Before the election, Heritage Foundation staffers flooded federal agencies with records requests, looking for employees whose emails and messages contained terms like “climate change" or “DEI,” so they could be purged by a second Trump administration. In case you missed our story from Oct. 2024:

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Heritage Foundation Staffers Flood Federal Agencies With Thousands of Information Requests

The conservative think tank’s requests are clogging the pipeline at federal agencies in an apparent attempt to find employees a potential Trump a...

Madison and Nashville School Shooters Appear to Have Crossed Paths in Online Extremist Communities — A month after a student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School, another killed a classmate at Antioch High School. Both were active in an internet subculture that glorifies mass shooters and encourages young people to commit attacks.

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Madison and Nashville School Shooters Appear to Have Crossed Paths in Online Extremist Communities

A month after a student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School, another killed a classmate at Antioch High School. Both were active in an in...

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Insurers Failed to Comply With Mental Health Coverage Law, Department of Labor Report Finds — The probe found widespread noncompliance and violations of federal law in how health plans and insurers cover mental health care, echoing the findings of a recent ProPublica investigation.

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Insurers Failed to Comply With Mental Health Coverage Law, Department of Labor Report Finds

The probe found widespread noncompliance and violations of federal law in how health plans and insurers cover mental health care, echoing the findi...

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North Dakota Sued the Interior Department at Least Five Times Under Gov. Doug Burgum. Now He’s Set to Run the Agency. — The state was hostile to Interior Department policies during the Biden administration. A review of its lawsuits under Burgum reveals an aggressively pro-fossil fuel agenda.

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North Dakota Sued Interior at Least Five Times Under Gov. Doug Burgum. Now He’s Set to Run the Agency.

The state was hostile to Interior Department policies during the Biden administration. A review of its lawsuits under Burgum reveals an aggressivel...

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This #MaternalHealthAwarenessDay, we’re dropping the trailer for “Before a Breath,” a documentary that weaves together the stories of three mothers who experienced the life-changing loss of a stillbirth and are now striving to make pregnancy safer for other families. There are about 60 stillbirths in the U.S. every day — more than 20,000 each year. A quarter of those losses may be preventable.

This Icebreaker Has Design Problems and a History of Failure. It’s America’s Latest Military Vessel. — The builder of the icebreaker Aiviq has given more than $7 million to political campaigns, parties and committees since 2012. Under pressure from Congress, the Coast Guard purchased the vessel late last year.

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This Icebreaker Has Design Problems and a History of Failure. It’s America’s Latest Military Vessel.

The builder of the icebreaker Aiviq has given more than $7 million to political campaigns, parties and committees since 2012. Under pressure from C...

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Is a New Mississippi Law Decreasing Jailings of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment? The State Doesn’t Know. — Community mental health centers, counties and a state agency have reported vastly different numbers of people who spent time in jail while waiting to be treated for serious mental illness.

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Is a New Mississippi Law Decreasing Jailings of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment? The State Doesn’t Know.

Community mental health centers, counties and a state agency have reported vastly different numbers of people who spent time in jail while waiting ...

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Donald Trump’s No. 2 Pick for the EPA Represented Companies Accused of Pollution Harm — David Fotouhi, a lawyer who recently challenged a ban on asbestos, worked to roll back climate regulations and water protections while serving in the Environmental Protection Agency during Trump’s first administration.

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Donald Trump’s No. 2 Pick for the EPA Represented Companies Accused of Pollution Harm

David Fotouhi, a lawyer who recently challenged a ban on asbestos, worked to roll back climate regulations and water protections while serving in t...

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If a bill that would ban almost all abortions moves to the South Carolina Senate, not a single Republican debating or voting on the restrictions will be a woman.

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Women Made Electoral Gains in Statehouses Across the Country in 2024. The Southeast Is a Different Story.

All but one state that held legislative elections last fall in the Southeast saw losses of Republican women. In South Carolina, that means the Sena...

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The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services reports that it misses a 90-day deadline to approve child care licensing applications about a third of the time. In regions with severe staffing shortages, that rate can rise above 50%.

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Five Big Obstacles to Opening Child Care Facilities in Rural Illinois

Though the state faces a critical child care shortage, the government has not made it easy to open new facilities. These are the biggest roadblocks...

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