New government spending bill bans U.S. embassies from flying Pride flag (www.cbsnews.com)
The prohibition was one of many side issues included in the mammoth $1.2 trillion package to fund the government through September.
Maritime corridor for aid to Gaza will take two months to build and 1,000 U.S. forces, Pentagon says (www.cbsnews.com)
Michigan county refuses to certify vote, prompting fears of a growing election threat this fall (www.cbsnews.com)
Gov. Kristi Noem banished by 2 more South Dakota tribes, now banned from nearly 20% of her state (www.cbsnews.com)
GOP-led Arizona Senate votes to repeal 1864 abortion ban, sending it to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs (www.cbsnews.com)
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Rep. Ronny Jackson was demoted by Navy following investigation into his time as White House physician (www.cbsnews.com)
“The substantiated allegations in the DoDIG investigation of Rear Adm (lower half) Ronny Jackson are not in keeping with the standards the Navy requires of its leaders and, as such, the Secretary of the Navy took administrative action in July 2022,” a Navy spokesperson told CBS News.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions: "This is a really big deal" (www.cbsnews.com)
Rep. Summer Lee says "we don't" hear if college students are excited to vote for Biden (www.cbsnews.com)
Trump campaign says it raised $52.8 million after guilty verdict in fundraising blitz (www.cbsnews.com)
FTC bans non-compete agreements, making it easier for workers to quit (www.cbsnews.com)
California can share your baby's DNA sample without permission, but new bill could force state to publicly reveal who they're giving it to (www.cbsnews.com)
More than 500 New Yorkers set to be considered as jurors in Trump's "hush money" trial (www.cbsnews.com)
Several hundred Manhattan residents were recently sent notices to appear at the borough’s criminal court on April 15. Whether they know it or not, they’re under consideration to be jurors in perhaps the most high-profile criminal trial in U.S. history....
House passes bill that could lead to TikTok ban in broad bipartisan vote (www.cbsnews.com)
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Minnesota "uncommitted" protest vote exceeds expectations at nearly 20%, surpasses support for U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips (www.cbsnews.com)
GOP senator blocks Democratic bill to ban bump stocks after Supreme Court ruling (www.cbsnews.com)
In 2 years since Russia's invasion, a U.S. program has resettled 187,000 Ukrainians with little controversy (www.cbsnews.com)
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Georgia's controversial, Russia-like "foreign agent" bill becomes law after weeks of protests (www.cbsnews.com)
Venice becomes first city in the world to charge day trippers a tourist fee to enter (www.cbsnews.com)
Rep. Mike Turner says there is a "chaos caucus" who want to block any Congressional action (www.cbsnews.com)
Rep. Mike Turner, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee on Sunday derided a group of lawmakers that he says have continued to “stop everything” in Congress amid opposition toward additional aid to Ukraine and a possible effort to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson....
British warship and U.S. aircraft seize 6,000 pounds of cocaine and other drugs after "high-speed chase" in Caribbean Sea (www.cbsnews.com)
White House perplexed by Netanyahu claims that U.S. is withholding weapons (www.cbsnews.com)
The White House, State Department, and Pentagon say they do not know what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was talking about when he said this week that Secretary of State Antony Blinken was working to remove “bottlenecks” holding up weapons shipments to Israel. But one U.S. official offered an explanation for the...
White House considers welcoming some Palestinians from war-torn Gaza as refugees (www.cbsnews.com)
The Biden administration is considering bringing certain Palestinians to the U.S. as refugees, a move that would offer a permanent safe haven to some of those fleeing war-torn Gaza, according to internal federal government documents obtained by CBS News....
Australian man dies after being bitten by highly venomous snake while trying to remove it from child care center (www.cbsnews.com)
An Australian man has died after being bitten by a highly venomous snake while trying to remove the serpent from a childcare center in an effort “to keep the children safe,” local media and emergency services said Wednesday....
Australia bans Nazi salute, swastika, other hate symbols in public as antisemitism spikes (www.cbsnews.com)
Australian lawmakers have banned the performance of the Nazi salute in public and outlawed the display or sale of Nazi hate symbols such as the swastika in landmark legislation that went into effect in the country Monday. The new laws also make the act of glorifying OR praising acts of terrorism a criminal offense....
U.S. halts avocado and mango inspections in a Mexican state after 2 USDA employees attacked, detained (www.cbsnews.com)
