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ESG emerges as sleeper issue in the 2024 presidential campaign

An obscure movement to push corporate America to the left could play a major role in the 2024 presidential campaign.

Atlanta City Council approves ‘Cop City’ funding despite protests against it

The Atlanta City Council has voted to move forward with a plan to provide funding for a police training center nicknamed "Cop City," despite protests from citizens upset with the legislation.

Biden education guide says suspensions for skipping school can be discriminatory

A new resource guide from the Department of Education and the Department of Justice advises school districts that suspending a student who skips school is potentially discriminatory toward minority students.

The fights that lay ahead in Congress with debt ceiling in rearview

After President Joe Biden signed the debt limit increase over the weekend, lawmakers are now turning their attention back to critical issues placed on hold during negotiations to raise the government’s borrowing limit. Here are a couple of high-priority items Congress must tackle in the coming months:

Biden administration touts huge 70% decline in illegal immigration since ending Title 42

The unprecedented surge in illegal immigration that Republicans and Democrats claimed would overtake the border if the Biden administration ended the Title 42 policy has instead been a historic drop in unlawful crossings.

Inflation issue still looms for Biden despite progress

President Joe Biden has boasted about falling inflation but may have spoken too soon.

Dem senator urges report on Palestinian-American journalist’s death be made public

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) urged the White House on Monday to make a report investigating the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh public.

Ukraine dam destroyed: Dozens of nearby towns expected to be flooded

A major hydroelectric dam in southern Ukraine has blown up, which will likely cause flooding to dozens of nearby towns and cities, including the Kherson region, the majority of which has been under Russian control since near the beginning of the invasion in February of 2022.

George Santos would rather be detained than have his connections disclosed

Rep. George Santos (R-NY) requested that lawyers keep sealed the identities of the cosigners of his $500,000 bond in his criminal fraud case, saying that he would rather be detained than reveal their names.

China intercepts US military vessels and aircraft ‘more frequently than we’d like’

The Chinese military's unsafe intercepts of U.S. Air Force aircraft and Navy vessels have occurred "more frequently than we'd like," White House National Security Council coordinator John Kirby said.
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