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On Wednesday, April 12, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), at the direction of the Biden administration, proposed that two-thirds of passenger cars and a quarter of trucks sold in the United States should be electrically powered.
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Former President Donald Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. An indictment was released on Tuesday, April 4, detailing the charges against him.
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The U.S. has hit the debt ceiling, meaning that “the total amount of money that the United States government is authorized to borrow to meet its existing legal obligations, including Social Security and Medicare benefits, military salaries, interest on the national debt, tax refunds, and other payments.”
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On February 7, President Joseph Biden delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.
This article was written by Marisa Powers & Tasha Khosla.
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In November 2022, classified documents from the Obama-Biden administration were found at the Penn Biden Center.
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For the past few weeks, two of the nation’s largest railroad unions have been threatening a strike due to poor working conditions, severe attendance policies, and staff shortages.
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Over the past few months, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been bussing immigrants from Texas to Washington D.C., and more recently, having them disembark in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence.
This article was written by Marisa Powers and Tasha Khosla.
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On August 24, President Joe Biden announced his three-part plan to reduce student debt for low-middle class working families to “provide more breathing room” as they recover from the pandemic.
This article was written by Marisa Powers and Tasha Khosla.
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Elon Musk tweeted out a poll asking users if Twitter adheres to the principle of free speech being essential to a functioning democracy in which 70.4% of users voted no.