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Biden demands grocery stores and food brands end ‘price gouging’ and ‘shrinkflation’
| February 12, 2024
Grocery prices have risen by more than 20% since the beginning of the pandemic and in North Carolina, grocery prices rose 3.5% from Nov. 2022 to Nov. 2023. In response, President Biden is demanding grocery chains and food brands lower their prices and stop ripping families off.
Biden policy to help IRS collect up to $851 billion in back taxes from ultra-wealthy
| February 9, 2024
Using funds provided by the Inflation Reduction Act, the IRS has already collected more than $520 million from 1,600 millionaires who had unpaid tax bills of more than $250,000. The IRS could collect as much as $851 billion in additional tax revenue over the next decade.
Republicans cave to Trump, block border security deal they demanded
| February 8, 2024
After years of claiming that border security was a “top priority” for them, House and Senate Republicans killed a long-awaited, bipartisan deal they insisted on amid pressure from former President Donald Trump.
Study: 65,000 rape-caused pregnancies in states with abortion bans
| January 26, 2024
“Thousands of girls and women in states that banned abortion experienced rape-related pregnancy, but few (if any) obtained in-state abortions legally, suggesting that rape exceptions fail to provide reasonable access to abortion for survivors,” the study stated.
Biden vows to ‘restore’ nationwide abortion rights in second term
| January 23, 2024
During Tuesday’s event, the president and vice president highlighted several new measures the administration is taking to strengthen reproductive health care access, criticized extreme abortion bans, and highlighted the stakes of the 2024 election for reproductive rights.