#A tale of two Ramaswamys

#A tale of two Ramaswamys

This is a tale of two men with the same last name: Ramaswamy. One of those two men, Vivek Ramaswamy, a biotech entrepreneur, was introduced to a large national audience on the evening of Aug. 23, 2023. The occasion? The first televised debate of eight candidates seeking the nomination of the Republican Party for the…

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#Why are Congress’s budget experts failing to address the rise of climate-related health care spending?

#Why are Congress’s budget experts failing to address the rise of climate-related health care spending?

Beyond its role of scoring the budgetary and economic effects of proposed legislation, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) independently publishes reports and working papers addressing more than two dozen topics intended, in part, to enhance the office’s transparency and encourage external review and comment. Under the topic of “climate and the environment,” the CBO has…

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#What we know about 30 unindicted co-conspirators

#What we know about 30 unindicted co-conspirators

The Georgia indictment against former President Trump lists 30 unindicted co-conspirators, who are alleged to have aided in various efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. The individuals were not named or charged, but the list appears to include the remaining fake electors and others who communicated with Trump’s attorneys in the wake of the…

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#Midwestern cities become transgender health sanctuaries amid GOP legislative threats

#Midwestern cities become transgender health sanctuaries amid GOP legislative threats

A growing number of Midwestern cities are declaring themselves safe havens for gender-affirming health care, often in direct defiance of laws passed by conservatives at the state level. While state legislatures across the Midwest are controlled overwhelmingly by Republicans, cities and metropolitan areas tend to lean more Democratic, driving some local leaders to introduce resolutions that distinguish the…

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#Tracking Trump’s tangled web of legal troubles 

#Tracking Trump’s tangled web of legal troubles 

Former President Trump is increasingly enmeshed in a tangled web of legal troubles, facing state and federal probes across the country.  Trump is a party in more than a half-dozen civil lawsuits and faces 78 criminal charges across three cases, ranging from an alleged hush money cover-up to his purported efforts to overturn the 2020…

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#Democrats mobilize on abortion amendments after Ohio win

#Democrats mobilize on abortion amendments after Ohio win

Abortion rights advocates are looking to follow up on a win in Ohio this week with efforts in numerous states to enshrine abortion protections into state constitutions in 2024.  The defeat of a ballot initiative in Ohio is the latest in a series of wins for Democrats and reproductive rights advocates. The proposal, called Issue 1, would have made it harder to amend the Ohio…

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#Legal chaos engulfs Biden and Trump

#Legal chaos engulfs Biden and Trump

A dramatic day in Washington on Friday shook up the 2024 presidential race, causing big problems for President Biden and former President Trump. The more shocking development came when Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the president’s son, Hunter Biden. The special counsel will be David Weiss, who had already…

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