Politics & Policy
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Trump DOJ subpoenas Nevada’s Democrat election chief for voter records
The Homeland Security Department announced in July a preliminary review of Nevada’s voter rolls identified nearly 16,000 voters in the state who could be foreigners.
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Horse smuggling raises new concerns over U.S. screwworm threat
The New World screwworm was eradicated from the United States decades ago, but it has recently returned to the region, reports say
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New Hampshire race to help determine Senate makeup
New Hampshire voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to select partisan candidates for U.S. Senate in a seat without Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, who is not running for reelection. Her open seat brought a slew of candidates from both parties into the New Hampshire race.
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Trump PACs spent more than $50 million on legal bills last year
Most of Trump's trials lay ahead, which means his legal bills may be even higher this year.
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Texas oil and natural gas industry paid record $26.3 billion in state and local taxes
What the industry paid in taxes and royalties translates to $72 million a day. The revenue funds Texas’ public schools, universities, roads, first responders and other essential services, the association notes. Record remittances funneled $2.81 billion into Texas Independent School Districts and $885.6 million to counties from property taxes paid from oil and natural gas production, pipelines and gas utilities.
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Election integrity watchdog recommends 14 reforms for states to improve election security
"You can go into the November election with the best laws on the books, but if those laws are gutted in your courts [...] then that law is not worth the paper that it’s written on,” Jason Snead said.
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The Messenger news outlet to shut down: reports
At least one journalist with the outlet confirmed his layoff on Wednesday, indicating he learned of his termination through other news sites.
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Federal whale protection strategy ‘partners’ with offshore wind and has no new mitigation rules
The strategy document summarizes the state of the North Atlantic Right whale population, which peaked in 2011 at 481. Since then, 237 of the whales have died. According to the document, deaths are so high that no adult Right whale has been found to have died as a result of natural causes in several decades.
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Florida bans gender switches on driver's licenses, state IDs
Florida has in recent years approved a litany of policies affecting the LGBTQ residents of the Sunshine State.
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Biden to name John Podesta as climate envoy to replace John Kerry, White House confirms
Kerry plans to leave the administration later this year to join Biden's 2024 reelection campaign. He has served as the United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate since 2021 and is the inaugural officeholder.
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Department of Energy eases off efficiency standards that would have banned half of gas stoves
The DOE and home appliance manufacturers reached a joint agreement on proposed standards in September, which were less stringent. The final rules followed that agreement.
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New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham unveils 50-year water conservation plan
The governor unveiled a 23-page plan on Tuesday to combat the issue. Among other things, it proposes public education campaigns, infrastructure improvements, updated wastewater treatment plants and watershed restoration.
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Federal Reserve holds rates steady despite Democratic calls to cut
The bank is still working to lower inflation to the target rate of 2%.