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Study estimates nearly 65,000 rape-related pregnancies in states with...
(The Hill) - A study published this week estimated nearly 65,000 pregnancies associated with rape occurred in the 14 states that have enacted abortion bans since the Dobbs decision in 2022. The study...
View ArticleStudent reading and math scores are abysmal. So why is only one getting...
(The Hill) -- U.S. students’ math scores lag behind also dreary reading ones and have struggled even before the pandemic, but changes to the math curriculum to combat the problem have been...
View ArticleRing no longer allowing police to request users' doorbell video footage
(The Hill) -- Police and fire departments will no longer be able to request users' doorbell video footage from the Amazon-owned Ring, the company announced. Ring said in a blog post Wednesday that it...
View ArticleSpeaker Johnson backs Abbott's border 'invasion' decree
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sided with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in his feud with the federal government over razor wire along the U.S.-Mexico border, saying Thursday that he would “back him up.” “I...
View ArticleGOP governors back Abbott in border standoff
Republican governors are backing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in his standoff against the federal government over border authority. On Tuesday, the Texas National Guard appeared to ignore a Supreme...
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Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro sentenced to 4 months in prison over House Jan. 6...
Peter Navarro, a onetime adviser to former President Trump, was sentenced Thursday to four months in prison for refusing to comply with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the...
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Senate GOP pleads with Trump not to kill Ukraine-border security deal
Senate Republicans who favor sending aid to Ukraine and cutting a deal with Democrats to secure the U.S.-Mexico border are hoping that former President Trump’s Senate allies can intervene with the...
View ArticleNew California bill could require cars to have speed-limiting technology
(KTLA) - A new California bill would require certain vehicles sold or manufactured in the state to be equipped with speed limiter technology. California Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced...
View ArticleTrump may testify as his Carroll trial defense begins
NEW YORK — Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll rested her case Thursday in her defamation trial against former President Trump. As the former president’s defense begins, he’s in the courtroom to witness...
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Trump delivers brief, fiery testimony in E. Jean Carroll trial
NEW YORK — Former President Trump took the stand in his defamation case brought by advice columnist E. Jean Carroll on Thursday for about two minutes in a brief, fiery moment that marked the final...
View ArticleTrump attorney accuses Fani Willis of trying to 'foment racial animus,' seeks...
Former President Trump's lead attorney in the Georgia election interference case accused Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) of attempting to "foment racial animus" against Trump and his...
View ArticleEthics panel ends probe into Bowman fire alarm incident
The House Ethics Committee announced Thursday that it has ended its investigation into Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) for pulling a fire alarm in the Capitol complex during a contentious debate over...
View ArticleRNC weighing resolution to declare Trump 'presumptive nominee'
A draft resolution before the Republican National Committee (RNC) would, if approved, label former President Trump as the party’s presumptive nominee for 2024. The Dispatch first reported that David...
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Trump's push to deny Biden border victory aggravates lawmakers
Former President Trump’s push to kill the border deal in order to deny President Biden a legislative win is upsetting members on both sides of the aisle as negotiators hope to wrap up work on an...
View ArticleTrump allies jockey to be VP: 'There's outright auditions happening'
As the results came in from New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary Tuesday, analysts on Fox News were already speculating about who the winner — former President Trump — might choose as his...
View Article6 states facing the most serious groundwater crises
(The Hill) -- A heating planet and expanding commercial agriculture are putting increasing pressure on America’s vital aquifers — underground reservoirs that supply water to an estimated 145 million...
View ArticleGOP leaders face conservative, moderate pushback on bipartisan tax deal
A bipartisan deal that would reduce business taxes while expanding the child tax credit has set up a political dilemma for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as he weighs whether to bypass objections from...
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Democratic concerns grow amid RFK Jr. ballot push in battleground states
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announcement Tuesday that he had amassed enough signatures to qualify for the New Hampshire ballot for the general election, after already getting on Utah’s, is drawing fresh...
View ArticleTrump walks out of court in middle of E. Jean Carroll closing arguments
(The Hill) -- Former President Donald Trump walked out of the Manhattan, New York, federal courtroom where his sexual abuse defamation trial is ongoing, just after a lawyer for writer E. Jean Carroll...
View ArticleTrump awaits Carroll verdict after fiery closing arguments
NEW YORK — The jury has begun deliberations Friday in former President Trump’s defamation case brought by columnist E. Jean Carroll after fervent closing arguments that saw Trump at one point storm...
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