Tag: Policies & Impacts

Biden Administration Proposes Stricter Patient Privacy Rules for Abortion Seekers

April 12, 2023
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The Biden administration is taking new measures to protect the privacy of abortion seekers after a federal judge halted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the abortion drug mifepristone. The new actions were announced on April 12, ahead of the third meeting of the Task Force on Reproductive Health Access. “Efforts to…

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Tennessee Republicans in Congress Introduce Bills to Provide Security to All Schools

April 12, 2023
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Two Tennessee Republicans have introduced legislation in Congress to improve security in American schools. Both said they were motivated by the recent mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville. “We must protect our nation’s schools and children from evil individuals who seek to cause senseless harm to others,” U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) wrote…

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California to Squander Record Rains, Snowpack in Deluge of Regulations, GOP Lawmakers Say

April 12, 2023
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California’s Central Valley constitutes 1 percent of the agricultural land in the United States yet it harvests nearly a quarter of the nation’s farmed products. The 50-mile wide, 450-mile-long breadbasket is irrigated by an intricate series of river impoundments and canals that are regulated by federal and state agencies. California, like much of the West,…

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SEC Diversity Report Offers Glimpse of Federal Workplace Culture

April 12, 2023
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Gender and skin color count when seeking work or contracts with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where leaders are working to build a workforce with well-balanced diversity. A recently released annual report to Congress shows that diversity, equity, and inclusion permeates many facets of the SEC’s culture (pdf). The information is tracked through…

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Federal Agencies Lag in Implementing Biden Executive Order on Improving Voter Access

April 12, 2023
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Federal agencies are lagging behind in implementing President Joe Biden’s executive order (EO) aimed at boosting voter access, a report has found, as worries remain about politicizing federal agencies. On March 7, 2021, President Joe Biden signed executive order 14019 that sought to “leverage the resources of the federal government to increase access to voter…

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LIVE NOW: Biden White House Was Involved in Trump Raid; Florida Grand Jury Accuses Admin of Child Trafficking

April 12, 2023
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The Biden White House played a role in the FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago. New documents reveal that the investigations into Trump may have had political involvement. The new findings could damage other criminal cases against the former president. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is being accused of child trafficking and…

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Biden White House Was Involved in Trump Raid; Florida Grand Jury Accuses Admin of Child Trafficking

April 12, 2023
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The Biden White House played a role in the FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago. New documents reveal that the investigations into Trump may have had political involvement. The new findings could damage other criminal cases against the former president. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is being accused of child trafficking and…

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Florida Will ‘Never Recognize a Centralized Digital Currency,’ DeSantis’ Office Says

April 12, 2023
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Florida will “never recognize a centralized digital currency” in the state, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office said on April 11, one day after state lawmakers proposed legislation that would ban central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) from being used. DeSantis’ press secretary Bryan Griffin made the comments in a post on Twitter, where he said that CBDCs are “critical to big…

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IRS Says Taxpayers in Some States May Be Eligible for Bigger Refunds

April 12, 2023
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said Tuesday that taxpayers in nearly two dozen states should consider filing amended tax returns because they may have needlessly reported income from relief payments and so stand to get bigger refunds. The IRS said in a press release that taxpayers who reported certain state payments related to general welfare…

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Is America’s Foreign Intelligence Service Interfering in US Elections?

April 12, 2023
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Over the last decade, the U.S. government has turned its attention from hostile foreign actors to ordinary American citizens. It’s the assault on our constitutional rights that threatens to turn a beacon of democracy into a third-world security regime. And in the middle of this “whole of society” approach to censorship, surveillance, and propaganda is…

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