* ARTICLES *
** As Unions Go Broke, This Biden Priority Would Force Dissenters to Pay Dues
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Nationwide, unions’ rank and file chafe at their leadership’s embrace of woke politics as a means to reverse declining membership and maintain influence in the Democratic Party.
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** Federal Judge Halts Arkansas Ban on Sex-Change Procedures for Minors
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Lawmakers had overridden Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s veto of the SAFE Act, which prohibits physicians from using puberty blockers or doing “top” and “bottom” surgeries on minors.
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** Senate Republicans Block Debate on Biden Infrastructure Package
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The deal, expected to cost about $973 billion over five years, is far from dead because many Republicans objected only on procedural grounds.
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** COVID-19 Cases Jump by 55% in Week
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The overwhelming majority of cases appear in Americans who aren’t vaccinated, with many of the highest increases occurring in states where vaccination rates are low.
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** What China Hides About Its Economy
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Isn’t it time to find out what’s really going on in China?
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** ICYMI: Federal Education Officials Backpedal on Pushing Critical Race Theory in Schools
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The Education Department proposed prioritizing racially discriminatory ideas in a grant program for K-12 schools. But the agency hesitated after a “significant” number of comments.
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