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Mar 07 2024
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Senate GOP divided over how tightly to embrace Trump
Donald Trump’s dominating victories on Super Tuesday cemented his lock on the Republican presidential nomination but Senate GOP leaders are reluctant to fully embrace the former president given his tendency to alienate college educated women and other swing voters.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) finally announced his endorsement of Trump on Wednesday, the same day Nikki
The HillMar 13 2024
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TikTok bill divides Massachusetts delegation in Congress - see how they voted
BOSTON - A TikTok bill that could lead to a ban of the popular social media platform in the U.S. took a major step forward in Congress on Wednesday. The House of Representatives passed legislation that would require China-based parent company ByteDance to sell its stake in the app. The bill passed with broad bipartisan support, but in Massachusetts there was a rare split among the nine
CBS News (Online)Oct 26 2020
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Partisans in the U.S. increasingly divided on whether offensive content online is taken seriously enough
Americans are divided on whether offensive content online is taken seriously enough and on which is more important online: free speech or feeling safe. Republicans and Democrats have grown further apart when it comes to these issues since 2017.
Overall, 55% of Americans say many people take offensive content they see online too seriously, while a smaller share (42%) say offensive
Pew Research CenterMar 18 2024
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Ohio Supreme Court primary with 2 Democrats kicks off long campaign over court's partisan control
Tuesday’s for one of three contested seats on the Ohio Supreme Court will kick off a high-stakes battle for partisan control of the court this fall. The court, which currently has a 4-3 Republican majority, holds sway over how to implement an protecting abortion rights that voters overwhelmingly approved last year. Ohio is one of 33 states with this year and among the few where voters have an
Associated PressMar 22 2024
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Vacation rental bill divided lawmakers. Now it's drawing calls for DeSantis to veto it
One of the most contested bills of the 2024 legislative session is now the subject of calls for a Gov. Ron DeSantis veto, with the state’s effort to take over more control of vacation rentals still a sizzling topic. DeSantis’ office is on the receiving end of demands that he kill the measure (SB 280), which is drawing heat for a range of reasons. “It’s like a lot of things in Tallahassee, they
Tallahassee DemocratMar 21 2024
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Gavin Newsom’s Homelessness Measure Succeeded—but Narrow Win Shows a Divided California
California Gov. Gavin Newsom threw all his political weight behind a measure to combat homelessness that was on the ballot this month, expressing confidence his proposed solution to one of the state’s most visible and vexing problems would bring people together.
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 24 2024
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Congressional Delegation On $10M To Help Close Digital Divide, Expand Opportunity For Tribes In New Mexico
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), welcomed $10 million for multi-purpose facilities for Tribes under the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Capital Projects Fund (CPF). This investment will fund New Mexico’s Tribal Library Broadband-
Los Alamos Daily PostJun 05 2018
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Thanksgiving Dinner Can End Sooner If Guests Pass the Gravy across a Partisan Divide
Mixing family and politics has always been fraught. I know—my mother was a Democrat, my father a Republican. The night Jimmy Carter won the presidency, dad slept in the guest room. For the U.S., the bitter campaign that ushered in Pres. Donald Trump in 2016 was a lot like that of 1976 in my house. Many families were politically divided, and the calendar forced the issue: The cherished American
Scientific AmericanFeb 27 2024
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Oregon groups divided over proposed drug law changes
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — With the clock ticking on the short Oregon legislative session, House Republican lawmakers tried and failed to get their version of a bill recriminalizing possession of illegal drugs. But the Senate’s version of that bill is expected to head to the floor for a vote Tuesday night. House Bill 4002 would rollback parts of Measure 110, to criminalize possession of small
KOIN 6Mar 21 2024
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Kendall County to get $15 million for broadband project to help ‘bridge our digital divide’
Kendall County will get $15 million from the Illinois Office of Broadband to help expand high-speed internet access in the county. County officials announced Wednesday that with the grant award, the county intends to develop a public-private partnership that will result in more than $40 million in investment in a community-owned broadband network. The network will provide broadband access to
Chicago Tribune