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Banning TikTok won’t make kids safer, but the House is ignoring what will

The Kids Online Safety Act is the only bill that would address the wide range of design-caused harms children experience online.

Fed officials consider leaving rates higher for longer

Following higher than expected inflation and labor market readings in January and February on the tailwinds of a booming U.S. economy, Federal Reserve officials are suggesting they may keep interest rates higher for longer. “It is too soon to say whether the recent readings represent more than just a bump,” Fed chair Jerome Powell said...

Sherrod Brown hauls in more than $12M in first quarter for Ohio Senate race

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) hauled in more than $12 million in the first quarter of fundraising in the Ohio Senate race, his campaign announced Wednesday.   Brown is running against businessman Bernie Moreno (R) in November as he vies for a fourth term in the Senate. “While Sherrod’s opponent makes it clear he’s only...

Biden administration bars drilling in Colorado’s Thompson Divide landscape

The Biden administration on Wednesday barred drilling and mining in a Colorado landscape known as the Thompson Divide, an area of mountaintops, foothills and valleys in the center of the state. The administration said it would bar drilling and mining in 221,898 acres of the divide’s lands for 20 years as part of an effort...

Biden touts lower drug prices with Bernie’s help

President Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joined together Wednesday to highlight the administration's efforts to lower health care costs along with the senator's recent wins in pressuring drug companies to lower the prices of some commonly used inhalers. Gathered at the White House with health care advocates and experts, Sanders lamented that despite working...

Mining for EVs, batteries could wipe out 1/3 of African great apes

Welcome to The Hill's Sustainability newsletter {beacon} Sustainability Sustainability   The Big Story Mining for EVs, batteries could wipe out 1/3 of African great apes Mining companies hunting critical minerals could wipe out more than a third of Africa’s remaining great apes, a new study has found. © Associated Press/Schalk van Zuydam And by putting new...

The new census racial categories ‘erase’ Afro Latinos

The gathering of population statistics may be viewed by many residents as a mundane domestic administrative task, but the patterns it reveals provides concrete data about racial hierarchies and exclusion. Without it, systemic racism is rendered invisible.

Progressive activists take victory lap after tens of thousands of Democrats cast protest votes against Biden

Almost 50,000 Wisconsin Democratic voters opted against voting for President Biden Tuesday night in a state decided by a razor-thin margin in the previous election.

‘Illegal program’: Governor vows to fight Biden flying migrants into US

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is vowing to keep up legal challenges against a controversial use of parole authority to allow migrants to fly into the U.S.

Supreme Court’s approval rating ticks up, poll shows

Americans’ approval of the Supreme Court is trending up, according to a poll released Wednesday. The Marquette Law School survey found that 47 percent...

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