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Abbott warns Texas Children's Hospital: comply with immigration order or lose funding
In response to Abbot's remarks, Texas Children's issued a statement saying doctors' personal views don't represent the hospital and that it was complying.
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California GOP flips second state legislative seat, 3 weeks after election
Three weeks after the election, many races are uncalled, as about 183,000 ballots remain to be processed, only about 5,300 of which were mail-in ballots that arrived after Election Day.
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Judge blocks rule giving foreign farm workers in four states bargaining rights
The visa program, with its origins dating back to 1952, allows farmers to employ legal migrants on a short-term basis because there are not enough area residents to perform the work needed.
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Louisville mayor says city will bring back mask ban after recent shooting
“This is not an isolated incident,” the mayor said. “LMPD officers see time and time again when assailants, when trigger pullers, are wearing masks to conceal their identity. Shooters are exploiting protections that were put in place during COVID.”
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CVS to lay off almost 3,000 employees in effort to reduce costs
"The reductions will not impact front-line jobs in our stores, pharmacies and distribution centers," CVS told CBS.
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Newsom signs bill creating taxpayer-subsidized IVF
A State Assembly Analysis found that the typical IVF cycle costs $19,234 for the first round, and $6,995 for each subsequent round, and that couples undergo an average of 3.7 cycles of IVF, and that the bill would increase the health expenditures of the nine million covered enrollees by $183 million in the first year and $330 million in the second year.
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Biden to stay out of port strike as trade flows halt, union boss threatens to ‘cripple’ economy
Breaking up the strike with his presidential authority could damage Kamala Harris’ chances with a key union worker constituency, but an economic chaos may damage her cause, too.
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Northeast leaders vow to limit disruptions from port strike
The strike, which began at midnight, will stop the flow of various goods over the docks of almost all cargo ports along the East and Gulf of Mexico coasts.
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Gov. Abbott says Texas resources are being sent to NC to help with search and rescue operations
Hurricane Helene has greatly impacted states in the southeast, including Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.
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Springfield, other Ohio schools, get money for Haitian migrants
Haitian immigrants began coming to the community in 2020, and the city’s Republican Mayor Rob Rue estimates there are between 10,000 and 12,000 in the city.
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Biden expands refugee admission to foreign nationals from multiple continents
The first authorization is to allow 125,000 “refugees of special humanitarian concern” by region from multiple continents:
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Swing states hurting from inflation, want more from Trump, Harris on energy policies: poll
While economists have heralded the slowing of inflation, Tuesday’s poll shows that swing state voters are feeling the pain.
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Trump discusses setting up Starlink for NC with Elon Musk, White House says it's on the way
The White House responded to Trump's remarks with a social media statement reading, "This is already happening.”