Six weeks after the Supreme Court ruled to overturn the constitutional right to abortion, the procedure is on the ballot in pockets of the country, and voters are now casting their vote. Voters in Kansas went first on Tuesday night — ultimately striking down an abortion ban — and now four more states will have their turn in the coming months. Abortion-related ballot measures have been cropping up across the country in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling in June to overturn Roe v. Wade — a nearly 50-year precedent that affirmed abortion as a constitutional right. At least a dozen states initially reacted by enacting trigger laws, which are abortion bans and restrictions designed to take effect immediately or with quick state action following the downfall of Roe. Some states are having to turn to voters in order to determine the future of reproductive rights. Read more. |
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📝 Biden signs order for patients traveling for abortions
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President Biden has signed an executive order directing the Department of Health and Human Services to consider working with states to use Medicaid waivers to pay for expenses for women who cross state lines to receive abortions. |
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🚨 Biden: Kansas abortion vote sends 'signal' about elections this fall
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President Biden called Kansas's vote in favor of abortion rights a "powerful signal" about elections ahead of November's midterms, as Democrats look to harness energy sparked by the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. |
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🐘 Meijer loss sparks new criticism of meddling in GOP primaries
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Rep. Peter Meijer's (R-Mich.) narrow loss in a western Michigan Republican primary is intensifying scrutiny on the Democratic House campaign arm's efforts to elevate the pro-Trump election conspiracy theorist who captured the GOP nomination on Tuesday. |
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🕊️ GOP Rep. Jackie Walorski dies in car accident in Indiana |
Rep. Jackie Walorski, a Republican representing Indiana's 2nd Congressional District, died in a car wreck along with two aides and another person on Wednesday. |
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💰 Democrats' plan would decrease deficit by more than $100B: CBO
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The Congressional Budget Office has released estimates for Democrats' sprawling reconciliation plan, forecasting the proposal would lead to a net deficit decrease of more than $102 billion over roughly the next decade.
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🍿 Sinema leaves Democrats in suspense |
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⛽ Democrat questions oil companies amid record profits
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House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) is questioning the country's biggest oil companies after they posted record profits amid high oil and gasoline prices. |
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🌍 McConnell: 'Good luck' to opponents of Finland, Sweden NATO bids |
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) supports bids from Finland and Sweden to join NATO, as the Senate prepares to vote on the plan.
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✈️ Buttigieg proposes stronger airline refund rules |
The Department of Transportation has proposed a new rule that clarifies when airlines owe passengers refunds. The regulation is the department's latest move to strengthen refund enforcement amid resurging flight demand that has left the industry scrambling and sent passenger complaints soaring. |
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🗳️ Manchin says Electoral Count Act reform would target 'bad actors' |
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is touting a bipartisan bill he introduced with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to reform the Electoral Count Act as a chance to fix a law "bad actors" have manipulated for their benefit.
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🇹🇼 Pelosi: Solidarity with people of Taiwan more important than ever
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday lauded Taiwan's "flourishing Democracy" and said her visit "should be seen as a strong statement that America stands with Taiwan." |
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📊 Democrats make slight gains in congressional preference: poll
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Democrats have made a slight gain in the generic congressional ballot, according to a survey from Monmouth University Poll released Wednesday.
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📈 Voters' focus on gun policy rises: survey
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American voters are more concerned about gun control policies now than they were a few months ago, before a series of deadly mass shootings rocked the nation, according to a new survey from Monmouth University. |
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🦠 Biden tests positive for fifth day after 'rebound' COVID infection
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President Biden is still testing positive for COVID-19 again but continues to feel "well," his physician, Kevin O'Connor, said in a new update that noted Biden is coughing less frequently. |
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⚔️ Kirby: No 'public spat' between White House, Pelosi on Taiwan visit
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White House national security spokesman John Kirby says that there was no "public spat" between the White House and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) over her decision to go to Taiwan. |
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🚗 Paul Pelosi pleads not guilty to misdemeanor DUI charges
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) husband, Paul Pelosi, has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor driving under the influence charges.
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🐊 DeSantis highlights letters from Floridians in campaign ad
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Gov. Ron DeSantisn (R-Fla.) is highlighting the letters he's received from Floridians since he entered office in his first TV ad for his 2022 gubernatorial re-election campaign. |
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🗞️ Nearly half of Americans say would be happier if they cut out news |
Half of Americans believe they would be happier if they quit consuming news for an entire month, according to a new poll. |
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Change in worker classification rules will cost small businesses | "The [Department of Labor]'s new rules will throw away the multiple requirements that have long been used to determine whether a freelancer is truly independent or should be classified as an employee and replace these requirements with a more simplified 'ABC Test,'" writes Gene Marks, founder of The Marks Group, a small-business consulting firm. |
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