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Senate Democrats Jon Tester (D-MT) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) added language to the annual defense authorization bill requiring women to register for the draft."There shouldn’t be women in the draft. They shouldn’t be forced to serve if they don’t want to," said Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) during an appearance on Fox News, calling the provision "insane."Hawley previously led efforts to strip language requiring women to register for the draft from the defense authorization bill in 2021 and 2022, The Hill reports.Meanwhile, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, has vowed to try and strip the language out of the bill."I’m opposed to that. I don’t think this is the time to get into a debate on the floor of either house about that. We’re not anywhere near implementing a draft, and to me it’s a distraction when we need to be talking about real issues that are immediate," he said, adding "I hope it will fall out, either on the floor or in conference."On Wednesday, conservative advocacy group Advancing American Freedom wrote a letter to Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell (KY) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) which declared that "the notion of the United States of America requiring women to register to fight our wars is simply untenable and must be opposed at all costs."
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The US has demanded that the EU delay a ban on cocoa, timber and sanitary products potentially linked to deforestation, arguing that it would hurt American producers.The request, made in a letter to the European Commission seen by the Financial Times and dated May 30, comes seven months ahead of the bloc’s planned implementation of the ban.The law would oblige traders to provide documentation showing that imports ranging from chocolate to furniture and cattle products were made without destroying any forests.In the letter, Gina Raimondo and Thomas Vilsack, the US secretaries of commerce and agriculture respectively, and trade envoy Katherine Tai, said that the deforestation law posed “critical challenges” to US producers.“We therefore urge the European Commission to delay the implementation of this regulation and subsequent enforcement of penalties until these substantial challenges have been addressed,” they said.US timber merchants have said they are considering cutting EU export contracts because they cannot prove their paper does not come from deforested land.Other trading partners, particularly major palm oil-producing countries Indonesia and Malaysia, have also urged Brussels to postpone the application of the law.
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It is almost as if there is no climate change crisis.
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The United States is embroiled in a heated debate over proposed legislation that would require women to register for the Selective Service, effectively making them eligible for the military draft alongside men. The House of Representatives has passed a defense bill that includes provisions for automatically…
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Rishi Sunak is predicted to become the first sitting prime minister ever to lose their seat at a general election.The Conservatives are also on track to slump to just 53 seats, with around three-quarters of the Cabinet voted out, a major opinion poll for The Telegraph has revealed.The Liberal Democrats are on course to be just behind the Tories on 50 MPs, according to the Savanta and Electoral Calculus polling analysis, leaving them in touching distance of becoming the official opposition.Labour is forecast to have 516 seats and an estimated House of Commons majority of 382 – double that won by Sir Tony Blair in 1997 – as Sir Keir Starmer becomes prime minister.
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Why is CNN so willing to risk committing a felony to keep RFK Jr. off of their debate stage? Just include him. Don't ris…
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They can’t. Neither major party will allow it. They learned their lesson in 1992 and 1996 with Ross Perot. They will nev…
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