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Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced Thursday that California will allocate $140 million in state funds to Planned Parenthood affiliates to replace lost federal support.

A deadly explosion rocked a military-grade explosives facility in Bucksnort, Tennessee, early Friday morning, leaving multiple people dead and others missing. The blast occurred around 7:45 a.m. at Accurate Energetic Systems, a company that manufactures explosives for military, aerospace, and commercial demolition use.

Portland's police union president has expressed openness to federal assistance as the city struggles with rising crime and ongoing violent activity from the far-left group Antifa. Following President Donald Trump's renewed push to deploy the National Guard to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities in Portland, law enforcement leaders say they are stretched thin and need more resources to restore order.

During an interview Friday on CNN’s The Lead, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) angrily dismissed Republican claims that Democrats’ spending proposal would expand healthcare access to illegal immigrants, calling the accusation “a lot of bull.”

The Trump administration petitioned the Supreme Court on Monday to block a lower court order mandating the reinstatement of over 16,000 fired federal workers. The order, issued on March 13 by Clinton-appointed U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup, has been criticized by the administration as an overreach into executive authority.

Federal authorities in Arizona have uncovered a large-scale fentanyl trafficking operation in which drug dealers disguised hundreds of thousands of pills inside roof shingle packaging.

A dangerous federal inmate has been recaptured after nearly a week on the run following his escape from a Philadelphia prison.

House Republicans announced that they will develop a panel to investigate the January 6 Committee despite its members being pardoned by former President Joe Biden.

Another fire in California has now spread to more than 10,000 acres. As of 11 p.m. PT on Wednesday, the fire was only 14% contained.

Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) called for government agencies to resist President Donald Trump’s executive order eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) mandates in federal institutions. Speaking on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports on Wednesday, Durbin argued that promoting diversity is essential to the country’s strength and urged agencies, corporations, and universities to continue implementing DEI initiatives despite Trump’s directive.