Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was discharged from a hospital Monday after being treated for a concussion from his fall at a hotel in Washington, D.C., last week. In a statement, a spokesperson for…
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North Carolina Republican legislative leaders can defend in federal court the state restrictions on dispensing abortion pills that are being challenged by a physician, a judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge William Osteen granted the…
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Backers of a proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the Ohio Constitution can begin collecting the more than 413,000 voter signatures required to put the issue before voters this fall, after the petition cleared another…
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South Dakota lawmakers are taking a break in the legislative session until they return later in March to consider any bills Republican Gov. Kristi Noem vetoed. Republican legislative leaders were focused on cutting taxes when…
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The U.S. government may have made duplicate payments for projects at labs in Wuhan, China, through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), according to records reviewed by CBS…
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Senate Banking Republicans wary of Biden officials’ handling of SVB collapse: ‘Asleep at the wheel’
Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee on Monday said the quick collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the sudden need for a bailout plan shows federal regulators may not have been as aware of the…
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Chinese social media app TikTok should ‘absolutely’ be banned in the U.S. as the platform’s potential to spread China’s propaganda and steal Americans’ data remains a national security concern, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said Sunday.…
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Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy denied rumors he was planning a run for the White House in 2024. When asked if he has considered running for president, Murphy told CBS ‘Face the Nation’ host…
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The city of Denver is demanding the Church of Cannabis remove a statue that its co-founder says represents religious freedom and is used by its weed-smoking congregants for meditation. ‘I hope the city of Denver…
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Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said Sunday that President Biden’s nearly $7 trillion budget proposal took his ‘breath away’ and belongs in the ‘shredder’ rather than saddling the American taxpayer. ‘The president’s budget took my breath…