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As competitive Senate races tighten, multiple Democratic candidates are centering the law they call the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” and its impacts on Medicaid and SNAP, using the package enacted in President Donald Trump’s first year as a line of contrast against Republican opponents.
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Nirav Shah said he is considering entering Maine’s U.S. Senate race after Democratic nominee Graham Platner faced a new sexual-assault allegation and began reevaluating his campaign, while Democratic leaders pressed for withdrawal and endorsement backing shifted.
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A review by WKYT says UK’s agreement to cover tax impacts tied to Michigan State’s athletics-department buyout for new athletics director J. Batt could push UK’s overall added cost above $5 million, according to outside financial-planning estimates.
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Ghana’s government says it has deferred a planned state visit by South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, citing a volatile “climate” around xenophobia and protests following recent repatriations of Ghanaians from South Africa.
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The Bourbon County Fiscal Court will use federal funding to remediate the site after demolishing the former incinerator and waste transfer station on Paris’s west side.
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Party leaders face a fast ballot deadline if Platner, who has denied the allegation, withdraws from the race against incumbent Susan Collins.
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U.S. District Judge Amir Ali rejected a request to dismiss charges against Brian J. Cole Jr. in a case tied to two pipe bombs found near the Democratic and Republican party headquarters a day before the Capitol riot, according to news reports.
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Hamas said it will dissolve an emergency committee overseeing Gaza’s civilian administration and move toward a new U.S.-backed technocratic arrangement for day-to-day governance. Israel and critics said the change would not amount to genuine disarmament or a transfer of real authority away from Hamas’ security apparatus.
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Prosecutors are seeking a judge’s approval to move the case against Tyler Robinson toward trial, including evidence presented by a former Utah Valley University police officer.
