Gap in disaster aid looms as funding deadline nears
FEMA faces a growing shortfall as lawmakers debate a new disaster relief sum. The administration sought $9 billion in October to cover gaps from past storms and wildfires, but final FY2024 DHS funding bill decisions remain unsettled amid conference talks and competing priorities.
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Lawmakers Face Tight Window to Finish Spending Bills
Congress confronts only a week to approve 20 percent of annual appropriations or risk a government shutdown. Senate returns to impeachment proceedings against Alejandro Mayorkas while House delays, leaving chances for a short-term stopgap as leadership weighs eight lapse dates and nine open items across four bills in the first tranche.
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Alabama hospital pauses IVF after ruling that frozen embryos are children
The University of Alabama at Birmingham paused in vitro fertilization as Alabama Supreme Court holds frozen embryos are human beings. Providers weigh criminal exposure and damages while other clinics continue IVF pending legal guidance amid anti abortion law concerns.
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First person charged under Michigan safe gun storage law
Flint man Michael Tolbert, 44, pleads not guilty as the first arrest under Michigan’s safe storage law. He faces nine felonies including child abuse and violations of the new gun storage rule after his 2-year-old daughter shot herself with his unsecured revolver. he remains jailed on $250,000 bond while two guns were found unsecured at his home.
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