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Jun 13 2021
News
G7 calls for new study into origins of Covid and voices concern on China
World leaders attending the Group of Seven summit on Sunday issued a call for a new study into the origins of Covid-19, including in China, after an initial report was deemed lacking because Beijing had refused to cooperate.
They agreed to speak out against human rights abuses in China, a matter that had been hotly debated behind closed doors over the course of the three-day summit.
CNN DigitalJul 27 2021
News
U.S. to speed up asylum processing at border while fast-tracking deportations
The Biden administration will speed up processing of asylum claims at the U.S.-Mexico border while also fast-tracking expulsions of some migrant families, according to a plan unveiled by the White House on Tuesday.
President Joe Biden, a Democrat, has reversed many of the restrictive immigration policies of his Republican predecessor, former President Donald Trump. But border arrests
ReutersJan 21 2021
News
Democrats Officially Have A Majority In The Senate, Three Senate Democrats Sworn In By Harris
Three Democrats were officially sworn in as U.S. Senators on Wednesday, hours after President Joe Biden’s inauguration, giving Democrats a majority in the Senate.
California Democrat Alex Padilla will take Vice President Kamala Harris’s Senate seat, Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff will take David Perdue’s seat, and Georgia Democrat Raphael Warnock will take Kelly Loeffler’s seat. The two
The Daily CallerDec 23 2019
News
Exclusive: SEALs ousted from Iraq for allegations of sexual assault received glowing internal reports
ASHINGTON — This year, an entire platoon of commandos from SEAL Team Seven was ousted from Iraq after allegations of unauthorized alcohol consumption and sexual assault; Chief Edward Gallagher, a Team Seven member, was court-martialed for war crimes; the Navy Times revealed that members of SEAL Team Ten had tested positive for cocaine. Could Navy brass have known there were problems?
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NewsweekOct 15 2020
Opinion
Actually, It's Good That Major Networks Are Covering Both Trump's and Biden's Town Halls
Tonight, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will host separate town hall events where each of them will answer questions from voters.
These two events are a replacement for what was supposed to be another presidential debate, but after Trump's COVID-19 infection, the Commission on Presidential Debates decided they'd go with a virtual debate format. Trump wouldn't
ReasonAug 16 2020
Opinion
Conservatives self-censor, and it gets worse with more time spent in college
A new public opinion survey conducted by the Cato Institute examines the relationship between political views and self-censorship. The poll of 2,000 Americans ages 18 and older found that most Americans who identify as conservative self-censor, and this self-censoring gets worse with more time spent in higher education.
According to the survey, 62% of Americans “say the political
Guest Writer - RightSep 14 2020
News
Map: Mail-In Voting Rules By State
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, dozens of states have modified their rules for absentee voting in November's elections.
Some of those changes are more substantial than others.
California, Nevada, New Jersey and Vermont, along with Washington, D.C., are sending mail-in ballots to all voters, joining the handful of states that conduct all-mail elections. In Montana,
NPR (Online News)Oct 13 2021
News
Inflation Remained High in September
U.S. inflation accelerated slightly in September, as pandemic-related shortages of labor and materials continued to push up prices.
The Labor Department said the consumer-price index—which measures what consumers pay for goods and services—rose a seasonally adjusted 0.4% in September from August. That is faster than in August but down markedly from June’s 0.9% pace.
On an annual
Wall Street Journal (News)Jul 14 2021
Analysis
The five-day workweek is dead
The five-day workweek is so entrenched in American life that everything, from vacation packages to wedding prices to novelty signs, is built around it. When you live it every Monday through Friday, year in and year out, it can be hard to imagine any other way.
But there’s nothing inevitable about working eight hours a day, five days a week (or more). This schedule only became a part of
VoxSep 14 2021
News
Joe Manchin Thinks Parents Should Have To Work For Child Tax Credit
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) suggested Sunday that he’s fundamentally opposed to a key part of the Democratic agenda: monthly benefits for parents.
Since July, the federal government has been sending most parents monthly cash payments, a revolutionary policy that could slash child poverty ― but the payments will stop after December if Congress doesn’t pass a new law to keep them going.
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