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Should Ohio take a closer look at what fracking does to drinking water?
Reps. Derrick Hall and Sean Brennan introduced House Bill 958, requiring chemical disclosure databases and random wastewater testing at Ohio oil and gas wells.
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More Americans are hungry in the face of federal cuts, rising grocery prices
More than 4 million Americans lost SNAP benefits since February 2025, and 23 state attorneys general are now urging the Senate to reverse cuts in the pending farm bill.
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Special ed, civil rights to be shifted out of Trump’s shrinking Department of Education
OSERS moves to HHS and OCR to DOJ, marking the 12th interagency transfer as unions and Senate Democrats warn students with disabilities will lose services.
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Republicans in US Senate left in dark by Trump on Iran deal, but want details and a vote
Sen. Bill Cassidy says the deal may qualify as a treaty requiring two-thirds Senate approval, while Sen. Chris Murphy calls it essentially a surrender.
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Man charged in killing of West Virginia guard member pleads not guilty to new charges
The Trump DOJ is pursuing the death penalty across six of the 17 counts but told Judge Amit Mehta it cannot yet provide a timeline for proceedings.
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine calls on lawmakers to get rid of the state’s death penalty
House Speaker Matt Huffman says he disagrees, and Senate President Rob McColley doubts Republicans have the votes, as DeWine leaves office term-limited with 113 inmates on death row.
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Republicans, Democrats and independents agree: Corruption is a huge problem
A Brennan Center poll of 2,000 registered voters found 85% across party lines back ending dark money, and 83% of Republicans say corruption benefits billionaires at voters' expense.
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As men fought in cages at the White House, women urged Americans to take a ‘deep breath’
About 70 people gathered at a Springfield watch party as Jane Fonda's Committee for the First Amendment drew more than 1 million viewers nationwide.
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Facing historic unpopularity, weaponization of government for election chaos has started in Ohio
The FBI raided Cleveland's Ohio Organizing Collaborative, DOJ backed voter suppression, and GOP rushed a voter ID amendment to the ballot in under a month.
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Surging stock market, Trump policies boost wealth for top 1%
The richest 1% now hold 31.9% of U.S. wealth, the highest share the Fed has recorded since 1989, as a CBPP analysis finds Trump's tax law will hurt 70% of households by 2034.
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Supreme Court agrees to weigh in on case over rights of some in ‘prolonged’ ICE detention
The case, Genalo v. Black, involves a Dominican immigrant held 21 months without a bond hearing, as circuit courts remain split on the detention policy's constitutionality.
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Most mass shooters show warning signs before attacks, study finds
The Rockefeller Institute study of 171 shootings found warnings spread across 2+ observer groups on average, with nearly two-thirds of perpetrators having prior law enforcement contact.
