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Biden to Meet With Pope Francis Ahead of G20 Summit

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With his domestic agenda in limbo as Congress continues to debate a $1.85 trillion economic and environmental spending bill and tensions with China and Russia smoldering in the backdrop, President Bi…

Families Separated at Border Under Trump Policy May Each Receive Up to $450,000

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In June 2018, a federal judge in California ordered the government to rescind the policy and promptly reunify families, saying that the practice shocks the conscience and violates the Constitution. G…

The Story of Senator Kyrsten Sinema

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Reid J. Epstein contributed reporting. The Daily is made by Lisa Tobin, Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Annie Brown, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Larissa A…

Manchin Is in the Middle, With Biden’s Agenda in the Balance

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Mr. Manchin, whose demand that the overall package not exceed $1.5 trillion has driven a frenzied effort to cut the cost of the bill, has maintained that he is keeping an open mind out of fairness to…

Milos Zeman: The Czech leader proud to be politically incorrect

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Image source, Getty Images The Czech Republic's colourful and provocative President Milos Zeman was rushed to intensive care just hours after a centre-right alliance narrowly won the country's parli…

Turkey dispute with US eases after threat to expel envoy

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s Image caption, The row erupted over calls to release Osman Kavala, a jailed opposition activist Tensions between Turkey and 10 Western countries including the US have eased, days after the Turkish p…

Germany's SPD want female Bundestag president

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Workers prepare the plenary hall of the German lower house of Parliament, the Bundestag for the upcoming first plenum session after general election in Berlin, Germany, October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Anne…

Trump Interviewed for 4.5 Hours in Protesters’ Lawsuit

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In a statement released on Monday, Mr. Trump called the suit baseless, and said that the plaintiffs have no one to blame but themselves. But he added that he had been pleased to have had the opportun…

Trump's Pentagon Chief Ruled Out Ramping Up Troops at Border

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WASHINGTON President Trumps defense secretary thought the idea was outrageous. In the spring of 2020, Mark T. Esper, the defense secretary, was alarmed to learn of an idea under discussion at a top …

Bill Clinton: Former US president released from hospital

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Image caption, Bill and Hillary Clinton left the hospital in Orange, California, together Former US President Bill Clinton has been released from a Californian hospital after spending five nights un…

(CNN)Former President Bill Clinton will remain at University of California Irvine Medical Center in Orange, California, for at least one more night, and is expected to be discharged Sunday, his spokesperson Angel Ureña said in a statement Saturday...

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(CNN)Former President Bill Clinton will remain at University of California Irvine Medical Center in Orange, California, for at least one more night, and is expected to be discharged Sunday, his spokesperson Angel Ureña said in a statement Saturday on Twitter. Clinton "continued to make excellent progress," Ureña added. "He will remain overnight at UC Irvine Medical Center to continue to receive IV antibiotics before an expected discharge tomorrow." Clinton has spent several days in the intensive care unit for a urinary tract infection, which spread to his bloodstream, CNN previously reported. "He is in great spirits and has been spending time with family, catching up with friends, and watching college football," Ureña noted. #president #states #orange #networking #billclinton #california #center #angel #sunday #clinton #medical #angelic #university #cnn #worldlynewsonline

Bill Clinton: Former US president in hospital for 'non-Covid infection'

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Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Bill Clinton served as president from 1993 to 2001 Former US President Bill Clinton has been receiving hospital treatment in California for a "non-Covid-re…

N.F.L.’s Top Lawyer Had Cozy Relationship With Washington Team President

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A year later, when the league penalized Washington and Dallas for violating league spending limits, Allen asked to speak with Pash. Still talking internally about this, Pash replied. I am not making …

Gambia's Jammeh pact bombshell: Treachery or reconciliation?

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image captionYahya Jammeh went into exile in 2017 after 22 years in power In our series of letters from African journalists, Sierra Leonean-Gambian writer Ade Daramy considers the fallout of an unli…

House Approves Bill to Avert U.S

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Default, Sending It to Biden The party is wrestling with how to narrow the packages original $3.5 trillion price to about $2 trillion. Ms. Pelosi warned Democrats on Monday that difficult decisions must be made very soon on how …

Nikki Haley hits Biden for handling of Afghanistan withdrawal as she courts GOP faithful

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(CNN)Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley excoriated President Joe Biden's handling of the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan on Tuesday, becoming the latest potential 2024 contender to grace the s…

Brazil's unvaccinated president misses soccer match

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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro gestures during the ceremony for the Modernization of Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil October 7, 2021. REUTERS…

Racist Comment Surfaces By Jon Gruden About DeMaurice Smith

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The email was written in 2011 in an exchange between Gruden, who is white and was an analyst for ESPN at the time, and Bruce Allen, who was then the president of the Washington Football Team. Dumbor…

Philippine journalist Maria Ressa has incurred President Rodrigo Duterte’s wrath.

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LiveUpdated Oct. 8, 2021, 7:22 a.m. ET Oct. 8, 2021, 7:22 a.m. ET In an era of increasing authoritarianism and swirling misinformation, Maria Ressa and Dmitri A. Muratov, who lead independent news …

Philippines Vice President Robredo to run for president in 2022

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President Rodrigo Duterte (C) with Vice-President Leni Robredo attend the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) graduation ceremony in Camp Castaneda, Silang town in Cavite city, south of Manila,…

Philippines: Son of ex-dictator Marcos to run for president

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Image caption, Ferdinand Marcos Jr - seen with his wife and sister in 2018 - is also known as "Bongbong" The son of the Philippines' former dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, has announced that he will run…

Tunisian president appoints ambassador to US

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Tunisia's President Kais Saied attends the government's swearing-in ceremony at the Carthage Palace outside the capital Tunis, Tunisia February 27, 2020. Fethi Belaid/Pool via REUTERSTUNIS, Oct 4 (Re…

‘Saturday Night Live’ Returns With a New President Biden

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The opening sketch also shone a spotlight on some S.N.L. veterans who were werent sure if theyd return to the show this year, including Cecily Strong, who appeared as Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizon…

Rodrigo Duterte: Philippine president announces retirement from politic

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s Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he is retiring from politics and will not stand in elections next year. The 76-year-old leader said last month that he would run for the vice-presidency in 2022. The country's constitution only permits presidents to serve a single six-year term. But he now says he will withdraw, as "the overwhelming sentiment of the Filipinos is that I am not qualified". The move comes amid speculation that his daughter could run for president. Mr Duterte, a controversial "strongman" figure, came to power in 2016 promising to reduce crime and fix the country's drug crisis. But critics say that during his five years in power, Mr Duterte has encouraged police to carry out thousands of extrajudicial killings of suspects in what he has called his "war on drugs". Mr Duterte's daughter Sara Duterte-Carpio, who is currently mayor of the southern city of Davao, has given mixed messages about running for high of

Nigeria says it will lift Twitter ban if the company meets certain condition

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s The social media network has been banned in the African country since June Twitter is currently banned in Nigeria Illustration by Alex Castro Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said Friday that h…

Biden Campaigned as the Anti-Trump

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But a Clean Break Is Never Easy. And in a scathing article in Foreign Affairs published this week, Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, argued that there was far more continuity between the foreign polic…

Kyrsten Sinema Faces a Growing Revolt From Her Former Supporter

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s But in Phoenix, Ms. Sinemas office building overlooking the crags of Piestewa Peak in the affluent Biltmore neighborhood has become a new magnet for her frustrated supporters. On some days, people c…