Legislation would end tariffs on baby formula, alleviate supply chain challenges
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The Formula 3.0 Act would permanently lift tariffs and ease trade barriers on infant formula for Americans.
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Virginia Republicans, Democrats split on debt-ceiling deal as House votes to advance it
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An odd political bedfellows bipartisan coalition voted 314-117 on Wednesday night to pass the Kevin McCarthy-Joe Biden debt-ceiling deal.
Virginia Democrats lead effort to block Mountain Valley Pipeline approval from debt-ceiling bill
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Virginia Democrats in the U.S. House are leading an effort to remove a provision in the proposed debt-ceiling compromise that would give the green light to the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline.
Climate, energy news roundup: What’s making news with the environment
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The World Meteorological Organization warns that record-hot global temperatures in recent years are just the start of the kind of heat we’re headed toward.
Trump Supreme Court rolls back Clean Water Act protections for wetlands
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The bought-and-paid-for Republican Supreme Court issued another tortured ruling on Thursday, this one rolling back Clean Water Act protections for wetlands.
Legislation pushes for ‘nation’s front-line hunger relief program’ to allow purchase of hot foods
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SNAP purchases are limited to foods designed for take-home preparation and cold prepared foods because of an outdated provision.
It’s time to rein in the FBI: Put an end to the bureau’s Gestapo tactics
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The FBI has a long history of persecuting, prosecuting and generally harassing activists, politicians, and cultural figures.
Too many government documents are ‘classified’: ‘The status quo is no longer tenable’
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A 21-year-old Air National Guard member with a history of racist and violent threats who had been warned repeatedly about his “concerning actions” related to classified information was nonetheless able to access reams of top-secret U.S. military intel.
Bill would ban schools from physically restraining, secluding children as discipline
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Federal data show incidents of restraint and seclusion happen on average at least 2,300 times per school day, and impact upwards of 102,000 students each academic year, according to an investigation by Hearst Media.
Tim Kaine trying to be optimistic about progress toward debt-ceiling deal
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Political leaders appear to be inching toward a deal in the politically-manufactured debt-ceiling controversy, enough that Tim Kaine, a Democrat who represents Virginia in the U.S. Senate, is cautiously optimistic that a deal will get done.
