Politics A.M.: Florida Senate passes a Republican bill to ban abortion after 15 weeks
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| | | |  |  | | The most important politics stories today. | | | | | |  (Chris O'meara/AP) Florida Republicans have pushed a bill to ban abortion after 15 weeks with no exceptions for rape, incest or human trafficking. By Caroline Kitchener ● Read more » | | | Right now goods can purchased by the federal government with tax dollars if just 55 percent of their parts were manufactured here. On Friday, Pres. Biden plans to unveil a new regulation upping that standard to 75 percent. By Annie Linskey ● Read more » | | | | As Russia intensifies its invasion of Ukraine, James Hohmann sits down with the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee to discuss the U.S. response, and what's next in the Jan. 6 inquiry. Opinion ● By James Hohmann ● Read more » | | | | Federal unions have a good friend in President Biden, but that doesn't mean he and the Democrats who control Congress have granted labor's every wish. Perspective ● By Joe Davidson ● Read more » | | | | With a Supreme Court confirmation fight looming, conservative groups that do not disclose donors are attacking liberal groups for using the same tactic. Analysis ● By Glenn Kessler ● Read more » | | | | It does not expect to resolve its backlog of 24 million tax returns until the end of the year. By Jacob Bogage and Lisa Rein ● Read more » | | | The Supreme Court nominee's critics on the right have begun an assault, charging that she is a "radical" promoted by "dark money" — and in one provocative case, demanding to see her LSAT scores. By Seung Min Kim ● Read more » | | | | A consummate political insider, he served two stints in the White House that bookended the administration of Ronald Reagan. By Emily Langer ● Read more » | | | The House Jan. 6 panel aims to prove that Trump was acting corruptly by continuing to spread misinformation about the election long after he had reason to know he had legitimately lost. By Rosalind S. Helderman, Jacqueline Alemany, Josh Dawsey and Tom Hamburger ● Read more » | | | | Republicans are at odds over whether they should run on an agenda for midterms. By Mike DeBonis and Marianna Sotomayor ● Read more » | | | | The Post is analyzing the 2022 U.S. House map in this redistricting tracker as states finalize their congressional boundaries for the next decade. Republicans and Democrats are going to great lengths to tip districts in their favor and accusations of gerrymandering and lawsuits have followed. Analysis ● By Adrian Blanco, Kevin Schaul and Ashlyn Still ● Read more » | | | | The House passed a bill to expand health care for veterans exposed to toxins; 174 Republicans opposed the measure. By Mariana Alfaro ● Read more » | | | What happened in Texas, fresh primary polls from swing states and the Ohio Democrat using a whiteboard to attack gerrymandering. Analysis ● By David Weigel ● Read more » | | | | There was a time when it was okay with him -- after he interfered in the 2016 election to help Trump. But other than that, it's unclear why conservative pundits erred on the side of sympathizing with him. Analysis ● By Aaron Blake ● Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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