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Gov. John Bel Edwards (D-LA) vetoed several bills this week from the Louisiana Republican legislature regarding the state budget, vaccine requirements in schools, corporate franchise taxes, and police restrictions.

Washington state's first-in-the-nation long-term care payroll tax will go into effect on July 1. The tax deduction will fund the program known as WA Cares, which will issue long-term care benefits to eligible Washington residents facing challenging care stages.

Former Ohio Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced to 20 years following his conviction of racketeering.

Geraldo Rivera took to Twitter on Thursday to announce he quit Fox News after being fired from The Five.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) weighed in on the Supreme Court ruling to remove affirmative action from the college admissions process on Thursday, urging Harvard to “eliminate any legacy programs.”

Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) slammed a Supreme Court decision on Thursday for exempting military academies from the ruling against affirmative action in college admissions.

Former CNN host Don Lemon has been spotted spending his summer around his Sag Harbor home in New York.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s lead negotiator in talks concerning the 2015 Iran nuclear deal has been placed "on leave,” the State Department confirmed Thursday.

Eligible residents in Illinois will have access to assistance paying their water bills in two days.

Scot Peterson, a former Florida deputy charged with felony child neglect for failing to stop a 2018 school shooting, was found not guilty on Thursday.