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Protesters march in New York's Times Square on February 19, 2017, in solidarity with American Muslims and against the travel ban ordered by President Donald Trump.

Are Race-Based Advisory Groups Just Political Symbols?

2:16pm February 22, 2017

by Kat Chow

After a scathing letter of resignation, only four people remain on the president's commission on Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders. It brings up broader questions of these task forces' efficacy.

Journalist: Trump Is 'Openly Dismissive' Of The Intelligence World

2:02pm February 22, 2017

Mark Mazzetti of The New York Times says that when it comes to national security, President Trump "doesn't trust the civilian national security establishment and they don't trust him."

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There's no evidence that heart screenings for teens prevent deaths.

Heart Screening For Teens May Cause More Problems Than It Solves

1:24pm February 22, 2017

by Mary Chris Jaklevic

There's no evidence that screening adolescents with electrocardiograms prevents deaths, yet the heart tests have become widespread despite the false alarms they often cause.

A Planned Parenthood sign in Dallas. A federal judge has temporarily blocked an attempt by Texas officials that would have removed Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood clinics in the state.

Judge Rules Texas Can't Cut Off Medicaid Funds To Planned Parenthood — For Now

1:10pm February 22, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

After Texas officials moved to block the health provider from receiving Medicaid dollars, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against the state, allowing the group to stay in the program.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks during a town hall meeting at the Hancock County Courthouse on Tuesday in Garner, Iowa.

Anger Rises Across The Country At GOP Congressional Town Halls

12:39pm February 22, 2017

by Jessica Taylor

Constituents have been confronting legislators over everything from the GOP's plan to repeal and replace Obamacare to the Trump White House. Here's a look at particularly rowdy events this week.

President Donald Trump, right, listens as Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, left, talks at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Monday, Feb. 20, 2017.

McMaster, An Iconoclast, Confronts A Job Bound By Political Realities

12:33pm February 22, 2017

by Philip Ewing

How much can President Trump and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster really deviate from Barack Obama's strategies?

Seema Verma, who is President Trump's nominee to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has said that maternity benefits should be optional.

GOP Considers Trimming Health Law's 10 Essential Benefits

12:07pm February 22, 2017

by Michelle Andrews

The woman set to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services told senators that maternity coverage should be optional in individual and small group plans. Other services could be cut entirely.

The Federico F. Peña Southwest Family Health Center opened in 2016 to serve a low-income community in Denver. The clinic and its parent system, Denver Health, have benefited financially from the Affordable Care Act and its expansion of Medicaid.

Threat Of Obamacare Repeal Leaves Community Health Centers In Limbo

11:56am February 22, 2017

These clinics have long provided health care to low-income patients and enjoyed expansion under the Affordable Care Act. With repeal looming, the centers' doctors worry about what's next.

Pat McCawley (left) and Eric Emerson look at a drawing of an asylum built in Columbia, S.C., in the 1820s.

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An Attempt To Save South Carolina's Historical Documents Is Destroying Them

10:54am February 22, 2017

by Cooper McKim

Historical documents across the country are facing an issue other than age: An effort to preserve them decades ago is hastening the documents' demise.

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This is what failed to happen on Wednesday morning. In this image from April 17, 2015, a robotic arm on the International Space Station grasps a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship during docking.

SpaceX Cargo Craft Fails To Dock With Space Station, Will Try Again

10:47am February 22, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

The private spaceflight company launched its Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday, only to have the rocket's cargo capsule encounter an error in its navigation system on Wednesday during a docking attempt.