Linda McMahon, pictured here at her Senate confirmation hearing in February, previously led the U.S. Small Business Administration and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images On Monday, the […]
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Peggy Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, speaks about the testing program known as “The Nation’s Report Card” during a 2022 interview. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP The federal official who leads one of
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It’s been more than two years since the Supreme Court overturned a federal right to abortion and gave the issue to the states. 2025 could be the year states start battling each other in court. Source link Elissa Nadworny
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Even though a new constitutional amendment is in effect in Missouri, a Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis can’t provide abortions. They are waiting for a judge to end Missouri’s ban. Source link Elissa Nadworny
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NPR’s Elissa Nadworny talks with Alexandra Prokopenko, of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, about weakness in the Russian economy and what that might mean for the country’s war in Ukraine. Source link Elissa Nadworny
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Missouri voters moved to end the state’s strict abortion ban in the November election but it’s unclear whether the treatment will be available Thursday, the deadline for the amendment to take effect. Source link Elissa Nadworny
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Vice President Harris has said if she’s elected president, she’ll sign a bill enshrining the right to an abortion. Former President Donald Trump also has talked about abortion. Source link Elissa Nadworny
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Raneem Hijazi was eight months pregnant when an Israeli airstrike on her apartment in Gaza buried her in rubble, killing eight family members including her young son. Hijazi survived and gave birth that day to a healthy baby girl. But
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