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Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. House Republicans retreated to Miami this week to work on finalizing their legislative agenda, while senators remained in Washington for hearings and votes on [...]The post At the Races: Democrats take a stand appeared first on Roll Call.

Some of President Trump's working-class and middle-class supporters see a lack of emphasis on lowering consumer costs and making daily American life more affordable.

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business.Day One Predictions. Monday, January 20, 2025, is Inauguration Day (as well as Martin Luther King Jr. Day). At the Buzz, we are well stocked with coffee and protein bars, as it is expected to be a busy day. We will obviously have a lot to discuss next week, but here are some policy issues that are on our radar.Immigration. This is obviously a priority issue for Republicans, and President-elect Donald Trump could issue multiple executive orders on the topic. For example, establishing new policies relating to the southern border, travel restrictions, temporary protected status, and “Buy American, Hire American,” could all be the subject of executive orders next week.Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, as well as other members of the incoming... Read the complete article here...© 2025, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., All Rights Reserved.

After President-elect Donald Trump nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist, as his top health official, experts warn of a resurgence of preventable diseases. by Arthur Allen, for KFF Health NewsThe availability of safe, effective COVID-19 vaccines less than a year into the pandemic marked a high point in the 300-year history of vaccination, seemingly heralding an age of protection against infectious diseases.Now, after backlash against public health interventions culminated in President-elect Donald Trump’s nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the country’s best-known anti-vaccine activist, as its top health official, infectious disease and public health experts and vaccine advocates say a confluence of factors could cause renewed, deadly epidemics of measles, whooping cough, and meningitis, or even polio.“The litany of things that will start to topple is profound,” said James Hodge, a public health law expert at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. “We’re going to experience a seminal change in vaccine law and policy.”“He’ll make America sick again,” said Lawrence Gostin, a professor of public health law at Georgetown University.RELATED STORY: Trump picks RFK Jr. and his brain worm to be in charge of your health

About 2 in 10 Americans approve of President Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son Hunter after promising he would do no such thing, according to a poll.

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We have summarized the 2024 endorsements of the West Central Tribune Editorial Board and the Forum Communications Co. Editorial Advisory Board.

A look at recent property transfers in Buffalo County.