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Nov 16 2020
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Should the U.S. lock down again to stop the coronavirus?
The United States has seen an unprecedented increase in coronavirus infections over the past several weeks. The nation set a new record for COVID-19 cases on four consecutive days last week, topping out at 184,000 new cases on Friday. Experts predict the situation will only get worse. The number of daily deaths has reached levels not seen since the spring. In response, some states halted
Yahoo! The 360Jun 10 2021
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U.S. to donate 500 million Pfizer doses to poor nations
The United States will spend $3.5 billion to buy and donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer (PFE.N) coronavirus vaccine to some of the world’s poorest countries, it said on Thursday, urging other G7 nations to follow suit.
The vaccine donation - the largest ever by a single country - was announced before U.S. President Joe Biden meets leaders of the Group of Seven advanced economies in
ReutersOct 07 2020
Analysis
Don't Buy Trump's Conspiracy Theories About Ballots Being Dumped in Rivers
Near the tail end of last week's chaotic debate, President Donald Trump once again raised the specter of widespread election malfeasance.
This has become somewhat routine for Trump, who warned throughout the spring and summer that expanded mail-in voting—an arrangement made necessary by the COVID-19 pandemic—would become a tool for fraudsters. Lately, however, he's turned to suggesting
ReasonJul 12 2021
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'We are no longer afraid': Thousands of Cubans protest against conditions on island
Thousands of Cubans took to the streets of multiple provinces around the Caribbean island this Sunday in an unusual protest in which civilians shouted slogans against the communist government such as “We want freedom” and “We are no longer afraid.”
The demonstrations come at a time when Cuba faces the worst economic crisis since the fall of the Soviet Union, an increase in repression
NBC News (Online)Oct 06 2020
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Federal Officials Now Say That Transferring Detainees Between Jails Holding Immigrants Contributed To Coronavirus Outbreaks
Department of Homeland Security officials have acknowledged that transfers of detainees between facilities holding immigrants for ICE had “contributed to outbreaks” of COVID-19 and that poor information sharing made tracking and preventing the spread of the virus more difficult, according to a draft report obtained by BuzzFeed News.
The document also acknowledges that the inability for
BuzzFeed NewsJun 09 2021
Analysis
Joe Biden heads overseas as his prospects darken at home
Joe Biden is heading abroad, just at the moment when his hopes for a historic legislative legacy at home seem headed for a wall.
For all the talk among Democrats of Biden assembling a Rooseveltian legacy, the moment was always going to come when his vast political agenda would hit the blockade of Washington's uncompromising political math.
Recent days have chastened Democrats who
CNN (Online News)May 26 2021
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Sen. McConnell Says Americans Tightening Budgets Because of ‘Threat of Inflation’
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been critical of the Biden administration’s spending bills, and Wednesday said American families are reacting to the increase in prices by “tightening their household budgets.”
“Ask any working family about gas prices, food prices, home prices, lumber prices, [and] used car prices. One survey just found that more than 80 percent of
The Epoch TimesAug 21 2020
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In convention speech, Biden emerges from shadow and into 'the light'
After a 2020 presidential campaign dominated by President Donald Trump’s words and actions, Biden on Thursday rose to the level of a true adversary as he accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for the November election.
Accused by the Republican Trump of hiding in his basement throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Biden turned his opponent’s narrative to his advantage on the final
ReutersJun 08 2021
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US Lab's Classified Study Basis for Biden-Ended State Dept Probe
A top-secret report from a "respected national laboratory" dated May 25, 2020 during the Trump administration declared a potential COVID-19 lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology plausible and in need of more investigation.
The contents of the classified document prepared by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California were the basis for the State Department
Newsmax (News)May 01 2020
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Fifty global election veterans implore U.S. politicians to secure this year's vote
Fifty former foreign policy officials, politicians and experts at promoting democracy abroad have united behind a diplomatically worded but blunt warning: The coronavirus could rapidly incubate autocratic behavior that threatens the integrity of the presidential election.
In an open letter on Thursday, the bipartisan group urged President Trump, former Vice President Joe Biden and all
The Fulcrum