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The Trump administration has quietly organized a team of government attorneys to represent unaccompanied migrant children in immigration court, according to a federal notice.The announcement, posted by the Department of Health and Human Services, says that HHS lawyers under a new agency division will "provide direct legal services to unaccompanied alien children."The development comes after the administration cut ties with a number of immigration advocacy groups that had previously provided […]

Last month was the warmest September on record for the contiguous United States, surpassing the previous record set in 1998, according to a new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).The Lower 48 recorded above-average temperatures for the 20th straight month, continuing a streak that began in February 2025. So far, four months this year have ranked as the warmest on record: March, July, August and September. NOAA’s […]

General view of Fred D Thompson Federal Building & Courthouse on June 27, 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Brett Carlsen/Getty Images) Officers shot and killed a man inside a federal courthouse in Nashville on Thursday after he allegedly brandished a gun and then a knife in the court's lobby, investigators said.At around 9:30 am, an unidentified male in his 40s, who was from out of state, attempted to pass through the […]

The Aurora Borealis lights up the night sky over Monroe, Wisconsin, on Nov. 11, 2025. (Ross Harried/NurPhoto via Getty Images) It's been a busy week for the sun, and aurora watchers in some northern and upper Midwest states looking for a glimpse of the famed colorful sky could benefit from enhanced solar activity Thursday night into Friday morning, Oct. 9. On Tuesday, a coronal mass ejection (CME), a massive burst of […]