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The legislators were engaged in peaceful civil disobedience against the loss of abortion rights in front of the supreme court

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Carolyn Maloney were among those detained.

Factors include a tough recruiting environment, signs of declining morale among servicemembers, obesity and lack of education among recruits.

"This trauma has been with me all my life," U.S. Rep. Salud Carbaja told Axios.

The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons and a task force of senior agency officials traveled recently to a federal women's prison in California

Four influential California lawmakers called this week for an investigation into a $17.5-million class-action settlement on behalf of Armenian genocide victims that a Los Angeles Times investigation found had been marred by fraud, diverted funds and a rejection rate of 92%.

LOS ANGELES — Four influential California lawmakers called this week for an investigation into a $17.5 million class-action settlement on behalf of Armenian genocide victims that a Los Angeles Times investigation found had been marred by fraud, diverted funds and a rejection rate of 92%.

The bill is being introduced a year after inequalities between the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments triggered outrage among college sports and U.S. leaders.

If added to the Constitution, the ERA would guarantee legal gender equality.