Keya Vakil is the deputy political editor at COURIER. He previously worked as a researcher in the film industry and dabbled in the political world.
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New Biden Rule Will Expand Mental Health Coverage—Here’s How
A newly proposed federal rule would require insurance companies to offer the same level of coverage for mental health care as they do for physical health care.
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Prosecutors: Trump Tried to Have Security Footage Deleted to Hide Evidence
Special Counsel Jack Smith on Thursday filed new charges against former president Donald Trump in relation to his mishandling of classified documents after he left the White House, providing new evidence that Trump sought to have security camera footage at his private Mar-a-Lago club deleted in order to keep it from being reviewed by investigators.
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The Right’s New Priority: Justifying Slavery
Florida governor and 2024 presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis has defended his state’s new Black History curriculum, which directs educators to teach that “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”
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Teamsters and UPS Reach Tentative Deal to Avoid Strike, 340,000 Workers to Get Raises
The tentative deal represents a huge win for full- and part-time UPS Teamster workers, who would get significant pay raises and better working conditions. If approved by rank-and-file union members, the deal will also avert a strike that could have been one of the “costliest in US history.”
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Trump Likely to Face Criminal Charges Over Effort to Overturn 2020 Election
Trump is expected to face chargers over his effort to overturn the 2020 election—a ploy that if successful, would have effectively ended America’s 200-plus year experiment in democracy and caused a constitutional crisis in the most powerful country in the world.
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Trump’s Campaign is Getting Weird–Is He Losing It?
Trump has never shied away from launching personal attacks on his political opponents, but several comments and actions recently suggest a growing truth: that he’s getting even more reckless.
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First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Gets FDA Approval
Opill is the first ever birth control pill to be approved for over-the-counter sales. The medication will likely become available at stores and online retailers in the U.S. in early 2024.
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One Republican Senator Is Blocking 265 Military Promotions, Leaving the Marines Without a Confirmed Leader
Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s decision means these military officers are not getting the pay raises they’re owed, cannot move their families to wherever they’re going to be stationed next, and cannot enroll their children in new schools.
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Supreme Court Takes Student Debt Relief Away From 43 Million Americans
Nationwide, more than 45 million people owe $1.6 trillion in federal loans for college, according to government data, and as many as 43 million of them stood to benefit from the cancellation program.
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US Supreme Court Bans Consideration of Race in College Admissions
The Court’s decision reverses decades of precedent. In 1978, the Court ruled that affirmative action was lawful, which it later upheld in 2003 and 2016.
