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President Biden to Discuss Storm-Ravaged Areas of California
President Joe Biden is set to tour damage and be briefed on recovery efforts after devastating storms hit California in recent weeks, killing at least 20 people and causing destruction across 41 of the state’s 58 counties.
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Justice Dept. to Review Police Response to Texas School Shooting
The Justice Department says it will review the law enforcement response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
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White House: Free N95 Masks Will Be Available at Pharmacies, Health Centers
The Biden administration will make 400 million N95 masks from the Strategic National Stockpile available for free to Americans starting next week
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Biden, Obama, Clinton Mark 9/11 in NYC With Display of Unity
Three presidents and their wives stood somberly side by side at the National September 11 Memorial, sharing a moment of silence to mark the anniversary of the nation’s worst terror attack with a display of unity. Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton all gathered at the site where the World Trade Center towers fell two decades ago. They…
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G-7 Pledge to Share, But Jostle for Ground in the Sandbox
Recovery from the pandemic is set to dominate their discussions, with leaders of the wealthy democracies club expected to commit to sharing at least 1 billion vaccine shots with struggling countries.
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House Passes Aid Bill After Trump Declares Coronavirus Emergency
The House passed an aid package from Congress late Friday several hours after President Donald Trump declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency in order to free up more money and resources.
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US Ups Travel Restrictions as Trump Says More Coronavirus Cases ‘Likely'
The U.S. is banning travel to Iran in response to the outbreak of the new coronavirus. And it’s elevating travel warnings to regions of Italy and South Korea. President Donald Trump says 22 people in the U.S. have been stricken by the new coronavirus and more cases in the United States are “likely.”
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Bolton Book Pressures GOP to Allow Senate Witnesses
Pressure is increasing on senators to call John Bolton to testify at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. That’s after the revelation that a draft of a book by Trump’s former national security adviser undercuts a key defense argument _ that Trump never tied withholding military aid to Ukraine to his demand the country investigate political rival Joe Biden. Meanwhile, Trump’s...
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In Recording Trump Asks How Long Ukraine Can Resist Russians
President Donald Trump inquired how long Ukraine would be able to resist Russian aggression without U.S. assistance during a 2018 meeting with donors that included the indicted associates of his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. “How long would they last in a fight with Russia?” Trump is heard asking in the audio portion of a video recording, moments before he calls…
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Trump Lawyer Argues Dems Want to ‘Overturn' Last Election
President Donald Trump’s lawyers have opened their impeachment trial defense in a rare Saturday session by accusing Democrats of striving to overturn the results of the 2016 election. They say the Democrats’ investigation into Trump’s dealings with Ukraine was not a fact-finding mission but rather a politically motivated effort to drive him from the White House. The legal team arguments...
