This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. More and more people have come to understand the urgency of the climate crisis in recent years, and Americans have elected a president in Joe Biden who has pledged to make addressing …
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President Joe Biden intends to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11th, 2021, an extension of a May 1st, 2021 deadline negotiated by former president Trump with the Taliban. The president plans to announce his decision on Wednesday, according to the Washington Post, which broke the story, and other …
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Congressman Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) used the terrorist attacks on 9/11 in a racist reply guy tweet to Democrat Ilhan Omar on Saturday. Murphy responded to Rep. Ilhan Omar’s post about the death of Capitol Police Officer William Evans, who was fatally injured in a car-ramming attack near the Capitol building. …
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A current aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo came forward with allegations of sexual harassment, published in the New York Timeson Friday. Alyssa McGrath told theTimes’Jesse McKinley that the governor made inappropriate remarks about her appearance and marital status and would stare down her shirt. McGrath, who is 33, …
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Pete Buttigieg, the man now responsible for managing the means by which Americans travel trillions of miles per year, can’t leave his house. Just days after he was confirmed as secretary of transportation, a member of his security detail tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the newly minted Cabinet member to …
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According to Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson, condemning those who support the execution of the speaker of the House is on par with ostracizing those who are merely thinking outside the box. ABC News host Martha Raddatz asked the Arkansas governor about the QAnon congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s fitness to serve, …
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When it comes to torpedoing a newly elected Democratic president, Mitch McConnell has plenty of experience. In 2009, President Barack Obama took the White House with a landslide victory, sky-high approval ratings, and massive majorities in the House and Senate. After a lofty campaign and a disastrous George W. Bush …
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed disturbing details about the attack on the Capitol and called President Trump “deranged, unhinged, [and] dangerous” in an appearance on 60 Minutes. While walking through her ransacked and vandalized office, Pelosi told journalist Lesley Stahl that evidence shows people in the mob were focused on …
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has yet to address the American public after news networks called the 2020 election for his opponent, President-elect Joe Biden. But Trump and his allies have stayed plenty busy filing a wave of lawsuits in battleground states attempting to challenge certain votes and prove widespread …
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WASHINGTON — Here are three numbers to bear in mind on the eve of this election: 31. 99,000. 2.1 million. The first — 31 — is the number of states that set a new one-day record for Covid-19 infections at some point during the month of October. The second — …
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