Politics & Policy
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California Democrat unseats Michelle Steel while Iowa's Miller-Meeks secures reelection: AP
Miller-Meeks victory on Wednesday comes weeks after the general election, which saw Republicans flip the White House and Senate, and narrowly retain control of the House.
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Biden's plan to cover anti-obesity drugs could cost $140 billion
Without insurance coverage, the drugs can cost as much as $1,000 a month.
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Maine attorney general files lawsuit against 'big oil' over fossil fuels
Republican attorneys general in 19 states have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block several Democratic-led climate change lawsuits against the oil and gas industry that have been filed in state courts.
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Non-citizen allegedly cast ballot in Michigan, faces criminal charges
"We are grateful for the swift action of the clerk in this case, who took the appropriate steps and referred the case to law enforcement," the Michigan secretary of state's office said.
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California’s ports get $1B for going electric, critics say it’ll slow them down
As Chevron noted in its opposition letter to the governor's recently-passed special session refinery regulations, California's ports are already backed up.
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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin endorses Donald Trump for president less than one week before election
"Over the years, I have seen our government's approach to space wax and wane, a fluctuating dynamic that has disappointed me from time to time. But under the first Trump Administration, I was impressed to see how human space exploration was elevated, made a policy of high importance again," Aldrin said in a statement.
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Trump campaign claims 'leftist activists' are posing as election officials in Philadelphia
Trump's campaign called on the Pennsylvania Election Threats Task force and the Department of Justice to investigate the alleged actions of these activists.
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Trump boasts of 'higher quality' supporters after Biden's 'garbage' comment
Biden on Tuesday evening addressed comments from comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage" during his set at Madison Square Garden.
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Biden failed to top up oil reserves in the leadup to the election, but refilling will take years
Some analysts had feared that President Biden would tap the stockpile again to address any increases in gasoline prices in the lead up to the Nov. 5 presidential election, as he did in 2022, which would end the DOE’s efforts to refill the SPR.
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Watch Live: Trump holds rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Former President Donald Trump is holding a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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Incendiary devices at Portland, Washington state ballot boxes reportedly had 'free Gaza' on them
Investigators think the two incidents Monday in the two states are connected
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Renewable energy revenue amendment requires federal action
At the same time, Louisiana's U.S. House delegation is working on legislation which, if passed, will allocate more federal dollars from oil and gas generated in the Gulf to the state, as well as revenues from wind farms.
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Was a natural gas ban eventually planned for Washington state?
For proponents of I-2066, which would prohibit a ban on natural gas by state and local governments, the admission is a tacit acknowledgement that the state eventually planned to do just that.