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Month: September 2022

Members of the Michigan State Board of Canvassers are seen here on August 31 in Lansing

Michigan’s constitutional amendment seeking to enshrine abortion rights blocked from November ballot

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A citizen-initiative ballot measure seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the Michigan state constitution was blocked Wednesday from being certified for the November ballot. The Michigan Board of State Canvassers on Wednesday deadlocked on a party line 2-2 vote whether to certify the Reproductive Freedom for All ballot initiative to the

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Jan. 6 panel asks former Speaker Gingrich for information

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection is seeking information from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich about his communications with senior advisers to then-President Donald Trump in the days leading up to the 2021 attack on the Capitol. The committee’s chairman, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson,

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Mastriano sues Jan. 6 committee over deposition authority

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Republican nominee for governor is suing the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, contesting its legal ability to force him to answer questions about it. The lawsuit filed Thursday by Doug Mastriano contends that the committee lacks House Republican appointees, and doesn’t comply with

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Venezuela government again accuses ex-oil czar of wrongdoing

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Venezuelan government is again accusing its former oil czar of wrongdoing while he oversaw the country’s most important industry. This time, the government alleges Rafael Ramírez was involved in a multibillion embezzlement operation during the early 2010s that took advantage of a dual currency

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LGBTQ rights supporters are seen here at the Texas State Capitol tin September 2021. Texas' family services are 'on the brink of collapse' following the state's decision to investigate the gender-affirming care of minors as potential child abuse.

Texas’ family services are ‘on the brink of collapse’ after requiring child abuse investigations of gender-affirming care for minors, employees say in court filing

By Andy Rose, CNN A court filing from 16 current and former employees of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, along with the Texas State Employees Union, says the agency is “on the brink of collapse” following the state’s decision to investigate the gender-affirming care of minors as potential child abuse. The brief

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