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138 items of 1682 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
Axios reports House progressives plan to force votes next year on Medicare for All, abolishing ICE and cutting aid to Israel, to get them on the front burner for a Democratic president in 2029.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
Grist reports that the Bridger pipeline would carry tar sands oil in eastern Montana, promising landowners money while tribal leaders are worried about a spill.
Source: Grist (grist.org)
Pennsylvania SB 1048, providing for issuance of permits in environmental justice areas, was referred to Environmental Resources & Energy on 2025-10-15.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
Vice President Vance proposed restarting peace talks in a letter to an Iranian official, suggesting an immediate resumption of comprehensive talks, including about Iran's nuclear program.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
Vance sent a letter to Iran's national security chief Mohsen Rezaei stressing that negotiations to head off U.S. military strikes require discussions on the nuclear issue, a U.S. official said.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
The Grand Canyon Trust reports three of four Grand Canyon region wells with arsenic levels above the Environmental Protection Agency's safe drinking water standard are at a uranium mine.
Source: Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org)
American taxpayers' bill for the Iran war grows to an estimated $47.1 billion, and the president has said new strikes on Iran are an option after the midterms.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
After losing a long stretch of education to war, a Palestinian university student returned to class and fled an Israeli strike that killed three.
Source: Prism (prismreports.org)
Truthout reports high Palestinian turnout in Israeli elections came down to matters of survival; a Palestinian voter said they fear losing everything.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Mediators led by Qatar are trying to restart U.S.-Iran negotiations and prevent a resumption of war after the midterm elections, with U.S. sanctions relief in return for visits by UN inspectors.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
Democracy Now! reports political gridlock in Israel after no clear winner emerges from Tuesday's national election, and Israeli troops disperse a protest in the occupied West Bank.
Source: Democracy Now! (democracynow.org)
Ms. Magazine argues U.S. food policies, from Gaza to SNAP, reveal a troubling pattern of misogyny and make women hungrier.
Source: Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)
IL HB 2516 PFAS product ban: latest action on 2025-08-15 was Public Act 104-0231.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
The U.S. military says the war with Iran has cost at least $47.1 billion as of mid-October, according to a U.S. Central Command estimate obtained by CBS News.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
Grist reports a Trump EPA proposal would let oil and gas companies leak more methane, saving them billions and worsening global warming.
Source: Grist (grist.org)
Israelis voted Tuesday in one of the most important elections, with the potential to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and help shape the future of the war with Iran and the Gaza Strip.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
The cost of the U.S. war against Iran has increased to $47 billion, up more than $3 billion since last month, as President Trump mulls strikes against Iran after the U.S. midterm elections.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
At a Texas campaign rally, Trump showed off a tanker he claimed had 1m barrels of oil from Venezuela, suggested it would become the 51st state and hailed a deal with the post-Maduro government.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
CA SB 684, the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025, was returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56 on 2026-02-02.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
CA SB 466 on a drinking water primary standard for hexavalent chromium and an exemption was chaptered by the Secretary of State as Chapter 320, Statutes of 2025.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)