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Here's Where President Biden's Key Goals Stand After Two Years in Office
The Biden administration has had major pieces of legislation to its credit, despite the smallest of majorities in Congress.
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Texas Governor, Lawmakers Blasted for Lax Gun Laws After Elementary School Shooting
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other state lawmakers have weakened Texas’ gun control laws in recent years, even after deadly shootings at a Walmart in El Paso, a high school in Santa Fe and a church in Sutherland Springs.
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What Is Monkeypox? Why You Shouldn't Worry About First US Case of 2022
Health officials say the risk to the general public is low.
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Searches for ‘Abortion Pill' and ‘Plan B' Skyrocket—And Reach All-Time Highs
Google data shows searches for “abortion pill” and “Plan B” skyrocketing and reaching all-time highs following the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion on Roe vs. Wade.
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Activists Work to Cool Down Sweltering ‘Heat Island' Near Boston
The city is one of many where temperatures soar higher than neighboring communities because of pollution, a lack of green space and other conditions — a ‘heat island’ made worse by climate change.
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Biden's 2022 State of the Union Address, Annotated
Read an annotated transcript of President Joe Biden’s 2022 State of the Union address.
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A Long History of Politics and Protest at the Olympics
The International Olympic Committee insists the Games are nonpolitical, but a long history of protests, boycotts and tragedy show otherwise
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What's Behind the Calls for an Olympic Boycott?
Why are so many groups protesting what they are calling the “Genocide Games”? What are the accusations against the Chinese government of Xi Jinping? Here is a look at what the U.S. government, human rights groups and others say is occurring.
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Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hong Kongers Join Together to Protest Beijing Olympics
As China prepares to host the Winter Games, protesters have renamed them the “#2022 Genocide Olympics” to highlight the treatment of the the country’s Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities and are urging athletes, broadcasters and others not to participate. With weeks to go before the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics, Uyghur, Tibet and Hong Kong activists are asking...
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When Rioters Took Over the US Capitol: A Look Back Over the Last Year
A year after rioters took over the U.S. Capitol, spurred on by former President Donald Trump’s false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him, lawmakers and others continue to worry about the strength of American democracy.