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Biden Unveils Stripped-Down Build Back Better Act After Sens. Manchin, Sinema Demand Cuts Big Oil Executives Grilled by House Democrats over Deception on Climate Crisis As Climate Crisis Worsens, 10 World Heritage Forests Become Net Carbon Emitters China Won't Commit to New Emissions Targets Ahead of COP26 Climate Summit  Protesters at Site of COP26 Climate …
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Biden Set to Announce "Framework" for Revised Social Spending and Climate Bill Iran to Rejoin Talks to Restore Nuclear Deal Abandoned by Trump Top U.S. General Compares Chinese Hypersonic Missile Test to "Sputnik Moment" U.S. Voices Rare Criticism as Israel Announces Plans to Further Expand Illegal Settlements COVID-19 Sickened Nearly 60,000 Meat Industry Workers During …
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U.N.'s Guterres Warns World on Track for Climate Catastrophe, Even with Gov't Pledges Ahead of COP26 Brazilian Senators Back Report Accusing Bolsonaro of Crimes Against Humanity for Pandemic Response Deborah Birx Says 130,000 Lives Could Have Been Saved, But Trump Admin "Distracted" by Election FDA Panel Recommends Pfizer Vaccine for Children Aged 5-11; Moderna to …
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Sudan's Military Opens Fire on Protesters Opposing Coup FDA Panel to Review Pfizer's Application for COVID Vaccines for Children U.S. to Allow Entry to International Travelers Who Prove Vaccination New York City Police Union Sues to Roll Back COVID Vaccine Mandate U.N. Warns Greenhouse Gas Levels Hit Record High in 2020 U.N. Blames Climate Crisis …
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Sudanese Military Dissolves Transitional Gov't, Detains Prime Minister in Coup "Facebook Papers" Reveal How Co. Fueled Violence in India, Facebook's Role in Jan. 6 Insurrection "Stop the Steal" Organizers Say GOP Lawmakers, Trump Staffers Involved in Planning Jan. 6 Rallies Israel Designates Palestinian Human Rights Orgs as "Terrorist" Groups Turkey's Erdogan Orders 10 Western Ambassadors …
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Report Reveals U.S. Immigration Officers' Violent and Sexual Abuse of Asylum Seekers  National Guard Troops Helped Texas Law Enforcement Arrest Over 70,000 Asylum Seekers Haiti Gang Threatens to Kill Missionary Hostages Amid Dire Security & Economic Conditions  Just 14% of Vaccines Pledged to Poorer Nations Have Been Delivered as Rich Countries Hoard Doses Climate Crisis …
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Republican Senators Use Filibuster to Block Federal Voting Rights Bill Biden Touts Compromise Deal After Sens. Manchin and Sinema Reject Build Back Better Agenda White House Prepares for Mass Vaccinations of Children Aged 5 to 11 in November Police Unions Oppose COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Senate Questions Rahm Emanual on Police Murder of Laquan McDonald in …
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A group of Central American mothers searching for their children are in the United States this week to demand action to find their missing loved ones, who disappeared on their journeys to the U.S. The mothers are also denouncing human rights violations against Central American migrants. Members of the Caravan of Mothers of Disappeared Migrants …
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Trump Sues to Block Release of Documents to Congressional Committee on Jan. 6 Riots FDA Panel Recommends Third Shot of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine for Certain Groups Colin Powell Died of COVID-19 Complications After Blood Cancer Left Him Immunocompromised Sen. Joe Manchin Wants Strict Limits and Work Requirements for Child Tax Credit Justice Department Asks Supreme …
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Gutting Democrats' Climate Plans, Manchin Opposes Renewable Energy Program in Reconciliation Bill Manchin Wants Strict Conditions on Child Tax Credit, Which Has Lifted Millions of Kids from Poverty FDA Panel Unanimously Recommends Booster Shots of J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Bronx Man Dies of COVID-19 One Hour After Release from Rikers Jail COVID Cases on the Rise …
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