Politics & Policy
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Karoline Leavitt to step down as White House press secretary at end of August
Levitt, now the mother of two young children, cited a desire to spend more time with her family.
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State Department announces task force to crack down on 'birth tourism'
"Citizenship is not a commodity to be acquired through calculated exploitation and evasion of the immigration laws," the agency warned.
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Federal court blocks another part of Trump's mail-in ballot executive order
The same court in June blocked other portions of Trump's order in 23 states and Washington, D.C. The order prohibited the postal service from delivering ballots in states that had not provided a list of mail-in voters, among other requirements.
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Christie caught on hot mic saying Nikki Haley will get 'smoked'
The remark drew quips from other Republicans, including Trump and DeSantis.
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Biden’s green energy push collides with key Democrat constituency: Native American tribes
Biden’s promises to respect sovereignty take backseat to energy policy, tribal leaders say.
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Chris Christie drops out of 2024 presidential race
He currently polls in fifth place, with 3.5% in the RealClearPolitics polling average.
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Ohio House votes to override Gov. DeWine's veto of transgender treatments, sports bans
Republicans have a supermajority in the state Senate and are expected to hold their own vote later this month.
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Dem Rep. Chris Deluzio calls for Defense Secretary Austin's resignation
Though many Republicans have condemned Austin's handling of the matter, Deluzio is the first Democrat in Congress to call for his resignation.
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Federal grant program awards $26.7M for North Carolina school buses
The EPA says the program since inception has awarded more than $1.8 billion to replace 5,103 buses across the country. This has benefitted 652 school districts. The program is scheduled for five years, through fiscal year 2026, with $5 billion in award funds.
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Feds much watched Short-Term Energy Outlook shows crude oil production to hit record levels '24, '25
Gasoline prices, according to the outlook, will fall from an average of $3.50 per gallon in 2023, to $3.40 per gallon in 2024. They will then fall to $3.20 in 2025.
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Mexican authorities believe nine bodies related to ongoing problem of gasoline theft
In one incident across the border from Brownsville, Texas, cartel members forced drivers of a dozen tanker trucks at gunpoint to dump imported U.S. gasoline.
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Speaker Johnson endorses former NASCAR driver for Democrat Jared Golden's seat
"It's time to stand up and stop the out-of-touch elites from continuing to hurt our communities and proactively fight for a better and more prosperous future," Theriault said.
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Fauci says he told schools to mandate vax despite future vaccine hesitancy concerns: House chair
Fauci also acknowledged that the lab leak hypothesis is not a conspiracy theory and that the 6-feet social distancing recommendation likely wasn't based on fact.