The justices are considering whether to allow restrictions on mifepristone to take effect as a legal challenge to the medication’s FDA approval continues.
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Florida expands ban on sexual orientation, gender identity discussion in school to all grades
The Florida Board of Education has approved expanding the law critics call ‘Don’t Say Gay’ at the request of Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Legislators move to create housing subsidies for homeless students
The Legislature’s Committee on Housing votes unanimously on a bill to create a rental assistance program for homeless students and, where applicable, their families.
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Biden pans McCarthy’s debt plan as ‘huge cuts’ to Americans
The Speaker’s proposal includes raising the debt limit into next year, undoing much of Biden’s climate change agenda and imposing a 1% cap on future non-defense spending each year for 10 years.
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Republicans object to replacing Democratic Sen. Feinstein on judiciary panel
An ailing Diane Feinstein, 89, has been absent from the Senate since February, creating a headache for Democrats who are hoping to use their majority to confirm as many of President Biden’s judicial nominees as possible.
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Tennessee Rep. Justin Pearson, a Bowdoin grad, charts progressive path
Tennessee Rep. Justin Pearson never guessed he’d be expelled for leading a gun control protest on the House floor after a school shooting left three children and three adults dead
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Crime in New York City is not worst ever, despite claims
Social media users are claiming crime in New York City is the worst it’s been in a generation, especially in Manhattan where former President Donald Trump faces criminal charges.
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Fox News, Dominion settle for $787 million over false election claims
The announcement averts a prolonged trial in a case that exposed how the top-rated network chased viewers by spreading false claims about the 2020 presidential election.
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George Mitchell, in Northern Ireland, urges end to political impasse
The former U.S. senator from Maine, whose negotiations led to the Good Friday Agreement, marks 25 years since the deal largely ended bloodshed there.
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Plans for religious charter school push church-state debate into new territory
The Conversation: Using public funds to support students at private religious schools, such as was litigated in a Maine case, is one thing, but establishing faith-based institutions within public districts is another.