Campaign Report — A showdown in the Grand Canyon State
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Read MoreWarren, Markey press student surveillance platforms on reproductive health data
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) sent letters to four student surveillance programs Thursday asking if they flag search terms related to reproductive health, over concerns the data could be used to punish the students for seeking information about abortion access. The senators asked the companies if their software flags content related to phrases such as “pregnant,” “abortion,” and “birth control,” and how they are ensuring that their software is not used to criminalize or punish students. “It would be deeply disturbing if your software fla
Read MoreWhite House uses Biden's COVID infection to stress importance of vaccination
White House officials on Thursday used President Biden’s positive test for COVID-19 to stress the importance of getting vaccinated against the virus as a new variant spread across the country. “Because the president is fully vaccinated, double boosted, his risk of serious illness is dramatically lower,” Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House’s coronavirus coordinator, told reporters at a press briefing. “We have worked very hard over the last 18 months to make sure we have plenty of vaccines, plenty of therapies, that people can get tested on a regular basis… and we all k
Read MoreMore than 100 million under heat advisories as temperatures rise nationwide
More than 100 million people remain under heat advisories or excessive heat warnings Thursday as temperatures across the country hit triple digits. The National Weather Service’s (NWS) Weather Prediction Center tweeted that 60 daily high temperature records have been tied or broken, and additional recor
Read MoreColorado River stabilization requires major rethinking, experts say
A series of drastic consumption cuts and difficult management decisions will be necessary to stabilize the Colorado River system amid a 23-year-long “Millennium Drought,” regional experts argue in a new policy paper. The paper, published in Science on Thursday, dissects how lawmaker
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