Keya Vakil is the deputy political editor at COURIER. He previously worked as a researcher in the film industry and dabbled in the political world.
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Republicans Want to Create a Government-Run, Anti-Abortion Website and Collect Pregnant Women’s Personal Information
Republicans have introduced a bill that would create a federal anti-abortion website that provides misleading information about abortion, directs women to health “centers” that pressure them not to have abortions, and could even collect their personal information to share with anti-abortion groups.
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Renters Are Struggling. The Biden Administration Introduced New Protections for Them This Week.
The Biden administration introduced several new efforts to protect renters, make renting more affordable, and to increase fairness in the rental market.
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Biden’s New Student Loan Repayment Plan Would Help Millions of Working and Middle-Class Americans
Under the new plan, borrowers who earn less than roughly $30,600 a year would owe $0 a month on their federal student loans, effectively pausing them. A borrower who’s in a family of four and makes less than roughly $62,400 would also see their payments paused.
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10 Accomplishments of the First Two Years of the Biden-Harris Administration
Over the past two years, the Biden-Harris administration and the Democratic-run House and Senate acted to lower healthcare and drug costs; fight climate change and reduce energy costs; invest in mental health care; and invest in American manufacturing and infrastructure.
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MAGA Republicans Plan to Hold the Economy Hostage to Cut Social Security and Medicare
The debt ceiling is a numerical limit, set by Congress, on how much money the federal government can borrow to pay its bills. Increasing the debt ceiling is a routine congressional task, but Republicans want to hold it hostage to make cuts to Social Security and Medicare, even though failing to raise the limit would…
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Two Years After Jan. 6, There Are More Than 150 Election Deniers in the House Republican Majority
More than 150 of the 222 House Republicans elected in November voted to overturn the 2020 election results and/or denied the legitimacy of the outcome.
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Republicans Repeatedly Failed to Elect a New House Speaker. Here’s What That Means and Why It Matters
The new Republican-controlled House has thus far failed six separate times to elect a House Speaker—the first time such a debacle has occurred since 1923. Until the new Congress elects a speaker, the House cannot assign members to committees, introduce or vote on legislation, help constituents, or even swear in members.
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10 Ways the Federal Government Delivered for American Workers and Families This Year
Under Democratic control, the federal government acted to lower healthcare and prescription drug costs; fight climate change and lower energy costs; invest in gun safety and mental healthcare; and implement a generational investment in American industry, manufacturing, and infrastructure.
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Donald Trump, Who Incited a Deadly Insurrection, Announces 2024 Presidential Campaign
Trump’s campaign for another term has been long expected, but in the aftermath of last week’s historically bad midterm results, some Republicans are scrambling to find an alternative to their standard bearer.
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The Republican Party’s Economic Agenda Includes Tax Cuts for Corporations and Cuts to Social Security and Medicare
Republicans have said they want to extend the Trump tax cuts, which mostly benefited billionaires and corporations; cut spending on Social Security and Medicare; and repeal the Inflation Reduction Act, which lowered the cost of prescription drugs and raised taxes on corporations.
