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Dec 09 2021
Headline Roundup
Senate Votes 52-48 to Block Biden's Vaccine Mandate for Private Businesses
On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate voted to overturn President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate for private businesses by a 52-48 vote.
The vote approved a resolution to nullify the mandate for private businesses with more than 100 employees to have employees vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to weekly testing. The rule, which Biden announced in September, was already on hold following a
The Daily Caller The Hill CNN (Online News)Nov 11 2020
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U.S. Sets Record for New Daily COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalization
The United States confirmed more than 140,000 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday — marking a record spike from 100,000 cases last week. John Hopkins University reported that Texas was the first state in the country to pass 1 million cases while the number of total cases in the U.S. passed 10.2 million. Coronavirus hospitalizations have increased 40% in the past two weeks, reaching 61,964 as of
Wall Street Journal (News) New York Post (News) Washington PostOct 18 2022
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Student Loan Relief Application Goes Live as Questions Remain
The Department of Education released its student debt relief application Monday, as questions about legality and fairness linger.
For Context: President Joe Biden’s plan would forgive $10,000 for most student loan borrowers making less than $125,000 per year. However, the program is still in legal limbo due to multiple Republican-led lawsuits.
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Fortune Business Insider ReasonFeb 27 2023
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Energy Dept Believes COVID-19 Most Likely Began With Lab Leak in China
New classified intelligence has reportedly led the Energy Department (DOE) to conclude that the COVID-19 pandemic most likely began with a leak from a laboratory in China.
The Details: The Wall Street Journal reported that "according to a classified intelligence report," the DOE shifted its stance and now joins the FBI in believing COVID-19 most likely leaked from the Wuhan Institute of
Washington Examiner CNN (Online News) Wall Street Journal (News)Oct 31 2020
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U.S. Reaches Nearly 100,000 New Daily COVID-19 Cases
On Friday, the United States recorded more than 97,000 new coronavirus cases in one day after reporting more than 91,000 infections on Thursday and 80,662 new cases on Wednesday. This marks the third day a new record has been set since 83,718 new cases were recorded on Oct. 23. The U.S. now has the highest number of cases in the world at approximately 9 million, and the highest death toll at
New York Post (News) NBC News (Online) BBC NewsAug 15 2022
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Reflecting on the Taliban's Afghanistan Takeover, 1 Year Later
It's been one year since the Taliban took over Afghanistan and the U.S. ended its two-decade effort to democratize the country.
A year later, Afghanistan remains highly unstable. Despite pledges from the new Taliban government to make women "very active within our society," girls have been prevented from going to school in some cases, and "underground schools" have emerged as a result
NBC News (Online) Reuters Washington ExaminerJun 08 2022
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'What is a Woman?': New Documentary Highlights Divide on Transgender Issues
A new documentary from Daily Wire's (Right bias) Matt Walsh, titled "What is a Woman?", has sparked very different reactions across the political spectrum.
In the film, Walsh asks people in the U.S. and elsewhere — from transgender activists, people who've transitioned but regret it, and U.S. pediatricians to a remote African tribe — to define the word "woman" and explain how they view
National Review (News) Washington Examiner LGBTQ NationApr 29 2021
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Biden Reaches 100 Days In Office
This week, President Joe Biden reaches 100 days in office, a milestone often used to measure presidents' progress during the early part of their term. Since taking office, Biden has signed 11 bills into law and issued 42 executive orders — the most in a president's first 100 days since Roosevelt in 1933. Biden also reversed 62 Trump-era orders, which include re-joining the Paris climate
NPR (Online News) CNN (Online News) Fox News (Online News)Oct 24 2020
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Ghislaine Maxwell's Deposition Transcripts Unsealed
Transcripts from the 2016 deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell, alleged accomplice in Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring, were unsealed Thursday after an ongoing legal battle between Maxwell and Virginia Giuffre, who accused Maxwell and Epstein of sexually abusing her and other girls who were underage. The transcripts show Maxwell repeatedly denying she had any part in recruiting and grooming
Fox News (Online News) NPR (Online News) Washington PostDec 27 2022
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Whitmer Kidnapping Plotter Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison
One of the men convicted in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Tuesday.
The Details: U.S. District Court Judge Richard Jonker sentenced Adam Fox to 16 years in prison and five years of supervision. Federal prosecutors had pushed for a life sentence, and accused Fox of attempting "to light the fire of a second revolution." Jonker
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