The threats to Minnesota's Medicaid funds are unprecedented. Other states could be next Hundreds of millions of dollars — and possibly billions — for the state's Medicaid program are in limbo as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on fraud. Juliana Kim
Arizona AG files criminal charges against Kalshi over 'illegal gambling' Arizona is the first state to allege the prediction market company has committed criminal violations, accusing it of running an unlicensed gambling operation. Bobby Allyn
Khamenei's killing renews questions about US assassinating foreign leaders Technology allowed the U.S. and Israel to kill Iran's Supreme Leader, but raised longstanding questions about whether the U.S. as a democracy should be assassinating foreign leaders. Ryan Lucas
Federal judge halts RFK Jr.'s changes to children's vaccine policies A federal judge has issued a preliminary ruling that puts a hold on the Trump administration's overhaul of vaccine policies, including cuts to the number of recommended vaccines for children. Michel Martin
Tennessee teens sue Elon Musk's xAI over AI-generated child sexual abuse material The three girls say that the nonconsensual nude images were created by a perpetrator who used AI company xAI's image generation tools. Huo Jingnan
Supreme Court to hear expedited arguments on protected status for migrants The court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting some 6,000 Syrians and 350,000 Haitians who were granted Temporary Protected Status. Zoe Sobel
'Participatory defense' helps people take a direct role in their own criminal defense Groups that support people facing criminal charges aren't new. But these participatory defense hubs, as they're called, have grown significantly in the past decade. Sarah Lehr
In Portland hearing, DHS testimony shows officer confusion on use of force In a recent lawsuit against the federal government's use of tear gas and other crowd control measures on protesters, depositions of DHS officers gave a rare glimpse into federal agents' training. Conrad Wilson
Epstein's longtime accountant testifies he was 'not aware' of sex offender's crimes Richard Kahn testified to the House Oversight Committee that he did not know about Epstein's crimes. He said monetary gifts that Epstein made did not raise any red flags. Ava Berger
The Trump DOJ is giving guns back to felons, including one alleged fake elector The Department of Justice is quietly restarting a decades-dormant program to restore gun rights to felons. One of them was an alleged fake elector in 2020. Jaclyn Diaz