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(DENVER) -- The Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom coalition, which is working to get a constitutional amendment on the state's ballot that would enshrine abortion access, said Friday that it has collected over 225,000 signatures, passing the 124,238 signature threshold to make it onto the ballot.The group said it is…

(WASHINGTON) -- Annelle Sheline publicly resigned in March from her position with the U.S. State Department over the Biden administration's Israel policy.Sheline, who holds a Ph.D., worked for one year as a foreign affairs officer at the Office of Near Eastern Affairs in the Department of State's Bureau of Democracy,…

(WASHINGTON) -- Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will name LaWanda Toney as deputy chief of staff for strategic communications, as the secretary's team looks to tackle college affordability with enrollment deadlines quickly approaching."The message is clear: We want to make college possible for folks like the secretary, who's a first-generation college…

(WASHINGTON) -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s independent presidential campaign says it has ended its contract with a consultant who was seen on video encouraging people to vote for him in order to get "rid of Biden" even if that means electing former President Donald Trump.Campaign manager Amaryllis Fox announced the…

(WASHINGTON) -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday addressed a joint meeting of Congress, where he praised U.S. leadership on the world stage as "indispensable."Kishida is in Washington this week as the U.S. looks to strengthen relationships with allies in the Indo-Pacific amid the mutual threat from China, North…

(WASHINGTON) -- Even as U.S. officials applaud Israel's initial steps to address dire humanitarian conditions in Gaza, the Biden administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are still openly at odds over Israel's planned invasion of Rafah -- a military operation American diplomats and experts say would have devastating consequences…

(WASHINGTON) -- Less than a year after U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released a public health advisory calling attention to a crisis of loneliness, isolation and lack of connection across the country, Rep. Jamaal Bowman says he was spurred on to call for more funding for the next generation of…

(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration on Thursday announced they are closing what is often known as the "gun show loophole," by tightening up the definition of what it means to be "engaged in the business" of selling firearms.The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) has just implemented a change…

FBI Director Christopher Wray is set to warn Congress on Thursday of his concerns over potential bad actors carrying out attacks on U.S. soil due to events overseas."Our most immediate concern has been that individuals or small groups will draw twisted inspiration from the events in the Middle East to…

(WASHINGTON) -- Arizona Republicans on Wednesday blocked efforts to move forward on a bill to repeal a near-total abortion ban in the state that dates to 1864, which the Arizona Supreme Court ruled this week is enforceable.Despite many members in their own party calling for an end to the law,…