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So close! Iceland almost gets female-majority parliament

So close! Iceland almost gets female-majority parliament

Iceland briefly celebrated electing a female-majority parliament Sunday, before a recount produced a result just short of that landmark for gender parity in the North Atlantic island nation.
by The Associated Press

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Walz proposes drought relief for farmers

Walz proposes drought relief for farmers

Gov. Tim Walz has announced his plan to help farmers who were hurt by this year's drought. He wants it passed in a special session sometime next month.
by Tim Pugmire

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The House passes bill meant to counter Texas-style abortion bans

The House passes bill meant to counter Texas-style abortion bans

The vote is an attempt by Democrats to protect abortion rights as states set increasingly restrictive laws. But the bill faces dim prospects in the Senate.
by Barbara Sprunt

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Poll: Biden, Walz below 50-percent approval mark

Poll: Biden, Walz below 50-percent approval mark

Heading into the midterm campaign, a new Minnesota Poll shows fewer than 50 percent of Minnesota voters approve of the jobs being done by both Democratic President Joe Biden and Gov. Tim Walz.
by Brian Bakst

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A Florida lawmaker is proposing a restrictive Texas-style abortion bill

A Florida lawmaker is proposing a restrictive Texas-style abortion bill

The bill would ban most abortions as early as around 6 weeks, allow people to sue anyone who helps end a pregnancy after that point and fine physicians $10,000 for each such abortion they perform.
by Rachel Treisman

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How Haitian migrants are getting to the U.S., and where they may go next

How Haitian migrants are getting to the U.S., and where they may go next

U.S. border agents are allowing some Haitian migrants into the country on a temporary basis, while others are being deported or heading back over the border to Mexico.
by Steve Inskeep, Carrie Kahn and Rachel Treisman

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U.S. special envoy to Haiti resigns over migrant expulsions

U.S. special envoy to Haiti resigns over migrant expulsions

U.S. officials say the Biden administration's special envoy to Haiti resigned, protesting large-scale expulsions of Haitian migrants to their homeland wracked by civil strife and natural disaster. Daniel Foote was appointed to the position only in July, following the assassination of Haiti's president.
by The Associated Press

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Republican-led election reviews take shape in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin

Republican-led election reviews take shape in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin

Leaders of the Pennsylvania and Wisconsin reviews had visited the widely discredited Arizona election review and now are helming similar GOP-led investigations in their home states.
by Laurel White and Sam Dunklau

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Poll: Minnesotans split by party and region on events of Jan. 6

Poll: Minnesotans split by party and region on events of Jan. 6

The fault lines in Minnesota politics over the events of Jan. 6 and the legitimacy of President Joe Biden’s election are stark, according to a new Minnesota Poll from MPR News, the Star Tribune, KARE 11 and FRONTLINE.
by Matt Sepic

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