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Biden Says GOP state voting restrictions are ‘un-American’
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - President Joe Biden declared that preserving voting rights is "a test of our time" Tuesday as Texas Democrats took dramatic action to stymie their state's latest effort in a nation...
Syndicated Author Jul 13, 2021

Texas Democrats dig in after exodus; GOP threatens arrest
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Democrats who hurriedly fled to Washington to block sweeping new election laws back home acknowledged Tuesday they can't stay away forever and urged Congress to act on votin...
Syndicated Author Jul 13, 2021

US deficit for current budget year climbs to $2.24 trillion
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government's deficit for the first nine months of this budget year hit $2.24 trillion, keeping the country on track for its second-biggest shortfall in history.In its monthl...
Syndicated Author Jul 13, 2021

US consumer prices surge in June by the most since 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - Prices for U.S. consumers jumped in June by the most in 13 years, signaling that a swift rebound in spending has run up against widespread supply shortages that have escalated the co...
Syndicated Author Jul 13, 2021

2 Baltimore officers on US task force shot, suspect killed
WOODLAWN, Md. (AP) - Two Baltimore city police officers were shot and a suspect was killed as a U.S. Marshals' task force served a warrant outside a mall Tuesday morning, a Baltimore County police spo...
Syndicated Author Jul 13, 2021

France’s Macron orders all health workers to get vaccinated
PARIS (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday ordered all French health care workers to get virus vaccine shots by Sept. 15 and urged all of his compatriots to get vaccinated as soon as poss...
Syndicated Author Jul 12, 2021

FDA adds warning about rare reaction to J&J COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. regulators on Monday added a new warning to Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine about links to a rare and potentially dangerous neurological reaction, but said it's not ent...
Syndicated Author Jul 12, 2021

Biden meets with Democrat city leaders where gun violence is soaring
WASHINGTON (AP) - Facing rising fears of summer violence, President Joe Biden is embarking on a political high-wire act, trying to balance his strong backing for law enforcement with the police reform...
Syndicated Author Jul 12, 2021

Texas Democrats plan to leave state to stop GOP voting bill
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Democrats in the Texas Legislature were planning Monday to leave the state in a second revolt against a GOP overhaul of election laws, creating another dramatic showdown over voti...
Syndicated Author Jul 12, 2021

Biden fires holdover head of Social Security Administration
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Friday fired the commissioner of Social Security after the official refused to resign, and accepted the deputy commissioner's resignation, the White House said...
Syndicated Author Jul 09, 2021
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