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Race, wealth and free time dictate who gets to be treated for long Covid – making the condition ‘the new pandemic’

Both parties opposed the measure on energy permits, which critics said would gut environmental protections

Approving a large construction project through Congress, as Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia is trying to do for Mountain Valley Pipeline in his state, is highly unusual and, according to legal scholars, rests on very thin precedent.

Approving a large construction project through Congress, as Sen. Joe Manchin is trying to do, is highly unusual, experts say.

WASHINGTON — Legislation by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia that would overhaul the federal permitting process for energy and infrastructure projects received the endorsement on Thursday of his fellow Mountain State senator, Shelley Moore Capito, who had previously introduced a Republican bill to counter Manchin’s.

Sen. Joe Manchin III's legislation to overhaul the federal permitting process got a GOP endorsement, but Democrats lined up in opposition.

Scientists and environmental groups call proposed legislation a ‘giveaway’ to fossil fuel industry that will gut protections

A Supreme Court ruling overturned Roe v. Wade. Now there's a big push to increase funding for Title X, a federal program that offers birth control and other reproductive care to low-income patients.

Democrats continue to show some divide on issues important to their party, after a plan to protect abortion access was met with surprising opposition this week.

"The last thing we need is for a president to fire dedicated and experienced public servants."

Unless they're "willing to end the filibuster, there's no reason to take it seriously," advocate says