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Hurricane Ida showed that US infrastructure isn't prepared for climate change
Sep 10, 2021 10:47US infrastructure is woefully inadequate for the stresses that climate change will bring.
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US airstrikes have killed up to 48,000 civilians since 9/11: Analysis
Sep 10, 2021 10:40Airstrikes conducted by the United States have killed between 22,000 and 48,000 civilians since September 11, 2001, according to a report published recently by Airwars, a military watchdog that monitors and seeks to reduce civilian harm in violent conflict zones.
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Why majority of Americans support costly foreign policies?
Sep 09, 2021 05:16Huge spending on the military has undermined US economic growth. Increased spending on defense meant less funding allocated to education and other socio-economic programs. This misallocation of resources was a major reason the US economy was slowing down, made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic and US-China trade wars.
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Biden under pressure as NGO says flights from Afghanistan blocked
Sep 09, 2021 05:12Michael McCaul, the top Republican on the House foreign affairs committee said that the situation in Afghanistan is “worse” than before the September 11 terrorist attacks because the Taliban are “fully armed” with American weaponry.
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Unemployment benefits expire for millions without pushback from Biden
Sep 08, 2021 04:07Expanded unemployment benefits that have kept millions of Americans afloat during the pandemic expired on Monday (6 Sep 2021), setting up an abrupt cutoff of assistance to 7.5 million people as the Delta variant rattles the pandemic recovery.
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Joe Biden and the future of America’s foreign policy
Sep 07, 2021 04:05US President Joe Biden is trying to ensure that an ongoing response to the suspicious events of September 11, 2001, is not the major cause of US action abroad.
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Calculating the real costs of the Afghanistan war
Sep 07, 2021 04:02The so-called global war on terror was not confined to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The US now has counterterrorism operations in 85 countries.
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Bruised Biden tries to turn the page after US debacle in Afghanistan
Sep 07, 2021 03:50After a hellish month, the US President Joe Biden wants to focus on domestic matters – but Republicans won’t let Afghanistan drop from the radar.’
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Estimated cost of post-9/11 US wars hits $8 trillion with nearly a million people dead
Sep 05, 2021 04:54A new analysis released recently shows the United States will ultimately spend upwards of $8 trillion and that nearly one million people have lost their lives so far in the so-called "global war on terror" that was launched after the attacks of September 11, 2001.
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US drone strike in Kabul killed a family — and began a new chapter of war
Sep 05, 2021 04:49Though U.S. forces have left Afghanistan, the war could continue with remotely controlled drone strikes — and even less accountability.