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(The Center Square) – Over 60 million Americans could see their monthly Social Security checks slashed by $500 on average starting in 2032, according to a new report analyzing the impacts of the retirement trust fund’s insolvency.
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(The Center Square) – Five New England residents have pleaded guilty in another gun smuggling operation foiled at the northern border using an Indian reservation as a thoroughfare.
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(The Center Square) – A Los Angeles City Council member has proposed allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections.
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(The Center Square) – Democratic officials from 23 states and the District of Columbia announced Friday they're suing to block President Donald Trump’s recent executive order regulating mail-in and absentee ballots.
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(The Center Square) – Residents in New England pay more for electricity than nearly all others, according to the Energy Affordability 2026 report from the American Legislative Exchange Council.
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(The Center Square) – In a new report, education defense group Defending Education revealed that Vermont’s White River Valley Supervisory Union promotes Critical Race Theory under the guise of an anti-racism policy, which includes having teachers be trained as anti-racists and students disciplined for racist acts by "restorative justice” and “role play.”
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(The Center Square) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a coalition of states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over new federal requirements that colleges report detailed data linking race to admissions, financial aid and student outcomes.
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(The Center Square) – Democratic attorneys general across the U.S. sued the Trump administration Thursday to stop the implementation of a new 15% global tariff under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974.
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Editor's note: This story has been updated since its original publication to include a comment from the White House.
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(The Center Square) – Electric buses are proving unreliable this winter for Vermont's Green Mountain Transit, as it needs to be over 41 degrees for the buses to charge, but due to a battery recall the buses are a fire hazard and can't be charged in a garage.
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