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That includes an effort in Chicago to increase HIV prevention therapy among Black women and a project in San Francisco to reduce social isolation among LGBTQ seniors.

A spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services said the grants are being terminated because they don't reflect the agency's priorities.

Federal health officials recently revised their publicly stated priorities, saying they're moving away from focusing on diseases that predominantly affect minority populations, saying that effort has often, quote, undermined core American values.

The Times has been covering how Republican officials and candidates are dramatically ramping up anti-Muslim rhetoric in the state's heated primary election season.

For years, politicians there used to whip up voters by talking about the border, warning about things like migrant caravans.

But that's become less resonant of an issue as border crossings have plummeted.

And now there's more and more messaging around Islam.

David Goodman is the Times' Texas bureau chief.

In Israel, the government has taken unilateral steps to get more control over the West Bank, a move that's widely considered to be a violation of international law.

The changes revolve in part around making it easier for Jewish settlers to buy more land there.

In announcing the new measures, a top Israeli official said, quote, We are deepening our roots in all parts of the land of Israel and burying the idea of a Palestinian state.

It's the latest step in Israel's escalating effort to seize more of the West Bank.

Recent military operations there have led to the massive displacement of Palestinians, more than at any time since the 1960s.

And there's been record high violence, as Jewish settlers have carried out hundreds of attacks on Palestinians and their property.

Experts say Israel's latest steps are a clear violation of agreements the country signed decades ago.

And yesterday, a group of eight Arab countries released a statement accusing Israel of illegal annexation.

An official from the Palestinian Authority has urged the U.S.

to step in, as President Trump has explicitly told Israel not to annex the West Bank.

Trump is set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tomorrow in Washington.

And finally.