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Media Tip Sheet: Border Crossings Drop Over 40% Following Biden’s New Asylum Restrictions

Crossings at the U.S. southern border have dropped over 40% in the three weeks since President Biden announced new asylum restrictions.

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Media Tip Sheet: Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Crisis

The U.S. surgeon general has declared gun violence a public health crisis following the increase in injuries and deaths involving firearms.

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Media Tip Sheet: Managing the Challenge of Chronic Absenteeism

Throughout the 2021-2022 academic year, at least 14.7 million K-12 students nationwide were marked as chronically absent, as students returned to in-person learning after the height of the COVID-19...

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Media Tip Sheet: Managing the Challenge of Chronic Absenteeism

Throughout the 2021-2022 academic year, at least 14.7 million K-12 students nationwide were marked as chronically absent, as students returned to in-person learning after the height of the COVID-19...

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Media Tip Sheet: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich Stands Trial for Espionage in Russia

Gershkovich faces up to 20 years in prison on an espionage charge that he, the Wall Street Journal, and the U.S. State Department fiercely deny.

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Media Tip Sheet: Iran's Snap Elections

Iran has called a snap presidential election for June 28, 2024. Iran’s most recently elected

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Media Tip Sheet: Study Finds Protecting 1.2% More of the World’s Land Would Prevent Most Extinctions

A new study out this week finds that protecting an additional 1.2% of the world's land as nature preserves would prevent the majority of predicted plant and animal extinctions.

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Media Tip Sheet: High Court to Rule on Emergency Abortions

The Supreme Court is expected to rule this week on some high profile cases–including one on Idaho’s near total ban on abortion and emergency abortions.

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Media Tip Sheet: Biden and Trump Set for First Debate Showdown in Four Years

President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump are set to debate for the first time in four years on Thursday, June 27, at 9 p.m. EST.

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Media Tip Sheet: Avoiding Margarita Burns This Summer

A margarita burn, also known as phytophotodermatitis, is a skin reaction that occurs when lime juice gets on your skin and is exposed to the sunlight.