The fiscal 2023 bill requires the Navy to spend that $4 billion to build all or part of a destroyer, 2 amphibious ships, a cargo vessel and several troop-ferrying hovercrafts.
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Trump White House lawyers subpoenaed by Jan. 6 probe grand jury
The subpoenas to Pat Cipollone and Patrick Philbin suggest an intensifying Justice Department investigation into the events surrounding the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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Green Party co-founder John Rensenbrink dies
An environmental advocate for more than 70 years, Rensenbrink dedicated his life to changing politics to benefit the natural world.
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Collins-Manchin bill to protect electoral count endorsed at key hearing
The bill would reform the 1887 Electoral Count Act, which former President Donald Trump attempted to exploit in trying to overturn the result of the 2020 election.
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Primary takeaways: Abortion backlash in Kansas, Greitens’ collapse
Voters rejected a measure that would have made it easier to restrict abortion rights in red-state Kansas and repudiated a scandal-tarred former governor seeking a U.S. Senate seat in Missouri.
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Kansas voters protect abortion rights, block path to ban
Voters rejected a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution that would have added language stating that it does not grant the right to abortion.
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Texas man who stormed Capitol with gun gets more than 7 years in prison
Prosecutors said Guy Reffitt told fellow members of the Texas Three Percenters militia group that he planned to drag House Speaker Nancy Pelosi out of the Capitol building by her ankles.
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Americans dismayed at end of Roe are less certain they will vote, poll finds
Fully 58% of the country supports a federal law establishing the right to an abortion before a fetus can survive outside the womb, the standard the Supreme Court enshrined for nearly 50 years and overturned last month.
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Biden calls inflation-fighting deal with Sen. Manchin ‘godsend’ for U.S. families
A 15% corporate minimum tax will help fund the new costs, with extra going to deficit reduction.
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Gov. Mills says Maine Constitution may already protect abortion access
The governor says her administration is debating whether an amendment is needed to protect abortion access in Maine, or whether that right is already enshrined.