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The death of Peng Peiyun, a former senior Chinese official who oversaw the country’s controversial one-child policy, has sparked a wave of criticism on social media rather than praise for her legacy.

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The Trump administration said Tuesday it is freezing federal child-care funding to Minnesota following allegations of yearslong fraud schemes involving the state’s social-services system. “We have ...

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