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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks at an event at the department's headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, June 2, 2022, in this file photo. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

GOP to Education Dept.: Probe whether Google fellowship was discriminatory

Republicans want the Department of Education to investigate whether federally funded universities discriminated against White, Asian or other students because they were required to nominate students to a Google-sponsored fellowship program based on race, ethnicity and disability status.

October 14, 2022
Abortion rights supporters chant their objections at the Kentucky Capitol on April 13, 2022, in Frankfort, Ky. Kentucky's sweeping abortion ban was challenged Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, by three Jewish women who brought a lawsuit claiming it violates their religious rights under the state's constitution. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner, File)

Half of voters motivated by abortion issue ahead of midterms, says survey

Half of all voters are motivated to vote in the midterm elections because of the Supreme Court decision overturning the nationwide right to abortion, according to a survey on Wednesday that finds the issue is an even bigger catalyst than after the opinion was leaked and issued.

October 12, 2022
In this Feb. 8, 2020, file photo, then-Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, speaks during the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Tulsi Gabbard says she’s leaving the Democratic Party

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii said Tuesday she is leaving the Democratic Party because it is controlled by an "elitist cabal" that is courting nuclear war and is too hostile toward people of faith and the police.

October 11, 2022
Vice President Kamala Harris smiles as she speaks at the National Urban League Annual Conference, on July 22, 2022, in Washington. Harris, who appeared early Tuesday, Oct. 11 on NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers” in a taped appearance, reflected on how her life has changed since she got the job — including a shortage of emojis — and to talk up the need to vote in the midterm elections. It was her first late-night network TV appearance since becoming vice president. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Harris: No one should go to jail for ‘smoking weed’

Vice President Kamala Harris used a late-night interview to highlight President Biden's decision to pardon Americans convicted of marijuana possession, declaring "nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed."

October 11, 2022
A group of immigrants gather outside St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Thursday Sept. 15, 2022, in Edgartown, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard. Florida officials began planning to transport migrants to other states in July and told potential contractors their task would be to relocate them on a voluntary basis, according to state documents released Friday, Oct. 7. (Ron Schloerb/The Cape Cod Times via AP, File)

Nantucket braces for possible migrant flight on Tuesday

Authorities at another tony island in Massachusetts -- Nantucket -- said a plane full of migrants might arrive Tuesday after airport workers told police they expect a plane with "many similarities" to the one that carried Venezuelans to Martha's Vineyard last month.

October 10, 2022