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Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Saturday, September 25, 2021

Sep 25

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Poll numbers down, justices say they aren’t politicians
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Supreme Court justices delivered the same plea in rapid succession in recent days: Don’t view justices as politicians. The justices have reason to be concerned. Recent polls show a sharp drop in approval of a court now dominated by conservatives.

Panel OKs Dems' $3.5T bill, crunch time for Biden agenda

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed a $3.5 trillion, 10-year bill strengthening social safety net and climate programs through the House Budget Committee on Saturday, but one Democrat voted “no,” illustrating the challenges party leaders face in winning the near unanimity they'll need to push the...

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House panel advances $3.5T spending bill

The House Budget Committee has advanced the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion social spending plan as party leaders set their sights on teeing up the package for a vote in the lower chamber this coming week, despite brewing inner party divisions.&nbsp

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Biden risks losing support from Democrats amid DC gridlock

NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden is losing support among critical groups in his political base as some of his core campaign promises falter, raising concerns among Democrats that the voters who put him in office may feel less enthusiastic about returning to the polls in next year's midterm...

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Why the GOP is threatening to block the debt limit extension

Republicans say the debt limit must be extended. They support the contents of the bill to which that extension is attached. And they're promising to block that vote. Here's why.

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Georgia rally to mark debut of GOP primary 'Trump ticket'

ATLANTA (AP) — The rewards of an early Donald Trump endorsement will be on display Saturday in Georgia when a three-man ticket of candidates he's backing in 2022 Republican primaries will be featured at one of his signature rallies.

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Taliban hang body in public; signal return to past tactics

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban hanged a dead body from a crane parked in a city square in Afghanistan on Saturday in a gruesome display that signaled the hard-line movement’s return to some of its brutal tactics of the past.

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Executive privilege fight poses hurdles for Trump

Former President Trump faces significant hurdles in his effort to use executive privilege to block the Jan. 6 committee's subpoenas for executive branch documents and testimony from his former aides.

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Republican Maricopa County supervisors call on Kelli Ward to resign from GOP leadership

Republicans on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors are calling for Arizona GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward, who is closely aligned with former President Donald Trump, to resign following the release of the state Senate's election audit report.

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House panel slated to advance massive bill Saturday

House Democrats scheduled a rare Saturday meeting to advance their proposed $3.5 trillion package, setting up a key procedural vote while they struggle to pass President Joe Biden's economic agenda.

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'Stop the Steal' Movement Races Forward, Ignoring Arizona Humiliation

After all the scurrying, searching, sifting, speculating, hand-counting and bamboo-hunting had ended, Republicans’ postmortem review of election results in Arizona’s largest county wound up only adding to President Joe Biden’s margin of victory there. But for those who have tried to undermine...

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Abbott bows to Trump pressure on Texas election audit

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is barreling forward with an audit of the 2020 election in his state’s four largest counties after mounting pressure from former President Trump.

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States at disadvantage in race to recruit cybersecurity pros

CHICAGO (AP) — Austin Moody wanted to apply his cybersecurity skills in his home state of Michigan, teaming up with investigators for the State Police to analyze evidence and track down criminals. But the recent graduate set the idea aside after learning an unpaid internship was his only way...

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How people are getting around the new Texas abortion law

Providers have seen a surge in interest in online purchases of abortion pills since the state's near-total ban went into effect.

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Biden agenda at risk of being derailed by setbacks on Capitol Hill

As he nears 10 months in office, President Biden is at a critical juncture with multiple aspects of his legislative agenda either stalled or in peril on Capitol Hill.

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Pelosi: House must pass 3 major pieces of spending legislation this week

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said in a letter to Democrats on Saturday that the coming week will be a “time of intensity,” as party leadership aims to take action on three major pieces of spending legislation in the days ahead.

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Russia says it's in sync with US, China, Pakistan on Taliban

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States, China, Russia and Pakistan are working together to ensure that Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers keep their promises, especially to form a genuinely representative government and prevent extremism from spreading, Russia’s foreign minister said Saturday.

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Biden Promised to Follow the Science. But Sometimes, He Gets Ahead of the Experts.

WASHINGTON — As he announced Friday that booster shots would be available to some Americans, President Joe Biden made a prediction: His administration was likely to soon provide third doses of the vaccine “across the board” to anyone who wanted one. “In the near term, we’re probably going to...

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Biden administration has removed just 2K of 30,000 migrants who surged border in Del Rio

The Biden administration has removed just 2,000 of the more than 30,000 migrants who surged to the border in Del Rio in September, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday.

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Bill Maher hits back at Whoopi Goldberg over 'Black national anthem'

HBO host Bill Maher fired back at “The View” host Whoopi Goldberg on Friday after Goldberg criticized his comments regarding the NFL playing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” known as the Black national anthem, before games.

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POLITICO Playbook: ‘Audit’ movement gains steam — even after Arizona

And Democrats try to move the reconciliation bill forward.

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Haiti's leader: Migration won't end unless inequality does

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Amid an outcry over the U.S. treatment of Haitian asylum-seekers, the beleaguered island country's embattled prime minister pointedly said Saturday that inequalities and conflict drive migration.

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Analysis: They're 80+. They're in charge. They're not going away.

Voters generally reward age and experience, at least when it comes to incumbents.

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Pelosi goes all in with domestic agenda on the line

The outcome of Democrats' dual spending bills, with trillions of dollars in investments, could effectively be the denouement of the speaker's long and historic career.

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Betsy DeVos offers veiled criticism of GOP's ongoing passion for Trump

It appeared to be a rare GOP criticism of what amounts to something close to a cult of personality surrounding former President Donald Trump.

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Hurricane Sam strengthens into major Category 4 storm

The "small but dangerous storm" is one of the earliest 18th named storms to form.

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Biden downplays importance to US if Haiti were to 'quietly sink' into the sea in resurfaced interview

A 1994 interview in which President Joe Biden discounted the import to U.S. policy if Haiti were to "quietly sink" into the water is resurfacing as the administration grapples with the fallout of thousands of Haitian migrants flooding the southern border.

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California Gov. Newsom signs law to replace term ‘alien’ with 'noncitizen' or 'immigrant'

California passed laws in 2015 and 2016 to remove the term from the state’s labor and education code. But the new law removes it from additional state codes.

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Trump stokes GOP tensions in Georgia

Donald Trump’s looming presence over next year’s midterm elections in Georgia has made the state a hotbed for the intra-party battles that await Republicans in 2022.

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AP FACT CHECK: Pro-Trump auditors spin election falsehoods

A group hired by Trump-friendly Republicans to examine the results of the 2020 election in Arizona’s largest county spun falsehoods about deleted data, double voting and other malfeasance in a report that ignored basic facts about how elections are run. The report released Friday by the Cyber...

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DNC to host first in-person fundraiser of the Covid era

After going virtual for 18 months, the committee will once again raise cash indoors.

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Congress has given up on police reform. Both sides agree about what went wrong.

Lawmakers had been on the cusp of the deal but couldn't get it across the finish line after political pressures took over.

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Nationalizing her governor run? 'You bet I am,' Sanders says

CABOT, Ark. (AP) — She's toured the state in an RV emblazoned with her name, launched a TV ad that's airing during Arkansas Razorbacks football games and spoken to packed rooms at restaurants. Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders' introduction as a candidate for governor hasn't...

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As Dems race forward, Manchin pumps brakes: ‘There is no timeline’

Democratic leadership has pushed their $3.5 trillion spending bill along without buy-in from the moderate West Virginia senator.

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Germany set to vote in most unpredictable elections in years

Germany’s vote on Sunday marks the end of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s 16 years in office.

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'You are free, you are home': Haitian migrants to be offered residency, permits by Mexico

So ended the weeklong campaign by U.S. and Mexican officials to resolve the Haitian migrant crisis at the border involving about 15,000 migrants.

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Fawn Fire north of Redding, California scorches more than 7,000 acres, sends residents fleeing

A 30-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of starting the blaze, which as of Saturday was only 10% contained.

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Border landowner’s 20,000-acre hunting grounds become human smugglers' paradise

DEL RIO, Texas — Page Day is a professional outfitter who makes a living by hosting hunters on guided expeditions for deer and exotic animals on his family’s 20,000 acres of land just miles from the U.S.-Mexico border in south-central Texas.

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Ferries in Alaska. Rail in Oregon. States Dream Big on Infrastructure Funds.

WASHINGTON — In the Pacific Northwest, the aging Interstate 5 bridge, a main artery between Oregon and Washington, is at risk of collapsing in a major earthquake. Across Appalachia, abandoned coal mines leaking toxic pollutants are a threat to public health. And along the Gulf Coast, states like...

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Sep 24

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Draft election audit report: Joe Biden won in Maricopa County by more votes than originally tallied
PHOENIX - A draft report of the election review in Arizona’s largest county by supporters of former President Donald Trump found that President Joe Biden did indeed win the 2020 presidential contest there, an embarrassing end to a bizarre quest to find evidence supporting Trump’s false claim that he lost because of fraud.

House passes bill preserving the right to abortion

The House on Friday passed the Women's Health Protection Act, a bill aimed at preserving access to an abortion nationwide, as abortion rights are being threatened across the country by Republican-led state legislatures.

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Biden: Budget talks hit 'stalemate,' $3.5T may take a while

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that talks over his $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan have hit a “stalemate" in Congress as he made the case for his expansive effort to recast the nation's tax and spending programs and make what he sees as sweeping, overdue investments.

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Trump blames media after Arizona audit finds Biden won

Former President Trump on Friday laid into the news media after a draft report of the 2020 election audit in Arizona reaffirmed

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Pressure rising for Democrats in Virginia governor's race

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Richard Stuart, a longtime Republican state senator in Virginia, got three days' notice this summer to help pull together a weekday campaign event for Glenn Youngkin, the GOP candidate for governor.

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Biden: 'People will pay' for horseback charge on migrants at border

Images of US border agents charging at migrants have sparked outrage among many US lawmakers.

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Harris 'View' interview delayed, hosts positive for COVID-19

NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris' live interview on “The View” was abruptly delayed Friday after two hosts of the talk show learned they had tested positive for COVID-19 moments before Harris was to join them on the set.

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Mystery solved: Biden gets proof of family ties to India

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mystery solved. President Joe Biden sat down with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday for important talks about the Indo-Pacific region. But first, the leaders caught up on the president's own family ties to the subcontinent.

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Pelosi aims to pass infrastructure and safety net bills next week. Democrats are skeptical.

"It would take an awful lot of work," said Rep. Stephanie Murphy, a Democrat who is a leader of the centrist Blue Dog Coalition.

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Judge orders Trump Org. to address subpoenas by New York attorney general for company records

A New York judge has ordered the Trump Organization to submit a report next week to the New York Attorney General in an effort to resolve a long-running dispute over subpoenas for records, according to an unsealed order.

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Greene heckles Democrats and they fire back on Capitol steps

Conservative Rep.

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House votes to protect abortion rights amid state challenges

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Friday that would guarantee a woman’s right to an abortion, an effort by Democrats to circumvent a new Texas law that has placed that access under threat.

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‘You’ve disgraced this country’: Judge rips Capitol riot defendant

“I find it outrageous that American citizens would do what you did,” George W. Bush appointee Reggie Walton said following a Florida man’s guilty plea.

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Fox News bans Rudy Giuliani from appearing: report

Fox News has banned Rudy Giuliani and his son from appearing on its network, Politico Playbook reported on

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Great Wall of Lights: China’s sea power on Darwin’s doorstep

ABOARD THE OCEAN WARRIOR in the eastern Pacific Ocean (AP) — It’s 3 a.m., and after five days plying through the high seas, the Ocean Warrior is surrounded by an atoll of blazing lights that overtakes the nighttime sky.

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Reps. Greene, Dingell get into shouting match on Capitol steps over abortion bill

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was involved in a shouting match with Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell on the steps of the Capitol Building over the subject of abortion.

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'Truth is truth': Trump dealt blow as Republican-led Arizona audit reaffirms Biden win

Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden in Arizona's most populous county, a review of results by his allies in the Republican Party has reaffirmed, capping a widely panned effort spurred by Trump's false claims of voter fraud.

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Texas launches review of 2020 election, hours after Trump call

Since his loss last November, Trump and his allies have been fixated on false claims of widespread electoral fraud.

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As Arizona Senate Republicans prepare to release 2020 ballot review, other states are just beginning

Wisconsin and Pennsylvania Republicans, too, are undertaking reexaminations of the presidential election, though both states certified Biden as the winner.

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More rental aid is reaching tenants to stave off eviction

Almost a month after a federal eviction moratorium ended , the Treasury Department said Friday that states and cities distributed money for nearly 1.4 million payments in August and the pace picked up from the month before.

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DeSantis pulls ahead of 2024 GOP pack as Florida’s Covid cases fall

The Florida governor's fortunes have ebbed and flowed with the pandemic.

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Jitender Maan Gogi: India gangster shot dead in Delhi court

Two men dressed as lawyers opened fire in court on a man police detained on charges of murder and extortion.

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Del Rio camp cleared as last remaining migrants depart

After several days of living in squalid conditions under the Del Rio International Bridge, the last remaining migrants departed a makeshift camp there just before noon local time on Friday.

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Biden hosts Indo-Pacific leaders as China concerns grow

WASHINGTON (AP) — Meeting with the leaders of India, Australia and Japan, President Joe Biden declared Friday that the U.S. and other member of the Indo-Pacific alliance known as “the Quad," are showing they “know how to get things done" in an increasingly complicated corner of the globe.

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Biden urges passage of two key bills amid legislative "stalemate"

The president acknowledged deeply divided congressional Democrats are "getting down to the hard spot" in negotiations over passage of his massive social spending plan.

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Cruz, GOP senators press Biden on Afghan 'child brides' among refugees

Cruz, alongside fellow Republican senators Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, demanded answers from the president on the reports that “child brides” had evacuated from Afghanistan to the US.

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Draft of Arizona GOP's vote review finds wider Biden win

PHOENIX (AP) — A draft report of the election review in Arizona's largest county by supporters of former President Donald Trump found that President Joe Biden did indeed win the 2020 presidential contest there, an embarrassing end to a bizarre quest to find evidence supporting Trump's false...

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29 members of Congress caught violating a federal law on their stock trades in 2021

Insider has identified numerous members of Congress who've broken the transparency provision of a federal law that requires timely reporting of their stock trades.

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Most rental aid went unspent in August, sparking Treasury warning

About 2.6 million tenants are at risk of imminent eviction without aid, according to the Urban Institute.

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Gunman in deadly mass shooting at Kroger in Collierville, Tennessee, identified as 29-year-old store vendor

One person was killed and 14 others were wounded after a gunman opened fire at a supermarket.

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Biden admin sends "negative sign" with sanctions, Iran's foreign minister says

Iran’s foreign minister says his government will return to nuclear talks “very soon” after it finishes a review of previous negotiations.

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FBI agents question Afghan rescue groups

“Any time you get visited by the FBI or contacted by an entity like that, it's concerning,” one of the members said.

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GOP-backed Arizona election review confirms Biden 2020 win

A late draft of an election audit that will be presented Friday to the Arizona state Senate will confirm that President Biden carried Maricopa County during the 2020 election, and by a wider margin than the final certified results showe

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Trump claims preliminary Maricopa County audit report 'far different' than final report

Former President Donald Trump on Friday reiterated allegations of widespread fraud in the Arizona general election last November, saying news outlets are "lying" about preliminary reports suggesting the long-anticipated Maricopa County audit will confirm President Joe Biden's victory in the county…

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Biden and Harris harshly condemn horseback wrangling depicted in images from US-Mexico border

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday harshly condemned the actions depicted in images showing Border Patrol agents on horseback rounding up Haitian migrant families in Texas after they crossed over from Mexico.

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Kristi Noem's decision to reject girls' sports bill faces new scrutiny amid questions of lobbyist's influence

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is encountering heightened scrutiny over decision to reject women's sports legislation, with many questioning the influence of a longtime advisor – Matt McCaulley – who also has ties to the state's top employer.

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Former Minneapolis officer in George Floyd case to appeal murder conviction

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has filed notice that he will appeal his conviction and sentence for the murder of George Floyd, arguing that the judge in his case abused his discretion and made multiple errors during the trial.

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Mayorkas doubles down on Border Patrol criticism, even as 'whip' narrative crumbles

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas doubled down on his criticism of Border Patrol horse patrol agents who had blocked Haitian migrants from entering the U.S., claiming the images "conjured up" America's history of "systemic racism" – even as the narrative promoted by the White House...

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Groundbreaking for Obama presidential center set for Tuesday

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama's presidential center will move another step closer to its brick-and-mortar future next week when ground is broken after years of reviews, other delays and continued local opposition.

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U.S. House passes abortion rights bill, outlook poor in Senate

The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday to protect abortion services against growing Republican-backed state restrictions, including a Texas law that imposes a near-total ban on abortion, but the bill is unlikely to pass the Senate.

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Activision Blizzard Strikes An $18 Million Deal Over Its Workplace Harassment Lawsuit

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Popular game maker Activision Blizzard reached an $18 million settlement with the U.S. government over allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination against female employees at the company.

Activision Blizzard, which is behind the hugely popular game franchises Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Candy Crush, confirmed the deal was reached with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on Monday. Earlier that day, the agency filed a civil rights lawsuit against the company in federal court in California.

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China lets US siblings return home after three years

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It coincides with the high-profile release of Chinese tech executive Meng Wanzhou and two Canadians.

North Korea Has Fired A Short-Range Missile Into The Sea In Its Latest Weapons Test

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired a short-range missile into the sea early Tuesday, its neighboring countries said, in the latest weapon tests by North Korea that has raised questions about the sincerity of its recent offer for talks with South Korea.

In an emergency National Security Council meeting, the South Korean government expressed regret over what it called "a short-range missile launch" by the North. South Korea's military earlier said the object fired from North Korea's mountainous northern Jagang province flew toward the waters off...

Protesters demonstrate outside Manchin's houseboat over opposition to reconciliation package

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Advocates from several groups demonstrated outside of Sen. Joe ManchinJoe ManchinPelosi sets Thursday vote on bipartisan infrastructure bill Budget impasses mark a critical turning point in Biden's presidency Democrats urge Biden to go all in with agenda in limbo MORE’s (D-W.Va.) houseboat on Monday, protesting the senator’s opposition to Democrats’ multi-trillion dollar reconciliation package.

Representatives from Young West Virginia, Race Matters WV, Center for Popular Democracy Action, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and Greenpeace USA...

Japan set to lift all virus emergency steps nationwide

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Japan is set to lift all coronavirus emergency measures when they expire later this week as infections slow and the nation tries to reactivate its economy

Biden accused of ‘moving goalposts’ on percentage of Americans who need to get jab to return normal

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, accused President Biden of "moving the goalposts" on Monday after the president hinted to reporters that up to 98% of Americans may need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before we return to normal.

Biden received his booster shot at the White House on Monday when he was asked by a reporter how many Americans will need to be vaccinated before the country returns to normal.

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Goldman Sachs cuts China growth forecast over power outages

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The country has seen electricity shortages that have left some factories and homes without power.

Female Afghan judges hunted by the murderers they convicted

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Six former female judges who have gone into hiding speak to the BBC from secret locations across the country.

2 Top Federal Reserve Officials Retire After Trading Disclosures

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WASHINGTON — In a rare moment of ethical controversy for the Federal Reserve, two top officials resigned Monday in the wake of revelations about their financial trading that exposed potential shortcomings in the Fed's rules on investments. Eric Rosengren, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, said he would step down this week for health reasons. Meanwhile, Robert Kaplan, the president of the Dallas Fed, said he would resign Oct. 8 to avoid becoming a "distraction" from the Fed's broader mission. The two officials' financial disclosures...

Nancy Pelosi reiterates infrastructure vote plans as some Democrats push back

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled she would push forward with a Thursday vote on the Senate's bipartisan infrastructure bill.

Anti-vaccine-mandate protestors march NYC streets on eve of enforcement for health care workers

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Crows of people protesting against COVID-19 vaccine mandates marched the streets of New York City on Monday, the deadline newly-minted Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul set for health care workers to receive a COVID-19 shot or face being fired from their jobs.

Protesters held signs that read, "Naturally immune," and "Medical segregation is racist," in the crowd that took up the entire street in the Avenue of the Americas, according to footage shared on Twitter by independent journalist Elad Eliahu.

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NY Gov. Hochul says vaccines are 'from God,' sends out her own 'apostles' to push jabs

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Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., preached from a pulpit in Brooklyn on Sunday that citizens should be thankful to God for the COVID-19 vaccines, which she claimed were divinely inspired.

Hochul, who assumed office in August after Andrew Cuomo resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct, also urged her listeners to be her "apostles" by convincing their friends to get vaccinated, an act she said demonstrates the love Jesus commanded his followers to exhibit.

"We are not through this pandemic," Hochul said during her homily at the Christian Cultural...

Manchin raises red flag on carbon tax

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Centrist Sen. Joe ManchinJoe ManchinPelosi sets Thursday vote on bipartisan infrastructure bill Budget impasses mark a critical turning point in Biden's presidency Democrats urge Biden to go all in with agenda in limbo MORE (D-W.Va.) on Monday raised a red flag over his Democratic colleagues’ push to include a carbon tax in the reconciliation package they will need his vote to pass later this year.

A plan to tax carbon as a way to combat climate change and raise revenue for the reconciliation package is gaining momentum, and some Senate Democrats...

North Korea fires projectile, says South's military

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South Korea’s military says the object landed in waters off Japan early Tuesday morning.

Taliban: Afghanistan bank boss warns sector near collapse

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The head of one of Afghanistan's biggest banks says the country's financial sector is near collapse.

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