In Tuesday's special election, Ohioans overwhelmingly vote against requiring a supermajority to change their state constitution ( www.cbsnews.com )
Voters in Ohio went to the polls to decide whether to approve a measure known as Issue 1 that would raise the bar for constitutional amendments on the ballot. In the ultimate irony, the votes against changing the amendment process exceeded the 60% supermajority that the measure was seeking in the first place
Nikki Haley walks back Civil War comments after backlash ( www.cbsnews.com )
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is facing backlash after she was asked on Wednesday what caused the Civil War and failed to include slavery in her answer, instead saying the conflict was about state's rights. On Thursday, she attempted to walk back the comments, saying that slavery was an "unquestioned" aspect of...
AAA pulls back from offering insurance in Florida, following Farmers ( www.cbsnews.com )
Republican attorneys general issue warning letter to Target about Pride merchandise ( www.cbsnews.com )
The letter did not include any specific demands nor did it outline how the attorneys general believe the campaign could violate child protection laws.
3-year-old migrant girl dies aboard bus headed from Texas to Chicago ( www.cbsnews.com )
Not just any bus as the headline implies, but one of Texas Gov Greg Abbott’s trafficking asylum seekers to Democratic cities as a political stunt.
Activists sue Harvard over legacy admissions after affirmative action ruling ( www.cbsnews.com )
A civil rights legal group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University, calling it racial discrimination.
Trump says he'd bring back "travel ban" that's "even bigger than before" ( www.cbsnews.com )
"We don't want people blowing up our cities and we don't want people stealing our farms," the former president said.
Why is the Federal Reserver trying to drive down wages? ( www.cbsnews.com )
Does it make anyone else angry that Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve are trying to “Get Wages Down”? I would ask who these people work for, but that’s fairly obvious at this point, and it certainly isn’t any of us....
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill ending permanent alimony ( www.cbsnews.com )
"Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a measure that will overhaul the state's alimony laws, after three vetoes of similar bills and a decade of emotional clashes over the issue."...
Texas man gets jail time for drugging wife's drinks to induce an abortion ( www.cbsnews.com )
Texas "physically barred" Border Patrol agents from trying to rescue migrants who drowned, federal officials say ( www.cbsnews.com )
Eligible voters are being swept up in conservative activists' efforts to purge voter rolls ( www.cbsnews.com )
An army of conservative activists is poring over state voter lists in search of registration errors that can be used to file what are known as voter challenges.
[CBS] Electricity rates in Texas skyrocket amid statewide heat wave ( www.cbsnews.com )
UAW president Shawn Fain on labor's comeback: "This is what happens when workers get power", says 'billionaires should not exist' ( www.cbsnews.com )
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Ohio GOP lawmakers vow to target state judiciary after passage of Issue 1 abortion measure ( www.cbsnews.com )
Demonstrators vow to disrupt DNC protest in Chicago with or without a permit ( www.cbsnews.com )
Honda recalls 750,000 vehicles in U.S. to replace faulty air bags ( www.cbsnews.com )
[CBS News] Rep. Tony Gonzales, who represents 800 miles of U.S.-Mexico border, calls border tactics "not acceptable" ( www.cbsnews.com )
[CBS News] Texas city strictly limits water consumption as thousands across state face water shortages ( www.cbsnews.com )
Nikki Haley walks back Civil War comments after backlash ( www.cbsnews.com )
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is facing backlash after she was asked on Wednesday what caused the Civil War and failed to include slavery in her answer, instead saying the conflict was about state's rights. On Thursday, she attempted to walk back the comments, saying that slavery was an "unquestioned" aspect of...
How gender disparities are affecting men ( www.cbsnews.com )
Is Medicare supplemental insurance worth it? Here's what some experts think. ( www.cbsnews.com )
White supremacist signs posted outside Black-owned businesses on Martha's Vineyard ( www.cbsnews.com )
Biden cracking down on "junk" health insurance plans ( www.cbsnews.com )
President Biden has rolled out a new set of initiatives intended to reduce health care costs: a crackdown on scam insurance plans, new guidance to prevent surprise medical bills and an effort to reduce medical debt tied to credit cards.