Life News (Law and Public Policy)

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Five social media influencers will be speakers at this year’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago. ...

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Rival sports streaming service FuboTV sued the media companies, alleging antitrust practices that they claimed would hinder competition and drive up prices for consumers ...

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Blinken is currently in the Middle East, his ninth trip to the region since the conflict began. Mediators will meet again this week in Egypt to try to work on a cease-fire deal. ...

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While the nominees have already been confirmed through an early roll-call vote, the convention will focus on rallying support for the Harris-Walz ticket and setting the stage for the final sprint to... ...

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University of Utah researchers find ballot collection lowers barriers to voting for Naive Americans, while resulting in no documented cases of vote fraud. Yet many states are banning the practice.

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A new national study provides the best evidence to date that generous unemployment insurance benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic helped reduce reliance on high-cost credit use. Researchers found that lower-income residents of states with more generous benefits were significantly less likely than those living in less-generous states to take out new credit cards, personal finance loans and payday loans or other alternative financial service offerings.

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The Democratic National Convention is set to kickoff this coming Monday, August 19 in Chicago. ...

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Vice President Kamala Harris has surprised Democratic lawmakers and progressives by endorsing a Trump-originated proposal to exempt tips from taxes. ...

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The Biden administration has introduced the "Time is Money" initiative, a new governmentwide effort aimed at eliminating complex processes that cost customers time and money. ...

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The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bipartisan bill passed by the Senate to enhance online safety for children, is facing resistance in the House. ...

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Supporters say the measures would help prevent disasters and put guardrails on tech companies. Opponents argue it’ll stifle the progress of such technologies. ...

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Ukraine launched a surprise incursion into Russia last week, the largest such attack since Russia invaded Ukraine in February of 2022. ...

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As Tim Walz joins Kamala Harris on the Democratic ticket, his moderate, local-focused approach is rekindling enthusiasm among rural Democrats in Minnesota, a region crucial for the upcoming election. ...

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Susan G. Komen applauds the Illinois General Assembly and Governor J.B. Pritzker on the passage of SB 2697, which provides expanded coverage of genetic testing for the breast cancer community.

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California and Massachusetts ordered the clearing of homeless encampments and capped family shelter space declaring “we do not have room” for the unhoused. ...

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A recent poll reveals that 66 percent of U.S. adults are pessimistic about the state of politics in America, a slight improvement from late 2023. ...

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Donald Trump's presidential campaign has claimed it was the target of a foreign hack after receiving inquiries from news outlets about a leaked vetting document on Vice Presidential nominee Sen. JD... ...