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National Nurses United says voter anger over health costs drove Democratic midterm wins and urges the new Congress to advance Medicare for All.

Better Markets says rulings by the 9th and 2nd circuits against Kalshi send a message to the Supreme Court as it weighs New Jersey’s sports betting appeal.

AFSCME credits member turnout for pro-worker majorities in Congress and says voters want lower costs and restored Medicaid and SNAP funding.

The American Foreign Service Association wants the incoming Congress to restore union rights and examine USAID’s dismantling and State Department cuts.

The IAFF says battery fires are climbing across the U.S. and Canada and is pressing for mandatory safety standards on e-bike and scooter batteries.

Humane World Action Fund says endorsed candidates, including Sen. Cory Booker, won and animal-related ballot measures went its way.

Citizen Action of New York credits two years of grassroots organizing for Cait Conley’s defeat of Rep. Mike Lawler in NY-17.

Consumer groups say OppFi abandoned a bank purchase that would have let it offer 195% APR loans nationwide.

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Food & Water Watch says voters backed candidates who opposed AI data centers and urges Congress to pass a national construction moratorium.

Better Markets says a PCAOB auditor rule change would help the SEC replace quarterly company reports with semiannual ones.

Environmental groups filed comments calling EPA’s proposal to stop regulating power plant greenhouse gases unlawful.

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As rapid climate change accelerates the retreat of Arctic sea ice, melting polar waters are opening new maritime trade routes across the top of the world—sparking an urgent debate over whether a region buckling under rising temperatures can absorb the environmental fallout of becoming a global commercial artery. Recent commercial milestones underscore the shifting geopolitical…

Maine’s largest community organization said voters wanted leaders focused on health care, housing and other costs.

1199SEIU President Yvonne Armstrong said members expect newly elected leaders to protect Medicaid, restore immigrant protections and defend unions.

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LIUNA General President Brent Booker said union members helped deliver midterm victories and pledged to work with newly elected leaders of either party.

The National Education Association says its members helped shift control of Congress and called the results a mandate for working families and public schools.

Higher Heights for America PAC called Keisha Lance Bottoms the first Black woman elected governor of a U.S. state and also hailed Stacey Plaskett’s win.