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Donald Trump's nominee to head the U.S. Transportation Department said that electric vehicles should pay to use roads

Sean Duffy, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Transportation, expressed support for electric vehicle (EV) owners contributing financially to road maintenance during his Senate Commerce Committee confirmation hearing on Wednesday. “How to do that, I think, is a little more challenging,” Duffy admitted, acknowledging
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The House has voted to pass legislation restricting transgender women from participating in women's school athletics programs

The House has voted to pass legislation restricting transgender women from participating in women's school athletics programs. On Tuesday, House Republicans passed a bill aimed at barring transgender student-athletes from participating in girls’ sports, elevating the contentious issue following an election cycle where it frequently appeared in GOP
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Donald Trump has said he will create a new department called the External Revenue Service "to collect tariffs, duties, and all revenue" from foreign sources

President-elect Donald Trump announced plans on Tuesday to establish a new government agency, the External Revenue Service, tasked with collecting tariffs, duties, and other revenues from foreign sources. The announcement comes as Trump prepares to implement new import tariffs after his inauguration next week. Trump shared his intentions on social
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California Democrats have reached a $50 million agreement to shore up state and local legal defenses against the incoming Trump administration just a week ahead of the president-elect’s inauguration

California Democrats have reached a $50 million agreement to bolster state and local legal defenses against the incoming Trump administration, just one week before the president-elect's inauguration. Half of the funding is earmarked to counter any potential mass deportation efforts that the new administration might implement early in
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