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Biden, world leaders sign declaration to adopt vaccine passports for international travel | National

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Biden, world leaders sign declaration to adopt vaccine passports for international travel | National

(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden signed a G20 Bali Leaders’ Statement agreeing to adopt vaccine passports to “facilitate” all international travel. Paragraph 23 of the declaration pertains to “facilitating seamless international travel” by pledging to commit to international dialogue and collaboration to establish a “trusted global digital health networks that should capitalize and … Read more

Migrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard have been voluntarily taken to military base for support, officials say

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Migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard have been voluntarily taken to military base for support, officials say

CNN — The roughly 50 migrants who were sent by plane to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts by Florida’s governor this week were transported to a military base Friday to receive shelter and humanitarian support, officials said. The migrants, after two days of uncertainty on the small island and a large local effort to provide for … Read more

DeSantis ratchets up his play for Trump’s MAGA loyalists

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DeSantis ratchets up his play for Trump's MAGA loyalists

CNN — Disgust, shock and condemnation are not an unfortunate by-product of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decisions – like the one to fly 50 migrants to Martha’s Vineyard. They are the desired outcome of the hard-driving Republican’s approach to politics as he seeks re-election and eyes a possible presidential campaign designed to appeal to a … Read more

Biden’s Delaware vacation home faces ‘extreme’ flood risk as climate change leads to rising seas

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Biden's Delaware vacation home faces 'extreme' flood risk as climate change leads to rising seas

CNN — As he’s traveled the country to visit victims of storms, wildfires, and floods, President Joe Biden has returned to a similar theme: Climate change is “everybody’s crisis,” as he declared last year after surveying flooded-out New York homes in the wake of Hurricane Ida. Biden doesn’t say it explicitly, but that “everybody” includes … Read more

Bidens to travel to Kentucky after deadly flooding

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Bidens to travel to Kentucky after deadly flooding

CNN — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are scheduled to travel to Kentucky on Monday after deadly floods in the eastern part of the state killed more than three dozen people and destroyed communities. The Bidens will join Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and the state’s first lady, Britainy Beshear, in visiting families … Read more

Joe and Jill’s long summer

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Joe and Jill's long summer

CNN — This summer has not been an easy one for President Joe Biden, and no one feels that more than Jill Biden. His polling numbers are bleak, Democrats kvetch about lack of momentum, critics attack his advanced age, and then – on top of everything – he caught Covid-19, keeping him from the person … Read more

Biden Wants Cheap Gas. But Not Too Cheap.

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Biden Wants Cheap Gas. But Not Too Cheap.

Sign up for The Weekly Planet, Robinson Meyer’s newsletter about living through climate change, here. If you drive along the Gulf of Mexico from Corpus Christi, Texas, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, you will pass four US government sites that look like nothing special—a bland patch of concrete, a few office buildings, some oil silos huddled … Read more

Who Will Win the Debate Over Whether ARPA is Working?

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Who Will Win the Debate Over Whether ARPA is Working?

President Biden’s lead advisor on the American Rescue Plan Act, at a gathering of county officials in Denver this past week, rejected growing claims from congressional Republicans that there are significant problems with wasteful spending of the $350 billion in state and local aid provided under the pandemic relief law. “I think that the criticisms … Read more

States and Localities Plan for Billions in ARPA Workforce Spending

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States and Localities Plan for Billions in ARPA Workforce Spending

States, localities, territories and tribes are looking to plow over $13 billion from the American Rescue Plan Act toward workforce investments, the White House said Wednesday. That sum includes about $9 billion from the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund—the $350 billion pot of state and local government aid in the pandemic relief law. The … Read more

Iran slams US regional air defense plan ahead of Biden trip

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Iran slams US regional air defense plan ahead of Biden trip

TEHRAN: Iran has described as a “threat” the United States’ plans for enhancing air defense cooperation with its Middle East allies, due to be discussed during President Joe Biden’s upcoming regional trip. The White House’s National Security Council spokesman John Kirby on Thursday said “greater collaboration” on issues such as air defence, particularly with regards … Read more