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Mark Moran
New research showed the nation's leading pesticide industry trade group had a major hand in changing the Trump administration's Make America Healthy Again report before it was published this spring.
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In a state that hasn't had a Democrat in office since 1980 and hasn't sent a Black Senator to Washington since the 1870s, Colom's win represents a massive upset in state politics. -
A Supreme Court ruling that further weakened the Voting Rights Act paved the way for a record drop in Black representation in Congress. But a midterm blue wave helped hold off such a decline for now. -
The text of what lawmakers are considering isn't always made available for public review before it is voted on. A group of open governance advocates is calling on Senate leadership for a change. -
When ICE agents show up at a school, educators rely on a patchwork of policies to know what to do. This year, many state legislatures tried to update those policies. -
In a 2023 campaign speech, Trump pledged to reclaim universities from what he called the radical left. His Education Department just finalized a rule to help him do it.
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The Kennedy Center's former president Richard Grenell was a paid board member of Ticketmaster's parent company at the same time the two parties were negotiating. -
The victims included a surgeon, and dozens more were injured. Israel said it was targeting a Hamas commander and other militants. -
Scott Colom has won the U.S. Senate race in Mississippi, The White House is getting ready to fight new Democratic oversight, U.S.-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine have wrapped up.
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A federal ban on Hemp-derived THC products is set to take effect in less than a month. But some states have moved to start their own ban earlier.
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The SS United States broke trans-Atlantic speed records. On Wednesday, it was sunk off the Florida coast and will become a diving destination and home for marine life. -
Mississippi hadn't elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in more than 40 years.
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Democrat Scott Colom has won election to the U.S. Senate in Mississippi, according to a race call by the Associated Press, defeating Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.
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