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Biden administration to keep using public health rule to turn away migrants
Aug 04, 2021 12:18With the number of migrants crossing the southern border surging and the pandemic proving to be far from over, the Biden administration has decided to leave in place for now the public health rule that has allowed it to turn away hundreds of thousands of migrants, officials said. Citing new concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, the Biden administration will continue to rely for now on a Trump-era policy.
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Biden’s foreign policy failures
Aug 03, 2021 14:33Biden’s foreign policy so far is largely made up of failures to achieve his stated goals and failures to overturn the worst policies that he inherited from Trump. In some cases, Biden has not even made the effort to overturn them.
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America’s mask wars return as communities split over new guidance
Aug 03, 2021 14:26The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised American people to wear masks indoors regardless of vaccination status, prompting a political fight in several US states.
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Already distorting Jan. 6, G.O.P. now concocts entire counternarrative
Aug 03, 2021 14:18In the hours and days after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, rattled Republican lawmakers knew exactly who was to blame: Donald J. Trump. Loyal allies began turning on him. Top Republicans vowed to make a full break from his divisive tactics and dishonesties. Some even discussed removing him from office.
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Drone whistleblower gets 45 months in prison for revealing ongoing US war crimes
Aug 01, 2021 12:24Obama, Trump and Biden administrations have all prosecuted whistleblowers for revealing evidence of U.S. war crimes. In addition to Hale, those courageous folks include Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange and John Kiriakou, who revealed that CIA officials used waterboarding, which constitutes the war crime of torture.
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US Congress needs to force Biden to end Yemen war
Aug 01, 2021 12:21Activists say it's not enough to trust Biden's promises to end U.S. support for the ongoing war in Yemen: Congress must compel him.
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Trauma is constant for Gaza’s children
Aug 01, 2021 05:05The term “post-traumatic stress disorder” is widely used to describe the psychological effects of war or disaster. Yet the term may not be applicable to Palestinians who have been attacked repeatedly and oppressed without pause for many decades.
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Biden is expediting deportations of migrant families
Aug 01, 2021 05:00On the campaign trail, Biden promised humane immigration policies, seeking to win votes from all those people horrified by the concentration camps at the border and the draconian immigration policies of Donald Trump. But as president, Biden is a continuation of, not a break with, Trump.
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'A very serious threat': CDC document warns Delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox
Aug 01, 2021 04:55An internal slide presentation assembled by officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that the Delta variant of the coronavirus—now the dominant strain in the U.S. and across much of the world—is as transmissible as chickenpox, could lead to more extreme illness than earlier mutations, and can likely be spread by people who are fully vaccinated.
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CDC advises vaccinated people to wear masks indoors in Delta surge areas
Jul 30, 2021 14:13The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that fully vaccinated people living with vulnerable household members wear masks in indoor public spaces. The revision of mask guidelines comes amid a surge in COVID cases as Delta variant in the US becomes more prevalent.