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It targets Somali immigrants President Trump has dismissed as garbage.

Japan's prime minister says she respects China's stand on claiming Taiwan as its territory.

This following weeks of diplomatic and economic pressure from China, as NPR's Emily Fang reports.

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House Democrats have released previously unseen photos of the Virgin Islands home owned by late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The Oversight Committee says it's also received records on Epstein's dealings with J.P.

Morgan and Deutsche Banks.

The data was obtained in response to a request to the Justice Department to release old records in the Virgin Islands.

Meanwhile, attorneys for one of Epstein's accusers are asking a judge to approve a Justice Department request to unseal the records.

The Trump administration proposing to ease Biden-era fuel efficiency standards for new vehicles.

Trump says the policies have forced automakers to build expensive technologies that drove up costs and reduced quality.

The administration had already removed penalties for noncompliance.

Colorado's mild and dry weather has delayed ski season and forced several resorts to push back their opening dates.

But the first major storm of the season could bring significant snowfall.

Colorado Public Radio's Dina Sieg has more.

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White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt is responding to outrage over President Trump's social media posts accusing some Democrats of sedition.

At Thursday's daily briefing, Leavitt was asked to clarify Trump's post that sedition is punishable by death.