Articles filed under Politics
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Books banned in other states fuel Vermont lieutenant governor's reading tourAug 16, 2023 1:00 am - WATERBURY, Vt. - On a recent Sunday afternoon, Vermont's lieutenant governor was at a local library, reading a book about two male penguins to a crowd of nearly two doze...
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After the U.S. credit downgrade, let's talk about a radical budgetary changeAug 16, 2023 1:00 am - Fitch Ratings just downgraded the U.S. government's credit rating due in part to Congress's erosion in governance. Indeed, year after year, we see the same political the...
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Judge sides with young activists in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in MontanaAug 15, 2023 1:00 am - HELENA, Mont. - Young environmental activists scored what experts described as a groundbreaking legal victory Monday when a Montana judge said state agencies were violat...
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Texas wants Planned Parenthood to repay millions of dollars in Medicaid reimbursementsAug 15, 2023 1:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas - Texas wants Planned Parenthood to give back millions of dollars in Medicaid reimbursements - and pay far more in fines on top of that - in a lawsuit that...
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Taliban rule of Afghanistan is open-ended, their chief spokesman says as they begin year 3 in powerAug 15, 2023 1:00 am - KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The Taliban view their rule of Afghanistan as open-ended, drawing legitimacy from Islamic law and facing no significant threat, their chief spoke...
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Russia's central bank makes huge interest rate hike to try to prop up falling rubleAug 15, 2023 1:00 am - TALLINN, Estonia - Russia's central bank made a big interest rate hike Tuesday, an emergency move designed to fight inflation and strengthen the ruble after the country'...
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The wage gapAug 15, 2023 1:00 am - Everyone knows that men make more money than women do. The wage gap, it's called. What to do about it is the issue. In New Zealand, they're trying something new. Countin...
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Which states attract outsiders and which don't - 21st century versionAug 15, 2023 1:00 am - Let's take a time out from reports of indictments and threats of impeachment, from nostalgia for the 1940s days of American scientific creativity and ability to get big ...
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Russia unleashes a missile barrage on Ukraine, killing and wounding civiliansAug 15, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Russian forces unleashed a barrage of missiles on regions across Ukraine early Tuesday, killing civilians and damaging infrastructure. The barrage came j...
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'We can't go on this way': Lisle Township board calls on supervisor to resignAug 14, 2023 5:30 am - Two years into her first term, Lisle Township Supervisor Diane Hewitt finds her one-time running mates asking for her resignation. Township trustees on Wednesday unanimo...