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Veterans group endorsing Josh Hawley’s challenger in Missouri Senate race

Liberal veterans political action committee (PAC) VoteVets is endorsing Sen. Josh Hawley's (R-Mo.) challenger, Democrat Lucas Kunce, in Missouri's Senate race, praising his experience as a veteran and being a "champion" of democracy.  The group, which has a network of over 1.5 million supporters, will officially declare its backing of Kunce on Thursday, according to...

Most voters want state lawmakers to keep politics out of business decisions: poll

Most voters want state lawmakers to keep politics out of business decisions and instead focus on factors like cost and reliability, according to a new poll. The new poll, commissioned by the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) and provided exclusively to The Hill, found that majorities of voters want state lawmakers to make decisions to do...

Trump: States enacting individual abortion laws ‘a beautiful thing to watch’

Former President Trump on Wednesday said it was "a beautiful thing to watch" as individual states passed patchwork abortion laws, some more restrictive than others, and suggested it could unify the country even as Democrats use the issue to drive turnout in elections. Trump was asked in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity...

Ex-Meta engineer sues company over wrongful termination related to handling of pro-Palestinian content

An ex-Meta engineer sued his former company for wrongful termination, alleging that he was fired after investigating pro-Palestinian content as part of his job. Ferras Hamad worked as a software engineer for Meta and was tasked with overseeing Instagram content filters related to the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, according to the complaint. He filed...

Trump says Schumer has ‘become like a Palestinian’

Former President Trump on Wednesday attacked Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) over his previous criticism of Israel's handling of the war in Gaza, saying the top-ranking Jewish Democrat has "become like a Palestinian." Trump was asked during a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity about Israel's war with Hamas. The former president and presumptive...

WHO confirms first death from bird flu strain not seen before in humans

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday a man in Mexico died from a strain of bird flu, H5N2, that had not previously been reported in humans. The strain is different from the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus, which has caused an outbreak among livestock in the U.S. and has infected three...

Biden urges Congress to restore Roe v. Wade protections after Senate GOP blocks contraception bill

President Biden doubled down on his push for Congress to codify the protections of Roe v. Wade into federal law, after Senate Republicans blocked a bill from consideration Wednesday that would have established a federal right to birth control. “@VP and I believe that women in every state must have the freedom to make deeply...

Trump campaign accelerates vetting of potential running mates

With the start of the Republican Party's presidential nominating convention less than six weeks away, Donald Trump's campaign is picking up the pace in vetting the potential running mates

Florida and Kansas are accusing 2 people of forging signatures for petition drives

Officials accused petition circulators of forging signatures of voters to allow the No Labels party to put candidates on the Kansas ballot and to put an abortion rights measure to a vote in Florida.

School boards group backs out of teacher exchange program amid ex-North Dakota lawmaker’s charges

Months after an indictment was unsealed against former ND Sen. Ray Holmberg, a ND school boards organization returned more than $140,000 to the state and ceased its role in a teacher exchange program.

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