The Trump administration is overhauling the widely anticipated annual U.S. reports on human rights around the world, adding a new focus on rights that are "given to us by God, our creator," and continuing to condemn alleged "free speech" issues in allies in Western Europe, according to a senior State Department official. The State Department instructed all U.S. embassies and consulates on Thursday to begin preparing the annual country reports on human rights with new guidelines that focus on issues like individual liberty rather than the persecution of groups and minorities, according to U.S. officials...

President Donald Trump instructed federal agencies to revamp the nation's child welfare services on Thursday by improving data collection in all 50 states, increasing career opportunities for foster children and enhancing partnerships with faith groups. The executive order tasked Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with strengthening federal ties to religious organizations that serve foster families, and with confronting policies that discourage qualified families from participating in programs because of sincerely held beliefs...

A news report published Thursday states President Donald Trump's 28-point peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war includes an agreement to stop the expansion of NATO and would use $100 billion in frozen Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine. Initial reports Wednesday on the plan by Axios, The Financial Times and The New York Times did not appear to include information about NATO and the $100 billion, as reported Thursday by the Associated Press, which obtained and reviewed the draft document...

The Trump administration is implementing its widely telegraphed plan to shutter the Education Department by transferring critical responsibilities to other federal agencies. Six department offices will be affected by plans to move operations to four separate agencies, according to a department official and two people familiar with the discussions who were granted anonymity to discuss the details...

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