Politics & Policy
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Cooper up 9 points over Whatley in NC Senate race: Poll
The N.C. race is expected to be one of the most pivotal in the battle for the Senate in November.
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Senate GOP plans to add year-round ethanol legislation to farm bill: report
The E15 language is less ambitious than the version of the bill the House passed in May, which narrowed exemptions for certain small refiners.
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Trump floats end-run for Blanche around Cornyn, Tillis
Tillis declined to seek reelection while Cornyn lost his primary to the Trump-backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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Testimony at offshore wind hearing reveals the U.S. could experience 48 blade failures annually
A single blade failed in calm weather and scattered shards of fiberglass and debris across beaches of Nantucket. President Joe Biden wants 3,000 turbines built off America's shores by 2030. Based on estimated failure rates, the U.S. could see dozens of these failures every year.
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Democrats pick former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner for late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's seat
Jackson Lee, who defeated Edwards in the Democratic primary in March, passed away last month from pancreatic cancer.
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Global health emergency is declared by World Health Organization over mpox outbreak in Africa
The WHO also declared an mpox epidemic as a global emergency in 2022, which affected nearly 100,000 people, mainly gay and bisexual men, killing about 200 people in 116 countries.
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Washington state ‘increasingly at risk’ for rolling blackouts
By 2050, electrical load growth is anticipated to increase by 92% compared to 2020 demand.
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Left-leaning nonprofit reports guaranteed income study failed: people worked less, got less money
The study was titled "The Employment Effects of a Guaranteed Income: Experimental Evidence from Two U.S. States" and came out last month. The populist policy may garner votes, but will keep poor voters on the plantation.
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Speaker Johnson to appear at fundraiser for Arizona House candidate Abe Hamadeh next week
Hamadeh won the GOP primary for the House seat currently occupied by Rep. Debbie Lesko, who decided not to seek re-election.
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Harris campaign won't push 'Medicare-for-all': Report
The apparent about-face on the issue marks only the latest in a string of major policy adjustments since she became the Democratic standard bearer.
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Kansas AG Kobach fights to restore informed consent abortion law in the Sunflower State
lliance Defending Freedom is serving as a co-counsel with Kobach in seeking to restore The Woman’s Right to Know Act.
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Biden, Obama, Clinton to speak at DNC: Report
The DNC will run from Aug. 19-22. While the party has already confirmed Harris as its nominee through a virtual roll call, the party will formally grant her and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., the nominations.