Politics & Policy
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Democratic cities attempting to fund abortion services met with lawsuits
Texas law prohibits anyone from transporting or funding transportation services for abortions.
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Groups react to appeals court keeping IL’s gun ban in place pending appeal
Appeals court has yet to announce a briefing schedule.
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CBS attempts to dismiss Trump’s lawsuit over Kamala Harris '60 Minutes' interview
CBS lawyers argued that Trump had accused the network of violating a law that had nothing to do with a media outlet’s editorial practices and couldn’t explain “how he arrived at $10 billion in purported damages.”
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University of Michigan becomes latest school to roll back DEI requirements
University of Michigan Provost Laurie McCauley on Thursday said the college will stop requiring potential hires to provide a statement on how they will maintain diversity on the campus.
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In new interview, Trump confident about getting Pete Hegseth confirmed as Defense Secretary
The former president said he still has confidence in Hegseth, and that senators have told him that they will support his nomination.
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Washington natural gas initiative backer files suit to force state to comply
Voters narrowly passed I-2066, sponsored by BIAW, in last month’s general election. The initiative went into effect Thursday.
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Two GOP candidates win recounts in Colorado House
Recounts are required by state statute when a race's vote differential is under 0.5% of a winner's total.
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DOGE duo meets skeptical Congress as they vow $2 trillion in spending cuts
“We did not go through any list of cuts or anything like that. We didn’t get into that,” Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told the New York Times.
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CDC reports sharp increase in overdose deaths from elephant opioid
As drug users get accustomed to the ultra-potent opioid, it could result in a decrease in opioid deaths.
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Melania Trump praises son Barron for helping his father win in 2024
Barron Trump is currently a freshman at New York University and is studying business.
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Trump’s efficiency commission may go after loan given to EV maker
Members of the recently created Department of Government Efficiency have mentioned they may go after the loan and others doled out by the Biden administration.
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Despite attempted TikTok ban, Trump's accounts got billions of views
#Trump has gained 8 billion views since election day.
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Trump nominates former Georgia senator David Perdue for ambassador to China
Perdue has spent most of his international business career in Asia, and has served on the Senate Armed Services Committee, where he was chairman of the Sea Power Subcommittee, and on the Foreign Relations Committee.