The Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee heard testimony on 8 bills Thursday.
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Justice John Roberts asked to testify on court ethics amid Thomas reports
In recent weeks, news reports have focused on the purchase by a conservative donor of 3 properties belonging to Justice Clarence Thomas and his family in a transaction worth more than $100,000.
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Treasury Secretary Yellen calls for better relations between U.S. and China as tensions rise
Relations between the 2 countries have become increasingly strained after the discovery of a Chinese surveillance balloon in U.S. air space and since the Communist nation has grown its ties with Russia.
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House Republicans vote to ban trans athletes from women’s sports
The two-page bill proposed by a Florida congressman is just one of scores being introduced at the state and local level that target LGBTQ rights.
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Poll finds more peril for Trump in pending Georgia, D.C. probes than New York
Former President Donald Trump has emerged largely unscathed politically from his New York indictment
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Biden blasts Republicans’ ‘wacko notions’ in debt limit standoff
Wednesday’s split-screen presentations vividly displayed how the president and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are talking to 2 very different Americas.
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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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Fox News still faces $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit from Smartmatic
Fox’s troubles are far from over after it settled on Tuesday with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million for amplifying what Fox News knew were false claims about election fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
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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.