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Recently Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, proposed The National Strategy for Social Connection Act. The bill has three parts. Part one would create a White House Office of Social Connection Policy to advise the president on the epidemic of loneliness and develop strategies to improve social connection. Part two would mandate the federal government to develop an official, national Anti-Loneliness strategy across all federal agencies. Part three would send more funding to the CDC for the study of the mental and physical effects of loneliness.

On Tuesday, a federal grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump for conspiring to steal the 2020 presidential election from President Joe Biden, including his role in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

In its most recent term, the United States Supreme Court strengthened free speech by ruling that business owners cannot be punished for expression consistent with their deeply held beliefs and by ruling that affirmative action practices in college admissions violates the constitutional prohibition of racial discrimination. All this on the heels of the landmark decision in the Dobbs case, which overturned Roe v. Wade and returned the issue of abortion law to the states. Again, unsurprisingly, the Court is being accused of replacing justice and the Constitution with partisan politics by pundits who decry the Court’s conservative bias.

Employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs (V.A.) can now opt out of performing abortion services if the services go against their religious beliefs.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says lawmakers may be considering an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden.

A prominent Harvard University professor has signed an open letter encouraging President Biden to ignore Supreme Court decisions the White House opposes as a “necessary strategy” for restoring democracy.

Republicans are pushing for an expanded child tax credit that would apply credit to fetuses in the womb.

Former Vice President Mike Pence's recent comments against abortions even when an unborn child is diagnosed with a terminal illness has ignited a debate.

Former President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he received a letter naming him a target in a grand jury investigation into the January 6 efforts to halt the confirmation of the 2020 presidential election results.

California Republicans were pleased with a decision in the state legislature to try to push through a bill that would increase penalties for child traffickers.