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Americans go hungry and all Republicans and Democrats will do is point fingers while shutdown nears milestone

NEWS ANALYSIS: The whole exchange in the Senate about SNAP shows nobody is serious about stopping people from going hungry. Eric Garcia writes that Democrats aren’t blameless, but Trump bears the most responsibility

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After pardoning Hunter, what else might Biden push through before he cedes the presidency to Trump?

THE TRUMP TRANSITION : Is the president in his YOLO era? Andrew Feinberg explains what the president can and can’t do in his lame duck period — and what’s most likely

The Independent UK

Senate Democrats Divided Over Biden's Tougher Immigration Approach

As the immigration crisis continues, President Biden is opting for harsher tactics. With elections around the corner, what do Senate Democrats think?

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The downwinders: New Mexicans sickened by atomic bomb testing fight for compensation

New film First We Bombed New Mexico sheds light on effects of Oppenheimer’s nuclear project and locals’ battle for justice

The Guardian - US

Bill Richardson, a former Democratic governor and UN ambassador, dies aged 75

Bill Richardson, a two-term Democratic governor of New Mexico and an American ambassador to the United Nations who also worked for years to secure the release of Americans detained by foreign adversaries, has died. He was 75.

France 24

Bill Richardson, former UN ambassador who worked to free detained Americans, dies at 75

Before his election in 2002 as governor, Richardson was the U.S. envoy to the United Nations and energy secretary under President Bill Clinton and served 14 years as a congressman representing northern New Mexico.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden wants to compensate New Mexico residents sickened by radiation during 1945 nuclear testing

President Joe Biden says he’s open to granting assistance for people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing, including in New Mexico, where the world’s first atomic bomb was tested in 1945

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Gaps in broadband access is backdrop to Sohn’s FCC nomination fight

WASHINGTON — In parts of Oklahoma’s 3rd District, more than half of the state’s rural residents don’t have access to a broadband connection, House Science Chairman Frank D. Lucas, who represents the district in Congress, said in a recent interview.

Tribune News Service

Gaps in broadband access is backdrop to Sohn’s FCC nomination fight - Roll Call

As the Senate fights over an FCC nominee, the government is gearing up to allocate billions of dollars to close a gap in broadband access.

Roll Call

Senate candidate's debate performance raises concerns among Democrats

Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman's rocky debate performance fueled concern inside his party on Wednesday, as leaders assessed whether it would significantly shift a race that could decide control of the US Senate and the future of Joe Biden's presidency.

France 24

Fetterman's rocky debate raises anxiety among Democrats

A new sense of uncertainty has risen over Pennsylvania’s pivotal Senate contest

The Independent UK

Supporters and opponents of abortion clash in front of Supreme Court after leaked Roe draft

Both sides say they will likely still have the advantage in the 2022 midterm election

The Independent UK

It’s good to be back’: New Mexico Senator Ben Ray Lujan gets standing ovation upon returning to work after stroke

Mr Lujan’s return to the senate for the first time since suffering a stroke in late January will allow Democrats to once again pass legislation in the evenly split chamber

The Independent UK

Clyburn counts the votes, sees Biden needing GOP support for Supreme Court nominee

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court will need Republican support to receive Senate confirmation, a leading Democratic lawmaker said Friday.

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Jonathan Bernstein: A missing senator shows Congress isn’t as divided as it seems

Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, a New Mexico Democrat, suffered a stroke last week. He’s expected to make a full recovery and to return to Washington in a few weeks. Until then, the Democrats won’t be at full strength, which is causing a fair amount of panic among some observers. After…

Tribune News Service

Democratic Senator Lujan recovering after surgery for stroke

WASHINGTON — Democratic Senator Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico is recovering from surgery for a stroke at a hospital in New Mexico but is expected to make a full recovery.

The Independent UK

Ben Ray Lujan: Democratic senator hospitalised after suffering stroke

The first-term senator checked himself into a Santa Fe, New Mexico hospital after experiencing ‘dizziness and fatigue’ last week, his chief of staff said in a statement

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