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Sep 12 2022
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California Fire Map, Update as Mosquito Blaze Incinerates 46,000 Acres
Wildfires raging across acres of arid land in California—which have left at least two dead and destroyed homes with thousands more still at risk—are pumping out smoke so thick that the pollution is even choking a neighboring state.
The two biggest blazes were still burning Monday morning after fire crews tackled the infernos—dubbed Fairview and Mosquito after their source locations—over
NewsweekMay 14 2020
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Why reopening economies will be a 'massive experiment'
As the United States begins to reopen its economy, debates rage world-wide about how to balance economic hardship with a public health hazard.
With no easy answers to the dilemma, Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser for Allianz, says the focus needs to be on learning from the "massive experiment."
"The reality is that we are reopening," El-Erian said Tuesday in an interview
CNN (Online News)Aug 07 2019
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McConnell faces pressure to bring Senate back for gun legislation
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is coming under intense pressure to take quick action on gun legislation in the wake of two mass shootings.
Democrats and gun control advocates want the GOP leader to bring the Senate back into session during the August recess to vote on gun-related legislation. The chamber is currently scheduled to be out of Washington until Sept. 9.
The HillAug 18 2022
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Anti-Abortion Group’s Data Trove Represents ‘Serious Concern’ Post Roe
Heartbeat International, an Ohio-based nonprofit, has spent years collecting data on pregnant women to develop better ways to make sure women carry pregnancies to term and to persuade them from getting an abortion.
Based in Columbus, it says that it provides support services to the world’s largest network of “pro-life pregnancy resource centers,” which are also known as crisis
BloombergMay 31 2019
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Mexico 'won't be provoked by US' over migrant row
Mexico's president has insisted his government will not be provoked, after President Donald Trump announced escalating tariffs on all goods unless Mexico curbed illegal migration.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador described Mr Trump's slogan "America First" as a fallacy and said universal justice was more important than borders.
Stock markets saw sharp losses following Mr Trump's
BBC NewsMay 12 2022
Analysis
The Normie’s Guide to This Week’s Crypto Crash
As much as markets are going through it right now, cryptocurrencies are really going through it, and the myriad disasters haven’t abated just yet. Fortunes have been lost. Memes have been deflated. Normal people have had to learn what it could possibly mean that El Salvador is “buying the dip.” What does it mean? What’s going on with Bitcoin? Stablecoins, huh?? Let me catch you up.
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SlateDec 27 2022
Headline Roundup
Supreme Court Preserves Key Immigration Restriction Amid Legal Challenges
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Title 42 immigration policy can remain in effect.
The Details: The court voted 5-4 in favor of preserving the policy while legal challenges play out, meaning it'll remain in place for at least several months. The ruling extends Chief Justice John Roberts' temporary preservation of the policy, which he handed down last week. Conservative Justice
The Hill Washington Examiner CNN (Online News)May 08 2022
Analysis
Only 3 countries have rolled back abortion rights since 1994
If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade and paves the way for states to implement abortion bans, the U.S. would join only three countries — El Salvador, Nicaragua and Poland — that have rolled back abortion rights since 1994, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights.
The big picture: Nearly 60 countries have liberalized their abortion laws — though some only incrementally —
AxiosMar 26 2019
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Pentagon Green Lights $1B for Trump Border Wall
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan notified Congress Monday that the Pentagon has authorized $1 billion to build 57 miles of "pedestrian fencing" along the US-Mexico border.
According to the statement, the fencing will be 18 feet high and will be erected within the Yuma and El Paso Sectors of the border. The funds will also go towards "constructing and improving roads, and
CBNJun 07 2021
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Supreme Court rules against immigrants with temporary protected status
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously against an illegal, but temporarily protected, immigrant seeking permanent residency in the country.
Justice Elena Kagan wrote that the court agreed with a circuit court decision that illegal immigrants with temporary protected status are not eligible for green cards, which allow them to remain in the country indefinitely. The decision means
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