Advocates

DOJ hosts anti-abortion advocates after it fired staff for work with abortion-rights orgs

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WASHINGTON — Anti-abortion advocates met with Justice Department officials Wednesday, just hours after the Trump administration fired prosecutors it accused of coordinating too closely with abortion-rights advocacy groups during the Biden administration. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. John Mize, CEO of Americans United for Life, … Read more

Diabetes advocates cross their fingers as a bipartisan bill revives efforts to lower insulin costs

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NEW YORK — Two-year-old Bain Brandon has Type 1 diabetes and needs insulin to live. But even with health insurance, the price tag isn’t cheap. A one-month supply of insulin vials and a three-month supply of backup pens for the Mississippi toddler cost his parents $194 last week, according to his mom, 29-year-old Marlee Brandon. … Read more

Decades after a Florida canal project was abandoned, advocates are trying to reunite 3 rivers

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PALATKA, Fla. — It was supposed to be Florida’s version of the Panama Canal — a shortcut for boats to pass through the middle of the state from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf instead of navigating around the peninsula. But work on the Cross Florida Barge Canal was stopped in 1971 over environmental concerns. … Read more

Advocates seek to halt CBP policy pressuring unaccompanied children to self-deport

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McALLEN, Texas — Legal advocates filed a motion Tuesday seeking to stop U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents from urging immigrant children entering the country without their parents to voluntarily deport themselves under a federal policy introduced last year. Border agents who arrest unaccompanied immigrant children who enter the country illegally are required by the … Read more