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Biden blasts Trump’s support of a nationwide abortion ban
| February 20, 2024
President Joe Biden took Trump to task for his support of a nationwide abortion ban and his role in repealing Roe v. Wade, criticizing him for “taking away women’s freedom,” putting women’s lives in danger, and unleashing “cruelty and chaos all across America.”
WWII Monuments Men weren’t all men. The female members finally move into the spotlight
| February 20, 2024
WWII Monuments Men weren't all men. Here's what you need to know about the female members who are finally moving into the spotlight.
Biden proposes new student debt relief plan for Texas borrowers facing ‘hardship’
| February 16, 2024
The new proposal will focus on providing debt relief to those with older loans or loans with large sums of interest; those with high-cost, unavoidable child care or health care expenses; borrowers who are highly likely to default; and others who face “financial hardship.”
Republicans want to use a 150-year-old law to ban abortion nationwide
| February 13, 2024
Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for a second Trump administration, calls for the Justice Department to start enforcing the Comstock Act of 1873. The old law bans the mailing of “anything designed, adapted, or intended for producing abortion,” which could include medical instruments.
Biden demands grocery stores and food brands end ‘price gouging’ and ‘shrinkflation’
| February 12, 2024
Grocery prices have risen by more than 20% since the beginning of the pandemic and in Texas, grocery prices rose 5.1% from Nov. 2022 to Nov. 2023. In response, President Biden is demanding grocery chains and food brands lower their prices and stop ripping families off.