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Sep 16 2021
News
Judge rules U.S. can't expel migrant families using public health law
A federal judge on Thursday directed the Biden administration to stop using a public health law invoked at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic to expel migrant families with children from the U.S.-Mexico border.
Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia certified all migrant families in U.S. border custody as class members in a lawsuit filed by the
CBS News (Online)
Dec 01 2020
News
Umbrella Academy star Elliot Page comes out as transgender
Actor Elliot Page, formerly known as Ellen Page, just announced on Twitter that he is transgender, making him one of the most famous transgender men in the country.
“I want to share with you that I am trans, my pronouns are he/they and my name is Elliot,” he wrote in a prepared statement. “I feel lucky to be writing this. To be here. To have arrived at this place in my life.”
LGBTQ Nation
May 09 2017
News
Four Reasons Why the Russia Story Isn’t Fake News
After former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified on Capitol Hill Monday, President Trump took to Twitter to dismiss their revelations.
NBC News Digital
Aug 10 2021
News
CEO pay at big companies rose nearly 19% last year to $24 million, report finds
The chief executives at major U.S. corporations received millions of dollars in bonuses or raises last year even as many companies saw slumping sales and job cuts because of the pandemic, a new analysis shows.
CEO compensation at the top 350 companies jumped nearly 19% in 2020 to an average $24.2 million, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal-leaning think tank. By
CBS News (Online)
Jun 30 2017
News
Trump's 'feds' now in Chicago to fight gun violence 'epidemic'
Months after taking to Twitter to say he would send in "the Feds" to help reduce Chicago's murder rate, President Trump's administration has sent in agents to combat the ongoing violence.
Fox News Digital
Jan 04 2017
News
Trump derides intel briefing on 'so-called' Russian hacking
President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter Tuesday evening to deride the US intelligence agencies due to brief him on alleged Russian hacking of American political groups.
CNN Digital
Oct 30 2021
News
U.S. and EU agree to ease metal tariffs imposed by Trump administration
The United States and the European Union on Saturday announced an easing of a trade dispute that started during the Trump administration.
The previous U.S. administration imposed a 25% tariff on European steel and another 10% tariff on aluminum in June 2018 on the grounds of national security.
The EU vehemently contested the move from the start and after multiple failed attempts
CNBC
Feb 18 2018
News
Trump’s Conspicuous Silence Leaves a Struggle Against Russia Without a Leader
After more than a dozen Russians and three companies were indicted on Friday for interfering in the 2016 elections, President Trump’s first reaction was to claim personal vindication: “The Trump campaign did nothing wrong — no collusion!” he wrote on Twitter.
New York Times (News)
Apr 20 2021
Analysis
Biden’s Big Agenda Relies on a Shrunken, Strained Agency: The IRS
If President Biden is to implement his ambitious economic agenda, he will have to rely on a beleaguered arm of the government: the Internal Revenue Service.
The U.S. tax agency, shrunken after a decade of budget cuts, is sending $1,400 payments to most Americans, the third such logistical challenge in a year. Last month’s $1.9 trillion relief law requires the IRS to create a system
Wall Street Journal (News)
Mar 07 2020
Fact Check
Could Bloomberg Give Each American $1M with Money He Spent on Ads?
On March 3, 2020, a Twitter user posted a message that claimed former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg could have given each American $1 million for the amount he spent on advertisements during his failed 2020 U.S. presidential candidacy:
The tweet reached a much larger audience a few days later when it was uncritically presented by MSNBC anchor Brian Williams and Mara Gay, a
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