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Apr 24 2021
News
Why Biden’s Armenian Genocide Declaration Really Is a Big Deal
President Joe Biden on Saturday issued the document Armenian Americans have pursued for decades: a declaration that the Ottoman Empire’s slaughter of an estimated 1.5 million Armenian civilians was genocide.
It’s a deceptively simple action, carrying no force of law. Yet it’s a bold move for Biden, who has gone beyond what any American president has ever been willing to do. Until now,
Politico
Apr 24 2021
News
Biden becomes first US president to recognise Armenian genocide
Joe Biden has become the first US president declare formal recognition of the Armenian genocide, more than a century after the mass killings by Ottoman troops and opening a rift between the new US administration and Ankara.
“The American people honour all those Armenians who perished in the genocide that began 106 years ago today,” Biden said in a statement on Saturday.
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The Guardian
Nov 04 2019
News
Young voters helped push Democrats to victory in 2018. Can they swing the 2020 vote?
Ashlyn Giroux and Phoebe Mulry held signs on stage for Bernie Sanders when the U.S. senator from Vermont had a rally here in September.
But in between classes at the University of New Hampshire Wednesday, the two freshmen made their way to hear Sen. Elizabeth Warren speak on campus. Both said they've donated $5 to Warren's presidential campaign, although only Mulry has fully committed
USA TODAY
Oct 13 2020
News
Immigration was a dominant issue in the 2016 election, but not this time
Despite being a signature issue for President Trump, immigration has taken a back seat in the presidential election.
Trump has attempted to repurpose elements of his immigration agenda to fit political priorities of the moment, such as his “law and order” push.
According to a CNBC/Change Research survey earlier this month, only 15% of voters said immigration was a top issue for
CNBC
Oct 05 2021
News
Facebook’s Apps Went Down. The World Saw How Much It Runs on Them.
For more than five hours on Monday, the world got a taste of life without Facebook and its apps.
People in many places discovered that Facebook and its apps had burrowed their way into nearly every facet of existence.
In Mexico, politicians were cut off from their constituents. In Turkey, shopkeepers couldn’t sell their wares. And in Colombia, a nonprofit organization that uses
New York Times (News)
Apr 23 2021
News
Caitlyn Jenner launches bid for California governor
Caitlyn Jenner, the former Olympian, reality TV star and transgender activist, said Friday she is running to be governor of California, as a recall of the sitting Democratic governor moves forward.
In a press release posted to Twitter, Jenner, a longtime Republican, said that she’d make a “formal announcement” in the “the coming weeks” and pitched herself as a “compassionate disruptor”
NBC News (Online)
Sep 03 2020
News
Facebook Will Ban New Political Ads in Week Before Election Day
Facebook on Thursday moved to clamp down on confusion about the November election on its service, rolling out sweeping changes to limit voter misinformation and prevent interference from President Trump and other politicians.
The social network said it would ban any new political ads on its site in the week before Election Day. It said it would also strengthen measures against posts
New York Times (News)
May 19 2021
News
'Spare me': Why reporters should have been prepared for Biden's team to edit quotes
Media figures complaining about the Biden administration’s liberal use of a tool many experts say limits government transparency shouldn't be so surprised, former Trump administration officials say.
At least five White House reporters recently expressed concerns in a media report over the Biden team’s habit of only allowing officials to sit for “background with quote approval”
Washington Examiner
Mar 08 2021
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House Poised To Pass Biden's $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill This Week
House Democrats are expected to pass the final version of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package on Tuesday or Wednesday, thus delivering on Democrats' campaign promises and cementing a major legislative victory for the Biden administration.
The Senate voted 50-49 to approve the plan on Saturday, with all Democrats voting in support of the measure — and all Republicans opposed —
NPR (Online News)
Mar 08 2021
News
Supreme Court rejects final Trump bid to nullify 2020 election results
The Supreme Court on Monday denied a bid by former President Trump to nullify his electoral loss in Wisconsin, rejecting the former president's final pending appeal over the results of the 2020 election.
In an unsigned order without noted dissent, the justices declined to take up Trump’s lawsuit alleging Wisconsin election officials violated the Constitution by expanding absentee
The Hill