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The Biden administration’s new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students has been temporarily blocked in four states after a federal judge in Louisiana found that it overstepped the Education Department’s authority. In a preliminary injunction granted Thursday, U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty called the new rule an “abuse of power” and a
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Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge targeting the availability of the widely used abortion pill mifepristone, preserving access to the drug in its first major abortion-related ruling since the reversal of Roe v. Wade. The unanimous ruling from the justices was on procedural grounds. They determined that a group of anti-abortion rights doctors
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Former President Donald Trump rallied House and Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill Thursday, his first appearance on Capitol Hill since his supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and his first visit to Washington since he was convicted of 34 felony counts by a New York jury. “There is tremendous unity in the Republican
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Trump visits Capitol for first time since Jan. 6 insurrection – CBS News Watch CBS News Former President Donald Trump made his first visit to Capitol Hill since the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Trump met with House and Senate Republicans, but Democratic lawmakers criticized the visit. Robert Costa has details. View CBS News In Be
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Biden signs 10-year security deal with Ukraine, and other top headlines – CBS News Watch CBS News Here are some of the top headlines of Thursday, including a 10-year security deal signed by President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the G7 summit, a Justice Department investigation that found a pattern of civil rights
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Embattled aircraft giant Boeing Wednesday argued to the Justice Department that the company has upheld its end of a 2021 deferred prosecution agreement, and pushed back at federal prosecutors who wrote last month that the plane manufacturer has violated the deal and risked being prosecuted, two people familiar with the discussions confirmed to CBS News.
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The American Civil Liberties Union and several migrant rights groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday targeting President Biden’s recently announced crackdown on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, challenging the legality of his restrictive immigration policy change just a week after it was enacted. The 29-page lawsuit is the first legal action against Mr. Biden’s attempt to
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New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor testified Wednesday at Sen. Bob Menendez ‘s bribery trial that the Democrat sought to discuss the prosecution of a New Jersey real estate developer with him before recommending him to the post after President Biden won the election in 2020. U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger’s revelation in testimony that will continue
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Biden still remains mostly quiet on son Hunter’s conviction – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden traveled to Italy Wednesday to attend the G7 summit, one day after his son, Hunter Biden, was convicted on federal gun charges in Delaware. Outside of a statement, the president has not spoken on the verdict, and the
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Washington — A Senate Democrat blocked a Republican-led effort to pass legislation aimed at protecting access to in vitro fertilization on Wednesday amid dueling pushes to safeguard access to the procedure after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling brought the issue center stage earlier this year. Two Senate Republicans, Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Katie Britt
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