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The United States and Qatar have decided to block $6 billion given to Iran following a deal last month between Washington and Tehran that secured the release of five Americans incarcerated in Iran. The decision comes in the wake of harsh criticism of the Biden administration over its alleged role in funding the Hamas attack on Israel last Saturday, which is said to have been backed by Iran. Wally Adeyemo, the deputy Treasury secretary, reportedly told House Democrats that Iran’s access to the funds has been blocked. The deal came with the condition that the funds would be used for humanitarian...
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The Biden administration quietly announced on Thursday that it will be changing the rules for who qualifies for student loan forgiveness, leaving around four million borrowers unqualified for the program. The reversal now means that individuals with federal student loans under the Federal Family Education Loan program and the Federal Perkins Loan program will no longer be eligible to receive one-time debt forgiveness. Previously, these borrowers had been allowed to consolidate their debt with the federal Direct loan program. Those who consolidated their loans before September 29 will still be ...
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The Biden administration declared Monkeypox a public health emergency on Thursday afternoon. “We urge every American to take monkeypox seriously,” Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra said at the press conference. The first U.S. case was identified in mid-May, but reported cases have now topped 6,600 across the nation. One thousand-two hundred of those cases have come in the last three days. President Joe Biden and his administration have been criticized in recent weeks for failure to act faster, especially after the Department of Health and Human Services waited over three we...
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki introduced her successor Karine Jean-Pierre, who has served as her deputy since the beginning of the Biden administration, dubbing Jean-Pierre as her “partner in truth.” Jean-Pierre will also become the first black and openly gay press secretary in White House history. “Karine not only brings the experience, talent and integrity needed for this difficult job, but she will continue to lead the way in communicating about the work of the Biden-Harris Administration on behalf of the American people,” President Joe Biden wrote in a statement announcing Jean-Pie...
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has been blocking diplomats from being confirmed for crucial positions in the State Department for months, and now he is getting blowback by the lawmakers from both parties. Lawmakers believe that the Texas Republican is creating difficulties for the Biden administration to move forward with its necessary diplomacy work simply for political gain. It has been about six months since President Joe Biden took office. However, the Biden administration has been only able to confirm six State Department nominees on the Senate floor. Cruz is currently a Senate Foreign Relation...
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After many weeks of criticism from Republicans, Vice President Kamala Harris finally visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday. Her main takeaway: the crisis at the border should not be reduced to partisan politics. “[The migrants] were asking me questions: ‘How do you become the first woman vice president?'” she said. “It also reminds me of the fact that this issue cannot be reduced to a political issue. We are talking about children. We are talking about families. We are talking about suffering.” She also added that it was always her plan to visit the border, even amid criticism this time tha...
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On Wednesday, President Joe Biden held a meeting in the White House on his administration’s plan to fight crime, with a particular focus on gun laws. Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland met with a bipartisan group to discuss the president’s agenda – which seeks to decrease the number of firearms being circulated in the country and to provide cities with more federal funds for local programs and for financial aid with policing. Funding would total over $350 billion. The agenda has five main focuses: clamp down on illegal gun dealers, provide funding for community violence prevention prog...
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The Department of Justice under the Biden administration filed an appeal Monday to defend former President Donald Trump against a defamation lawsuit being brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. More than a year ago Carroll accused Trump of raping her in a department store in the mid-90s after they bumped into one another while shopping. Carroll claims that Trump attacked her in the changing rooms and raped her. Trump has denied all allegations by referring to the event as “fiction” and stating that Carroll was “not his type.” Carroll filed a defamation suit in response to Trump’s denial. The DOJ’s...
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After background checks, several White House staff members were asked to resign, were suspended, or are now working remotely because they revealed past marijuana use. Additional security factors, including hard drug use, caused five people to lose their jobs at the White House. Although marijuana use is legal in many states, it is still illegal on the federal level, which is an obstacle during the federal security clearance process. On Friday, the White House underscored that it had eased some security clearance policy restrictions to be more lenient about employing individuals with a history ...
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On Wednesday, the House renewed the Violence Against Women Act, adding firearm restrictions for convicted domestic abusers and other new provisions to a landmark law that has helped combat domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking which expired in 2019. As a senator in 1994, President Joe Biden wrote the law into existence and prioritized strengthening it during his presidential term. The House’s 244-172 vote was bipartisan, with 29 Republicans joining united Democrats to approve the bill. In a statement after the vote, Biden urged the Senate to “bring a string bipartisan coalition togeth...
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