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The US Senate overwhelmingly advanced the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act), a bill aimed at regulating stablecoins and establishing a regulatory framework for digital assets. The cloture, which ended debate, was approved 68-30, including 18 Democrats. The bill now clears the way for final
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A provision in President Donald Trump's tax cuts bill could cause international companies to avoid expanding into the United States, potentially costing the country 360,000 jobs and $55 billion annually over 10 years, according to a recent analysis by the Global Business Alliance. The measure, known as
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The Ohio Senate has passed a $60 billion state biennial operating budget that includes a tax cut for the wealthy, increased funding for public education, and $600 million in funding for the Cleveland Browns' new stadium. The total budget is expected to be around $200 billion once federal dollars
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U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.) introduced the Maternal and Infant Syphilis Prevention Act to protect pregnant mothers and infants from congenital syphilis, a preventable and treatable disease. The bill aims to provide
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk expressed regret over some of his posts about President Donald Trump, after a public spat between the two turned heated. The exchange began when Musk criticized Trump's spending bill, which he said would further blow up federal budget deficits, and he later announced his
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The New York state Legislature passed a bill on Monday that would allow terminally ill individuals to request life-ending medication, marking a significant shift in the state's approach to end-of-life care. The proposal, which aims to provide individuals with the autonomy to die on their own terms, would
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Senate Republicans are at odds over how to slash the cost of a House-passed bill aimed at implementing President Trump's agenda, which has been criticized for lacking sufficient deficit reduction measures. The bill's contentious provisions, including an expansion of Medicare and Defense Department funding, have sparked
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Vermont Governor Phil Scott has announced his decision on several bills passed by the General Assembly, including S.53, An act relating to certification of community-based perinatal doulas and Medicaid coverage for doula services, and S.125, An act relating to collective bargaining. While signing S.53, Governor Scott expressed
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Senator Josh Hawley, a key ally of President Donald Trump, is teaming up with Democrats to introduce legislation that aims to more than double the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. Hawley's bipartisan bill, the "Higher Wages for American Workers Act," has been introduced in
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Agricultural workers in Maine will no longer earn as little as $7.25 an hour, as Governor Janet Mills signed a bill into law requiring them to earn at least the state minimum wage. The new law aims to correct what advocates call a "legacy of exclusion rooted in
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The Pennsylvania state House is moving towards passing a bill that would raise the minimum wage in the state, a measure that has been long sought by Democrats and opposed by Republicans. The bill, House Bill 1549, aims to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour for most Pennsylvanians,
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A recent poll commissioned by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and A Better Wisconsin Together shows that a majority of Wisconsinites support allowing access to abortion. The online poll conducted by Hart Research Associates between March 21 and March 28 involved 605 registered voters in Wisconsin, revealing that 45% of voters
