lawmakers

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The alarm was immediate, with lawmakers and pundits invoking the specter of a graying, shrinking America unable to fund its elders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

“These lawmakers have an opportunity to support workers by providing financial aid when they see themselves impacted by the raids.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

In the interim, lawmakers have been charged with studying the development of data centers and examining the total water usage of data centers in the state.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Since 2020, the Public Prosecutor's Office has compiled complaints against 67 lawmakers for allegedly committing some 700 crimes, most of them related to corruption.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

At a House subcommittee hearing in 1920, lawmakers combed through a report from a government inspector who had been sent to investigate the tribe’s spending habits, including those of Mollie’s family.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann