Politics & Policy
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Jay Bhattacharya to become acting CDC director
Bhattacharya rose to prominence as a critic of COVID-19 mask mandates and lockdowns. Trump tapped him to lead the NIH in 2025.
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Trump admin releases funding for New York rail tunnel
The Gateway Tunnel is set to run between New York and New Jersey. President Donald Trump has personally opposed the plan and insisted that the federal government would not assist with cost overruns.
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Maryland governor signs bill barring police cooperation agreements with ICE
Maryland's legislation does not prevent local law enforcement from turning over illegal aliens in government custody to ICE, however.
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Biden-McCarthy joint plan could cut spending by $1.5T over 10 years, CBO estimates
At least one House Republican, North Carolina Rep. Dan Bishop, has expressed support for ousting McCarthy from the speakership over the deal.
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Debt limit deal clears House panel, setting up floor debate
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned that lawmakers must pass a plan to raise the debt limit by June 5 or face a national default.
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Alabama bans trans athletes in college sports
Ivey, in signing the legislation, contended it is necessary to preserve equal competition in athletes.
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WV Gov. Justice 22 points ahead of Manchin in 2024 Senate race: poll
West Virginia has trended increasingly Republican in recent years.
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‘COVID deaths' caused by infections from ventilators pushed by feds, New York: ICU study
Would help explain Big Apple's inexplicable spike in COVID mortality early on. Anthony Fauci belatedly admitted ventilator strategy "might've actually caused more harm than good."
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Utah GOP Rep. Stewart planning to resign: report
Stewart's replacement would be decided via special election.
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Virginia eliminates degree requirements for most state jobs
State Secretary of Labor Bryan Slater further, in the same release, indicated that the state was looking into heavily regulated private industries to streamline the professional certification processes.
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Debt deal clears first hurdle but faces uncertainty in hands of full House, Senate
Democrats had sought a clean increase to the spending limit while McCarthy, who faced intense pressure from within his caucus to seek budgetary concessions, had hoped to pair any increase with spending caps to address the mounting national debt.
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Trump vows to end birthright citizenship in campaign video
"My policy will choke off a major incentive for continued illegal immigration, deter more migrants from coming, and encourage many of the aliens Joe Biden has unlawfully let into our country to go back to their home countries," Trump said.
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Trudeau touts green energy agenda after conservative leader wins election
The opposing party's leader made clear she will do everything in her power to oppose Trudeau's attempted green transition.