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Today's Political News Compilation - Thursday, May 23, 2024

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‘Green blitz': As election nears, Biden pushes slew of rules on environment, other priorities

WASHINGTON (AP) — As he tries to secure his legacy, President Joe Biden has unleashed a flurry of election-year rules on the environment and other topics, including a landmark regulation that would force coal-fired power plants to capture smokestack emissions or shut down.




























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Memorial Day Weekend forecast to bring severe weather, tornadoes and record highs

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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It has been a very active week in severe weather across the country with almost 80 reported tornadoes since Sunday.
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Americans want to protect IVF, but the Senate is at odds over path forward

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — Americans appear to be in rare agreement when it comes to IVF, with surveys indicating widespread support for safeguarding access to the fertility treatments. But how Congress could act to secure those protections amid perceived threats in states is another question. And in the Senate, lawmakers appear to be at odds over a path forward.

An Alabama Supreme Court decision earlier this year that deemed that embryos are children under state law and prompted providers to halt fertility treatments in the state brought IVF to the national...
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The Biden administration is releasing gasoline reserves. Will it lower prices?

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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White House will release 1 million barrels as drivers hit the road this summer.
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'No open debate': Blue state judge removes controversial ballot initiative after backlash over parents' rights

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The controversial Equal Rights Amendment, which was on the ballot for the November elections in New York, has been tossed by a judge on procedural grounds.

The ruling is a victory for Republicans and opponents of the bill who say it was written too broadly and could trample parents’ rights when it comes to decisions like children receiving gender-affirming procedures.

The ERA was a rapid response by New York Democrats to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization decision in June 2022. The amendment passed both houses of the...
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Three more Israeli hostages' bodies found in Gaza

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The three male victims were among 252 people taken hostage when Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October.
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US reviews Georgia ties over 'foreign agent' law

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The US also says it is imposing visa restrictions over the legislation that has triggered mass protests.
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Harvard students stage walkout at graduation ceremony

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The demonstration was in support of 13 students barred from graduating after taking part in Gaza campus protests.
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In pictures: North India boils as temperatures near 50C

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Parts of northern India are experiencing a brutal heatwave, with temperatures crossing 48C.
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University Leaders Face a Long, Complex Summer

  • News source: Jeremy W. Peters
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Around now, university officials might usually take a deep breath. Campuses are emptying out for the end of the academic year. Gone, for the most part, are the tent cities that student activists erected as a symbol of opposition to Israel’s war in Gaza.

But this summer might feel longer than most.

Congressional Republicans have promised to press their investigation into college antisemitism, even as they have completed their latest hearing, which they tried to turn into a public shaming session for the leaders of Rutgers, Northwestern and the...
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Tom Cotton Emerges as a Top Pick in Trump’s VP Race

  • News source: Michael C. Bender
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Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas has unexpectedly emerged as a top contender to become Donald J. Trump’s running mate, a signal that the former president is heavily weighing experience and the ability to run a disciplined campaign over other factors.

Mr. Cotton’s ascendance comes as Mr. Trump’s leading vice-presidential options have increasingly come into focus, according to three people with direct knowledge of Mr. Trump’s thinking who insisted on anonymity to discuss private meetings.

These people said that Mr. Trump’s other current favorites were...
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The Shaky Foundation of Trump’s Lead: Disengaged Voters

  • News source: Nate Cohn
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Trump +14

Nonvoters have moved

from Biden to Trump

Voted ’22

92%

Voted ’20, not ’22

75

74

Always

89%

Most of the time

90

About half of the time

82

Some of the time

74

Never

69

National media

92%

Local media

81

Social media

72

A lot of attention

92%

Some attention

86

Only a little attention

77

No attention at all

72

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5

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9

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Israel’s army says bodies of 3 more hostages killed on Oct 7. recovered overnight

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Priest bites woman while attempting to give her Communion during Sunday Mass

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A priest in Florida bit a woman’s hand during a physical altercation while he was administering Communion to the congregants of his church, officials said.
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WATCH: 1st time on the beach for this Mini dachshund

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A mini dachshund dog runs happily on the beach for the first time with a big smile on his face.
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DOJ's Inspector General takes heat for allegedly 'targeting political opponents'

  • News source: FOX News
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