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White House open to a short-term debt limit fix, OMB director says
The White House on Thursday expressed openness to a short-term fix to the debt ceiling as the US barrels toward a June default with the full faith and credit of the US government in the balance.
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Jason Kelce shows us what an involved father can do for their children
At 6’3” and 295 pounds, former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce often towers over other people. His big bushy beard makes him look like a modern-day Paul Bunyan.
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Harris County Commissioners Rodney Ellis and Adrian Garcia have asked federal officials to monitor the County’s midterm elections because Texas leaders plan to send a “task force” to monitor polling places as well as other concerns of voter intimidation.
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United, Focused Efforts Can Bring About Positive Social Changes
Economic inequality, racism and classism—among many other societal ills—loom large in the United States and around the world. The need for change has never been greater. So where do we begin?
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The White House could tweet about cases besides Mollie Tibbetts
The man arrested in the death of Mollie Tibbetts is an undocumented immigrant, but this is a single story -- not a statistic -- although President Donald Trump and other Republican politicians would like to make it seem otherwise.
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Is Gaza's Oil Fueling a Genocide?
In 1973, Golda Meir, then Prime Minister of Israel, remarked about Moses during a state dinner, saying, “He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil.”
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Exclusive: White House again changes phone policy amid heightened paranoia
After Omarosa Manigault Newman revealed last month that she secretly taped White House chief of staff John Kelly as he fired her in the Situation Room, a change was made to the West Wing's phone policy.
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Music Video: Rising Hip-Hop Star JohnFugginDough drops a Visual to single, "Tubmans", and it's Movement
Where classic hip-hop influence meets a fresh new southern sound, you will find Trevon Wilson, known professionally as JohnFugginDough.
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Black Chef Turned Entrepreneur Launches Line of Soul Food Starter Kits in 1,000+ Grocery Stores Nationwide 918 3
Meet culinary expert and business leader Claude Booker, the CEO and founder of Booker’s Soul Food Starters which are now available in over 1,000 grocery stores across the country. His business providing Southern side dishes for buffets was decimated as a direct result of the pandemic, and most buffets remain closed.
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Twitter execs acknowledge mistakes with Hunter Biden laptop story but say no government involvement
Former Twitter executives acknowledged to lawmakers Wednesday that the social media company erred when it temporarily suppressed a New York Post story regarding Hunter Biden's laptop in October 2020, but the officials emphasized there was no government involvement in the decision.
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French TV star Igor Bogdanoff dies of Covid, days after twin brother
French TV star Igor Bogdanoff has died of Covid-19, six days after his twin brother Grichka died due to the same disease, the brothers' lawyer confirmed to CNN Tuesday.
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Zelensky urges Biden to send strong message on Russia and says: 'I'm not iconic. Ukraine is iconic'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged US counterpart Joe Biden to deliver a strong and "useful" message about the Russian invasion at his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, in an exclusive interview with CNN and Reuters from the bunker in Kyiv in which he is leading his military's response.
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Janet Jackson Confirms Separation From Wissam Al Mana
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Eli Lilly Announces Lilly Diabetes Solutions Center to Assist People With Insulin Affordability
The American Diabetes Association estimates that over 30 million Americans are affected by diabetes and is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. In the African American population, studies show that we are disproportionately affected by diabetes in comparison to the general population. The rates of diagnosed diabetes among African Americans is 12.7% compared to 7.4% of whites.
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Create a Sweet Easter Treat
This Easter, satisfy guests of all ages with festive cupcakes modeled after the Easter bunny.
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Simeon Booker to Be Memorialized at Washington National Cathedral January 29
A memorial service for trailblazing civil rights journalist Simeon Booker will be held on Monday, January 29, 2018, his wife, Carol McCabe Booker, has announced. The service is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Booker, a journalistic icon, died Dec. 10 at the age of 99.
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Latino Victory Fund and Our Revolution Endorse Chuy García for Congress
Latino Victory Fund and Our Revolution today jointly endorsed Jesús “Chuy” García in his bid to represent Illinois’ 4th Congressional District. A strong progressive who got his start working under Chicago Mayor Harold Washington, García has served the residents of Cook County for over three decades – as an alderman, state senator, community organizer, and currently as a county commissioner. If elected, he would replace immigrant champion Luis V. Gutiérrez, who announced his retirement in November after 25 years in the House of Representatives.
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Food Network Star Hosts the Christmas Cookie Challenge
Since winning Season 11 of Food Network Star Chef Eddie Jackson has been busy with all things food. His latest endeavor comes with the premiere of Food Network’s Christmas Cookie Challenge.
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Stephen Miller returns to grand jury to testify about January 6 conversations with Trump
Donald Trump's close presidential aide and speechwriter Stephen Miller returned to testify to a federal grand jury in Washington on Tuesday after the courts ordered that he and other top advisers must share their recollections of direct conversations with the then-president related to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
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#MeToo founder says 'there is no model survivor' after Asia Argento report
The woman who created the #MeToo movement is calling on her fellow activists to press forward in light of news that one of the group's most prominent voices, Asia Argento, allegedly paid off an accuser of her own.
