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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 7h

U.S. House Democrats failed again Wednesday to force Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, reports Shauneen Miranda.

US House GOP delays seating Rep.-elect Grijalva, potential deciding vote on Epstein petition • West Virginia Watch

U.S. House Democrats failed again Wednesday to force Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva.

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 10h

The Federal Aviation Administration reported no travel delays due to staffing levels at U.S. air traffic control facilities Wednesday, following a day of some delays related to above-average absences at a handful of facilities, reports @fischler.bsky.social.

Air traffic control staffing steady, but stress during shutdown worries DOT • West Virginia Watch

The FAA reported no travel delays due to staffing levels at U.S. air traffic control facilities Wednesday, following above-average absences.

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 11h

Congress has just one week to break the stalemate and fund the government before active duty military members miss their first paycheck of the shutdown, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social.

Shutdown day eight: Congress standoff unchanged as first missed federal payday nears • West Virginia Watch

Congress has just one week to break the stalemate and fund the government before active duty military members miss their first paycheck.

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 12h

COMMENTARY: Much like sports, our politics have increasingly become less about ideas and more about identity. But unlike football, where one side must win and the other must lose, the future of our state and nation depends on moving past hyper-partisanship, writes Meghan Moses.

Winning together for West Virginia • West Virginia Watch

Much like sports, our politics has increasingly become less about ideas and more about identity over the years.

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 14h

Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to two felony charges Wednesday in federal court in Virginia, in response to an indictment that followed an extraordinary pressure campaign from President Donald Trump, reports @ashleymurray.bsky.social.

Former FBI Director Comey pleads not guilty to criminal charges demanded by Trump • West Virginia Watch

Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to two felony charges Wednesday in federal court in Virginia.

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 14h

Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s sale of a state-owned nursing home in Beckley is prompting a lot of unknowns, including what’s going to happen to inmates who reside on a floor in the facility. There’s also a substance use treatment facility housed within the building, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.

Morrisey’s sale of Beckley hospital prompts concerns about WV inmates who live there • West Virginia Watch

Gov. Morrisey’s sale of a state-owned nursing home is prompting a lot of unknowns, including what will happen to inmates who reside there.

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 1d

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi aimed heated rhetoric at Democratic senators on Capitol Hill Tuesday as she faced questions over the administration’s surge of federal agents to blue cities, as well as a litany of controversial issues surrounding the DOJ, reports @ashleymurray.bsky.social.

A combative AG Pam Bondi confronts US Senate Judiciary over Trump crackdown • West Virginia Watch

Pam Bondi aimed heated rhetoric at Democratic senators as she faced questions over the administration’s surge of federal agents to blue cities.

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 1d

The Trump administration may try to interpret a law enacted during his first term in office differently than it did following the last government shutdown, potentially denying back pay to hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social.

Trump floats plan to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers after shutdown • West Virginia Watch

The Trump administration may potentially deny back pay to hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers.

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 1d

A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday in Illinois over Chicago’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the state before deciding whether to block the move, the judge wrote in an order, reports @fischler.bsky.social.

Trump deployment of troops to Democratic states targets Illinois • West Virginia Watch

A federal judge will hear arguments over Chicago’s lawsuit challenging Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the Illinois.

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 1d

Friday’s jobs report is missing in action because of the federal shutdown, but economists are finding other ways of measuring apparent job losses concentrated in Midwestern states and oil country, reports Tim Henderson of @stateline.org.

Economists say job losses likely, even as shutdown delays report • West Virginia Watch

Friday’s jobs report is missing because of the federal shutdown, but economists are finding other ways of measuring apparent job losses.

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 1d

Del. Kathie Hess Crouse, a “school choice” advocate in the Legislature, is working with the state Department of Education to create a “school choice portal,” along with the state’s first School Choice office. It may be housed in the state education department, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.

House Republican Hess Crouse working with WV education department to create ‘school choice portal’ • West Virginia Watch

Del. Kathie Hess Crouse is working with the state Department of Education to create a “school choice portal."

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 1d

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is scheduled to hear oral arguments in a case that could reverse or solidify state laws across the country that ban a controversial counseling practice for LGBTQ+ youth, reports @acvollers.bsky.social.

Conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors goes before the Supreme Court • West Virginia Watch

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in a case that could reverse state laws across the country that ban conversion therapy,

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 1d

Gov. Morrisey announced Medicaid rate increases for home and community‑based services providers who take care of individuals who are elderly and disabled, those with intellectual and developmental disabilities and individuals living with traumatic brain injuries, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.

Morrisey tries to increase number of in-home caregivers through Medicaid rate increase • West Virginia Watch

Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Friday announced Medicaid rate increases for home and community‑based services providers.

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 1d

President Trump sent mixed messages Monday about whether he would negotiate a deal with Democrats to extend the enhanced tax credits for people who get their health insurance from the ACA Marketplace, one of the main issues that led to the government shutdown, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social.

Government shutdown enters day six with talks over health care at an impasse • West Virginia Watch

Trump sent mixed messages about whether he would negotiate a deal with Democrats to extend the enhanced tax credits.

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 1d

The White House slammed a Trump-appointed federal judge Monday for blocking the deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon, as hostilities escalate between the administration and Democratic states where Trump has begun sending in troops, reports @fischler.bsky.social & @ashleymurray.bsky.social.

Trump troop deployment to Oregon, Illinois intensifies confrontation with Democratic-led states • West Virginia Watch

The White House slammed a Trump-appointed federal judge for blocking the deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon.

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Judges on a federal appeals court panel seemed skeptical that the Trump administration's expanded use of a fast-track deportation procedure didn’t violate the due-process rights of immigrants during oral arguments Monday, reports @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social.

Trump administration defends nationwide rapid deportations at appeals hearing • West Virginia Watch

Judges on a federal appeals court panel seemed skeptical that the Trump administration's expanded use of a fast-track deportation procedure didn’t violate the due-process rights of immigrants.

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A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to produce evidence within 48 hours on its efforts to again deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, this time to the southern African country of Eswatini, reports @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social.

Trump administration wants to remove wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Eswatini • West Virginia Watch

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to produce evidence within 48 hours on its efforts to again deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 2d

Some West Virginia Medicaid recipients will lose their health care when new federal work requirements go into effect in 2027, lawmakers were told Monday, reports @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.

New Medicaid work requirements will cause enrollment to decline, WV lawmakers told • West Virginia Watch

Some West Virginia Medicaid recipients will lose their health care when new federal work requirements go into effect in 2027.

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 2d

Health care workers make up just 10% of the American workforce but experience 48% of the nonfatal injuries from workplace violence, reports @acvollers.bsky.social.

Doctors and nurses are punched, choked, even shot. States want to stop that. • West Virginia Watch

Health care workers make up just 10% of the American workforce but experience 48% of the nonfatal injuries from workplace violence.

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The West Virginia Department of Health argues that when it comes to school vaccine requirements, there should be no difference between religious and philosophical objections to the shots, reports @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.

Parties in WV vaccine case differ on how religious freedom should apply to philosophical beliefs • West Virginia Watch

The West Virginia Department of Health argues that when it comes to school vaccine requirements, there should be no difference between religious and philosophical objections to the shots.

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 5d

An agreement to reopen the federal government was nowhere in sight Friday after U.S. Senate Dems and Republicans failed, for the fourth time, to move on a deal and House Speaker Mike Johnson announced he won’t bring his members back until the middle of the month, reports @ashleymurray.bsky.social.

Government shutdown primed to roll into next week after US Senate deadlocks again • West Virginia Watch

An agreement to reopen the federal government was nowhere in sight Friday after Senate Dems and Republicans failed to move on a deal.

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 5d

Trump administration officials on Friday defended the decision to cancel federal projects in regions of the country that have voted for Democrats, saying the move isn’t political but an effort to reduce the size and scope of government during the shutdown, reports
@jennifershutt.bsky.social.

Trump cancels blue-state projects, trolls Dems on social media as shutdown drags on • West Virginia Watch

Trump administration officials defended the decision to cancel federal projects in regions of the country that have voted for Democrats.

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 5d

West Virginia is entering into an agreement to donate nearly $100,000 to the National Park Service in order to keep the state’s national parks open amid the ongoing federal government shutdown, reports @caitycoyne.bsky.social.

WV spending $100K to keep national parks open during federal government shutdown • West Virginia Watch

West Virginia will donate $100,000 to the National Park Service to keep the state’s national parks open amid the federal government shutdown.

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A panel of judges on an appeals court Friday seemed split about whether the Trump administration’s move to request taxpayer information from the Internal Revenue Service for the purposes of immigration enforcement is lawful, reports @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social.

Appeals court hears case dealing with information-sharing between the IRS and ICE • West Virginia Watch

A panel of judges seemed split about whether the Trump administration's move to request taxpayer information from the IRS for the purposes of immigration enforcement is lawful.

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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 5d

The vast majority of Americans, including those who identify as supporters of President Trump, want Congress to renew the enhanced tax credits for people who buy their health insurance from the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, according to a poll released Friday. @jennifershutt.bsky.social reports.

Renewal of health subsidies backed by big majorities in poll, including Trump voters • West Virginia Watch

The vast majority of Americans want Congress to renew tax credits for people who buy their health insurance from the ACA Marketplace.

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