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Analysis | Ted Cruz pushes the GOP’s immigrant-voting lie deeper into the slimewww.washingtonpost.com The Republican Party has tried to stoke baseless fears of non-citizen voting. At the party convention, Cruz took the falsehood much further.
Beshear says he doesn’t have enough funds to implement at least 20 Kentucky laws passed this yearwww.lpm.org Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s office says that 20 bills and two resolutions passed this year don’t have enough funding attached for his administration to implement them. Many, including several that ...
Judge Cannon dismisses Trump documents casewww.npr.org She cited the manner in which special counsel Jack Smith was appointed to investigate the former president's handling of classified documents.
Analysis | Even Donald Trump can’t shift the momentum of Trumpismwww.washingtonpost.com Trump’s allies were quick to blame his critics for this weekend’s assassination attempt, while Trump pledged a new dawn. The former impulse is likely to prevail.
Safer Kentucky Act, which punishes homelessness, will take effect soonwww.lpm.org The Safer Kentucky Act, which penalizes people experiencing homelessness for camping outside, will take effect next week. Some service providers in Louisville say it’s going to make homelessness worse...
Parents request restraining order to stop planned JCPS transportation cutswww.lpm.org As Jefferson County Public School officials try to finalize its busing and student assignment plans for the upcoming school year, a group of parents is asking a judge to press pause.
Analysis | The impossibility of telling Joe Biden he can’t winwww.washingtonpost.com Instinct, history and polling suggests that Biden will lose and that other Democrats might fare better. So far, the president isn’t convinced.
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'No one involved in the effort thinks he has a path': Biden insiders say the writing is on the wallwww.nbcnews.com The set of Democrats who think he should reconsider his decision to stay in the race has grown to include aides, operatives and officials tasked with guiding his campaign to victory.
NPR gets $5.5 million grant to strengthen local journalism as news deserts spreadwww.npr.org The grant, from Eric and Wendy Schmidt, will be used to launch regional newsrooms in Appalachia and the Mountain West. It will also be used to strengthen existing public media collaboratives in New En...
NEWSFLASH: Children's hospital hit by brazen Russian daylight attackswww.counteroffensive.news Just a week ago we profiled the work of the Okhmatdyt Children's Clinic in Kyiv. Today, it was hit. We rushed to the scene to report.
Black, Latino, low-income and immigrant students most likely to leave magnets after JCPS cuts busingwww.lpm.org Data from a Jefferson County Public Schools survey shows what many feared — low-income students and students of color are most impacted by cuts to magnet transportation.
Homes are expensive for many Louisvillians. Could changing the city’s zoning laws help?www.lpm.org Louisville planners want to allow “middle housing” options, creating more density than traditional single-family homes, in areas that currently prohibit them. They say it could help residents struggli...
Analysis | The impossibility of separating Trump from Project 2025www.washingtonpost.com The Heritage Foundation’s playbook isn’t the campaign’s. But Trump’s relegation of policy to staff makes the document an important preview of a second term.
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Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...
Trump Tries, Fails to Distance Himself From Project 2025newrepublic.com It’s still his blueprint for governing, no matter what he says.