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Senate passes bipartisan housing bill targeting large investors and easing regulations : NPR
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., the chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, chats with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., the committee’s ranking member, during a hearing on Capitol Hill in June 2025. The senators are co-sponsors of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kent Nishimura/Getty Images The Senate has…
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China approves a law promoting ‘ethnic unity’
BEIJING (AP) — China adopted a sweeping law Thursday to promote what it calls “ethnic unity,” a measure that critics say would further erode the rights of some minority groups as authorities cement a push toward assimilation. The law, approved by the country’s ceremonial legislature, is designed to foster “a stronger sense of community among all ethnic groups in the…
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What’s in the ‘SAVE America Act’ and why is it so important to Donald Trump?
The federal elections overhaul bill that’s a top priority for President Donald Trump already faced near-impossible odds in the Senate, but the White House is making the “SAVE America Act” even more difficult to pass by insisting that Republicans load it up with additional controversial provisions. The version that passed the House last month – focused on adding strict new…
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New investigations look at DOGE and Social Security data : NPR
A sign in front of the entrance of the Security Administration’s main campus on March 19, 2025 in Woodlawn, Maryland. Congress and the SSA’s Inspector General are investigating whistleblower claims about whether Department of Government Efficiency staff may have misused Social Security data. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images An internal government watchdog and members of…
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Illinois tornado outbreak: Kankakee County cleans up damage left by tornado, record-breaking hail; several injured
KANKAKEE COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) — Suspected tornadoes left extensive damage in Kankakee County in Illinois and Indiana on Tuesday. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch The National Weather Service said a supercell that went from Pontiac, Illinois to Indiana spawned at least two tornadoes in Aroma Park and near Wheatfield in Indiana. NWS initially said there…
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What the latest government shutdown shows about privatizing TSA
Long security lines snaked into baggage claim areas and parking garages at some U.S. airports this weekend, a possible indicator of more widespread travel problems as the latest government shutdown drags on. That kind of disruption, while not yet widespread, is not a concern that typically surfaces at San Francisco International Airport, the largest of nearly two dozen U.S. airports…
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Trump issues blunt message to Senate majority leader to pass voter ID legislation – US politics live | Trump administration
Trump issues blunt message to Senate majority leader to pass voter ID legislation As John Thune battles conservative blowback for refusing to alter Senate rules and mandate a traditional “talking” filibuster that would force Democrats to hold the floor to block the Save America Act, Donald Trump had a blunt message for the Senate majority leader. “He’s got to be…
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Kansas revoked driver’s licenses of 1,700 transgender residents
Some 1,700 Kansans had their driver’s licenses invalidated last month. It wasn’t for racking up speeding tickets or a DUI charge, but because they are transgender. Kansas is one of five states to prohibit trans people from changing the gender marker on their licenses, but it is the first to pass a law that retroactively cancels licenses that were already…
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TSA absences double during shutdown, 300 officers quit, as some airports see longer security lines
Washington — Unscheduled absences among airport security officers have more than doubled during the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown, with more than 300 employees leaving the agency since the start of the DHS shutdown, according to internal TSA statistics obtained exclusively by CBS News. TSA officer call-out rates have climbed into double-digit percentages at some airports, including half the…
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Iran war live updates: Regime issues threat against protesters; drone reportedly hits major US diplomatic facility in Iraq | World news
Drone hits US diplomatic facility in Iraq Following on from our previous report on a drone hitting a major US diplomatic facility in Iraq – Reuters has reported on an internal State Department alert that there were no injuries and everyone was accounted for at the facility. The drone hit the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center, next to the Baghdad airport,…
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