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Video has emerged of the Republican candidate for governor of Virginia saying he avoids voicing his anti-abortion views in front of voters. The footage, released by the political journalist Lauren Windsor, shows the GOP candidate, Glenn Youngkin, speaking at a campaign stop last month. Mr Youngkin tells Windsor he’s “staunchly, unabashedly pro-life,” and another person asks him if he’ll “take it …

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Now animal activists have their claws out over seafood. Boiling lobsters alive would be banned in the United Kingdom under new legislation that protects the “welfare rights” of crustaceans and mollusks, according to a report Wednesday. Parliament is considering updating its Animal Welfare Bill — which defends against the inhumane treatment of creatures with backbones …

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President Biden couldn’t even draw a big in-person crowd at a teachers’ union convention on Friday evening, telling a mostly empty hall in Washington that teachers deserve a pay raise. Only about 50 members of leadership and staff of the National Education Association were in the cavernous hall at the Washington Convention Center when Mr. Biden and first lady Jill Biden, an …

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President Biden is expected to issue an executive order calling on the Federal Trade Commission to adopt rules to limit the use of noncompete clauses, the White House announced Wednesday. Why it matters: Noncompete clauses “force workers to sign away their right to take jobs in similar fields, often for months after leaving a job. These …

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The Tulane University School of Medicine was placed on probation last week by a national accreditation board due to allegations of racism and discrimination within its graduate program. According the The Lens, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) informed the school’s dean, Lee Hamm, of the decision on July 2. In a response …

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The National Republican Senatorial Committee will run an ad in Georgia during the MLB’s All-Star Game and Home Run Derby criticizing Sen. Raphael Warnock over the fact the MLB moved the event from Atlanta to Denver over Georgia’s election security law. The ad, first obtained by Fox News, will run during both the Home Run Derby on ESPN Monday, July 12 …

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Hillary Clinton called out the Republican-led crackdown on voting rights and urged Americans to fight for access to the ballot box in an op-ed published Wednesday. “We are witnessing a concerted attempt to destabilize the democratic process and delegitimize our multi-racial democracy, carried out in full view of the American people. As Democrats, it’s not enough to push …

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Photographer Eric J. Smith has a knack for putting himself in the right place at the right time. Always with a camera in hand, he’s constantly observing the world to see what might be photo-worthy. In March 2020, he was certainly ready when an opportunity presented itself during a whale-watching expedition in Baja’s San Ignacio Lagoon. …

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A public school district in Massachusetts included books about “White privilege” and “Whiteness” in a recommended summer reading list for grade school students. Belmont Public Schools, located in a Boston suburb, includes a list titled “Race, Culture, and Activism” of suggested books for students from kindergarten through fifth grade to read over the summer. The reading list includes the book “Not …

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Former President Trump claimed on Wednesday that there was “no reason” for a rioter to be shot during the Jan. 6 insurrection on the Capitol. Trump brought up the rioter, Ashli Babbitt, after he was asked what he had done to to stop the attack on the Capitol and why he couldn’t stop it. Trump was impeached for inciting a …

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