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Jun 26 2020
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Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed at Improving Child Welfare System
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directed at improving the child welfare system and decreasing the amount of time kids spend in foster care before they are permanently placed with families. The order reportedly aims to give care providers access to better funding, tools for education, and ways of dealing with trauma.
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The Hill ACLU National Review (News)Oct 18 2021
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Italy's Strict New Vaccine Mandate Prompts Protests
Italy's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, believed to be among the strictest government COVID-19 mandates in the world, has been met by protests. The newest rule requires all private and public employees in Italy to show proof of vaccination, a negative test result, or recovery from COVID-19 in the past six months with what's known as a "Green Pass." Workers could be fined up to 1,500 euros, or
New York Times (News) Quartz The Epoch TimesSep 06 2021
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Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Expire For 7.5 Million Americans
About 7.5 million jobless Americans lost their COVID-19 pandemic-era unemployment boost of $300 per week on Labor Day — a holiday that has solicited different interpretations from across the spectrum. The jobless were initially granted $600 a week from April to July 2020, but Congress and the Trump administration reduced the payment to $300 when reviving the program in December. According to
New York Times (News) Fox Business CNBCOct 15 2022
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Xi Jinping Seeks Third Term as Leader of Chinese Communist Party
This weekend in China, the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party are gathering to hold a Party Congress that occurs every five years. During the meeting, the CCP is expected to elect President Xi Jinping to a third five-year term, solidifying Xi as one of the most powerful rulers in the nation since Mao Zedong. Roughly 2,000 members of the CCP are anticipated to attend the gathering, which
Fox News (Opinion) The Guardian The HillJan 20 2023
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Google Lays Off 12,000 Workers As Tech Sector Shrink Continues
Google announced Friday that it is laying off 12,000 workers. This marks another entry in a pattern of downsizing seen across the technology sector over the past year.
Key Quote: In a company memo announcing the layoffs, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that “over the past two years we’ve seen periods of dramatic growth. To match and fuel that growth, we hired for a different economic
Fox Business CNBC Associated PressJun 28 2023
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RFK Jr. Talks Trump, Ukraine, and Vaccines During NewsNation Town Hall
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a candidate in the Democratic primary for the 2024 presidential election, participated in a town hall discussion Wednesday night hosted by NewsNation (Center bias).
Details: RFK Jr. stated his desire to end the Ukraine war, criticizing the United States’ handling of the conflict by stating, “We have neglected many, many opportunities to settle this war peacefully
USA TODAY NewsNation The HillAug 05 2021
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Perspectives: Renters Celebrate Eviction Ban as Landlords Plan Legal Challenges
A moratorium on evictions throughout most of the U.S. has created opposing narratives across the spectrum. The Biden administration announced an eviction moratorium in all U.S. counties that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rates as having "substantial" or "high" levels of COVID-19 transmission; as of Thursday, roughly 83% of U.S. counties meet those criteria. The new ban
National Review (News) Associated Press CNN BusinessJul 20 2021
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Fauci, Paul Debate Over NIH Funding of Wuhan Lab
During a Senate Health Committee hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) debated Dr. Anthony Fauci on the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) funding of research at a lab in Wuhan, China. In May, Paul claimed that the NIH funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV); then, Fauci responded that the NIH “has not ever and does not now fund gain-of-function
The Guardian The Hill National Review (News)May 14 2021
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Prominent Scientists Call for Deeper Investigation Into COVID-19 Origins
A letter written to the academic journal Science by 18 prominent scientists called for deeper investigations into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Theories of accidental release from a lab and zoonotic spillover both remain viable," said the letter. "Knowing how COVID-19 emerged is critical for informing global strategies to mitigate the risk of future outbreaks." The scientists also
Reuters New York Times (News) New York Post (News)Apr 11 2021
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Supreme Court Lifts California Restrictions On At-Home Worship Gatherings
On Friday night, the Supreme Court struck down California's limits on home-based worship meetings, saying it violated constitutional rights. The court's five conservative justices agreed to lift California restrictions that apply to in-home religious gatherings, while the court's three liberals and Chief Justice John Roberts would not have done so. Currently, most of the state limits indoor
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