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U.S. Government failed To Properly Count Deaths Of People In Prisons And Jails, Senate Report Says
The 10-month investigation found that DOJ failed to enforce the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013.
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Women Could Claim The Most Governors’ Seats In U.S. history In November
Women running in governors’ races throughout the country are potentially set to break records if elected this November.
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Report Says Many Utilities Are Slow-Walking clean Energy Goals
“For the sake of our communities and planet, we must do everything in our power to create a clean, renewable electric grid by 2030.”
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Trump To Be Subpoenaed By Jan. 6 Panel As The ‘Central Cause’ Of Capitol Insurrection
“It’s just horrendous,” Pelosi said on a call with former Gov. Ralph Northam, pleading for National Guard help in defending the Capitol.
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Puerto Rico To Get $60M To Prep For Future Hurricanes, Biden Announces
The visit came after the Category 1 hurricane in late September damaged the power grid, leaving millions in Puerto Rico without power.
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Alabama Case That Could Limit Voting Rights Act Heard At U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case that challenges an Alabama redistricting map.
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‘What Century Are We In?’ Biden Asks Of University Of Idaho Ban On Abortion Counseling
The University of Idaho, for example, issued a memo last month telling its employees not to provide reproductive health counseling.
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DACA Ruled Unlawful By Federal Appeals Court, But Program Continues For Now
A federal appeals court has upheld a prior ruling that the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is unlawful.
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U.S. Senate Approves Stopgap Spending Bill With Disaster Relief, Heating Aid
It Includes $2.5 billion in assistance for the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire that burned large swaths of New Mexico this spring.
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Government Shutdown Shut Down
The U.S. Senate approved the bill following a 72-25 vote Thursday, with all opposition coming from Republicans.
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Manchin’s Energy Permitting Plan Roils U.S. Senate And House Democrats
Manchin's plan would impose timelines on federal agencies responsible for approving energy projects.
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Faith Leaders Urge Minimum Wage Hike, Expanded Child Tax Credit As Congress Nears Recess
“Poverty is a policy choice,” Rev. Dr. William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, said to lawmakers.
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U.S. House Passes Bill Reforming Electoral Count Act To Stop Jan. 6 Repeat
The U.S. House passed a bill Wednesday updating a 19th-century law in an attempt to prevent the subversion of future presidential elections.
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White House Calls Meeting With College Officials On How To Curb Monkeypox On Campus
Large public colleges and universities contacted by States Newsroom last week didn’t have significant plans in place to deal with outbreaks.
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How Election-Denying GOP Governors Could Tilt The 2024 Presidential Election
Election lawyer Marc Elias has expressed concerns that the reform bill gives too much power to potentially election-denying governors.
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U.S. Senate Fails To Advance Burn Pits Bill For Veterans In Dispute Over Spending
The bill, from Montana Democratic Sen. John Tester and Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran, has been bogged down for nearly two months.
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U.S. Senate Democrats Dive Into Details Of Surprise 725-Page Reconciliation Bill
Senate Democrats said they needed to read through the bill text to grasp exactly how the energy and climate change proposals will work.
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Democrats In Congress Press Biden To Extend Pause On Student Loans
More than 100 congressional Democrats are urging the White House to extend the pause on student loan repayment past the August 31 deadline.
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U.S. House On Bipartisan Vote Passes Bill Protecting Right To Same-Sex Marriage
Both Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. House voted Tuesday to enshrine the right to same-sex and interracial marriages in federal law.
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Biden Lays Out New Funds For Localities On Climate, But No National Emergency Yet
Dangerous heat waves have become more common in recent years.
