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Julia Conley, Common Dreams Following repeated calls by reproductive justice groups in recent months for the Biden administration to more forcefully fight for abortion rights and against the stigmatization of care, Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday made history by visiting an abortion clinic in St. Paul, Minnesota. Harris is …

Nadra Nittle Originally published by The 19th High-quality preschool. Youth mental health. College affordability. President Joe Biden’s proposed budget for next fiscal year would make education investments, many of them unprecedented, that prioritize the needs of families. The budget blueprint outlines Biden’s policy priorities during a year when he’s on …

Ashley Murray, Georgia Recorder Citing major national security concerns, the U.S. House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill that effectively bans TikTok unless the company splits from its Chinese owner ByteDance. The 352-65 vote occurred just a week after lawmakers introduced the bipartisan proposal and days after the powerful House Committee …

Jacob Fischler, Nebraska Examiner The rematch is set. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clinched their parties’ nominations for president by winning state primaries Tuesday, setting up the same choice voters saw in the 2020 election. Both candidates are unpopular with the general electorate, but neither faced serious …

Chabeli Carrazana Originally published by The 19th Though pay equity has been a policy focus for President Joe Biden, he still hasn’t delivered on parity within his own White House. Women working in the White House were earning 80 cents for every $1 men earned in 2023, a gap wider …

Rights advocates on Monday applauded U.S. Rep. Morgan McGarvey for taking a “bold step toward healing and justice” by introducing the Justice for Breonna Taylor Act, which would ban nationwide the kind of no-knock warrants that led to the 26-year-old woman’s death in 2020. Nearly four years to the day …

Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder White House budget director Shalanda Young pressed senators Tuesday to pass legislation implementing core elements of President Joe Biden’s latest budget request, saying it would boost the economy and programs that help working Americans. Young told the Senate Budget Committee during a two-hour hearing the tax, …

Jimmy Williams Special Counsel Robert Hur faced intense questioning from lawmakers during a four-hour appearance before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Hur defended and explained the findings of his investigation into President Biden’s handling of classified documents. The hearing produced several key takeaways. 1. Hur Faces Bipartisan Pushback: Hur …

Ariana Figueroa, West Virginia Watch U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge announced Monday she is stepping down from the agency. In an exclusive interview with USA Today, Fudge said she would leave March 22 to retire after nearly 50 years of public service. Fudge, 71, was …

Florida education officials and civil rights attorneys recently reached a settlement that provides clarity on the discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in the state’s classrooms. This settlement follows the controversial “Don’t Say Gay” law, which prohibited formal instruction on these topics in early grades. The resolution aims to …

Jennifer Shutt, Florida Phoenix President Joe Biden released his budget request for the upcoming fiscal year Monday, calling on Congress to stick to the spending agreement brokered last year and to revamp tax laws so that the “wealthy pay their fair share.” The $7.266 trillion budget request doesn’t actually spend …

Ariana Figueroa, Florida Phoenix President Joe Biden on Monday urged local officials to lobby their members of Congress to pass the bipartisan border security deal struck in the Senate that Republicans walked away from this year. In a brief speech touting the administration’s accomplishments to more than 2,000 mayors, city …

Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune A federal judge in Texas rejected a lawsuit on Friday filed by Attorney General Ken Paxton against a Biden administration immigration program that allows each year up to 360,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to legally migrate to the U.S. U.S. District …

Jimmy Williams Alabama GOP Senator Katie Britt is under scrutiny for her response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, where she shared a story about a human trafficking victim. Critics argue that the story was misleading, as it did not occur during Biden’s presidency but during George …

Jimmy Williams During an exclusive interview with MSNBC, President Joe Biden spoke about his criticism of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health. The president defended his direct criticism of the decision, emphasizing what he believes to be a misinterpretation of the Constitution. Additionally, Biden expressed …