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Biden establishes a national monument for Frances Perkins, the 1st female Cabinet secretary
President Joe Biden on Monday established a national monument honoring the late FDR-era Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet and a driving force behind Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs after the Great Depression. Perkins is “one of America’s greatest labor leaders, and that’s not hyperbole,” Biden said. Perkins “cemented the idea”...
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G-7 Pledge to Share, But Jostle for Ground in the Sandbox
Recovery from the pandemic is set to dominate their discussions, with leaders of the wealthy democracies club expected to commit to sharing at least 1 billion vaccine shots with struggling countries.
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President Biden Preparing to Formally Recognize the Armenian Genocide, Officials Say
President Joe Biden is preparing to formally acknowledge that the systematic killing and deportation of hundreds of thousands of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in modern-day Turkey more than a century ago was genocide, according to U.S. officials.
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North Korea Conducted Short-Range Missile Test, White House Says
North Korea fired short-range missiles this past weekend, just days after the sister of Kim Jong Un threatened the United States and South Korea for holding joint military exercises.
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Rudy Giuliani in Hospital, ‘Doing Very Well' After Positive COVID-19 Test, Trump Says
President Donald Trump says his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani “is doing very well” after testing positive for the coronavirus and ending up in the hospital, the latest member of Trump’s inner circle to contract the disease surging nationwide. Giuliani was exhibiting some symptoms and was admitted Sunday to Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, according to a person familiar with...
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Pence's Chief of Staff, Senior Political Advisor Test Positive for COVID-19
Vice President Mike Pence plans to maintain an aggressive campaign schedule this week despite his exposure to a top aide who tested positive for the coronavirus, the White House said Saturday.
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Trump Spurns Science on Climate: ‘Don't Think Science Knows'
With the smell of California wildfires in the air, President Donald Trump on Monday ignored the scientific consensus that climate change is playing a central role and renewed his unfounded claim that poor forest management is mostly to blame for historic infernos roaring up and down the West Coast.
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Trump Draws Boos When Introduced to Crowd at World Series
President Donald Trump’s low-profile appearance Sunday night at Game 5 of the World Series came at a high-profile moment of his presidency.
