Politics & Policy
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Congress urged to defund abortion in wake of Planned Parenthood $90M COVID loan revelation
Planned Parenthood’s healthcare numbers lag significantly behind its abortion count.
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Florida House panel approves new GOP-friendly congressional district map
Redraw could give Republicans a gain of four seats as the midterm elections approach.
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Watch Live: King Charles III addresses Congress
King Charles III is speaking before Congress.
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Education department withdraws proposed Title IX rule change as administration winds down
The department said that it made its decision because of ongoing litigation over the rule change, and because there were 150,000 public comments with modification suggestions that needed to be considered.
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Trump nominates CatholicVote president, vocal critic of pope as ambassador to the Vatican
Trump selected Brian Burch, head of the group Catholic Vote, who has blasted the pope on social media and elevated the writings of other conservative priests who were also critical of the pope.
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Biden Energy Dept. deals another blow to natural gas supporters
Climate activists and environmental justice advocates celebrated the release of the DOE report halting LNG exports.
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Remainder of protests dismissed by North Carolina election board
The dismissal of protests puts GOP challenger Griffin’s route only through appeals in the courts.
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Biden administration abandons mass student loan forgiveness plan in final days in office
Department officials cited “operational challenges” of attempting to implement the two rules in their reasoning, but maintained the legality of the plan.
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The government has shut down three times since 2000, two times under Trump
Though lawmakers are sounding the alarm at the potential disruption to services, the development is not terribly out of the ordinary for recent American politics.
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Trump at 56% approval during transition: Poll
By contrast, 33% strongly disapproved of him and 8% somewhat disapproved, for a total of 41%.
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GOP Rep. Grothman: House may pass 'three or four' separate bills to avert shutdown
"We don't yet know whether they're going to be voted on today or tomorrow," he said.
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'Let it begin now': Trump wants shutdown under Biden
His remarks come after Republicans failed on Thursday to pass an abridged continuing resolution to avert a shutdown.
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Trump encourages government shutdown if under the Biden administration
"If there is going to be a shutdown of government, let it begin now, under the Biden Administration, not after January 20th, under 'TRUMP,'" Trump wrote on TRUTH Social.