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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon will keep supporting Scouting America, provided it alters policies that appear to run afoul of the administration's ban on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

On X, Hegseth says the Pentagon will vigorously review Scouting America's changes in six months.

Over the last decade or so, the organization went from the Boy Scouts to Scouts.

It lifted membership restrictions or bans on gay and transgender students, gay adult leaders, and girls.

As of May 2024, more than 6,000 girls earned the Eagle Scout rank.

Coal-fired power plants released more air pollution last year than in the past, according to a new analysis of federal data.

NPR's Rebecca Herscher reports the Trump administration explicitly allowed pollution from the plants to increase.

The Dow is down nearly 600 points, or 1.2 percent.

The S&P has fallen more than half a percent.

The Nasdaq down more than 1 percent.

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Former President Bill Clinton is testifying before the House Oversight Committee at a closed-door hearing in New York.

It's part of the panel's investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in jail in 2019.

NPR's Sage Miller reports Clinton's interactions with Epstein included meetings when he was president.

The father, charged with giving his teenage son access to the firearm used in a 2024 Georgia school shooting, has taken the stand in his own trial.

Colin Gray says he had no indication his child could be responsible for a massacre.

The 55-year-old has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, among other charges.