Biden pledges to prioritize abortion rights codification if Democrats increase House majorities in midterms

US President Joe Biden pledged Tuesday that if Democrats do well enough in the upcoming midterm elections, he will prioritize sending a bill to the next Congress that would reinstate abortion rights removed when the US Supreme Court overturned the case…

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House GOP preps bills for first 100 days if Republicans capture majority

House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik says legislation on energy production, gun rights, and parents’ rights already has been drafted in expectation of the GOP taking the House majority in the midterm elections.

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Prosecutor says U.S. voting leak to Chinese workers ‘probably largest data breach in U.S. history’

A major scandal involving the storage of sensitive voting data with Chinese-based third-party contractors is potentially the biggest such leak in the history of the United States, a prosecutor has alleged in court.

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Supreme Court to hear major elections challenge and LGBT, religious rights dispute in December

The Supreme Court announced Tuesday it would be hearing two of its major cases this term in December, one involving the power that state legislatures have over elections and the other dispute weighing LGBT rights versus religious liberty.

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Biden officials put on notice to preserve documents ahead of expected congressional probes

House Republican leaders have told the Biden administration to preserve documents related to the targeting of parents at school board meetings and the botched U.S. pullout from Afghanistan, as the lawmakers prepare for congressional investigations next…

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Fatah, Hamas sign reconciliation deal hoping to end 15-year-long rift

Palestinian factions signed a reconciliation deal in Algiers on Thursday, vowing to hold elections by next October in their latest attempt to end a rift that has now lasted more than 15 years.

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