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Apr 16 2021
News
Biden hosts Japanese PM Suga as U.S. works to counter increasingly assertive China
President Joe Biden hosted Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the White House on Friday in his first in-person meeting with a world leader since he took office.
Biden's decision to host Suga for his first face-to-face meeting highlights his administration's focus on strengthening ties with allies in Asia as the U.S. works to counter an increasingly assertive China.
"The
NBC News Digital
Jun 10 2020
News
Data Shows Money From Police Groups Flowing to Dems
Amid calls to defund police, Democrats in Congress lead the list of those taking campaign donations from police unions and law enforcement political action committees.
Data posted by the website Open Secrets reveals that four of the top five recipients of police-related funding in the House are Democrats. Those numbers are reflected in the Senate, as well. Open Secrets compiled the
Newsmax (News)
Aug 24 2021
News
Biden Maintains Deadline for Afghan Pullout as Taliban Block Airport Access
President Biden said the U.S. is on pace to leave Afghanistan by Aug. 31, warning of growing security risks and describing a tenuous situation on the ground, as the Taliban said they would prevent Afghan citizens from reaching Kabul’s airport to board evacuation flights.
“The sooner we can finish, the better. Each day of operations brings added risk to our troops,” Mr. Biden said at the
Wall Street Journal (News)
Aug 24 2021
News
Anthony Fauci apologizes for latest gaffe in COVID analysis
Dr. Anthony Fauci has admitted making his latest mistake in coronavirus guidance, this time over when he thinks the pandemic will come “under control” — apologizing by saying, “My bad.”
The White House coronavirus czar had told NPR on Monday that if enough people get vaccinated, the US could “really get some good control over this” by the fall or winter of next year.
But quizzed
New York Post (News)
Feb 28 2021
Analysis
Biden’s big COVID-19 aid package: What’s in the bill?
The Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid package is so big that it would qualify as one of the world’s top 10 economies if it were the annual output of a country.
President Biden, White House officials, and congressional Democrats say the package, known as the American Rescue Plan Act, is urgently needed to curb the spread of COVID-19 and help individuals, families, and
Christian Science Monitor
Jun 23 2021
News
Lawsuit: Immigrant Kids Are Suicidal, Eating Rotten Food in Secretive Detention Facilities
"It is a moral failing and a national shame…when children are locked away in overcrowded detention centers," reads then-candidate Joe Biden's presidential campaign website. But thousands of children are still receiving that treatment, despite Biden's prior condemnation.
A case filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California shines a light on the crowded,
Reason
Jul 10 2020
Opinion
Column: The Press Secretary Puts Down Bombastic Reporters
The July 6 Washington Post carried a typically colorful headline on top of the Style section. “A binder full of bombast: Kayleigh McEnany plays her boss and his base with derisive news briefing walk-offs.”
Media reporter Paul Farhi wrote McEnany’s “would-be smackdowns seemed so orchestrated” they only lacked some kind of musical flourish, like the opening witticisms leading into the
NewsBusters
Nov 13 2021
News
Psaki Says Inflation Is Being Used As A ‘Political Cudgel’
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that inflation is being utilized as a “political cudgel” and predicted that it will decrease next year.
During a press briefing on Friday, Psaki was asked about the administration’s view on rising price levels — which are now accelerating at a 6.2% year-over-year rate.
“One in four Americans, according to a new survey, have experienced
The Daily Wire
Oct 21 2021
News
Judge rules Afghan militant has been held in Guantánamo illegally, in what lawyers say is the first such ruling in 10 years
A federal judge has found that a former Afghan militant has been held unlawfully at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, the first time in 10 years that a detainee has won such a case against the U.S. government, his lawyers said.
U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta in Washington this week entered a final order and two classified opinions in the case of Asadullah Haroon Gul. One opinion
Washington Post
Jan 07 2021
Opinion
An unchained Trump threatens more mayhem in his final dangerous days
America faces 13 days of danger before the departure of an unhinged commander-in-chief who set his mob on the US Capitol in an act of insurrection that shattered a more than 220-year tradition of peaceful transfers of power.
Even President Donald Trump's own White House aides were horrified by his seditious behavior, which followed a fracture with his ultra-loyal Vice President Mike
CNN (Opinion)