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Jul 13 2021
News
Protests in Cuba
“President Joe Biden on Monday called protests in Cuba ‘remarkable’ and a ‘clarion call for freedom,’ praising thousands of Cubans who took the streets to protest food shortages and high prices amid the coronavirus crisis — one of the island’s biggest antigovernment demonstrations in recent memory.” (AP News)
Both sides support the protesters and condemn the Cuban regime:
“This
The Flip Side
Nov 08 2021
News
On Chicago’s West Side, Urgent Needs Collide With Washington Compromises
Democrats in Washington want to talk about what has made it into President Biden’s domestic legislation. Chris Brown on Chicago’s West Side wants to talk about what has been cut.
For many in the North Lawndale neighborhood, affordable housing has a direct link to curbing gun violence in the area, where five people were shot near an elementary school this year. One proposed solution —
New York Times (News)
Apr 12 2022
Analysis
Case of duped Secret Service agents called an alarming agency breach
Secret Service leaders are downplaying any risk to national security after four of its employees — including an agent assigned to protect first lady Jill Biden — were allegedly hoodwinked by two men impersonating federal agents and plying them with gifts, telling congressional committees and allies that the severity of the breach has been overblown by prosecutors and the media, according to
Washington Post
Aug 17 2020
News
COVID-19 forces some U.S. schools to close, as new cases remain high in most states
Almost as quickly as they welcomed students back, some U.S. schools are closing again due to outbreaks of COVID-19, the latest challenge as the nation tries to reopen while the level of new cases per day remains high in most states.
Schools in the United States are set to reopen for the start of the academic year either this month or early September. Some - particularly in urban centers
Reuters
Jan 22 2021
News
With Trump Gone, Taiwan Seeks Assurances From Biden Administration
Taiwanese officials and lawmakers have been playing out the same worst-case scenario in their head for years now: China attacks the island across the Taiwan Strait, and officials in Taipei call for backup from the United States and other allies. With Joe Biden now sitting in the Oval Office, Taiwan wants to know: How would the United States respond?
Wang Ting-yu, who co-chairs the
Foreign Policy
Dec 23 2021
News
Covid case average exceeds delta’s peak amid omicron's spread through U.S.
New cases of Covid-19 climbed above 242,000 in the U.S. on Wednesday, according to data compiled by NBC News, pushing the seven-day average to 167,683 — higher than the peak of the delta variant in early September.
The number of new confirmed cases reached 242,186, while reported deaths across the nation Wednesday totaled 2,030, according to the NBC News tally. The country has not had
NBC News Digital
Dec 19 2020
News
U.S. Has Second-Worst Day of Pandemic as L.A. Logs Two COVID-19 Deaths Per Hour
The United States has logged its second-worst day of the pandemic after shattering records just one day earlier. On Thursday, the U.S. recorded over 233,000 new infections and nearly 3,300 deaths.
Intensive care units in Southern California and other parts of the state report they’ve run out of ICU beds. On average, two people are dying of COVID-19 each hour in Los Angeles.
Democracy Now!
Feb 26 2022
Fact Check
More than 100 Protesters Arrested in Ottawa, Despite Claims in Facebook Video
For four weeks in Ottawa, Ontario, the so-called Freedom Convoy, involving hundreds of trucks and passenger vehicles, held a series of protests against Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions.
Participants in the convoy, which departed Kingston, Ontario, on Jan. 22 before arriving in Ottawa for planned demonstrations on the weekend of Jan. 29, blocked access to streets in
FactCheck.org
Sep 08 2021
News
Yellen: US Will Be Out Of Money In October If Congress Doesn’t Raise Debt Ceiling
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned congressional leaders Wednesday that the U.S. is on track to default on its debt sometime in October if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling.
Yellen said the Treasury would likely run out of cash in the coming weeks and exhaust its “extraordinary” spending measures to keep the country within its legal borrowing limit.
“Once all available
The Daily Caller
Jun 01 2022
Fact Check
Ask SciCheck Files: The Relationship Between Mental Health and Mass Shootings
In the wake of mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, some officials have cited mental illness as a reason for the unprovoked attacks. But as we’ve explained before, having a mental illness isn’t predictive of who will perpetrate a mass shooting.
Back in 2019, we answered a reader question about the relationship between mental illness and mass murder, following two mass
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