $1.1 billion from public media The House of Representatives narrowly approved legislation Thursday to revoke two years of federal funding for public media outlets. Deirdre Walsh
National What led the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to crash in India with 242 people aboard? "It just appears to me that the airplane is unable to climb," former NTSB investigator Jeff Guzzetti tells NPR. Several explanations could account for that, the aviation expert says. Joel Rose
Arts & Life In first-of-its-kind lawsuit, Hollywood giants sue AI firm for copyright infringement Disney and Universal's 110-page lawsuit against Midjourney claims the AI player stole "countless" copyrighted works to train its software. Chloe Veltman
Politics Sen. Padilla forcibly removed from DHS press conference in Los Angeles Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was forcibly removed and handcuffed at a Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday. NPR Washington Desk
Politics The GOP's massive bill would benefit the rich the most -- while hitting the poor The top 10% of earners in the U.S. would see the biggest gains under the GOP tax and spending package, according to congressional forecasters, but those at the bottom of the income ladder would be worse off. Scott Horsley
Politics Almost all of the Fulbright board resigns, citing Trump administration interference Former Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board members said the Trump administration usurped their authority by denying awards to "a substantial number" of the individuals it had selected for the program. Rachel Treisman
Education Ex-Washington state worker claims OSPI fired her over school board vote on trans athletes A former director at Washington state’s schools agency alleges the state superintendent fired her after she voted as a local school board member in support of barring trans girls from competing in girls’ sports. Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
