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Washington — The House adopted a controversial amendment to the annual National Defense Authorization Act that would ban the Pentagon from covering travel expenses for service members seeking abortions, potentially dooming the bill’s passage.  House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark told CBS News earlier Thursday that Democrats would “oppose the bill” if …

Although the U.S. has periodically sought to reduce poverty around the country since the 1960s, roughly 35 million Americans — or almost 1 in 10 — live in communities suffering from “persistent poverty,” a recent analysis shows. That troubling number is 72% higher than previously thought, according to the Economic …

Washington — Connecticut state Rep. Maryam Khan called for an investigation of the Hartford Police Department on Thursday, saying no one came to the aid of her and her family as they screamed for help during a violent assault last week following Eid al-Adha services in Hartford.  “I thought I was …