WASHINGTON — Headed into one of the most important votes of Joe Biden’s presidency, a small band of moderate Democrats with corporate backing are demanding the House plow ahead with a $1 trillion infrastructure deal even if it casts doubt over the sweeping $3.5 trillion bill that would enact much …
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Current and former U.S. presidents marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 with speeches as memorial events took place in New York City, Shanksville, Penn. where Flight 93 crashed, and the Pentagon. Former president George W. Bush — who was president on the day of the attack and started two subsequent …
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Mississippi’s Republican Governor Tate Reeves said southerners are “a little less scared” of Covid-19 because they “believe in eternal life.” “I’m often asked by some of my friends on the other side of the aisle about Covid… and why does it seem like folks in Mississippi and maybe in the …
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The House select committee investigating the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol will seek electronic communications records of several hundred people, including members of Congress, according to the committee chair Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.). According to CNN, which was first to report on the committee’s planning, the notices to …
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President Biden delivered remarks about the ongoing crisis and evacuation in Afghanistan caused by a Taliban takeover and the swift collapse of the American-backed government following the withdrawal of U.S. troops. “This is one of the largest, most difficult airlifts in history,” Biden said in a speech from the White …
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Former present Barack Obama will scale back his 60th birthday party, which was expected to be a largely attended event on Martha’s Vineyard this weekend, due to concerns about Covid-19, The New York Times reports. “Due to the new spread of the Delta variant over the past week, the President …
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After 12 years of leadership by Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel‘s parliament installed a coalition government Sunday led by Naftali Bennett, the Orthodox head of a small ultranationalist party. Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in the history of Israel, but he has struggled in recent years with controversy. He is currently …
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis approved Florida’s $101.5 billion budget, which includes a large chunk of Covid-19 federal relief funds from the American Relief Plan, which DeSantis once described as “Washington at its worst.” Most of the approximately $9 billion federal relief funds will go to police, teachers and first responders, …
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), who delivered the Republican rebuttal to President Biden’s first formal address to Congress on Wednesday, has often been touted as a conscience of the Republican caucus, one of the few black leaders in his party and a senator well-liked on both sides of the …
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Caitlyn Jenner announced that she has filed initial paperwork to run for governor in California. The news comes as state election officials appear ready to approve a recall election of Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom. Jenner plans to make a formal campaign announcement in the coming weeks. In running, Jenner has …
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