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Where things stand with the monthly expanded child tax credit payments
Because an extension of the child tax credit is tied in with President Joe Biden's Build Back Better social spending plan, it remains unclear whether the monthly payments will continue beyond this year.
Their lives were changed by gun violence, and now they're running for office
One of the country's top gun control groups is now actively recruiting candidates who have experienced the effects of gun violence to run for local, state and national offices.
Pardons Board allows release of woman who killed baby
Samantha Heiges left prison Monday, about four years early but will remain under supervised release for another decade. She served 12 years in the Shakopee prison for killing her newborn in 2005.
Biden aims to cut bureaucratic runaround for gov't services
President Joe Biden on Monday will sign an executive order aimed at saving Americans time and frustration when seeking a broad array of federal services, like renewing passports, applying for Social Security benefits and getting aid after natural disasters.