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When I first started getting interested in politics, I had trouble finding information that matched my political party and ideals that I supported. Young Liberals is a way for me to help kids like me who want to be well informed about politics and the government, all in one website.
What's happening this week?
A conservative judicial activist insured that the wife of Clarence Thomas, a Supreme Court Justice, was paid thousands of dollars for consulting work, specifically saying that her name would left off of billing paperwork.
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Despite voter fraud being extremely rare, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs a bill creating an election police unit, encouraging false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
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The Federal Reserve brought the benchmark intrest rate up to a level between 5 and 5.25 for the 10th time this year.
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IAI pioneer, computer scientist Geoffrey Hinto, a former Google employee states that AI presents and existential threat to humans, but also says Google has acted very responsibly.
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Democrats have created a special rule which could possibly allow bipartisan measures to be considered through discharge petition, which has been described as rarely successful and just not worth it. This would allowfor 218 votes to be needed to discharge a bill from the committee.
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A Missouri court temporarily blocked restrictions on gender-affirming care, siding with LGBTQ+ advocates. Judge Ellen H. Ribaudo wrote that Attorney General Andrew Bailey had taken a "novel use" of power by restricting people's rights.
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