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With the ongoing changes to reproductive care laws in the country, how is Veterans Affairs navigating the waters?

Since the Supreme Court’s ruling paved the way for states to ban abortion, confusion among the medical community in certain states is at an all-time high…

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FILE - An American flag waves in front of the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Nov. 2, 2020. The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a challenge to the consideration of race in college admission decisions, often known as affirmative action. The justices are taking up a pair of lawsuits alleging that Harvard University and the University of North Carolina discriminate against Asian American applicants. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

That Supreme Court affirmative action decision is already affecting federal contracting

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(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)A mailbox is seen in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

USPS faces higher bar to deny religious accommodation after SCOTUS sends ex-carrier’s case back to lower court

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The Senate is alone on Capitol Hill this week, as the budget debate rolls on

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(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2020, file photo, a United States Postal Service carrier delivers mail to homes in Salt Lake City. A Center for Public Integrity investigation finds that the U.S. Postal Service regularly cheats mail carriers out of their pay. Arbitrators and federal investigators have found managers at hundreds of post offices around the country have illegally underpaid hourly workers for years. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

SCOTUS considers whether ex-mail carrier not working Sundays put ‘undue hardship’ on USPS

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Working Sundays at USPS? Former mail carrier tells SCOTUS that’s against his religion

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VA will provide ‘covered’ abortions, protect healthcare providers from state laws in new policy

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FILE - In this June 3, 2017, file photo, the coal-fired Plant Scherer in Juliette, Ga. The Trump administration is doing away with a decades-old air emissions policy opposed by fossil fuel companies, a move that environmental groups say will result in more pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency issued notice Thursday it is withdrawing the “once-in always-in” policy under the Clean Air Act, which dictated how major sources of hazardous air pollutants are regulated. (AP Photo/Branden Camp, File)

Does that Supreme Court decision on the EPA change the agency itself?

One Supreme Court case that generated the most controversy lately was a 6-3 ruling that the EPA doesn’t have authority to regulate power plants’ greenhouse…

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DoD trying to educate service members about abortion options

Service members are facing long travel times and financial burdens to get abortions.

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FILE - A United States Postal Service employee works outside a post office in Wheeling, Ill., Dec. 3, 2021. Four environmental groups that want the U.S. Postal Service to buy more electric delivery vehicles are suing to halt further purchases. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, April 28, 2022, in federal court in California, asks a judge to order the Postal Service to conduct a more thorough environmental review before moving forward with the next-generation vehicle program. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Supreme Court rejects challenge to higher USPS rates, but regulator review ongoing

A challenge to the Postal Service’s authority to set market-dominant mail prices above the rate of inflation won’t get a hearing from the Supreme Court.

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