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Lawmakers want the government to track what people buy with SNAP
Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., introduced legislation that would require the government to track which foods people buy with SNAP benefits. They hope it will lead to healthier eating. “SNAP plays a crucial role in alleviating poverty and food insecurity, but needs to do better at improving nutrition security and diet quality,”… -
Congress wants to declassify even more UFO, extraterrestrial documents
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., introduced legislation that would create a commission to oversee the declassification of documents related to unidentified aerial phenomena and extraterrestrials. It is included in the National Defense Authorization Act and appears to have enough support to pass. “For decades, many Americans have been fascinated by objects mysterious and unexplained… -
See who qualifies for $39 billion in new student loan forgiveness
The Biden administration is forgiving $39 billion in student loans for 804,000 borrowers. The loans will be automatically discharged in a matter of weeks. The Department of Education said the forgiveness fixes miscalculations for people on income-driven repayment plans. Those borrowers had to make 20 to 25 years of payments, or 240 to 300 qualifying… -
Scientists deny that Dr. Fauci influenced their paper on COVID origins
The authors of an article on the origins of COVID-19 are standing by their conclusion that the COVID-19 pandemic did not start with an accidental lab leak. Instead, they say it was likely the result of a natural zoonotic transfer. The authors also denied that Dr. Anthony Fauci encouraged them to write the article and… -
House Republicans try to stop military funded abortions in annual budget bill
Congress is working to approve the National Defense Authorization Act before members leave Washington for the entire month of August. The bill is one Congress passes every year on a bipartisan basis, but disagreements over the military’s abortion policy could slow it down in the coming weeks. Lawmakers have already made significant progress toward passing… -
Meta’s Threads threatens Twitter’s turf with 30 million signups and no ads, yet
Forget the cage match between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. Zuck is stepping into the ring with Twitter instead. Meta launched Threads, a “public conversations app” that looks an awful lot like Twitter, one day early on July 5. Zuckerberg boasted that the app gained 10 million users within seven hours of launching. Threads is… -
Nearing ‘theory of mind’: The 4 types of AI
Americans interact with artificial intelligence (AI) products daily, from talking to Amazon’s Alexa to scrolling through Netflix recommendations. However, artificial intelligence is a broad term that encompasses a range of technologies. Here are four types of AI, from the most basic to the entirely theoretical. Reactive AI Reactive AI is the most basic form of… -
Democrats suggest use of 1965 law as plan B for student loan forgiveness
Politicians are describing the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Biden’s student loan forgiveness as everything from a “victory for common sense” to “hypocritical.” Now, Democrats want to find an alternative to the plan that would have wiped away $10,000 to $20,000 in student loan debt for 43 million people. Some Democrats are suggesting… -
Supreme Court strikes down Biden student loan forgiveness
The Supreme Court struck down President Biden’s plan to forgive $10,000 to $20,000 in student loans for 43 million people. In a 6-3 decision, the justices ruled that Congress did not authorize the secretary of education and President Biden to take the sweeping and expensive action unilaterally. The program was expected to cost more than… -
Biden: SCOTUS ‘not a normal court,’ proposes affirmative action alternative
President Biden said the Supreme Court “is not a normal court” when asked by a reporter if it’s a “rogue court.” The statement came after remarks about the court’s decision to end race-based admissions at colleges and universities around the country. During his speech, the president suggested that admissions offices should consider adversity as a… -
Justices Thomas, Jackson clash on race in affirmative action decision
The Supreme Court ruled that colleges and universities cannot use race as a factor in admissions, effectively ending affirmative action. The organization Students for Fair Admissions sued Harvard and the University of North Carolina arguing that their admissions processes violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth… -
Supreme Court sides with USPS worker who didn’t want to work Sundays
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of a Postal Service worker who did not want to work on Sundays to observe the Sabbath. The justices described Groff v. DeJoy as a clarifying decision and outlined what constitutes an undue hardship under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The 1964 law requires employers to… -
How does the Supreme Court decide who is allowed to file a lawsuit?
The Supreme Court is making major decisions this year on student loans, affirmative action and election law. But in at least two cases, USA v. Texas on immigration law and the Biden student loan forgiveness lawsuit, the justices aren’t only deciding who wins and who loses based on the merits, but whether the plaintiffs have…
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