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The Gavel: An attempt to take down super PACs
Maine is defending a voter-approved law that would cap donations to super PACs, as the case reaches the First Circuit Court of Appeals. The challenge matters because a ruling for the state could reopen the legal basis for unlimited political donations and potentially lead to Supreme Court review. Nearly 75 per cent of Maine voters…
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Trump’s EEOC has cut out demographic data and abandoned its core mission
The article’s text was not available, but its title indicates an opinion piece arguing that the Trump-era Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) removed demographic data and moved away from its civil-rights enforcement role. The claim matters because the EEOC’s collection and use of workforce data can underpin monitoring of discrimination and equal-opportunity policy. No supporting…
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Trump calls on Senate Republicans to adopt budget resolution before recess
Donald Trump urged Senate Republicans to adopt a budget resolution before leaving for recess, pressing the party to move more quickly on its fiscal agenda. The request matters because a budget resolution can set the framework for subsequent legislation and demonstrate whether Republicans can maintain unity on spending and tax priorities. The supplied article text…
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Congress can’t seem to figure out that sports gambling is just sports gambling
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“I feel like shooting people!” In the run-up to 1988’s US presidential election, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck had some outrageously dark and violent thoughts
Ahead of the 1988 US presidential election, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck revealed in an interview that he had been gripped by outrageously dark and violent thoughts about the prospect of a Republican victory. He described feeling murderous impulses, including saying “I feel like shooting people”, reflecting the despair many liberal-leaning Americans felt as polling day…
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Inside the complicated social care system – and how much it could really cost to reform
Prime Minister Andy Burnham is hosting a Downing Street summit with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey to try to find cross-party agreement on reforming England’s adult social care system, which he says has been neglected by successive governments due to its complexity and political risk. The move comes as…
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Sheffield Palestine campaigners condemn West Bank killings near twin city
Sheffield Palestine campaigners have condemned reported killings in the West Bank near the city’s twin city. The article’s full text was unavailable, so no further claims or circumstances can be verified. The headline links the response to Sheffield’s relationship with its West Bank twin city, indicating that events there have prompted local political and community…
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New UK leader Burnham vows to fix a ‘broken’ social care system
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged to fix England’s “broken” social care system, describing decades of political failure to provide affordable, decent care as a “major dereliction of duty.” Speaking at a London care home, Burnham said the system was as unfair as American healthcare, with vulnerable people bearing the brunt of costs, and…
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Russia’s Putin losing ground as Zelenskyy points to shifting momentum
This item is a morning news digest from Fox News rounding up several unrelated top stories rather than a single in-depth report. The lead item notes that Dr Anthony Fauci is due to testify before a Senate hearing on the origins of COVID-19, reviving scrutiny of his role in the US pandemic response, while a…
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GOP chairman says WNBA response on Caitlin Clark ‘falls short,’ keeps ‘every option on the table’
Rep. August Pfluger, the Texas Republican who chairs the Republican Study Committee, has said the WNBA’s formal response to congressional concerns over Caitlin Clark’s treatment “falls short,” and warned that lawmakers are keeping “every option on the table” as they continue to press the league for answers. The dispute centres on player safety and how…