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[ March 2, 2021 ] U.S. Supreme Court Leans toward Upholding Republican-Backed Voting Curbs Administration
[ March 2, 2021 ] Former U.S. Ambassador Doesn’t See Iran Nuclear Deal Happening This Year as Escalations Mount Foreign Policy
[ March 2, 2021 ] Biden’s Team Says It Will Use ‘All Available Tools’ to Fight China’s Unfair Trade Practices Foreign Policy
[ March 2, 2021 ] U.S. Sanctions for Navalny Poisoning May Come on Tuesday Foreign Policy
[ March 2, 2021 ] China Extends Lead over U.S. in Global Patents Filings, U.N. Says Business

Foreign Policy

Biden’s Team Says It Will Use ‘All Available Tools’ to Fight China’s Unfair Trade Practices

President Joe Biden’s team will use “all available tools” to fight China’s unfair trade practices, according to a report outlining the new U.S. administration’s trade agenda, CNBC informed. The document released on Monday did not [...]
Health

UK Rollout Data on AstraZeneca Shot Should Guide Other Countries

Data from Britain’s vaccine rollout on the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 shot in older people should help other countries reassess their use of it, the head of the university’s vaccine research group said [...]
Politics

Trump Targets Disloyal Republicans, Repeats Election Lies and Hints at 2024 Run

Former President Donald Trump hinted on Sunday at a possible presidential run in 2024, attacked President Joe Biden and repeated his fraudulent claims he won the 2020 election in his first major appearance since leaving [...]
Health

Fauci Urges Americans to Get Any of the Three COVID-19 Vaccines Available

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease official, said on Sunday he was encouraging Americans to accept any of the three available COVID-19 vaccines, including the newly approved Johnson & Johnson shot, Reuters reported. [...]
Administration

Biden Scores Legislative Win as House Passes $1.9 Trillion COVID Relief Plan

President Joe Biden scored his first legislative win as the House of Representatives passed his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package early Saturday, though Democrats face challenges to their hopes of using the bill to raise [...]

UK Rollout Data on AstraZeneca Shot Should Guide Other Countries

March 2, 2021

Data from Britain’s vaccine rollout on the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 shot in older people should help other countries reassess their use of it, the head of the university’s vaccine research group said [...]
Fauci Urges Americans to Get Any of the Three COVID-19 Vaccines Available

March 1, 2021
U.S. Authorizes J&J’s COVID-19 Vaccine, Making It Third Available

February 28, 2021

Biden Says U.S., Canada to Work toward Achieving Net Zero Emissions by 2050

February 24, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed to work toward achieving net zero emissions by 2050, Reuters reported. “We’re launching a high-level, climate-ambition ministerial and to [...]
Investors Push Companies to Come Clean on Climate

February 24, 2021
White House Says Severe Winter Storm Likely Due to Climate Change

February 18, 2021

Russia Accuses Twitter of Breaking Law by Failing to Delete Content

March 1, 2021

Russia’s communications regulator accused Twitter on Monday of violating Russian law, saying the social media platform had not complied with some of its requests to delete banned content, Reuters reported. Roskomnadzor said Twitter had failed [...]
Twitter Shares Soar after Company Announces Plan to Double Revenue by End of 2023

February 25, 2021
California to Enforce Net Neutrality after Judge Rejects Challenge by Internet Providers

February 24, 2021

Next LGBTQ Rights Legal Battle Looms After Supreme Court Victory

June 16, 2020

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling protecting LGBT rights in the workplace sets the stage for another major legal fight over the scope of religious-rights exemptions to certain federal laws that could dilute the landmark decision’s [...]
Former Trump Adviser Offers Help to Iraqis that Trump Wants to Deport – For a Price

August 28, 2017
Marijuana Legalization Could Gain Prominence in 2020 Election

August 14, 2017

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