Tag: Hawley, Josh D (1979- )

Why Congress Voted to Force a Sale of TikTok in the U.S.

A push to force the sale in the United States of the short-form video app TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, took a leap forward as the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Saturday to ban the social media platform unless it is sold to a government-approved buyer. The Senate is expected […]

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Swing-State Republicans Embrace Trump’s New Abortion Stance

Multiple Republican candidates in swing-state races aligned themselves with former President Donald J. Trump after he said abortion access should be left up to the states, avoiding mention of a national ban and laying bare the party’s rift over the issue. The pivot was particularly pronounced among at least a couple G.O.P. contenders for the […]

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Sickened by U.S. Nuclear Program, Communities Turn to Congress for Aid

When Diane Scheig’s father, Bill, came home from work at the Mallinckrodt factory in St. Louis, he would strip down in their garage and hand his clothes to her mother to immediately wash, not daring to contaminate the house with the residue of his labors. Mr. Scheig, an ironworker who helped build the city’s famous […]

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