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California and Newsom prep for the future with new climate rules

Californians are bracing for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) impending signoff on a seminal slate of rules that would require large companies to disclose both their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risk. “Any company located in California is well aware that it's a first mover on climate, it's a first mover on the minimum wage,”...

Older adults, people with disabilities need help amid disasters

Bringing caregivers into the conversation about older adult preparation is the goal of a new partnership between FEMA and the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers.

Haley rails against lack of Ukraine aid in spending bill, pushes for spending cuts in other areas

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley railed against the lack of Ukraine aid in Congress's "clean" stopgap measure brought to the House floor a day earlier and called for spending cuts in other areas. "The reality is Republicans and Democrats, all of them, have been spending taxpayer dollars in a ridiculous way," Haley said Sunday on...

Biden ‘sick and tired’ of brinksmanship after Congress narrowly avoids shutdown

President Biden on Sunday expressed exasperation with Republicans in Congress after lawmakers narrowly averted a government shutdown and said he hoped the drama of the last few weeks has led Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to a "personal revelation." "Folks, the truth is we shouldn’t have gotten here in the first place. It’s time to end...

Why Republicans would have lost the government shutdown fight

In the public sector’s corollary to “too big to fail,” the federal government has become “too big to close.”

After 3 years, student loan payments are back

Student loan payments officially resume Sunday after borrowers were let off the hook for more than three years by a pause initiated during the economic turmoil of the coronavirus pandemic. Despite continued pushback from advocates and concerns about a government shutdown, the Biden administration is reactivating all student loan accounts, and more than 28 million...

GOP Rep. Byron Donalds says McCarthy ‘in trouble’ 

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) said Sunday he thinks House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is "in trouble" after Congress averted a government shutdown by approving a "clean" stopgap measure brought to the House floor in a suprise move by the Speaker. The measure won more support from Democrats in the House than Republicans, but McCarthy said...

Graham says Ukraine aid will not be separated from border funding

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday he expects Ukraine aid will not be separated from border funding as Congress tried to figure out a path forward after a shutdown bill left Ukraine out. "To those who say we need to fix our border, you're right," Graham said on CBS News's "Face The Nation." "To those...

The dismal tradeoff on police violence in America

My findings suggest that BLM protests prompted police departments to scale back their interactions with the public and adopt body cameras, leading to an increase in crime and a decrease in police killings.

Gaetz slammed for bailing out Dems in budget battle, giving them potential leverage in ousting speaker

Fellow Republicans lashed out at Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., over his threats to trigger a motion to vacate for a vote to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.

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