Disinformation of the Day

Outdated systems make childcare fraud harder to detect, and states need modernized platforms to spot suspicious billing and attendance patterns, an expert says. [...]

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused Democrats of redefining "compassion" during an Arizona border visit Wednesday, criticizing immigration policies. [...]

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger ends state cooperation with ICE, terminating 287(g) agreements across multiple agencies in controversial immigration move. [...]

President Donald Trump signed legislation funding two children's hospitals that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has targeted over sex-change treatments for minors. [...]

Border czar Tom Homan called anti-ICE roadblocks in Minneapolis a "joke" while announcing 700 federal agents will withdraw from the Twin Cities area. [...]

The decision comes after voters in California approved a ballot measure called Proposition 50, which allowed the state to enact a Democrat-friendly map in time for the midterms. [...]

President Donald Trump calls NBC Today co-host Savannah Guthrie about her missing mother Nancy Guthrie, 84, last seen Saturday as sheriff says "we do have a crime." [...]

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for California to use its new congressional map for this year's midterm election. Voters approved it as a Democratic counterresponse to Texas' new GOP-friendly map.(Image credit: Ethan Swope) [...]

The Atlantic writer Robert Kagan says as Trump violates norms, laws and the Constitution, including his call to nationalize elections, "we're on the edge of the consolidation of dictatorship." [...]

NPR reporters visited the Milan Olympic Village in the days before the opening ceremony to investigate the dining hall dessert situation and other pressing questions.(Image credit: Rachel Treisman) [...]

Police in Arizona believe Nancy Guthrie, 84, was taken by force from her Tucson area home this weekend. So far, no suspect or person of interest has been identified.(Image credit: Sejal Govindarao) [...]

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. [...]

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Hundreds of dogs competed for the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show this week. Penny the Doberman pinscher was named best in show.(Image credit: Yuki Iwamura) [...]

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