Politics & Policy
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Popular restrictions on abortion pills may come back on eve of midterms, under mixed court ruling
Trump nominee agrees to pause litigation by Louisiana against Democrats' loosened regulations for mifepristone, giving FDA six months to show real progress on safety review or else he might reinstate restrictions.
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Markets close up as tenuous Iran ceasefire holds
Several disruptions have occurred, however, with the Iranians and Trump administration hotly disputing whether the deal included a ceasefire in Lebanon.
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Regulator: LNG expansion likely to affect rare marsh bird
Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG Stage 5 expansion project in Cameron Parish is "likely to adversely affect" the eastern black rail, a secretive, sparrow-sized bird, the federal energy regulator ruled in a draft environmental impact statement released in early April.
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Ads roll on, money pours in, and SCORE Act waits
Known as the House settlement for former Arizona State swimmer Grant House, it allows each NCAA school – there are 350 in Division I, and 1,100 in all three divisions – to pay athletes for use of their name, image and likeness.
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Poll: Young adults not confident in 2026 election fairness
The poll revealed stark contrasts between voters in various age groups and confidence in the fairness of midterm elections.
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Universities respond to new federal Grad PLUS loan caps
Starting July 1, 2026, Grad PLUS loans will be capped at $50,000 per student per year. New borrowers pursuing professional degrees, such as law, will face a lifetime limit of $200,000, while those in other graduate programs will be restricted to $100,000.
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Justice Department to send election monitors to six counties in California, New Jersey
New Jersey voters will be voting on an array of issues and choosing their next governor, while California voters will decide whether the state legislature can redraw the state's congressional map.
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Treasury Department sanctions Colombian President Gustavo Petro and network
The Treasury Department said the sanctions stem from an executive order that targets people involved in the global drug trade. Colombia is considered the top producer and exporter of cocaine.
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Trump’s baffling beef boogaloo
The Trump administration has tried to throw an economic lifeline to the government of Argentinian President Javier Milei, whose economic reforms have led to considerable tumult there. U.S. farmers aren't too happy about it.
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Greene blasts Argentina bailout in latest break with WH
Argentinian President Javier Milei is an ally of the Trump White House and the administration has extended an economic lifeline to Buenos Aires in a bid to stabilize its tumultuous economy.
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Texas state officials take over another troubled public school system, this time in Fort Worth
State is intervening because its campuses have received an “unacceptable” academic rating for multiple years.
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Illegal migrant charged in fatal Florida crash reportedly failed CDL test 10 times before accident
Singh, who had obtained a commercial driver’s license in California, has been charged with three counts of vehicular homicide in connection with the crash that occurred in August, in which three people were killed.
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Alaska Airlines issues nationwide ground stop over IT outage, second since July
The cause of the outage was not immediately clear, but Alaska Airlines announced the order at 7:21 p.m. Eastern.