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November 14, 2024
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| Abolishing Dept. of Education Will Be 'Tremendous for our States': State Education Official |
| by Ben Johnson |
| Some officials wait in trepidation to find out if President-elect Donald Trump will follow through with his campaign promise to abolish the Department of Education. Some wait with glee. |
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| House and Senate Settle on New and Old GOP Leaders |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| With President-elect Donald Trump poised to return to the White House flanked by a Republican majority in both chambers of Congress, House representatives and senators have chosen their leaders and committed to Trump's agenda. |
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| The O'Connor Papers and the Almost-End of Roe |
| by Chuck Donovan |
| How close did the Supreme Court come to reversing Roe v. Wade more than three decades before the June 2022 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization? The recent posthumous release of the Supreme Court papers of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who served on the bench from 1981 to 2006, reveals that it came very close indeed. A long article at CNN.com by legal analyst Joan Biskupic lays out the details of the internal drama at the court during O'Connor's first decade as a justice. |
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| Amsterdam Attacks Highlight Escalating Anti-Semitism Worldwide |
| by Dan Hart |
| Unrest and sporadic violence in the Dutch city of Amsterdam is currently ongoing in the wake of an incident last week in which Israeli soccer fans were targeted in what authorities have described as anti-Semitic attacks. As the rate of anti-Semitic incidents increases across the globe following the October 7 attack on Israel, experts say the upcoming Trump administration could help the situation by combatting anti-Semitism in U.S. institutions. |
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| FEMA Employee Fired for Skipping Trump Houses Says She Was Just Following Agency Orders |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| A federal employee who was fired after being accused of discriminating against Trump supporters is blowing the whistle on the agency that gave her the boot, alleging that the discrimination she has been accused of was not an "isolated" incident but occurred agency-wide. |
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| 'The Dominos are Falling': Female College Athletes Take Legal Action to Demand Fairness |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| The Mountain West Conference (MW), a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA, was dragged into the limelight a few months ago. Not necessarily because of riveting competition, but because of what many have flagged as unfair competition. Within the realm of volleyball, controversy has reigned supreme after it became clear that among the women on the San Jose State University (SJSU) volleyball team is a biological male. The fight that started with a few volleyball teams quickly evolved to others joining with a shared concern over the safety of women. And now, it's turned into a legal battle. |
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| Trump Names More Appointments for Second Administration |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| The president-elect announced a whole new spate of administration and cabinet positions Tuesday night, including Kristi Noem, John Ratcliffe, Pete Hegseth, William McGinley, and more. |
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| Judge Blocks Louisiana Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Classrooms as 'Unconstitutional' |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| Earlier this year, Louisiana became the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public school and college classrooms. Almost immediately, opponents of the law HB 71 threatened to sue on the grounds that it violated the Constitution. The legal battles are ongoing to this day. |
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| Dem Congressman Defends Comments against Men in Women's Sports amid Backlash |
| by Ryan Foley |
| A Democratic member of the U.S. Congress is doubling down as he faces calls to resign after expressing concern about trans-identified male athletes competing in female sports. Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) who ran in the Democratic presidential primary in 2020, reacted to Democratic losses in the 2024 election by suggesting that the party's push for allowing trans-identified male athletes to compete in female-only athletic contests may have played a role in the Republicans securing control of both chambers of Congress and the presidency. |
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