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What Cory Booker spoke about for 25 hours: the programs holding America together
Threats to public education, Social Security benefits and Medicaid funding were at the heart of the senator’s record-setting floor speech against the Trump administration.
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‘It’s just not in me right now’: Is Lady MAGA USA hanging up her heels?
Two months into the president’s second term, the Trump-loving drag queen’s support is waning.
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Liberals hold Wisconsin Supreme Court after campaign shaped heavily by Musk
The state court, on which liberals hold a 4-3 majority, could determine the future of abortion in the state.
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A push to help new parents in Congress survives, again
House GOP leadership has consistently objected to a measure with bipartisan backing that would let new parents designate a member to vote for them for 12 weeks after welcoming a child.
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Hope Walz never planned for TikTok fame. Now her platform inspires change.
The daughter of Democratic VP nominee Tim Walz didn't start posting until after the 2024 election — and she's starting to become a leading young political voice.
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What happens to health research when 'women' is a banned word?
Trump's federal funding cuts are shutting down studies on Alzheimer’s care, uterine fibroids and pregnancy risks — all because they focus on gender.
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In the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, it’s all eyes on Elon
The world’s richest person and a close ally of President Donald Trump, Musk is now putting his personal wealth toward reshaping the balance of power in the states.
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Did politics kill Women’s History Month?
After Ohio University canceled a beloved women’s conference citing the Trump administration's DEI policies, women in the community quickly organized an off-campus event.
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Women already earn less. Trump’s labor cuts could make the pay gap easier to hide.
After backlash to diversity initiatives and broad swipes at federal labor boards earlier this year, experts say additional gains on wage equality are highly unlikely.
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Mia Love, first Black Republican woman to serve in Congress, dies at 49
The daughter of Haitian immigrants, she made history while representing Utah in Congress for four years.