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The administration has take a number of steps to protect access to abortions, but some are calling for more action.
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President Joe Biden's administration on Friday proposed up to 10 oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and one off the Alaska coast over the next five years — going against the Democrat's climate promises but scaling back a Trump-era plan that called for dozens of offshore drilling opportunities including in undeveloped areas.
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The July Fourth holiday weekend is off to a booming start with airport crowds crushing the numbers seen in 2019, before the pandemic.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson shatters a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation's highest court.
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The former White House counsel's reported resistance to Donald Trump's schemes to overturn his 2020 election defeat has made Cipollone a long-sought and potentially revelatory witness.
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