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Disability Rights
DOJ Memo Declares States Are Not Required to Provide Community-Based Care for Disabled Americans
2 sources · 128d ago
Venezuela Policy
Trump Administration Officials Maintain Ties to Foreign Official Suspected of Hiring Venezuelan Gang for Political Assassination
2 sources · 106d ago
Disability Rights
DOJ Reverses Decades of Policy, Undermining Right of Disabled Americans to Community-Based Care
3 sources · 67d ago
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