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Senate passes GOP’s tax and spending bill with Cornyn, Cruz priorities included
ECONOMY | EDUCATION | greg abbott | lawmakers | laws | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story
Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos
| August 13, 2024
One centerpiece of that program is dozens of never-before-published videos created for Project 2025’s Presidential Administration Academy. The vast majority of these videos — 23 in all, totaling more than 14 hours of content — were provided to ProPublica and Documented by a person who had access to them.
Biden-Harris administration wants to make it easier to cancel subscriptions and bypass chatbots
| August 13, 2024
The White House wants to end corporate practices that it says wastes consumers’ time and money, such as forcing customers to wait on hold for refunds, placing unnecessary barriers on canceling subscriptions, and making it difficult to access or submit health insurance claims.
JD Vance says he wants to help families, but missed vote to expand child tax credit
| August 13, 2024
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance proposed more than doubling the federal child tax credit to $5,000 over the weekend, but recently missed the chance to vote for an expanded credit—an effort his fellow Senate Republicans blocked.
“Vibe shift”: Young Texas voters, motivated by Kamala Harris, lock into the presidential election
| August 12, 2024
These first-time, Texas voters are finally motivated by the election now that Kamala Harris is in the race.
Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, being turned away from ERs despite federal law
| August 12, 2024
2024 ELECTIONS | ABORTION | HEALTH | HEALTHCARE | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story | women's health
Even as the Biden administration publicly warned hospitals to treat pregnant patients in emergencies, facilities continue to violate the federal law. The issue became a focus for the administration following reports of women being improperly treated in emergency rooms after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion more than two years ago.
Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, being turned away from ERs despite federal law
| August 12, 2024
More than 100 pregnant women in medical distress who sought help from emergency rooms were turned away or negligently treated since 2022.
6 times Kamala Harris wore clothing with a hidden meaning
| August 8, 2024
Kamala Harris has mastered turning women’s fashion into a subtle power play. Here are six ways she’s done it, plus tips for how you can do it, too.
Vice president candidates present stark contrast on voting issues
| August 8, 2024
Vice president candidates present stark contrast on voting issues. Here's what you need to know about Tim Walz and JD Vance.
Major drugmakers capped cost of asthma inhalers at $35 per month after investigation from Democrats
| August 7, 2024
AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, and GlaxoSmithKline all agreed to cap the price of asthma inhalers earlier this year following an investigation by a Democratic-led Senate Committee.
A chief architect of Project 2025 is ready to shock Washington if Donald Trump wins a second term
| August 7, 2024
A chief architect of Project 2025 — the controversial conservative blueprint to remake the federal government — Vought is likely to be appointed to a high-ranking post in a second Trump administration. And he’s been drafting a so-far secret “180-Day Transition Playbook” to speed the plan’s implementation to avoid a repeat of the chaotic start that dogged Trump’s first term.
Who is Tim Walz? What to know about Kamala Harris’ pick for vice president
| August 6, 2024
As governor of Minnesota, Walz has made school lunches free for all students, created a paid family and medical leave program, increased public school funding, legalized recreational marijuana, and made abortion a fundamental right under state law.
Republicans keep lying about ‘post-birth’ abortions and ‘abortion up until birth.’ Here’s the reality.
| August 1, 2024
For decades, Republicans have spread misinformation — and outright lies — about abortions later in pregnancy, while also spreading conspiracy theories about nonexistent “post-birth” abortions. Here, we separate fact from fiction.