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Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that businesses and individuals accused of fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) must have a jury trial in federal court. In response, Devon Ombres, senior director for Courts and Legal Policy at the Center for American Progress, issued a statement.
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Nearly two years ago, President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which created the largest investment in clean energy in U.S. history. The law aims to lower household energy costs, mitigate climate change, and enhance American manufacturing competitiveness in the global clean energy economy. However, these investments are reflected as costs in the federal budget.
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Washington, D.C. — A new analysis from the Center for American Progress (CAP) outlines the potential impact of Project 2025's policy agenda on child care access in the United States. The report indicates that if implemented, Project 2025 would eliminate Head Start, a federally funded child care program that has served nearly 40 million children and supports families experiencing poverty.
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Head Start is a vital support for parents like Javona Brownlee, whose three children all attended Head Start programs. Javona’s two youngest children attended preschool through Head Start while the family lived in a homeless shelter after escaping from an abusive partner. Participating in Head Start allowed them to receive the developmental and academic support they needed and enabled Javona to get back on her feet and start her own cleaning business. She shared, “Those doors were able to open for me because my children had access to Head Start; it had a huge impact on my...
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Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that two states and five social media users did not have standing to challenge the Biden administration’s communication with social media companies over concerns about COVID-19 misinformation and election interference.
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For decades, far-right lawmakers have advocated for policies that could weaken higher education in the United States. These include blocking efforts to allow student borrowers to earn cancellation, enabling predatory actors to exploit students, and even proposing the elimination of the U.S. Department of Education. A new agenda from the Heritage Foundation, called Project 2025, aims to implement policies including a new student loan repayment plan that would increase costs for borrowers.
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The Center for American Progress (CAP) has released a new analysis detailing the potential impact of Project 2025 on federal efforts to address the U.S. student debt crisis. The report suggests that Project 2025, which proposes eliminating all existing income-driven repayment plans—including the Biden-Harris administration's SAVE plan—in favor of a "one-size-fits-all" approach, would significantly increase monthly student loan payments for millions of borrowers.
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A new report from the Center for American Progress highlights a pending decision by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland that could protect a significant area of public lands in Alaska. Known as “D-1 lands,” this region is crucial for Alaska Native subsistence and for species affected by climate change and habitat loss.
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On June 21, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in an 8-1 decision in United States v. Rahimi that a law protecting domestic violence survivors from gun violence remains constitutional under the Second Amendment. The federal statute, 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8), prohibits individuals under an active domestic violence restraining order from possessing firearms and has been effective in reducing intimate partner homicide rates by 27 percent.
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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have led the country through a strong recovery from the pandemic, with 15 million jobs created, inflation below 3 percent, and incomes rising faster than prices. However, prices remain high, prompting the Biden-Harris administration to take action to lower costs across families’ budgets.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a law prohibiting individuals with domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms remains constitutional. Sabrina Talukder, director of the Women’s Initiative at the Center for American Progress, responded to the decision with a statement.
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As autoworkers, baristas, package carriers, Hollywood writers and actors, and thousands of other workers fight for and win new unions and new union contracts, Biden administration appointees to the nation’s front-line labor law enforcement agency—the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)—are helping prevent anti-union employers from undermining worker organizing. Workers in the United States face an uphill battle in their fight to unionize and bargain, as broken federal labor laws and rampant lawbreaking undermine their efforts. However, workers today are organizing and...
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Washington, D.C. — In the Heritage Foundation’s policy manifesto, Project 2025, there is a proposal for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to impose lifetime caps on Medicaid benefits. This would mean that once an individual has been on Medicaid for a predetermined period, they could lose eligibility regardless of their financial situation.
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Workers are winning a greater percentage of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)-recognized union elections than at any point in the past 15 years. However, The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 includes a blueprint for eroding the NLRB’s ability to protect organizing workers, according to a new analysis by the Center for American Progress (CAP).
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Nearly two years after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion, state-level abortion bans have proliferated at a rapid pace. These bans, including Florida's recent six-week ban, have significantly restricted access to abortion care in the South and increased travel times for women seeking these services. A new analysis by the Center for American Progress (CAP) highlights the substantial increase in drive times to abortion clinics since the Dobbs decision.
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On June 20, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Congress’ authority to impose a one-time tax on earnings from overseas corporations. In response, Alexandra Thornton, senior director of financial regulation at the Center for American Progress, issued a statement.
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On Juneteenth, we commemorate Black Americans’ freedom from centuries of slavery. But we must also acknowledge the ways in which the criminal legal system has been used to oppress, control, and harm Black communities, and we must embrace new safety strategies that promote the health and well-being of all. Montgomery, Alabama, the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement, is recognizing the need for a new approach and is improving safety through community-led partnerships.
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Washington, D.C. — In Project 2025, far-right extremists outline their intent to exclude some forms of emergency contraception from no-cost coverage, creating potentially lifelong consequences for women nationwide. A new Center for American Progress analysis estimates that if Project 2025 were enacted, nearly 48 million women of reproductive age would lose their guaranteed no-cost access to emergency contraception.
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Washington, D.C. — The Center for American Progress will host an event featuring U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter. They will discuss the Biden-Harris administration's efforts to lower costs, promote fairer and more competitive markets, improve conditions for U.S. consumers and producers, and enhance the resilience of the domestic food supply chain.
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For more than a decade, most people have been able to access contraception and other preventive health services at no cost. This guaranteed coverage has been a lifeline for millions of women. However, there are efforts to restrict women's access to contraception, potentially limiting their right to control their own futures.