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U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz exchanged barbs on the debate stage Tuesday night in what may be the final debate before Election Day just four weeks away. Southeastern governors, even those affected by Hurricane Helene, are sending National Guard, law enforcement and other first responders to western North Carolina. Nearly 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association will return to work after the port workers' union reached a tentative contract agreement with the United States Maritime Alliance. A judge on Wednesday denied former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's motion to dismiss some of the charges he faces before trial next week. And more...

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Vance, Walz debate economy, immigration, abortion in tight presidential race

Southeastern states send help to Helene-stricken North Carolina

Longshoremen end port strike after reaching potential deal

Judge denies defense motions as Madigan case heads to trial next week

Schools closed during COVID-19. New research shows they're not coming back

Federal authorities on Tuesday secured an indictment charging Ryan Wesley Routh with the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Conversations about noncitizen voting is growing louder as some states begin legislative efforts before the November elections. While California Governor Gavin Newsom touted California’s fast food jobs growth in a Fox News opinion column Wednesday, seasonally adjusted federal employment data contradicts the governor’s claims, finding that overall fast food employment is down since the start of the year. And more...

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Indictment: Routh charged with attempted assassination of Trump

Noncitizen voting ballot measures in eight states this fall

Adjusted federal jobs data contradicts Newsom’s claims about fast food jobs

A China-based app giving students answers raises questions about spying

U.S. lawmakers are calling for changes in how the U.S. Secret Service protects former President Donald Trump after a second assassination attempt Sunday. As California’s homeless population rises to a CalMatters-estimated 186,000, Republican legislators are demanding that Gov. Gavin Newsom sign a bill requiring the state to track homelessness spending and outcomes. The U.S. Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced a slight cut to the federal funds rate, the first cut since March of 2020, when rates were near 0%. And more...

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Lawmakers call for changes at Secret Service after second assassination attempt

As California homeless count rises to 186K, Newsom faces call for accountability

Fed announces cut to federal interest rate, driving stocks up

Case challenging state gun ban underway in Southern Illinois

School districts are adopting 'no zero' grading policies. Here's why critics are worried

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off on the debate stage in Philadelphia Tuesday evening, a major moment in a campaign that polling shows is evenly tied nationally and in the swing states. The debate focused on immigration, abortion, and crowd sizes at campaign rallies, but what went under-discussed was a topic close to the heart of Pennsylvania’s economy: energy. Twenty-three years after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Americans are not any safer than they were before because of a border crisis facilitated by the Biden-Harris administration, national security experts argue. Fourteen states have joined an effort to cut chronic student absenteeism by 50% over the next five years. And more...

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Trump, Harris exchange barbs in heated presidential debate

Presidential debate in Pennsylvania dances around the energy question

14 states pledge to address chronic absenteeism crisis in public schools

 NYC students to receive lessons on reparations, abolishing the police

North Carolina is the first battleground state to begin the voting process, sending out absentee by mail ballots on the 6th. The City of Surprise is officially being sued in the United States District Court of Arizona for alleged free speech violations. Unions see a clear path through the legislature to boost membership after several legal challenges saw workers leave in droves. A lawsuit is challenging a federal rule that three states and trade organizations say could hamper oil and gas exploration and production for small, independent operators on the outer continental shelf. And more...

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North Carolina, Delaware first in nation to begin voting

Federal lawsuit officially filed against City of Surprise

Report: Unions pursue law changes to boost membership

Lawsuit seeks to stop federal rule on oil, gas exploration

Parent calls out Seattle high school for 'blatant violation of students’ right to privacy'

Vice President Harris gave first interview since launching her campaign, while new polls show gaining momentum. Immigration policy think tank the Center for Immigration Studies released its updated map of American sanctuary locations on Thursday, revealing a surge in Virginia localities adopting sanctuary status. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off a firestorm of controversy this week when he sent a letter to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee admitting his mistake in caving to pressure from the Biden administration to censor Americans’ posts that contradicted the administration’s viewpoints on COVID-19.  And more...

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Polling mixed on tight Harris-Trump race

Study: Virginia tops charts with 'sanctuary' cities, counties

Biden-Harris admin under fire for pressuring Facebook to censor Americans

California Senate passes 0 down, 0 payment home 'loans' for illegal immigrants

Montana governor wants cell-phone ban in schools

Arizona leaders to renew push for school cell phone ban

 Vice President and now-Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris formally accepted the party’s nomination on the final day of the Democratic National Convention Thursday night in Chicago. Police officials made mass arrests Tuesday night after pro-Palestinian protestors confronted and attacked police officers near the Israeli consulate during the Democratic National Convention. The Washington state trucking industry is calling on the Legislature and Gov. Jay Inslee to detach Washington state from a California-based electric vehicle program due to a variety of practical and logistical factors that they argue threaten the supply chain system. And more...

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Harris accepts Democratic presidential nomination, setting up showdown with Trump

March outside Israeli consulate leads to confrontation, arrests

Chicagoans frustrated with heavier-than-promised DNC restrictions

Biden explains why he dropped out of presidential race

Washington truckers warn California emissions policy threatens supply chain

Here's why the Supreme Court said Title IX should remain blocked

The DNC is coming up next week. California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a video blaming oil companies’ “greed” and “price gouging” for the state’s gas prices, which, at an average of $4.60 per gallon, are $1.16 above the national average. The federal deficit so far this fiscal year has already hit $1.5 trillion, the U.S. Treasury Department reported in its monthly fiscal update. The Cleveland Browns want a new $2.4 billion domed stadium using $1.2 billion in public funds in Brook Park, but Cuyahoga County leaders made it clear in a letter to Browns ownership and at a press conference that it wants a stadium renovation downtown instead. And more...

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Critics: Where's debt plan as deficit hits $1.5 trillion, debt tops $35 trillion?

Newsom blames oil companies for gas prices, but his own energy czar disagrees

Cuyahoga County leaders push back on Browns' new domed stadium funding proposal

California could see class-action lawsuit over policies hiding gender changes

Vice President Kamala Harris held a rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday night in her first official appearance with her new running mate, Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Budget burdens, pharmaceutical options and hyperbaric oxygen therapy are concerns North Carolina congressmen in the Senate and House of Representatives are raising with Veterans Affairs. Biden-Harris administration policies are resulting in Border Patrol agents releasing known or suspected terrorists (KSTs) into the U.S., a new congressional report states. And more...

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Kamala Harris appears for first time with running mate Walz

VA budget shortfall of $15B may impact October payments to veterans

House Judiciary report: Biden-Harris admin releasing known, suspected terrorists into US

California advances library book bans ban for targeting LGBTQ, sexual content

Detroit students finished online credit recovery courses 20 times faster than recommended

As the presidential race between Vice President Harris and Former President Trump takes a more definite form, polling shows a close race. A federal appeals court has ruled that the Biden administration can’t implement its Title IX rules in an additional four states, bringing the total number of statewide injunctions to 26 as the rules went into effect this week. The failures of the Secret Service around the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump are mounting but members of Congress say there’s not been enough accountability. And more...

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Top forecaster says Harris-Trump contest almost a 'toss-up'

Odds, tour stops point to Harris choosing Shapiro

Biden admin Title IX rule blocked in four more states, bringing total to 26

Failures of Secret Service mount as senators demand accountability

Thurston County Sheriff: Police pursuit law change sees fewer drivers fleeing overall

Report: 8th-grade students need whole school year to reach pre-pandemic performance