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The bill allows Attorney General Pam Bondi to redact records that "would jeopardize an active federal investigation or ongoing prosecution."
An Ohio Senate committee on Tuesday advanced a bill that would standardize kindergarten cutoff dates, with an amendment for high schoolers who took last year’s state biology test. The bill could be on the floor as soon as Wednesday.
The Northern Ireland Secretary, who will open the debate in the Commons, says he is confident the bill will pass.
The bill, which comes in response to President Trump soliciting private money to fund a $300 million East Wing ballroom, is sponsored by Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.
President Trump has called for the Justice Department to investigate former President Clinton's association with Jeffrey Epstein.
Regan's Prostitution (Offences and Support) bill would replace the existing law on soliciting with one which outlaws paying for sexual services. She said this would serve to tackle the fact most prostitution now happens "off-street" and is arranged online.
The flight disruptions during the record government shutdown that ended last week inspired a rare act of bipartisanship in Washington on Tuesday, when congressional representatives from both parties introduced legislation that would allow air traffic controllers to get paid during future shutdowns.
Roughly 350,000 people would be able to keep their overpayments from the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency if the law passes.