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Alaska’s AG among those urging EPA to classify mifepristone as water contaminant
Republican attorneys general from 14 states and 19 GOP members of Congress are asking U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to classify and regulate the abortion medication mifepristone as a water contaminant.
Jun 152 min read
Final Medicaid work requirements are out. Here’s what you need to know.
The Trump administration has issued final rules on how states should ensure that millions of Medicaid enrollees prove they’re working or completing other activities, such as job training, volunteering, or being enrolled in an educational program.
Jun 135 min read
Postal Service proposes blocking mail ballots in states that don’t turn over voter data
The U.S. Postal Service has proposed a new rule that would allow it to refuse to deliver mail ballots in states that don’t turn over voter rolls to the federal government.
Jun 111 min read
Peltola-Sullivan US Senate race moved to toss-up in forecast, two other races also move in Democrats’ favor
Democrats’ prospects in a trio of key U.S. Senate races are improving, an influential elections forecaster said Thursday, though Republicans are still favored to retain control of the chamber after the midterm elections.
Jun 113 min read
El Nino is here and scientists fear it'll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires
El Nino, Nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced Thursday.
Jun 114 min read
Trump signs bill giving nearly $70B to his immigration enforcement agenda through end of his term
President Donald Trump signed a bill into law on Wednesday that gives his immigration and deportation agenda a nearly $70 billion boost for the rest of his time in the White House.
Jun 102 min read
Inflation at highest level in more than three years
Rising gas prices pushed inflation to its highest level in three years last month, a headache for the Federal Reserve and a potential political challenge for the Trump administration as midterm elections near.
Jun 105 min read
As AI use in schools grows, lawmakers and districts scramble to set up guardrails
Many districts still lack clear guidance for teachers and students.
Jun 107 min read
Homeland Security retreats on plan to get data on mail-in voters
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail under President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail ballots.
Jun 96 min read
States face more budget pressures amid rising costs, slow growth
Nearly half the states have implemented budget cuts to balance the books.
Jun 83 min read
From unfilled gas tanks to fewer frills, retailers see US consumers rethink their spending
U.S. consumers haven’t stopped spending money since the Iran war drove up fuel prices, but many shoppers are reassessing what they buy and where, according to company executives and retail analysts.
Jun 75 min read
Trump’s SAVE America Act restricting voting nixed by Senate; Murkowski among four Republicans opposed
The U.S. Senate rejected the SAVE America Act on Thursday, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to impose voting restrictions ahead of the November midterm elections.
Jun 53 min read
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