Congresswoman Misses Months of Votes for Reported Condition
House Appropriations Committee Chair Kay Granger, R-Texas, in March Associated Press / J. Scott Applewhite, File Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, has moved into an in...
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Trump Says He Will Not Enforce Law Banning Abortion Pills by Mail, Angering Pro-Life Groups
Former President Donald Trump again drew outrage from pro-life organizations this week after he said he would not ban the distribution of abortion pills by mail if elected, drawing outrage from
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Harris Accepts DNC Nomination, Makes Policy Promises
CHICAGO — Most delegates at the United Center in Chicago wore white on the final day of the DNC as an homage to the suffrage movement of the 1920s. They packed the arena beyond capacity less than a...
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5 Highlights from Kamala Harris’ DNC Acceptance Speech
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president of the United States, delivered her acceptance speech on Thursday, the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago,
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FIRST-PERSON: Why drafting women to combat roles does not solve the real problem | Baptist Press
The measure to require women to serve in combat roles is connected to the mood of the age in which fairness or surface-level equality are the grounds for all decisions. The thinking goes something like this: because men are required to serve in combat roles, and there is no actual…
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Judge says military can’t reject HIV-positive recruits
A federal judge in Virginia ruled Tuesday that the Department of Defense may not outright reject military recruits who have asymptomatic HIV. The Pentagon’s policy barring recruits with undetectable...
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Texas stops letting drivers change sex on licenses
The state Department of Public Safety website removed a section on changing the sex information on driver’s licenses this week. Driver License Division chief Sheri Gipson confirmed to local news out...
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Arkansas Supreme Court Keeps Abortion Off November Ballots
The state’s high court on Thursday ruled that Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston followed the law while discarding signatures from paid canvassers who were improperly credentialed. The pro-ab...
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Republicans Ask Walz to Correct Military Service Statements
More than 50 Republican members of Congress on Wednesday demanded that the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz come clean about his military service record. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., authored...
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The Golden Rule According to the DNC
This issue of A Public Witness explores the religious ethics behind the Golden Rule and why it matters when Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz declares that it means “mind your own damn business.”
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Walz Plays Up Small-Town Ethos in VP Nomination Speech
CHICAGO — The Minnesota governor joked that he’s not used to giving fancy speeches, but he can give a game-time pep talk, referring to his experience as a high school football coach. In accepting ...
