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Missouri Rewards Taxpayers Who Donate to Anti-Abortion Crisis Pregnancy Centers
The facilities mislead abortion-seekers by pretending to offer clinical services and unbiased advice.
Workers Fight Back as Starbucks Moves to Close Unionized Shop
Workers say Starbucks management is retaliating against union efforts by moving to shut down a shop in Ithaca, New York.
Putin Threatens to Escalate War If Ukraine Receives Long-Range Missiles
The threat was made after Russia launched at least five airstrikes on Ukraine's capital Kyiv early Sunday morning.
Trump Allies Concocted Plan to Seize Voting Machines With Armed Contractors
A newly undisclosed letter sought to allow three companies to send armed workers to seize machines and election data.
US Approved Weapons Sale to Nigeria Months After It Bombed Civilians
Obama blocked military sales to Nigeria, but Trump let them resume. Congress now needs to ask tough questions of Biden.
Federal Grant May Help Pay for Razing of School Where Uvalde Shooting Took Place
“I would never ask, expect, a child to ever have to walk in those doors ever, ever again,” Mayor Don McLaughlin said.
Sanders Calls for Expanding Social Security Benefits by Taxing the Rich
The popular program isn't broke and can be expanded by making the rich “pay their fair share,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said.
Migrants Died on Her Watch Under Trump. Then She Ran a Shelter Under Biden.
The former Border Patrol Chief under Trump ran an emergency shelter in Texas for migrant children in early 2021.
Fertilizer Shortage Will Drive Global Food Prices Higher as Ukraine War Drags On
The UN estimates that the war alone could push global food prices up 22 percent.
85 Percent of Voters Want Congress to Pass the Equal Rights Amendment
The ERA is a nearly 100-year-old measure that would enshrine equal rights for all genders in the Constitution.