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Melania Trump honors women who bring progress for all of humanity

Tuesday, April 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- First lady Melania Trump honored women from around the world during an award ceremony at the State Department, calling the eight honorees' love "a powerful catalyst" for their work to fight injustice and advocate women and girls.The first lady said she is... Read More.

Mass layoffs begin at HHS, some employees turned away after showing up to work

Tuesday, April 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Employees at the Department of Health and Human Services began to receive notices of mass layoffs on Tuesday, days after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 people would lose their jobs, including employees working on tobacco use, mental health... Read More.

Trump nominee to be top general denies wearing MAGA hat

Tuesday, April 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Retired Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine, President Donald Trump's nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, denied on Tuesday that he has ever worn a "Make America Great Again" hat or any other type of political merchandise.In... Read More.

Rule to block Rep. Lunas plan for proxy voting for new parents fails in House

Tuesday, April 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The House voted on Tuesday to stop Republican leaders from blocking an impending vote on proxy voting for new parents.The vote failed 206-222, with nine Republicans siding with a unanimous Democratic caucus to form an unusual bipartisan coalition -- throwing the House... Read More.

House GOP leaders expected to block proxy voting for new parents

Tuesday, April 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- House Republican leaders will take an unprecedented step Tuesday when they are expected to block Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's bipartisan discharge petition to allow proxy voting for new lawmaker parents up to 12 weeks after giving birth -- the latest move... Read More.

Democrats renew push to expand IVF access for military service members

Tuesday, April 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Congressional Democrats are renewing their push to expand in vitro fertilization access for military service members by introducing legislation that would require the Department of Defense's health care program to fund access to IVF for military service members.The legislative effort, being led... Read More.

Booker stages Senate filibuster to protest crisis he says Trump and Musk created

Tuesday, April 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker on Tuesday morning was still speaking on the Senate floor, staging a filibuster he started at 7 p.m. Monday night, in what he called a protest against the national "crisis" he said President Donald Trump and... Read More.

Trump administration reviewing alleged antisemitism at Harvard University

Tuesday, April 1 by ABC News

(BOSTON) -- The Department of Education and other agencies are reviewing Harvard University for fostering antisemitism on its campus, Secretary Linda McMahon said Monday."Harvard's failure to protect students on campus from anti-Semitic discrimination -- all while promoting divisive ideologies over free inquiry -- has... Read More.

Wisconsin Supreme Court election that broke spending records could serve as litmus test for Trump, Musk

Tuesday, April 1 by ABC News

(MADISON, WI) -- Voters head to the polls on Tuesday in Wisconsin for a hot-button race that could offer a barometer on how Americans are feeling at this point in President Donald Trump's second term.Republican-backed Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel and Democratic-backed Dane County... Read More.

GOP eyes its House majority in special elections in Florida to replace Waltz, Gaetz

Tuesday, April 1 by ABC News

(TALLAHASSEE, FL) -- A pair of special elections in Florida for the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday to fill vacancies left by former Republican Reps. Mike Waltz and Matt Gaetz has heated up in recent weeks -- especially in the 6th District where... Read More.

Melania Trump honors women who bring progress for all of humanity

Mass layoffs begin at HHS, some employees turned away after showing up to work

Trump nominee to be top general denies wearing MAGA hat

Rule to block Rep. Lunas plan for proxy voting for new parents fails in House

House GOP leaders expected to block proxy voting for new parents

Democrats renew push to expand IVF access for military service members

Booker stages Senate filibuster to protest crisis he says Trump and Musk created

Trump administration reviewing alleged antisemitism at Harvard University

Wisconsin Supreme Court election that broke spending records could serve as litmus test for Trump, Musk

GOP eyes its House majority in special elections in Florida to replace Waltz, Gaetz

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