By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a half million of the poorest Americans could be left without health insurance under legislation passed by House Republicans that would req…
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Abortion bans fail in conservative South Carolina, Nebraska
By MARGERY A. BECK and JAMES POLLARD Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Abortion bans in Nebraska and South Carolinafell short of advancing in close votes amid heated debates among Republicans, con…
Black parents seek schools affirming their history amid bans
By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Every decision Assata Salim makes for her young son is important. Amid a spike in mass killings, questions of safety were at the top of her…
Polarization means punishment for minority party lawmakers
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr was silenced by her Republican colleagues on Wednesday in a vote that bars her from participating on the House floor for the remainder of…
FACT FOCUS: COVID vaccines are not in the food supply
By ANGELO FICHERA Associated Press Anti-vaccine advocates have for years used foreboding imagery of syringes to paint immunizations as dark and dangerous. But recent vaccine conspiracy theories are ca…
Past Fox firings carry lessons for network after Carlson
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Before ousting Tucker Carlson, Fox News had twice fired wildly popular hosts – and both times the network recovered better than the stars it cut loose. …
‘Gender Queer’ tops library group’s list of challenged books
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With Florida legislators barring even the mention of being gay in classrooms and similar restrictions under consideration in other states, a report …
What’s behind sexual assault lawsuit against Donald Trump?
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As Donald Trump ran for and served as president, over a dozen women publicly accused him of sexual assault and harassment. Most of those claims — all…
Fox News ousts Tucker Carlson, its most popular host
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News on Monday ousted prime-time host Tucker Carlson, whose stew of grievances and political theories about Russia and the Jan. 6 insurrection had g…
Montana transgender lawmaker silenced again, backers protest
By AMY BETH HANSON and SAM METZ Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republicans persisted in forbidding Democratic transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from participating in debate for a second…