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BY MAX GREENWOOD AND JULIA MANCHESTER | Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is leaning into the culture wars as he weighs a 2024 bid. The Florida governor and rising GOP star on Thursday suspended a Tampa-area elected state attorney who had signed a pledge not to prosecute those who seek out or provide abortions in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the seminal case that protected the right to abortion. It's only the latest item on a growing list of moves designed to win over the Republican Party's conservative base amid speculation that DeSantis could pursue a bid for the White House in the coming years. |
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Republicans are sharpening their knives while the Senate prepares to hunker in for a long weekend as Democrats deploy a special process to pass the party's sprawling health care, tax and climate plan without buy-in from across the aisle. |
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Senate Democrats are girding themselves for a battle royal with Republicans over a 700-plus-page bill that will reform the tax code, tackle climate change, lower drug costs and reduce the deficit in hopes of delivering what would become President Biden's centerpiece legislative achievement. |
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BY TOBIAS BURNS AND KARL EVERS-HILLSTROM |
Democrats are including a tax on stock buybacks to make up for the revenue lost in their climate change package to win over Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), whose vote is a necessity to advance a centerpiece of President Biden's economic agenda. |
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Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) says he had no choice but to remove a provision closing the so-called carried interest tax loophole for money managers from his climate and tax reform bill because Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) threatened to block the legislation otherwise. |
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Former President Trump used his rally in Waukesha, Wis., on Friday evening to criticize Democrats' sweeping climate, tax and health package while touting his track record of recent endorsements. |
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The House is planning to reconvene next Friday and take up the Democrats' sprawling climate, tax and health care bill, pending Senate passage of the multibillion-dollar package in the coming days. |
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The U.S. added 528,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent in July, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department, a stunning gain that defied predictions of a slowdown. |
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Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered by a Texas jury on Thursday to pay the parents of a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre $4 million as part of a years-long legal battle stemming from his false statements about the shooting. |
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The GOP will host its 2024 national convention in Milwaukee, the party announced Friday following a unanimous vote by the Republican National Committee. |
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OPINION | It's likely there will be a wave in the upcoming midterm elections, but it may not be a red one. If Democrats work hard to organize, mobilize and educate voters about what is at stake, they may be able to defy conventional wisdom. |
OPINION | This fall will be the season of truth for truth-tellers. Much of the nation was transfixed by the testimony of witnesses to the Jan. 6 Committee. But none of those political appointees or career civil servants who blew the whistle had credible rights against retaliation. Politicians have slathered them with lavish praise for their courage, but whistleblowers need rights, not compliments. This fall will be a test for Democrats if they back up their rhetoric with leadership to schedule votes and use their majority to pass laws. For Republicans, it will be a test whether their primary loyalty is to voters or to former President Trump. |
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BY FARES AKRAM AND TIA GOLDENBERG |
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli jets pounded militant targets in Gaza on Saturday as rockets rained on southern Israel, hours after a wave of Israeli airstrikes on the coastal enclave killed at least 11 people, including a senior militant and a 5-year-old girl. |
WASHINGTON—Congressional Republicans are ramping up pressure on the oil-and-gas industry to take an aggressive stance against the Democrats' tax-and-climate bill, frustrated that the industry hasn't done more to help Republicans defeat a cornerstone of President Biden's agenda. |
WASHINGTON — Immediately after a Moscow judge handed down Brittney Griner's nine-year prison sentence on Thursday, calls grew louder for President Biden to find a way to bring her home. |
A newly empowered Internal Revenue Service is one of the keys to the sweeping climate, health care and tax bill Senate Democrats hope to pass this week — with billions of dollars in new funds for the agency so it can collect money for the federal government by going after higher-income tax cheats. |
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