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Republican-Run States See Opportunity To Push Extreme Policies Under Trump

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Republican state lawmakers and conservative leaders around the United States see Donald Trump’s re-election as a mandate that will help them enact...
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Senator Krysten Sinema Switches Parties From Democrat To Independent, Dealing A Major Blow To Demcoratic Senate Control

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Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema is changing her party affiliation to independent, delivering a jolt to Democrats’ narrow majority and Washington along with it....
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Senator Mitch McConnel Re-elected Senate Republican Leader Despite Disappointing Election Performance

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Mitch McConnell of Kentucky on November 16 overwhelmingly won re-election as his party’s Senate leader, holding off Senator Rick Scott of Florida...
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House of Representatives Passes Bill to Avert Temporary Government Shutdown

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The US House of Representatives on February 8 approved legislation to fund federal government agencies through March 11 and avoid a chaotic shutdown of many...
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New Jersey Politics

New York, New Jersey, & Several Other States Rollback Mask Mandates, Other COVID Mandates as Omicron Surge Recedes

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Governor Kathy Hochul will drop New York’s stringent indoor mask mandate on February 9, ending a requirement that businesses ask customers for...
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CDC: Omicron Cornavirus Variant Less Severe Compared To Earlier Variants

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Federal health officials reported on January 25 that the Omicron COVID variant caused less severe illness in hospitalized patients than earlier virus...
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In A Major Defeat For The Demcoratic Party, Voting Rights Legislation Narrowly Fails In Senate

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Voting legislation that the Democratic Party and civil rights leaders say is vital to protecting democracy collapsed late on January 19 when two...
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Economics

Omicron Surge Spurs New Coronavirus Relief Push In Congress

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Hotels, fitness clubs, tour bus companies, and minor league baseball clubs are part of a long line of businesses seeking billions of...
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President Joe Biden Announces New US Coronavirus Strategy Regarding Omicron Variant

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President Joe Biden on November 29 said the new Omicron coronavirus variant is "a cause for concern, not a cause for panic," as federal...
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Politics

Biden Administration Seeks To Reinstate Workplace Coronavirus Vaccine Requirement

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The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court on November 23 to lift a court-ordered stay on a sweeping workplace coronavirus vaccine rule to...
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American Economics

Amid Rising Energy Costs, Biden Administration Taps Strategic Petroleum Reserve

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President Joe Biden said on November 23 that the administration will tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of a global effort by energy-consuming...
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House of Representatives January 6 Select Committee Subpoenas Far-Right Leaders & Groups

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The House of Representatives Select Committee investigating the Capitol attack issued subpoenas on November 23 to the leaders of the far-right Proud Boys and...
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In the book “The Civic Culture: Political Attitudes and Democracy in Five Nations, An Analytic Study,” Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba present a study...
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