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Biden wants to boost background checks on gun buyers. But it's hard without Congress

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

During a visit to Monterey Park, Calif., Biden announced an executive order that aims to increase the number of background checks that take place and support communities impacted by gun violence.

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Biden is using his budget as a cudgel in the debt ceiling fight — and for 2024

Thursday, March 09, 2023

Republicans are demanding spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. President Biden is using his budget to show how he could cut the deficit and still fund his pledges.

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Biden says his budget plan would extend Medicare to 2050 without adding to the deficit

Tuesday, March 07, 2023

President Biden is proposing to raise taxes on people who make more than $400,000 per year to make sure there's enough money for Medicare.

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Biden, on first visit to Selma as president, attended 'Bloody Sunday' remembrance

Monday, March 06, 2023

President Biden marked the 58th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march across the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Ala., when Black voting rights activists were beaten by state troopers.

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Biden has made a secret trip to Kyiv as Russia's war there enters its 2nd year

Monday, February 20, 2023

President Biden often pledges to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia "as long as it takes." The risky secret trip to the warzone is aimed at showing he means it.

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Biden remarks on the U.S. response to balloon and unidentified aerial objects

Thursday, February 16, 2023

President Biden made his first extensive remarks on the U.S. response to the Chinese spy balloon and other unidentified aerial objects recently shot down over the United States and Canada.

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'High-altitude object' shot down by military over Alaska

Friday, February 10, 2023

The U.S. military shot down a "high-altitude object" over Alaska. It's not known what the object is, what it was doing or whether it was state-owned or privately owned.

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The U.S. shot down an object over Alaska. The government doesn't know yet what it was

Friday, February 10, 2023

The incident comes just days after the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina. This new object was smaller and lower, and it's not clear where it came from.

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Biden plans a trip to Poland ahead of the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Friday, February 10, 2023

President Biden has vowed that the United States will back Ukraine in its fight against Russia "as long as it takes." But the cost of that support is adding up.

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Sanders says the choice in the U.S. is 'normal or crazy' in GOP response to Biden

Wednesday, February 08, 2023

Arkansas' newly elected governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, drew a sharp contrast between Republicans and Democrats, especially with respect to what she called the "left-wing culture war."

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Biden calls for passage of a bill to stop 'junk fees' in travel and entertainment

Tuesday, February 07, 2023

In his State of the Union speech, President Biden addressed the Junk Fees Prevention Act, which aims to limit the hidden fees and charges that exist in the entertainment and travel industries.

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Nearly all U.S. mass attackers were male and faced major life stressor, report finds

Thursday, January 26, 2023

The report — a first-of-its-kind for the agency — examines everything from when in the year the attacks took place to behavioral changes exhibited in the attackers.

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VP Harris urges federal abortion protections on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade

Monday, January 23, 2023

Vice President Kamala Harris marked the 50th anniversary of Roe v Wade Sunday. She spoke about the path forward on reproductive rights after the Supreme Court overturned that landmark decision.

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DOJ appeal in Texas mass shooting case pleases NRA and puzzles gun control advocates

Saturday, January 14, 2023

A 2021 ruling found that the government was mostly responsible for the mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas. But the DOJ appealed that ruling this week, which critics say is a win for the NRA.

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Jurors in the Proud Boys trial hear the start of the seditious conspiracy case

Friday, January 13, 2023

Prosecutors say five defendants "took aim at the heart of our democracy" on Jan. 6, 2021. Defendants' lawyers tell jurors their clients didn't plan the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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The House Jan. 6th committee released its final report this week

Saturday, December 24, 2022

The House Jan. 6th committee released its final report this week. It included additional evidence and detailed descriptions of the plan to overturn the 2020 election results.

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After 18 months of investigations, the Jan. 6 report is out. Here are the toplines

Friday, December 23, 2022

Late Thursday night, the House select committee that has been investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection for 18 months released their long-awaited full report.

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After referring Trump for charges, the Jan. 6 panel is set to release its full report

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

The summary of the committee's report included criminal referrals for the former president, who inspired the deadly insurrection that took place nearly two years ago.

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Harris says Congress needs to lead on immigration after Title 42 restrictions end

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Vice President Harris told NPR that the administration plans to bolster agents at the southern U.S. border after pandemic migration restrictions end, but said Congress must lead on broader reforms.

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McConnell criticizes Trump's calls to terminate the Constitution

Tuesday, December 06, 2022

The Senate minority leader said Tuesday that anyone seeking the presidency, which includes Trump, "would have a very hard time being sworn in" if the Constitution was suspended.

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