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Aug 21 2020
News
Five takeaways from the Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Convention concluded on Thursday, capping off four nights of prime-time programming.
The event — initially scheduled for Milwaukee in July, before being postponed and moved largely online — brought the 2020 race one step closer to the general election, officially making Joe Biden the Democratic nominee for president.
Here are the five biggest takeaways
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Aug 21 2020
Opinion
Biden’s calm and steady acceptance caps a unifying Democratic convention
In accepting the Democratic presidential nomination, Joe Biden decisively debunked the accusation by President Trump that he is “sleepy” or mentally impaired. His speech may not have been soaring oratory, but it was a self-assured and sobering address. It combined a withering indictment of the man he referred to disdainfully as “the current occupant of the White House” with a promise to “
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Sep 30 2020
News
Trump-Biden presidential debate in Cleveland: Top 5 moments
The first debate of the 2020 presidential election on Tuesday night was fiery from beginning to end.
President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden attacked each other in starkly personal terms for more than 90 minutes as moderator Chris Wallace worked to get both candidates, but especially Trump, to follow the debate rules the candidates had agreed to.
The
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Sep 30 2020
News
Five takeaways from Trump-Biden debate clash
A raucous and chaotic clash between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden gave Americans their first chance to weigh their choices side by side in a White House contest that has until now remained remarkably stable.
The coronavirus pandemic allowed both candidates to avoid an awkward, and probably unwelcome, handshake that would have happened moments before the shouting
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Apr 30 2021
News
The US is taking a major step toward resuming normal life
As May arrives, the US is taking a major step toward resuming normal life, with cities, businesses and entertainment venues announcing plans to begin reopening after the deadly winter surge of Covid-19 infections.
The travel industry is gearing up for a big summer season. This week, Delta will resume filling the middle seat on flights while Disneyland in California is opening its park
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Jul 06 2020
Opinion
Florida’s DeSantis Continues to Embarrass With COVID Denial and Anti-Immigrant Policies
MIAMI — Florida is once again a national embarrassment as it becomes the new epicenter of COVID-19 infections.
As a Floridian, I feel torn anytime our state gets made fun of, as yet another cliche Florida man meme makes it’s way to virality on Twitter. On one hand, it’s not our fault our statewide political leadership is so incompetent and mediocre. On the other hand though, a majority
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Feb 01 2021
News
10 Senate Republicans Outline $600B Counteroffer, Will Meet With Biden Monday
Ten Republican senators on Sunday requested a meeting with President Biden to detail a smaller counterproposal to his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, an alternative they believe could be approved "quickly by Congress with bipartisan support."
Later Sunday, Biden invited the senators to the White House. The meeting is scheduled to take place at 5 p.m. ET Monday, and the White
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Jul 30 2019
Opinion
Medicare Turns Fifty-Four Today. We Need to Defend and Expand It
On July 30, 1965, Medicare was signed into law. In eleven months, 19 million Americans were automatically enrolled, half of whom were previously uninsured. And within that same transition period — as a direct result of the policy — every segregated hospital in the South took down their “Whites only” signs, integrating their services for the first time.
Medicare came in three parts: a
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Jan 15 2021
News
Biden Proposes $1.9 Trillion Covid-19 Relief Package
President-elect Joe Biden is calling for a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan to help Americans weather the economic shock of the pandemic and pump more money into testing and vaccine distribution.
Mr. Biden in a speech Thursday evening described his priorities related to the pandemic for the early days of his administration, pressing the often-divided Congress for urgent, unified
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Apr 29 2021
Analysis
5 winners and 3 losers from President Biden’s first congressional address
Winner: Obamacare. Loser: Wall Street.
President Joe Biden struck a notably optimistic tone in his first speech before a joint session of Congress, coming after a long pandemic year that has been marked by isolation, loss, and for far too many Americans, death.
“After just 100 days — I can report to the nation: America is on the move again,” Biden said during his speech. “Turning
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