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Biden is rejecting Trump’s Border Wall — but favors his own technological wall
Feb 05, 2021 16:47President Joe Biden will sign a number of immigration-related executive actions continuing his reversals of former President Donald Trump’s harsh policies toward undocumented immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees as part the new administration’s effort to pursue a more humanitarian approach to immigration and border enforcement.
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Americans did not “lose” loved ones and normal life to COVID. They were stolen
Feb 05, 2021 17:25By now, the world that does not watch Fox News knows that very early on, Donald Trump was aware of the dangers of this pandemic but refused to act because it might make him look weak”, says William Rivers Pitt, senior editor and lead columnist.
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People who get vaccinated may still spread the virus — and other things to know about COVID-19
Feb 05, 2021 17:11COVID vaccines alone will not get rid of the virus in the immediate future. SARS-CoV-2 is spreading rapidly. Ten to 20 percent of the tests globally turn out to be positive.
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McConnell says ‘loony lies’ spread by Marjorie Taylor Greene are a ‘cancer’ on G.O.P.
Feb 05, 2021 17:05Senator Mitch McConnell said on Monday (1st Feb) that the “loony lies and conspiracy theories” embraced by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene amounted to a “cancer” on the Republican Party, issuing what in effect was a scathing rebuke to the freshman House Republican from Georgia.
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We can’t give up on idea of a nuke-free world
Feb 05, 2021 16:42While 122 countries voted to ban nuclear weapons, the United States pursued a project to threaten China with a nuclear attack. In August 2019, the US withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, tested two intermediate-range missiles, and then posted an order for a variety of cruise and ballistic missiles.
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New surge of COVID is spreading “like wildfire” in Illinois prisons
Feb 04, 2021 16:13With COVID-19 raging throughout the United States, there is a growing sense of desperation among people in prison. A report put out by the Illinois-based advocacy organization Restore Justice documented how the state’s response to the pandemic has been “anemic.”
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Biden’s hawkish foreign policy could derail moves to fight austerity
Feb 04, 2021 15:51In almost every regard, the benefits of the Biden administration’s foreign policy are much less obvious, and could leave the U.S. wreaking havoc on every continent in the world except Antarctica.
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Silver becomes the new GameStop as metal soars to eight-year high
Feb 04, 2021 04:54A rally in the price of silver lifted the metal to an eight-year high on Monday February 01, but those gains faded as some investors questioned the ability of social media-driven traders to move prices in a bigger, more liquid market.
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US to resume deporting asylum seekers after judge rejects Biden order
Feb 03, 2021 18:43US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) is preparing to resume deportations of asylum seekers after a Trump-appointed Texas judge ruled against a 100-day suspension ordered by president Joe Biden. The ruling, in response to a challenge from a leading figure in the Republican effort to overturn the election result, marks the first shot in a legal rearguard action by Trump loyalists intended to stymie the Biden administration’s agenda.
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Black Americans are left behind as vaccine rollout expands
Feb 03, 2021 18:29Black Americans are still receiving COVID vaccinations at dramatically lower rates than white Americans even as the chaotic rollout reaches more people, according to a new KHN analysis.