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‘Government bureaucracies should never coerce doctors or families into accepting vaccines,’ the health secretary said.

The approval allows continued supply of U.S. chipmaking tools to TSMC’s Nanjing plant as U.S. export curbs focus on more advanced semiconductors.

Parents are allowed to review all curricula and opt their child out of instruction found objectionable, in which case schools must provide alternatives.

Cases of the respiratory illness continue to surge across the United States, with 13 deaths reported this year.

The largest New Years event, the ball drop in New York City, commemorated the end of 2025.

U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson cited ’stereotyping' in public statements made by President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

The funding for 11 states comes as terrorists and hostile foreign actors have ‘intensified their use of this technology’ in recent years, DHS says.

The vetoes included funding for a water project in eastern Colorado that passed Congress unanimously.

The Trump administration has ‘turned off the money spigot’ as it uncovers alleged fraud, HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill said.

‘This is a ten-year stain on the country committed by high-ranking officials against the American people,’ the attorney general said.

Several nonprofits and faith-based groups opposed the rule, urging the Biden administration to withdraw it in 2022.

‘I’m positive about the economy in 2026, with some reservations,’ says economist Rick Pederson.

This marks the 30th strike on a vessel U.S. officials said was trafficking drugs in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean since Sept. 2

Recipients will see a 2.8 percent boost, with some getting the adjusted payments on Dec. 31.

Notable moments from the past week in America.