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Published on Sunday, 31 March 2024 12:50
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Written by Janet Walker
With tax filing deadline quickly approaching, reviewing what the Biden Administration’s Build Back Better campaign has completed to make the tax system more equitable for all Americans, should highlight his commitment to the American people.
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Published on Sunday, 24 March 2024 10:20
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Written by Janet Walker
For Americans depending on insulin, the Biden Administration devoted a whole of government effort to negotiating with Medicare and Big Pharma to cap the cost; now they are battling to lower the cost of fifty additional prescription drugs.
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Published on Monday, 18 March 2024 12:29
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Written by Olivier Longhi
Triumphantly re-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin seems as untouchable. However, a more advanced analysis of reality would tend to evoke an atmosphere of an end to his reign, or at least the beginnings of difficult years to come.
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Published on Sunday, 17 March 2024 13:43
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden, who secured the required delegates this week to earn the Democratic party's nomination for president, has continued with the business of bridging the deep political, social, and economic divisions United States and throughout the world.
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Published on Wednesday, 13 March 2024 06:48
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Written by Olivier Longhi
While 73% of French people say they are in favour of the European project, they also put the National Rally at the top of the list of voting intentions in the European elections next June.
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Published on Sunday, 10 March 2024 12:17
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden, after a commanding vote of confidence during Super Tuesday primaries, delivered the annual State of the Union and presented his plan to help all Americans and finish the job entrusted to him four years ago.
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Published on Monday, 04 March 2024 10:33
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Written by Olivier Longhi
As the 2024 presidential election looms, two contenders are emerging to occupy the White House. But are they the best representatives of their parties and do either have all the abilities to sit in the Oval Office?
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Published on Sunday, 03 March 2024 09:36
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Written by Janet Walker
As a 2024 presidential election rematch between President Biden and former President Trump appears to be inevitable, issues, outside of the obvious are surfacing, including the Israeli-Gaza war, which Palestine Americans believe, wrongly, can be controlled.
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Published on Monday, 26 February 2024 09:21
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Written by Olivier Longhi
As the European elections loom, which are expected to be perilous for the presidential majority, Emmanuel Macron, President of the Republic, and Jordan Bardella, President of the Nationalist Party, have competed in demagoguery and populism.
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Published on Sunday, 25 February 2024 11:34
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Written by Janet Walker
As the Ukraine war moves into the third year, President Biden has continued to push Congress to act on a new military aid package and stand up against the tyranny of Russian President Vladmir Putin.
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Published on Tuesday, 20 February 2024 11:14
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Written by Olivier Longhi
While the death of Alexei Navalny has galvanized the West, it is not enough to motivate determined opposition to Vladimir Putin. Taking advantage of Western cynicism, Russia no longer hides that it has become a contemporary dictatorship.
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Published on Sunday, 18 February 2024 11:54
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden, along with French President Emmanuel Macron, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minster Rishi Sunak have denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin over the murder of Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
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Published on Monday, 12 February 2024 14:07
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Written by Olivier Longhi
By announcing that he is reforming the law of the soil in Mayotte by constitutional means, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, is playing on the founding text of the Republic for political rather than legal purposes.
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Published on Sunday, 11 February 2024 11:25
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden has historically been seen as soft on immigration, he embodies the words inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," that attitude, however, is changing.
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Published on Tuesday, 06 February 2024 09:57
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The absence of a credible discourse within the French left partly explains the disaffection of a political movement confined to the rank of parliamentary auxiliary and locked into a systematic sterile opposition to the President of the Republic.
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Published on Sunday, 04 February 2024 11:46
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden, gearing up for his 2024 reelection campaign, swept the winner take all South Carolina Democratic primary gaining 55 delegates as he marches toward securing the democratic party's presidential nomination as he seeks a second term.
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Published on Monday, 29 January 2024 11:00
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French President Emmanuel Macron's new Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, confronts the current agricultural power struggle, which puts the tenant of Matignon in the spotlight, and the necessary response represents the first key test for the new PM.
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Published on Sunday, 28 January 2024 12:14
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Written by Janet Walker
As the pressure intensifies on President Biden to leverage the power of U.S. weapons in further talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, media reports of a squeeze play have been denied by the White House and greatly exaggerated.
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Published on Wednesday, 24 January 2024 17:56
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Written by Asia Contributing Editor
The Board of Trustees of Asia Society announced the appointment of Dr. Kyung-wha Kang, an accomplished diplomat and former UN leader, as the organization's 9th President and Chief Executive Officer. Her appointment is effective in April.
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Published on Sunday, 21 January 2024 12:59
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Written by Olivier Longhi
While the fighting in the Gaza Strip is still raging, some are wondering how long the conflict will last. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, aware of his strengths and support, also knows a long confrontation remains to his advantage.
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Published on Sunday, 21 January 2024 12:10
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden spoke with Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu this week explaining the critical significance to stop indiscriminate bombing of the Gaza Strip, even as it maintains pressure on the Gaza military, and the need to permit greater humanitarian access.
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Published on Tuesday, 16 January 2024 11:03
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The election of the President of the United States next November will be the epicenter of future international relations in the context of the conflicts in Ukraine and against Hamas and U.S. allies will need contingency plans.
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Published on Sunday, 14 January 2024 12:24
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden ordered a series of strategic airstrikes, as part of a multi-national effort, on Houthi targets in Yemen that facilitated attacks in the Red Sea region, to stop the possibility of an escalating Middle East conflict.
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Published on Tuesday, 09 January 2024 13:41
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Gabriel Attal, 34, as the nation's newest Prime Minster, replacing Elizabeth Borne, who resigned after 20 months. Attal, the first openly gay prime minster is also the youngest ever to hold the position.
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Published on Sunday, 07 January 2024 12:27
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden used a campaign stop in Pennsylvania to remind voters of the horrific images broadcast from January 6, 2021, just three years ago, as democracy was nearly overthrown by Trump rioters, while the president did nothing.
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Published on Sunday, 17 December 2023 15:42
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden welcomed Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House this week, he continues to seek help from the United States in his determined and globally united effort to stop Putin's advances into eastern Europe.
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Published on Saturday, 16 December 2023 15:43
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Written by Olivier Longhi
President Joe Biden delivered strong words to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his warning of the risk of losing international support in his fight against Hamas, which essentially provided an opening for an honorable exit for Israel.
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Published on Sunday, 10 December 2023 11:20
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden began his whistlestop fundraising campaign in Las Vegas, Nevada where he announced the $8.2 billion high-speed rail project that will reduce travel between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, two tourist destination cities, to two hours.
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Published on Monday, 04 December 2023 15:07
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The growing influence of non-stop news channels raises questions about the role of the press in societies and media literacy, which has become essential but is nevertheless failing as the sensational tantalizes and feeds the instant appetite.
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Published on Sunday, 03 December 2023 12:22
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Written by Janet Walker
As the world recently experienced the short-lived pause in the Israeli/Hamas conflict, President Biden, and Vice President Harris, as well as international partners, has ramped up their conversations as what parameters should guide an expected post-conflict phase.
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Published on Wednesday, 29 November 2023 14:26
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Written by Olivier Longhi
Torn by social tensions of various origins, France is going through a deep crisis of confidence in its founding model at the risk of seeing the social contract that underlies the notion of living together broken.
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Published on Sunday, 26 November 2023 09:03
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden on this Thanksgiving weekend closely monitored the Israeli-Palestinian prisoner/hostage exchange and remained in contact to Qatari officials to ensure both sides honored the terms of the cease fire agreement in hopes of an extension.
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Published on Monday, 20 November 2023 17:55
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Written by Olivier Longhi
Javier Milei's election as Argentine president confirms the rise of populism as a political alternative. In a downgraded country, the Argentines have chosen the populist experiment, while many attempts in America and Europe have ended in bitter failures.
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Published on Sunday, 19 November 2023 12:17
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden has begun the Thanksgiving week early hosting a "Friendsgiving" meal for military personal, while keeping watch on the unfolding events in the Middle east as efforts shift to secure the release of U.S. hostages.
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Published on Sunday, 12 November 2023 15:16
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Written by Olivier Longhi
Present at the demonstration against anti-Semitism, the National Rally continues its quest for legitimacy in a political landscape that has been totally turned upside down and disoriented. At the risk of seeing the far-right party impose itself even more.
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Published on Sunday, 12 November 2023 12:04
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden remembered the nations veterans, on this Veteran's Day, as he also honored the five servicemen killed in military operations in the Mediterranean Sea saying, "we once more affirm the sacred obligation," of service to our nation.
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Published on Monday, 06 November 2023 20:19
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Written by Contributing Editor
A year out from Election Day, PBS announced a broad schedule of news, public affairs, and documentary coverage of the 2024 presidential election with PBS NEWSHOUR Co-anchors Geoff Bennett and Amna Nawaz to lead breaking and Special News coverage.
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Published on Sunday, 05 November 2023 12:31
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden delivered remarks at a memorial for the survivors and families of the Lewiston, Maine massacre which killed 18 and wounded 13, invoking an unfortunate truth in America, as gun violence is a pandemic that is uncontrollable.
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Published on Tuesday, 31 October 2023 16:00
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Written by Olivier Longhi
By seeking to annihilate Hamas in the name of security, Israel is also nurturing the hatred and resentment of future generations of Palestinians through its massive military action, which could swell the ranks of future anti-Israeli armed groups.
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Published on Tuesday, 24 October 2023 11:55
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Written by Olivier Longhi
As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict drags on in a never-ending confrontation, the question arises of the legitimacy of two peoples with similar rights, that of living in peace in their own independent states free from threats of violence.
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Published on Sunday, 22 October 2023 12:09
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden announced that through the efforts of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Al-Sisi humanitarian aid trucks have crossed the borders of Gaza and reached the Palestinian people desperately in need of supplies.
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Published on Tuesday, 17 October 2023 11:18
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Written by Dr. Jane M. Orient, M.D.,
Do you stand with Israel, or Ukraine, or both? Or for peace? The most powerful nation in the history of the world. Can we take care of both and still maintain our overall international defense?
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Published on Monday, 16 October 2023 10:58
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The tragedy that occurred at the Lycée Gambetta, in Arras, where Dominique Bernard, a teacher was killed by a radicalized individual, has revived the debate on the protection of teachers in the exercise of their duties.
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Published on Sunday, 15 October 2023 11:39
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestine Authority Leader Mahmoud Abbas condemning the terrorist organization Hamas, pledging support to the people of Palestine, and ensuring humanitarian supplies reach the citizens of Gaza.
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Published on Sunday, 08 October 2023 11:31
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Written by Olivier Longhi
Hamas' offensive against Israel is a continuation of previous aggression on the southern Lebanon border and confirms the permanent state of war in the Jewish state since 1948 and augurs a twenty-first century as tense as the last.
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Published on Sunday, 08 October 2023 09:45
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Written by Janet Walker
President Joseph Biden addressed the terror attacks on Israel stating emphatically there is no justification for terrorism, and Israel has every right to defend themselves, and as always, the United States stands with our ally, Israel.
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Published on Monday, 25 September 2023 16:49
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The difficulties encountered by schools in managing disruptive students refer to the notion of compulsory schooling, which is obviously misunderstood by some and potentially has become a burden for many middle and high schools.
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Published on Sunday, 24 September 2023 09:56
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden was forced this week to deal with the bloated immigration problem at the southern border which has threatened to overwhelm authorities attempting to stay the escalating influx of illegals attempting to enter the United States.
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Published on Monday, 18 September 2023 11:59
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Written by Olivier Longhi
Confronted with the dramatic consequences of a new case of harassment, the National Education officials can no longer postpone their update to the realities of its time and to those that interrupt the daily life of school.
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Published on Sunday, 17 September 2023 10:32
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden confronted another week of distressing political saber rattling news as the 2024 Presidential election inches closer with the improbable and shocking polls numbers that suggest a 2020 presidential rematch remains a real possibility.
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Published on Monday, 11 September 2023 12:38
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The announced rapprochement between North Korea and Russia tends to present itself as the creation of an Asian bloc capable of competing with the Western sphere. But the excessively divergent interests of the two countries demonstrate limits.
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Published on Sunday, 10 September 2023 14:21
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden after attending the G20 Summit along with leaders of the world's top 20 economies, announced the commitment to India-Middle East Europe Corridor, which will focus on transportation and economic development between these nations.
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Published on Sunday, 03 September 2023 13:52
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The multiple coups d'état in West Africa demonstrates how the region has managed to get rid of the tacit authority of the former colonial power that was France to the benefit of Russia, which is very active in the area.
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Published on Sunday, 03 September 2023 13:28
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden and First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden, traveled to Florida this week, to inspect the damage created by Hurricane Idalia, a category three storm, that created catastrophic damage to the panhandle region where it made landfall.
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Published on Sunday, 27 August 2023 13:06
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden addressed the catastrophic and overwhelming destruction of the Maui Wildfires after touring the devastation and meeting those tragically injured and announced his "administration will be there as long as it takes to complete response efforts."
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Published on Sunday, 20 August 2023 11:46
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Written by Janet Walker
The Biden Administration has announced a comprehensive FEMA package to assist residents of Maui in recovery after the devastating fires killed 114, damaged or destroyed 5,000 structures and burned 80% of the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii.
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Published on Sunday, 13 August 2023 13:41
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden as responded immediately with federal aid to address the catastrophic devastation brought on by the Maui wildfires, citing efforts to rebuild, after the wildfire that has killed 95, is estimated to be in the billions.
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Published on Sunday, 06 August 2023 12:37
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Written by Janet Walker
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris kicked off their reelection campaign with a speech by the Vice-President in Wisconsin and celebrating the economic gains with a total of 13.4 million jobs created since they took office.
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Published on Tuesday, 01 August 2023 12:16
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The evacuation of French nationals from Niger indirectly illustrates the growing and already well-established influence of Russia and China on a continent destined to become a new space of economic competition and diplomatic opposition.
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Published on Sunday, 30 July 2023 11:44
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden signed an Executive Order this week amending the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the first since its inception in 1950, to significantly change how the officials handle sexual assaults, domestic violence, murder, and other serious offenses.
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