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👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A drop in births last year brought the US fertility rate down to the lowest it’s been in more than a century, a new report found. The numbers have been trending down for decades, and the teen birth rate reached another record low. About 3.6 million babies were born in 2023. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day: 1️⃣ Supreme Court: Justices appeared ready to reject Donald Trump’s claims of sweeping immunity he has sought to shut down his federal election subversion case, but also reluctant to give the special counsel carte blanche to pursue those charges. 📹 Video: Justice warns of Oval Office ‘crime center’ 2️⃣ Trump on trial: A former tabloid publisher testified about the deal he helped broker with adult film star Stormy Daniels and said the National Enquirer suppressed negative stories about Trump so they wouldn’t influence the 2016 election. ➕ A judge upheld the verdict and award in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case. 3️⃣ Harvey Weinstein: A New York court overturned the sex crimes conviction against the powerful Hollywood producer, whose downfall stood as a symbol of the #MeToo movement, and ordered a new trial. ➕ His accusers expressed shock and frustration. 4️⃣ Haiti on edge: Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigned and handed power over to a transitional council that will seek to gain control of the violence-ravaged nation.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week made his strongest endorsement yet of the measles vaccine amid an ongoing outbreak that has killed three and infected more than 600 people across the US.
A federal appeals court will allow the Trump administration to further shrink the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau but not dismantle it entirely.
President Donald Trump sent a memorandum to four federal agency heads Friday night instructing them to allow the military to use and take jurisdiction of federal land along the US-Mexico border.
The US Army’s base in El Paso, Texas — Fort Bliss — has been chosen as a site to detain and house potentially thousands of migrants, and contracts have already been signed to start the construction of migrant facilities on the base, three defense officials told CNN.
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Maine officials said Friday the state will not comply with a ban on transgender athletes in high school sports in the wake of a Trump administration finding that the state violated antidiscrimination laws by allowing the students to participate.
Painting of iconic Trump raised-fist scene from Butler rally now hangs in Grand Foyer of White House
The official portrait of former President Barack Obama was moved from its position in the Grand Foyer of the White House on Friday and replaced by a painting of President Donald Trump surviving an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania last summer.
Less than a day after the Supreme Court said the Trump administration had to “facilitate” the return of a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, the case appeared headed for even murkier waters.
The Department of Homeland Security requested the Social Security Administration to enter more than 6,000 names of immigrants into its database used to track dead people, according to a DHS official with knowledge of the decision.
Iran and the United States will begin crucial talks on Saturday to reach a new nuclear deal in an effort to ease tensions and avert another conflict in the Middle East that could further engulf the wider region.
Doctors in Argentina were already on high alert when a pregnant Russian woman showed up at the hospital. The 22-year-old looked nervous and malnourished, and her companions didn’t let her speak, according to police reports and Argentina’s prosecutor.
A Louisiana immigration judge is set to decide Friday whether to release Palestinian activist and Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil one month after he was arrested by federal agents following a deportation order from the Trump administration.
Democratic Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet announced Friday that he is running for governor in 2026 as the one-time presidential candidate looks to succeed term-limited Gov. Jared Polis.