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New Samsung Semiconductor Plant in Taylor, Texas
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An investment by Samsung, spurred by funding from the CHIPS and Science Act, will create a new semiconductor plant in Taylor, Texas, to complement the company’s previous investment in chips in Austin, Texas.
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on Sep 5
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The Top 5 Ways Project 2025 Would Hurt Disabled People
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Project 2025 would directly harm disabled people by removing basic civil rights protections and making it harder for these individuals to access necessary resources and services.
on Nov 3
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Disappearing Parks: How Project 2025 Would Decrease Protections for Nature
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Eight landscape-level national monuments designated by the Biden-Harris administration have helped close the nature gap for millions of Americans, but their protections are at risk from extreme anti-conservation measures in Project 2025.
on Oct 21
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Project 2025 Would Put the Oil and Gas Industry Before Americans and Their Public Lands
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Project 2025 would further benefit oil and gas CEOs and investors at the expense of the health, well-being, and economic freedom of everyday Americans by offering up public lands and waters to the oil and gas industry.
on Oct 19
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Project 2025 Would Undermine Registered Apprenticeship System and Put Corporations Over Workers
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Instead of weakening apprenticeships, policymakers should invest more in the existing registered apprenticeship system, which benefits workers and employers alike.
on Oct 19
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Frequently Asked Questions About Project 2025
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Project 2025 would concentrate federal power in the presidency, direct all levers of government to dismantle democracy, and pull the rug out from under America’s middle class.
on Oct 19
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Americans’ Wages Are Higher Than They Have Ever Been, and Employment Is Near Its All-Time High
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After adjusting for inflation, wages are higher than at any point in U.S. history, and after adjusting for age and sex, the percentage of the population that is employed is around its peak in U.S. history.
on Oct 17
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How the Biden-Harris Administration Is Ensuring Voting Accessibility
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Disabled voters face significant barriers to voting, which the Biden-Harris administration has taken significant action to address.
on Oct 17
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The Dangers of Project 2025: Global Lessons in Authoritarianism
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Far-right policies such as the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 threaten American democracy by mirroring authoritarian tactics seen in Hungary, Turkey, and beyond.
on Oct 10
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The Biden-Harris administration has rapidly mobilized disaster relief aid to Appalachia and other hard-hit areas. Congress must act quickly to deliver the funds required to rebuild communities that can prosper and withstand future climate disasters.
on Oct 8
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Project 2025 Would Eliminate No-Cost Vaccines for 54 Million Medicare Beneficiaries
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The Project 2025 agenda would cause Medicare beneficiaries to lose no-cost access to lifesaving vaccines, increasing their health care costs and jeopardizing their health—particularly for older Black and Latino adults and those with lower incomes.
on Oct 6
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Project 2025 Would Destroy the U.S. System of Checks and Balances and Create an Imperial Presidency
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Far-right extremists have a plan to shatter democracy’s guardrails, giving presidents almost unlimited power to implement policies that will hurt everyday Americans and strip them of fundamental rights.
on Oct 3
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Less Coverage and Higher Costs: The Trump’s Administration’s Health Care Legacy
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The president has failed to deliver on his promises to “take care of everybody.”
on Oct 3
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Although democracy is failing to meet the needs of many Americans, it is far preferable to an autocratic system, and it can be modernized with a compelling set of reforms.
on Sep 26
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What Comes Next for the Equal Rights Amendment?
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Three-fourths of U.S. states have ratified the amendment, and many argue it is the 28th Amendment to the Constitution; Women’s Equality Day serves as a reminder of the amendment’s importance.
on Sep 25
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New Data Illustrate the Failure of the Trickle-Down Experiment
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Updated data from University of California, Berkeley, economist Emmanuel Saez illustrate how middle-class income growth is essential to promote healthy economic growth.
on Sep 25
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Project 2025 Proposes Eliminating Aid for Families and Businesses Rebuilding After Storms
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As climate change makes extreme weather events more common and more costly for Americans, the far right’s new authoritarian playbook would leave communities with fewer resources to rebuild after disasters like Hurricane Debby strike.
on Sep 25
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A New Vision for Social Housing in America
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The most effective way to solve America’s severe housing affordability crisis is to undertake a bold federal program of social housing construction that will deliver millions of new affordable, self-sustaining housing units located in opportunity-rich areas.
on Sep 21
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Project 2025’s Plan To Gut Checks and Balances Harms Rural America
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The new authoritarian playbook would devastate rural America in many ways.
on Sep 14
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These 19 Fortune 100 Companies Paid Next to Nothing—or Nothing at All—in Taxes in 2021
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Analysis shows that during a year of high corporate profits, many of the biggest corporations in America either paid minimal or no federal income taxes.
on Sep 5
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How Unions Are Crucial for Building Working-Class Economic Power
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Union membership allows workers without four-year college degrees to earn more and achieve financial security for their families and children.
on Sep 2
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The Trump Tax Cuts Led to Record-Low, Not High, Revenues Outside of a Recession
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Federal revenues lag far behind pre-tax cut budget projections.
on Sep 2
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Project 2025 Would Cut Access to Overtime Pay
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Project 2025 would make eligibility for overtime—also known as time-and-a-half pay—more confusing for workers to navigate and easier for employers to abuse.
on Aug 27
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Project 2025’s Tax Plan Would Raise Taxes on the Middle Class and Cut Taxes for the Wealthy
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The far-right extremist playbook would immediately raise taxes for the middle class by thousands of dollars while also pushing for long-term changes that could raise taxes by $5,900.
on Aug 27
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The Top 12 Solutions To Cut Poverty in the United States
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Poverty is a policy choice; so is cutting it.
on Aug 25
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10 Ways the Trump Administration Has Failed Rural America (and 10 Ways To Overcome It)
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After four years under siege, rural America deserves equitable investment and a meaningful partnership with Washington.
on Aug 25
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Practical Steps To Build Strong Political Norms and Stop Political Violence
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As American democracy faces significant challenges, people must work together to help set healthy political norms and reject a culture that allows political violence to flourish.
on Aug 23
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How Project 2025 Threatens the Inflation Reduction Act's Thriving Clean Energy Economy
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As the two-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act is commemorated, the Biden-Harris administration’s historic climate action offers much to celebrate, having secured unprecedented clean energy advancements and substantial gains against climate change—but Project 2025 has the potential...
on Aug 23
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Shedding Light on the Impact of Meta’s Imminent CrowdTangle Shutdown
on Aug 13
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This legislation may sound like pro-worker tax reform, but it’s just more of the 2017 tax law’s empty promises for workers and giveaways for the wealthy.
on Aug 12
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The majority of the Supreme Court granted presidents an unprecedented amount of power, with far-reaching consequences for the American system of government and democracy itself.
on Aug 12
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New York Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge Restoration
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This investment provides funding to restore one of the most economically significant bridges in the country, currently in deep disrepair, so that it can remain in use for another 65 years.
on Aug 12
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Trump University: A Look at an Enduring Education Scandal
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As the long-standing legal case on Trump University comes to a close, this brief looks at new evidence and insights on Trump and his hallmark educational initiative.
on Aug 11
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At the heart of the inquiry into the alleged collusion between Trump and Russia is money. It provides concrete evidence of relationships, methods, and motives.
on Aug 9
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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Failed To Deliver Promised Benefits
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Benefits of the business tax changes in Trump’s 2017 tax bill were costly and did not trickle down to workers and families.
on Aug 8
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Russian Flags Over an American Base
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Trump’s reckless Syria policy makes America less safe and empowers Putin’s Russia.
on Aug 3
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Despite Defying His Own Lawful Subpoena, Rep. Jim Jordan Has Issued At Least 91 Subpoenas to Others
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Accountability is needed for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), who has created an antidemocratic, two-tiered system of justice as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
on Aug 2
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Raising the Retirement Age for Social Security Would Cut Benefits by Thousands of Dollars Each Year
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Far-right plans, endorsed by Project 2025’s authors, to increase the full retirement age would cut benefits for nearly three-quarters of Americans and threaten low- and moderate-income workers with economic insecurity once they leave the workforce.
on Aug 1
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Fact Sheets: The Harmful Effects of Project 2025, by State
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These fact sheets provide insight into how Project 2025 would affect people in states across the country.
on Aug 1
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If Project 2025 is implemented, at least 1.5 million Medicare beneficiaries with high out-of-pocket costs will pay more for prescription drugs next year.
on Jul 31
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Replace Diesel Buses With Battery Electric Buses in Racine, Wisconsin
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This grant provides funding for the replacement of diesel buses in Racine, Wisconsin, with 13 new electric buses and related infrastructure.
on Jul 29
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Alligator River Bridge Reconstruction in North Carolina’s Outer Banks
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This $110 million grant provides funding for a project to rebuild the 60-year-old Alligator River Bridge in the North Carolina Outer Banks.
on Jul 29
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Port of Green Bay, Wisconsin, Site Development
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The Port of Green Bay in Wisconsin has received funding to expand onto the site of a former power plant; the transformation includes the removal of coal piles and other items left from the power plant, and ships will be able to both load and unload cargo at the new port.
on Jul 29
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Project 2025 would decimate more than 180,000 teacher positions and negatively affect the academic outcomes of 2.8 million vulnerable students across the country.
on Jul 26
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Project 2025 Would Increase Gun Violence, Reversing Historic Declines
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The far right’s new authoritarian playbook would invalidate state laws on concealed carry, making it so almost anyone can carry firearms in public—from Times Square to the National Mall.
on Jul 25
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The elimination of protections for young workers, if enacted, would lead more children to work in dangerous workplaces such as factories and slaughterhouses—as well as increase the likelihood of injuries and death—to the benefit of greedy corporations.
on Jul 20
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Climate Deniers of the 118th Congress
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Currently, 123 members of the 118th Congress publicly deny the scientific consensus of human-caused climate change.
on Jul 19
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If enacted, lifetime Medicaid caps would strip benefits from low-income populations, particularly in states that have not expanded Medicaid.
on Jul 16
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The Supreme Court Has Fully Embraced an Antidemocratic, Right-Wing Agenda
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The Supreme Court has taken off its mask this term by creating unconstitutional de facto immunity for future presidents who act illegally and by gutting the ability of public agencies and Congress to protect Americans from abuse by right-wing special interests.
on Jul 13
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5 Things To Know About Pharmacy Benefit Managers
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Pharmacy benefit managers are pharmaceutical middlemen that can inflate prescription drug costs for insurers and consumers.
on Jul 12