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The new GOP plan for D.C. crime: charging kids as adults

The new GOP plan for D.C. crime: charging kids as adults

Apple News Today
Sep 16, 2025 15 min
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<p>The House is set to vote on bills that would impose harsher penalties on people under 18 in D.C. The <a href="https://apple.news/AwK_RttLjQzOmTNrkm8GNeQ">Washington Post</a>&rsquo;s Meagan Flynn discusses the widespread ramifications these proposed laws might have.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AtxnGnM5YSYqQkLGtOZ5tIg">ProPublica</a>&rsquo;s Hannah Allam breaks down how the administration is attempting to use sweeping 9/11 anti-terrorism laws as a boost for its deportation efforts.</p> <p>Kentucky became the first state in the country to make 50-50 custody of children the default in any divorce. Rachel Wolfe, economics reporter at the <a href="https://apple.news/AsY2o3JV5S9KSPw1gDb9-rw">Wall Street Journal</a>, joins to talk about how the law has helped and hurt some families.</p> <p>Plus, Israel launched its ground invasion of <a href="https://apple.news/ASYt3yRV_SpqXlPRVnJZNbg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gaza City</a>, JD Vance <a href="https://apple.news/AKtRXl9RdQoifQ-zCdn935A">vowed</a> a crackdown on left-wing organizations in the wake of Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s killing, and the surgeons who put a man&rsquo;s tooth into <a href="https://apple.news/ACtARFaCBQ0S02pftI_dtCg">his eye</a> to save his vision.</p> <p>And finally, <a href="https://apple.news/TBgJECtuERnntna4OSFvPuA">100 unforgettable stories</a> from the publishers that power Apple News, which is turning 10 years old today.</p> <p>Today&rsquo;s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.</p>

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