#Suicide attempts highlight mental health concerns in immigrant detention

#Suicide attempts highlight mental health concerns in immigrant detention

Suicide attempts highlight mental health concerns in immigrant detention A series of suicide attempts reported by detainees and officials at a single New Mexico immigration detention facility are underscoring concerns about mental health treatment outcomes in the system. Brazilian national Kelsey Vial killed himself at the Torrance County Detention Facility in Estancia, N.M., on Aug….

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#Tennessee enacts nation’s first law restricting drag shows, bans gender-affirming care for youth

#Tennessee enacts nation’s first law restricting drag shows, bans gender-affirming care for youth

Tennessee enacts nation’s first law restricting drag shows, bans gender-affirming care for youth Tennessee on Thursday became the first state to enact a law explicitly targeting drag shows, while also joining a growing list of GOP-led states to ban gender-affirming health care for transgender youth. The drag show provision criminalizes performances that take place in…

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#House Ethics Committee launches George Santos investigation

#House Ethics Committee launches George Santos investigation

House Ethics Committee launches George Santos investigation The House Ethics Committee has established an investigative subcommittee to look into issues surrounding Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), who has admitted to numerous fabrications about his background and faced scrutiny over his campaign and personal finances, the panel announced Thursday. The committee said the panel will look into…

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#Biden to trigger tax fight Senate Democrats don’t want 

#Biden to trigger tax fight Senate Democrats don’t want 

Biden to trigger tax fight Senate Democrats don’t want  President Biden will trigger a fight over raising taxes when he introduces his budget plan next week, something that Senate Democrats who face a tough road ahead to protect their majority aren’t clamoring for, especially in West Virginia, Montana and Arizona.    Democrats campaigned on repealing the…

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#Lawmakers trounce Lobbyists in annual charity hockey game

#Lawmakers trounce Lobbyists in annual charity hockey game

Lawmakers trounce Lobbyists in annual charity hockey game After the House of Representatives gaveled out for the week on Wednesday, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) traded voting sheets for a sheet of ice and laced up for the Congressional Hockey Challenge. Emmer and the rest of Team Lawmakers beat Team Lobbyists 8-3 after taking…

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#Biden mocks Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘Isn’t she amazing?’

#Biden mocks Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘Isn’t she amazing?’

Biden mocks Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘Isn’t she amazing?’ BALTIMORE — President Biden mocked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Wednesday, sarcastically asking a room full of House Democrats during their annual retreat in Baltimore “isn’t she amazing?” The president’s comments came one day after Greene, during a hearing on Capitol Hill, asked Michigan mother and…

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