Politics & Policy
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Vance rips conservative critic over affordability in apparent fat joke
Marc Thiessen, a prominent conservative commentator and proponent of the Iran war, sparked the exchange by belittling an account of a college student frustrated with the cost of food, which was shared by TPUSA official Andrew Kolvet.
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Six more states added to cyclosporiasis parasite outbreak that's been linked to lettuce: report
The outbreak, which is caused by a microscopic parasite found in human feces, has caused hundreds of hospitalizations and at least two deaths since early May.
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Trump hails El-Sayed win as 'great news' for GOP
The race is expected to be one of the most hotly contested in the battle for the Senate in November.
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FDA panel recommends approval of blood test to detect colon cancer
The panelists said colonoscopies are still the best way to diagnose colon cancers, but they are more invasive. Blood tests would be ideal but they are less accurate. The new blood pen, called Shield, only detected 83% of colon cancers. The older test has a 92% positivity rate.
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Governors, lawmakers and AGs team up to stop WHO from seizing more power over U.S. health decisions
Paxton said that he believes decisions about health should be left up to individual states.
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Hundreds of non-citizens on state voter rolls, but Dems say GOP concerns are election denialism
Hundreds of non-citizens have been found on state voter rolls across the country, and three states and Washington, D.C., allow non-citizens to vote in local elections. Yet Democrats consistently rely on the smear of "denialism."
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Energy Secretary tells House committee that LNG export permit pause will be over by early 2025
During the hearing, Republicans on the House Oversight Committee grilled Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm about the administration’s “war on energy.”
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Progressive detractors tank Schumer's narrative in voting against border bill
In explaining his vote, Booker said that the legislation "includes several provisions that will violate Americans' shared values."
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Louisiana abortion pill reclassification bill heads to governor's desk
The bill would place the abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol under a Schedule IV classification of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law, alongside drugs like Xanax, and Valium.
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Nineteen Republican AGs asks SCOTUS to weigh in on Democratic states’ climate suits
“Citing fears of a climate catastrophe, they seek massive penalties, disgorgement, and injunctive relief against energy producers based on out-of-state conduct with out-of-state effects," the complaint states.
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Senate fails to advance border security provisions abandoned during Ukraine aid fight
Ahead of the Thursday vote, Republican lawmakers had insisted that their was little point in revisiting the border deal and that Democrats were merely seeking to bolster their incumbents by handing them an easy border vote.
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FCC hits political consultant behind fake, Biden-voice robocalls in New Hampshire with $6M fine
Consultant Steve Kramer faces two dozen criminal charges in New Hampshire in connection with the AI-generated calls.
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California wrongly claimed millions in Medicaid services for illegal migrants: HHS watchdog reports
The office alleged that the State of California improperly claimed about $52.7 million in federal medicaid reimbursements. The Biden administration has plans to allow as many as 100,000 uninsured illegal immigrants to access taxpayer-funded health insurance.