News for April 8, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s layoffs at the CDC have shut down the agency's lead poisoning team, slowing help for local health officials and tribal communities.

Parents are raising concerns after a Maine day care was accused of giving melatonin to young children without consent, and the state later overturned its abuse and neglect finding.

Michael Tanzi was executed in Florida for the 2000 killing of Miami Herald employee Janet Acosta after she was abducted during her lunch break.

A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration must stop blocking The Associated Press from White House events and treat it like other media outlets.

The IRS has agreed to share some tax information with ICE, a move that could help the Trump administration target undocumented immigrants in its deportation push.

As U.S. measles cases rise, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is publicly backing the MMR vaccine while health officials warn that myths about measles and vaccination can put people at serious risk.

The Trump administration removed Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield from her NATO post, making her at least the ninth senior military officer fired.

The Supreme Court paused a lower-court order that would have required the Trump administration to reinstate about 16,000 fired federal probationary workers while the case continues.

The Trump administration is telling some migrants who used the Biden-era CBP One asylum app to leave the US immediately, after revoking their parole status.

Ukraine says it captured two Chinese nationals fighting for Russia in eastern Donetsk, raising new questions about China’s role in the war.

Frigid weather and flood risks are still affecting much of the U.S., with Louisville, Kentucky, facing one of its worst flooding events on record.

Christopher Julian got a tiny opioid settlement payout while Cumberland County and other governments received far more, underscoring victims’ anger over how the money is being shared.

President Donald Trump’s new tariffs have rattled markets and sparked backlash from billionaires and top investors, including some of his own supporters.

President Donald Trump is standing by his new tariff plan even as it shakes markets and worries allies, while the White House looks for ways to ease backlash.