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Camp Lejeune health claims are mired despite law allowing suits

As claims and lawsuits pile up against the government related to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune, the number of grievous health outcomes tied to exposure to those toxic chemicals at the Marine Corps base in North Carolina is also rising.

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Camp Lejeune health claims are mired despite law allowing suits - Roll Call

As claims and lawsuits over related to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune pile up, the number of grievous health outcomes also grow.

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California lawmaker wants the workweek to be 32 hours. 'Workers across the nation are collectively reimagining their relationship to labor'

Bill would require overtime pay for any work past that.

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House panel backs parental school oversight, anti-trans sports bills - Roll Call

Republicans on a House committee approved bills to set parents' rights on school issues and ban some transgender athletes from sports.

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Even Biden’s ‘unity’ agenda could be tough going

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden, understanding he will have to juggle differing priorities from a divided Congress, made just a handful of new requests to lawmakers in his State of the Union address.

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Even Biden's 'unity' agenda could be tough going - Roll Call

Even Biden's 'unity' agenda he laid out in his State of the Union speech could be tough going with Republicans.

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Adam Schiff Attempts Censorship by Proxy, 'Demanding Action' To Suppress 'Hate Speech' on Twitter

Instead of debating whether the platform has been flooded by bigotry, Elon Musk should tell the congressman to mind his own business.

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Iraq Stresses Significance of Ties with US

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani stressed on Friday the importance of his country’s ties with the United States. Iraq is seeking balanced ties with its regional and international environment in a way that preserves national sovereignty, he said as he welcomed a US Congress delegation headed by Senator Mark…

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Republican Rep. Ken Calvert defeats Democrat Will Rollins to hold California 41st District seat

LOS ANGELES — Rep. Ken Calvert, the longest-serving Republican member of California’s congressional delegation, won reelection in Riverside County despite being drawn into a less favorable district during the decennial reconfiguring of congressional maps.

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VA is blind to its accessibility issues

Government websites are often inaccessible to blind and low-vision patients, despite federal law

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Burn pits recognition for veterans took decade of struggle

President Joe Biden is set to sign into law a bill that aims to help military veterans exposed to toxic burn pits

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Senate NDAA to Pentagon: ‘Immediately’ halt fight against extremism

WASHINGTON — The Senate Armed Services Committee has called on the Defense Department to halt its programs to prevent and root out extremism in the ranks.

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Senate NDAA to Pentagon: ‘Immediately’ halt fight against extremism - Roll Call

The Senate Armed Services Committee has called on the Defense Department to halt programs to prevent and root out extremism in the ranks.

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House passes bill to expand care for veterans exposed to burn pits

"Excellent," said comedian and campaigner Jon Stewart after the House passed the bill in a 342-88 vote.

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Compromise veterans bill passes House, heads back to Senate - Roll Call

Servicemembers who contracted any of 23 conditions after serving in combat zones would be eligible for health care and disability benefits.

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Beau Biden’s death and the real crime of Boebert’s heckling. Could this finally be the reckoning for burn pits?

The issue of burn pits was given more airtime than voting rights, gun violence and abortion in Biden’s SOTU address. Two days later, the House passed sweeping burn pits legislation. Rachel Sharp hears from veterans, lawmakers and advocates about whether America’s sick and dying soldiers are finally being heard

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Toxic exposure bill would rewrite America’s compact with veterans

Congress appears likely to pass legislation that would make millions more veterans eligible for disability and health care benefits.

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‘Replacement theory’ still Republican orthodoxy despite Buffalo shooting

GOP leaders seem unlikely to abandon nods to the conspiracy theory even though it was cited by the alleged perpetrator of a racist mass murder

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Sweeping new veterans benefits bill readied for House vote - Roll Call

House Democrats teed up final passage of the biggest expansion of veterans benefits in decades for vets exposed to toxic substances.

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House passes bill designed to help veterans exposed to toxins during service - Roll Call

The House on Thursday passed a bill to help veterans exposed to toxins with the support of 34 Republicans, despite GOP criticism of its cost.

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‘We’re in danger of forgetting’: congressman’s warning 80 years after Japanese American incarceration

Congressman Mark Takano, whose family was forced into camps, calls for vigilance amid ‘nefarious nostalgia’

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