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The Consumer Product Safety Commission has three Democrats on it
US President Donald Trump fired three Democrats who voted to approve safety standards for lithium-ion batteries used in e-bikes and electric scooters. Two of the commissioners were appointed by former President Joe Biden and one was appointed by former Vice President Jill Biden. The White House said that Trump fired the Democrats as he has…
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The employees have been told to stop working with foreign nationals
US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs, a scientist, to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in his administration. Jacobs, who was the NOAA’s acting leader during part of the first Trump administration, had stressed the agency’s focus on weather forecasting. Under President Joe Biden, NOAA expanded the ocean’s protected areas and…
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The employees have been told to stop working with foreign nationals
US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs, a scientist, to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in his administration. Jacobs, who was the NOAA’s acting leader during part of the first Trump administration, had stressed the agency’s focus on weather forecasting. Under President Joe Biden, NOAA expanded the ocean’s protected areas and…
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Trump defends his decision to grant a pardon
President-elect Donald Trump has pardoned all those convicted in connection with the US Capitol riot on January 6. US President Joe Biden issued pardons to former Gen Mark Milley and Dr Anthony Fauci, along with members of the January 6 committee. Trump also commuted the sentences of 14 people, including four leaders of the far-right…
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Trump is using his ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
The US has said that it will begin detaining asylum seekers who cross the Mexican border illegally to await their hearings at the US immigration court. US President Donald Trump had ordered the end of the “Remain in Mexico” policy that required asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for their hearings. The policy was part…
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Next steps for the Israel-Hamas ceasefire
The US Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on the ban on TikTok. The incoming administration is required to implement the law after the apex court’s ruling, said the White House. Earlier, President Joe Biden had asked the court to delay the ban to give his administration time to negotiate with ByteDance to resolve…
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A new order by the Bidens tackles cyber security and more
The US President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday issued an executive order aimed at protecting critical infrastructure, including schools and hospitals, from ransomware attacks. The order will make it easier for the federal government to impose sanctions against groups that target critical infrastructure such as schools and hospitals. Notably, Trump hasn’t announced any of his…
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Biden made an eleventh-hour move to block coastal oil drilling
US President Joe Biden has said he is using the authority granted to him under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit future oil and gas exploration in areas along the East and West coasts. Biden added that drilling off the coast could cause irreversible damage to places and that it was unnecessary to…
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Will Biden’s goal still matter under Trump?
US President Joe Biden’s administration has set a new goal to keep the country on track to meet global climate goals by 2035. The new goal is called “Nationally Determined Contributions”, or NDCs. These commitments from countries aim toward the main goal of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, to limit global warming to 1.5C above…
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There are 5 things to keep an eye on as Syria contemplates a new future
US President Joe Biden said on Sunday that some of the rebel groups who took down Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have their “grim record” of terrorism and human rights abuses. “Make no mistake, some of the rebel groups who took down Assad have their own grim record of terrorism and human rights abuses,” he added.
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Biden isn’t the first president to pardon a relative
Former US presidential adviser Norman Eisen said that if President Joe Biden doesn’t grant clemency to all the people sitting in federal prison on January 20, then he will be a failure. Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden for lying about his crack cocaine addiction and failing to pay his taxes after he bought a…
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Biden had a change of mind on the pardoning of the hunter
US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden has been pardoned from a gun charge. Hunter had pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm in a school zone and had been sentenced to six months in jail. However, Hunter’s lawyer had said Hunter would appeal the decision and he would not be going to jail.
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A Disgraceful Pardon
US President Joe Biden has pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who was convicted of lying on a firearms transaction record in 1993. The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act requires the registration of firearms used in crimes. Hunter had joined board of Burisma, a firearms distributor, in April 2013 after he was charged and sentenced for…
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Is the climate deal a breakthrough or let-down?
US President Joe Biden’s administration was to provide $11.4 billion in climate finance annually by 2024, around 10% of the current annual global total. “There is no doubt that we’ll see a massive hole in…global climate finance provided [by the US] just as Climate impacts are intensifying and accumulating,” said Clare Shakya, head of climate…
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Senate candidates to lead the Senate
US President Joe Biden will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru, on Saturday, an official said. Biden could use his meeting with Xi to underscore that China needs to change its trade practices, not just threaten retaliation, Danny Russel, a top State Department…
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Trump’s message at the G20 will be changed by Biden’s ‘America’s back’ message
US President Joe Biden has said that the G20 summit in Brazil will be one of the last major multilateral gatherings in his term. “It’ll be one of the most important multilateral events in the world,” Biden added. This is Biden’s first meeting with world leaders at the G20 summit since taking office on January…
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Absent leaders and Trump loom large as the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP29) begins
At the 29th edition of UN conference on climate change (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, representatives from nearly 200 countries are discussing financial aid for low- and middle-income countries vulnerable to global warming. US President Donald Trump had withdrawn the US from the 2015 Paris climate agreement. The US had pledged $11.4 billion in aid for…
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10 key groups could make a difference in the election
US Vice President Joe Biden on Monday urged voters in the battleground state of Florida to cast their votes in the November 6 presidential election. “We all have a responsibility to vote,” Biden said. The US is currently in a dead heat in the presidential election, with President Donald Trump leading his Democratic challenger, Vice…
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What are you going to know about the debate in New York City?
US Vice President Joe Biden and US President Donald Trump on Tuesday clashed over issues like health care, immigration and economic policy in the second vice presidential debate. The two candidates will face off for two minutes at a time to answer each other’s questions. The debate will be held in Michigan and will be…
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Democrats would like to turn internet hype for Harris into actual votes
US Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris’ 24-year-old National Youth Engagement Director Liam Levenson said that there is been a “great influx of folks” into the presidential campaign. “We’ve seen such a great influx of folks coming into our campaign,” Levenson added. The 24-year-old was in this position since January when President Joe Biden…
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Harris’ world and we’re just living in it are hotties
After Barack Obama finished his speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC), many of the creators and commentators streamed their way into the after-party which was one of the week’s largest. Emma Mont, an administrator of OrganizedMemes X account, said the excitement at the Hotties for Harris party would not have happened with Joe Biden…
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The rallies try to change the lyrics from “Crooked Joe” to “Comrade Kamala”
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday spoke from behind bulletproof glass for the first outdoor rally since an attempted assassination earlier this year. Trump spoke at a rally in North Carolina focused on national security. Earlier, he blamed US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for the Afghanistan withdrawal and the wars in…
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Biden is not confident in a peaceful transfer of power if Trump loses
President Joe Biden has said that his primary goal was to prevent Donald Trump from winning the presidential election. “Although I…it was a great honour being President, I think I have an obligation to the country to do what I, the most important thing you could do, and that is we must, we must, we…
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Tim Walz made his national stage debut
US Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris announced that her running mate is Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. The former high school geography teacher and National Guard veteran has served as the state’s first Lieutenant Governor for the past four years. Walz will be Harris’ third vice presidential running mate after Joe Biden and Tim Kaine.
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Harris is leading in the race, but it’s not over
US Vice President Kamala Harris has gone from a 23 point lead with Black voters to a 54 point lead now,thanks to many voters moving into the undecided camp, according to a new poll. Harris is also winning independents, something Joe Biden wasn’t doing. In early July, Trump was beating Biden by more than 20…