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Feb 23 2024
Headline Roundup
US, EU Announce New Sanctions Against Russia Following Navalny's Death
The United States and the European Union announced hundreds of new sanctions against Russia.
For Context: The new sanctions come as Russia’s war with Ukraine reaches its second anniversary, and a week after the death of Alexei Navalny, a prominent Russian critic of President Vladimir Putin, in an Arctic penal colony.
The Details: The new sanctions target Russian firms
CBS News (Online) BBC News Washington TimesDec 23 2020
Headline Roundup
US Buys 100 Million More Doses of Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine
Pfizer announced Wednesday that the Trump administration had reached a $1.95 billion agreement with the company to buy 100 million more doses of the double-dose Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Pfizer is expected to deliver 70 million of these doses by June 2021 and the remaining 30 million doses by the end of July. The agreement brings the total number of Pfizer vaccine doses bought by the U
Axios The Daily Caller PoliticoNov 15 2023
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Biden and Xi Work to Repair Relations Between US and China During Meeting
President Joe Biden met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday in San Francisco.
Details: The two leaders reached agreements on a pair of topics. Xi agreed to clamp down on Chinese companies manufacturing and exporting chemicals used to produce fentanyl, contributing to the opioid crisis in the U.S. Xi and Biden also agreed to reestablish military-to-military communications in
Axios Wall Street Journal (News) Washington TimesOct 28 2020
Analysis
In shift to green energy, a matter of when, not if
It was a moment of high drama in the final debate of the American presidential campaign: the accusation by President Donald Trump that Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s climate change proposals would “destroy the oil industry” in the United States.
And while Mr. Biden is actually proposing only to cut federal subsidies for oil, and “transition” to cleaner energy sources, President Trump
Christian Science MonitorMar 15 2022
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China Struggles to Contain Major COVID-19 Surge; Lockdowns Threaten Global Economy
China is seeing its worst COVID-19 outbreak since the start of the pandemic.
Tens of millions of people are under lockdown in China as the country experiences its highest number of daily COVID-19 infections since the Wuhan outbreak in early 2020. China's national health commission reported 3,122 new cases on Saturday, the first time new cases have exceeded 3,000 in a day in China. Two
CNN (Online News) Reuters National Review (News)Apr 08 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Debate Surrounds Biden's Infrastructure Bill, Democrats Prepare to Pass Through Reconciliation
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Debate surrounds President Joe Biden's “American Jobs Plan," which would alot $2.2 trillion over the next 8 years to fix roads and bridges, expand broadband internet access, invest in America's manufacturing sector and provide affordable housing and home-based care for the elderly and disabled. The plan would
AllSides StaffDec 22 2021
Headline Roundup
FDA Authorizes Pfizer's COVID-19 Antiviral Pill
On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer’s antiviral pill to treat mild-to-moderate COVID-19.
The pill, Paxlovid, is the first authorized at-home prescription treatment for the disease. The authorization is limited to patients 12 and older who test positive and “are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19.” “This authorization provides a new tool to
NBC News (Online) Axios Fox BusinessJun 13 2022
Headline Roundup
Shrinkflation: Are Brands Reducing Package Sizes Without Lowering Prices?
While inflation has continued to rise, some legacy brands are reducing the size of their products while retaining the same prices.
The practice, otherwise known as "shrinkflation," has been the response from many companies facing inflated manufacturing and distribution costs. Inflation accelerated to 8.6% in May, a pace that will likely continue through September, according to S&P
Associated Press Bloomberg The Daily WireMay 12 2022
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US Drug Overdose Deaths Hit Record High in 2021
U.S. drug overdose deaths hit a record high of 107,622 in 2021, according to provisional data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday.
In 2020, the CDC estimated 91,799 American deaths due to drug overdose. Overdose deaths in the U.S. were up 15% in 2021 from the year before, and up 50% from 2019. About two-thirds of the 2021 deaths involved
Axios Fox News (Online News) CNN (Online News)May 06 2022
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US Economy Added 428,000 Jobs in April; Unemployment Steady at 3.6%
The U.S. economy added 428,000 jobs last month, beating economists' expectations, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
April's unemployment rate was 3.6%, the same as March. The U.S. economy has now added 400,000 or more jobs in 12 straight months; economists surveyed by news sources on all sides expected roughly 390,000 new jobs in April. The labor force participation rate
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