Politics & Policy
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Doctor punished for questioning COVID vaccines says she could have made up to $35M by giving shots
Houston Methodist, which Mary Bowden sued for defamation after it suspended her admitting privileges, "collects up to $5920.50 per shot," she says, contrasting it with up to $5 per aspirin.
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Trump urges Louisiana Rep. Julia Letlow to run for Senate against incumbent Bill Cassidy
Cassidy, a Republican, has been a target of criticism from Trump after he voted to convict Trump during his second impeachment trial.
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Florida renames part of a street in Palm Beach after President Trump
The four-mile stretch connects Palm Beach International Airport, where Trump lands on Air Force One, to his Mar-a-Lago resort, which has been his primary residence outside the White House.
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Texans introduce bill in Congress to strike down Biden’s natural gas tax
Last year was a record year for domestic natural gas consumption, with Texas producing the equivalent of one-third of natural gas consumed in 2023 and Texas producers breaking multiple records.
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Colorado using federal funds for Sunday voting, pay for judges and upgrading voting systems
Colorado will grant $1.5 million in federal funds to pay for Sunday voting, improve pay for election judges and promoting voting on tribal lands.
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Measure to allow more electric scooters in Illinois headed to governor
The bill states that low-speed electric scooters can only be used in municipalities or park districts if authorized, and that they cannot be operated on highways with a speed limit over 35 mph.
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ConocoPhillips will buy Marathon Oil in a $22.5 billion merger deal
The wave of mergers and acquisitions that began last year and continues in 2024 suggests that oil companies, contrary to estimates of peaking oil demand, are expecting demand to continue well into the future.
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Al-Qaeda, Iran's supreme leader praise pro-Palestine protests by U.S. students
Protests occurred earlier this spring, largely before graduation ceremonies, in response to Israel's war against Palestinian-backed Hamas in Gaza
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Majority of Americans are 'worn out' by presidential campaign coverage: Poll
The numbers are slightly higher than the 2016, and 2020 elections, when 59% of respondents said they were burned out on coverage in 2016, and 61% said the same in 2020.
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Millions of Americans over 55 still owe money on student debt: Survey
The Federal Reserve Board’s 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances found that 2.2 million United States citizens above the age of 55 are struggling to pay off their debts, just as they head towards the retirement
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Georgia elections chief: Democrats tipped hand in court case on desire to unleash noncitizen voting
"We have a robust citizenship verification process — they wanted us to stop that, we won in court, and now we can continue to do citizenship verification," Brad Raffensperger said.
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Attorney Robert Costello says judge in Trump hush money trial is pushing hard for a conviction
Trump is accused of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment involving porn star Stormy Daniels.
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Washington clean energy project mired in ‘no man’s land’ amid planning setbacks
Meanwhile, the process has drawn concern from local officials for its potential impact to natural resources in addition to what some perceive as skirting state environmental regulations.