The Supreme Court is speaking with 1 voice in response to recent criticism of the justices’ ethical practices.
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Feds wrote $128 million in duplicate checks to doctors, report finds
In nearly 300,000 cases, private doctors were paid twice – once by the Veterans Health Administration and another time by Medicare – for the same care provided to veterans from 2017 to 2021.
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House Republicans pass U.S. debt bill, push Biden on spending
Passage of the sprawling 320-page package in the House is only the start of what is expected to become a weekslong political slog.
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Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson formally launches 2024 Republican presidential campaign
And while Trump has fixated his campaign message around his false claims about the 2020 election he lost, Hutchinson has said voters need a candidate who is not focused on the past.
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Montana transgender lawmaker barred by Republicans from House floor
Montana Republican leaders have voted to bar a transgender state lawmaker who was silenced on the statehouse floor for comments against a bill to ban gender-affirming medical care for children.
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Disney sues DeSantis, calling park takeover ‘retaliation’
Disney is alleging the governor waged a ‘targeted campaign of government retaliation’ after the company opposed a law critics call ‘Don’t Say Gay.’
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Sudanese families crowd borders to escape as shaky truce holds
Witnesses say crowds of families have been growing at Sudan’s border crossing with Egypt and at a main port, desperately trying to escape their country’s violence.
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Sen. King proposes ethics rules for U.S. Supreme Court justices
Maine’s independent senator teams up with an Alaska Republican on a bill to require the U.S. Supreme Court to adopt a code of conduct and investigate complaints, while Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree has co-sponsored similar bills in the U.S. House.
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Ukraine’s Zelensky upbeat after talk with China’s Xi
They had a ‘long and meaningful’ phone conversation in their first known contact since Russia invaded Ukraine.
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Pope allows women to vote at upcoming bishops’ meeting
But under the new changes, five religious sisters will join five priests as voting representatives for religious orders.