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Oct 08 2020
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Nancy Pelosi Rejects Standalone Airline Aid Without Broader Stimulus
House Democrats will not move forward with airline relief without a larger stimulus package, Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Thursday. “I have been very open to having a single standalone bill for the airlines or part of a bigger bill. But there is no standalone bill without a bigger bill,” Pelosi said. This comes a day after President Donald Trump ordered his representatives to stop
Bloomberg Wall Street Journal (News) Washington ExaminerJun 10 2021
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Consumer Prices Rise 5% Since May 2020 Despite Slower Monthly Inflation
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday that consumer prices increased 5% in the 12-month period ending in May, higher than April’s 4.2% yearly increase, despite monthly inflation slowing from 0.8% in April to 0.6% in May. Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose 3.8% in the highest yearly increase since June 1992. This outpaced experts’ expectations, which
CNN Business CNBC Fox BusinessJan 28 2021
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Biden Reopens ACA Health Care Enrollment
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Thursday to reopen healthcare insurance enrollment starting Feb. 15. The new enrollment period is set to last for 90 days on Healthcare.gov, which services 36 states; the 14 states that manage their own health marketplaces may follow suit soon. This reverses some of the policies of former President Donald Trump and restores the Obama-era Affordable
Washington Examiner New York Times (News) USA TODAYSep 14 2021
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Contradictory Data Fuels Split Narratives on Economy, Inflation
Recent data about inflation, wages and poverty is driving confusion about the state of the U.S. economy. The Labor Department announced Tuesday that consumer prices rose 0.3% in August from July, another monthly rise but the slowest increase since January; consumer prices also rose annually again in August, up 5.3%. Producer prices rose in August by 8.3% annually, the highest jump since
New York Times (News) Wall Street Journal (News) The Epoch TimesJan 03 2022
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Omicron Surge Complicates Return to Schools
While most U.S. schools returned to in-person learning after the holidays, thousands of schools delayed their classroom plans because of the Omicron variant.
COVID-19 cases grew rapidly over the holidays, reaching record highs of over 400,000 daily cases. Several school districts in cities like Milwaukee, Wisconsin switched to virtual learning, often citing shortages of substitute
CNN (Online News) Axios New York Post (News)Jul 17 2020
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Coverage of Press Secretary's "Science" Remark Fails to Give Full Picture
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany was the subject of mass media coverage Thursday after a remark she made during a briefing on reopening schools and public safety. McEnany said "science should not stand in the way" of reopening schools, before saying "science is on our side here, and we encourage for localities and states to just simply follow the science" a few moments later.
Daily Beast The Hill The Daily WireApr 06 2021
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‘60 Minutes’ Criticized Over DeSantis Report, Video Editing
“60 Minutes,” a CBS News production, is facing criticism over a “deceptively” edited video of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis which omitted most of DeSantis’ nearly 500-word response to a CBS reporter. The 60 Minutes report drew a connection between a $100,000 donation from supermarket chain Publix and DeSantis’ announcement weeks later authorizing Publix to distribute COVID-19 vaccines. DeSantis
Axios CNN (Online News) Fox News (Online News)Feb 11 2021
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Biden Holds First Call With China’s Xi Jinping Since Taking Office
President Joe Biden spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping for two hours on Wednesday in their first call since Biden took office. According to a White House readout, Biden “underscored his fundamental concerns” on China’s economic practices and its actions towards Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Taiwan, as well as the “shared challenges” of the COVID-19 pandemic, global health security, climate
Fox News (Online News) Reuters New York Times (News)May 13 2020
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CNN Updates Article After Original Portrayal of Data Drew Criticism
CNN updated an article detailing the results of a recent Gallup poll, following criticism from pundits and readers who said the network's initial coverage of the poll used the data misleadingly. CNN's first headline read "68% of Americans say a vaccine is needed before returning to normal life, new survey finds"; the story has since been updated, and is included below. Gallup described its
Reason CNN (Online News) Fox News (Online News)Jun 07 2022
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World Bank Lowers 2022 Global Growth Prediction Amid Recession Fears
The World Bank sharply lowered its global economic growth prediction for 2022 on Tuesday — from 4.1% to 2.9% — as experts continued to warn of a possible recession.
The new prediction, released in the bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report, would mark a steep decline from 2021’s unusually high 5.7% growth. World Bank President David Malpass said the change stemmed from “the war
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