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.
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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.
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Judge delays trial over Fox News and 2020 election lies
The case centers on whether Fox defamed Dominion Voting Systems by spreading false claims that the company rigged the 2020 presidential election to prevent former President Donald Trump’s reelection.
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Jay voters to consider proposed budget increase
Residents will also elect two selectpersons, three school board directors and two trustees, one each for the two water districts.