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Republicans, independents crave answers from GOP congressman in Alabama

Saturday, March 22nd, 2025

via The Washington Post

Rep. Dale Strong's constituents are demanding a response as the politician faces backlash to DOGE cutbacks in a district awash with federal money.

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Alabama board defunds local library after complaints over ‘inappropriate’ books

Friday, March 21st, 2025

via The Associated Press

The public library in Fairhope, Alabama has found itself in the crosshairs of battles over library content.

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Pennsylvania’s state legislative special elections

Friday, March 21st, 2025

via The Associated Press

Voters in two Pennsylvania state legislative districts will elect new members in special elections Tuesday.

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Trump’s call to dismantle Education Department shows Republican rightward lurch and his grip on GOP

Thursday, March 20th, 2025

via The Associated Press

Since it was created in 1979, the Education Department has enjoyed enough bipartisan support to keep it in business, with some Republicans even embracing its role in funding and shaping public schools.

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What to know about Trump’s plan to abolish the Education Department

Thursday, March 20th, 2025

via The Washington Post

President Donald Trump has been promising to abolish the Education Department since the 2024 campaign. Here's what to know about his effort to close it.

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New York’s top court blocks NYC from letting noncitizens vote

Thursday, March 20th, 2025

via The Associated Press

New York state's top court has put an end to New York City's effort to empower noncitizens to vote in municipal elections.

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How the GOP Went From Championing Campus Free Speech to Fighting It

Thursday, March 20th, 2025

via The New York Times

President Trump and state politicians are pushing new laws and policies that crack down on curriculum, protests and speakers.

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Encrypted messaging apps promise privacy. Government transparency is often the price

Thursday, March 20th, 2025

via The Associated Press

States and cities across the country are grappling with how to stay on the right side of government transparency laws as the use of encrypted messaging apps becomes more widespread.

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Trump Is Said to Sign Order Aimed at Dismantling Education Department

Wednesday, March 19th, 2025

via The New York Times

The order, which President Trump may sign on Thursday, will lay the groundwork for eventually shuttering the agency, reassigning some of its primary duties.

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Majority control of Pennsylvania House hinges on special election in steel region near Pittsburgh

Wednesday, March 19th, 2025

via The Associated Press

Voters in a western Pennsylvania state House district will be filling a vacancy next week and deciding which party will hold the speakership.

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In Texas, Christian right grows confident and assertive

Monday, March 17th, 2025

via The Associated Press

Testifying this month against bills that would put more Christianity in Texas public schools, the Rev.

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I saw 11 celebrities on London stages in a week. Here’s how they fared.

Saturday, March 15th, 2025

via The Washington Post

Many marquee stars in classic plays on London stages aim to make sense of our confusing present, from Cate Blanchett to Tom Hiddleston.

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Fact-Checking Trump’s Speech at the Justice Department

Friday, March 14th, 2025

via The New York Times

The president revived a number of falsehoods he had used on the campaign trail last year, including his lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

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Raul M. Grijalva, a Democratic Progressive in the House, Dies at 77

Friday, March 14th, 2025

via The New York Times

The son of an immigrant, he represented a majority Hispanic district in Arizona for 12 terms but had lately been absent from Capitol Hill while being treated for cancer.

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They’re ‘hogging our money’: D.C. kids tell Senate not to gut city’s funding

Thursday, March 13th, 2025

via The Washington Post

The window narrowed to reverse the $1 billion in cuts to D.C.'s budget as senators prepared to vote on the continuing resolution Friday.

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Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Florida Case Over Gender Identity in Schools

Thursday, March 13th, 2025

via The New York Times

The mother at the center of the case, January Littlejohn, was a guest of the first lady Melania Trump at President Trump's speech to Congress last week.

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D.C.’s hopes lie in Senate as residents, officials push to avert $1B hit

Wednesday, March 12th, 2025

via The Washington Post

A possible Democratic proposal boosted D.C.'s hopes of avoiding potential layoffs but also inched the nation closer to a potential government shutdown.

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Republicans in Florida’s capitol restart push to lower the gun-buying age

Wednesday, March 12th, 2025

via The Associated Press

Gun rights advocates have been fighting to overturn a Florida law setting the minimum age to buy a gun at 21 since the day the measure was signed, in the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018.

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Education Department Plans to Fire Up to Half Its Staff

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025

via The New York Times

The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took office.

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