Politics - Part 14
President Joe Biden's plans are ambitious. I know this because every headline Thursday morning after Biden gave his first speech to a joint session of Congress said so.
"Biden Just Gave the Most Ideologically Ambitious Speech of Any Democratic President i ...[Read more]
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China said it was willing to resume a travel exchange with the United States following an announcement by the US it was easing some coronavirus travel bans.
The US has announced it will allow students and professionals in various categories and from vario ...[Read more]
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The ACLU is urging the Biden administration to shut down over three dozen Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities in light of decreasing numbers of people detained and human rights concerns.
"The Biden administration was elected with a ma ...[Read more]
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Federal authorities' probe into former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's dealings with Ukrainian officials during the Trump administration appeared to significantly ramp up Wednesday as investigators executed a search warrant at Giuliani's home and office.
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To Hawkeye, the implications were apparent: Calling someone an insurgent or terrorist implied permission to marginalize him, strip him of his rights, detain him, hunt him, and kill him. He’d done this himself to people tagged with those labels overseas. ...[Read more]
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) organized over 80 House Democrats to sign a letter calling on President Joe Biden to expand Medicare in his administration’s upcoming American Families Plan.
The lawmakers are asking Biden to lower the eligibility age ...[Read more]
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"Not a surprise. But terrifying nonetheless."
That's how Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein responded Sunday to news that India had requested—and Twitter had agreed—to have numerous tweets critical of the Modi government's response to the Covid ...[Read more]
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With Joe Biden now three months into his presidency, Republicans are attacking him in a variety of ways â and many of them are quite ridiculous. Regardless, Biden generally has decent approval ratings, according to various polls. And reporter Tim Mur ...[Read more]
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Little-known court case helps to put the pieces together in cop dragging during Capitol insurrection
According to CNN, the federal agency's investigative illustration offers a startling depiction of the Capitol riots that is completely different from the rhetoric that former President Donald Trump and his right-wing conservative followers have attempted ...[Read more]
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Senator Bernie Sanders and Congress member Pramila Jayapal have introduced legislation that would tax Wall Street to pay for higher education. The bill would make community college free to all and would eliminate tuition and fees at public four-year colle ...[Read more]
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We go to Mumbai, India, for an update on the state of crisis in the country as COVID-19 cases surge and hospitals run out of oxygen. India recently recorded 315,000 new cases in a single day, the highest daily toll in any country since the start of the pa ...[Read more]
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