Biden Speeds Refugee Admissions But Doesn’t Lift Trump Cap

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Biden Speeds Refugee Admissions But Doesn’t Lift Trump Cap

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday signed an emergency determination to speed refugee admissions to the U.S., but kept his predecessor’s historically low cap of 15,000 refugees for…

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Texas Senate’s 2022-2023 state budget doesn’t yet account for federal aid

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Texas Senate unanimously signed off on a two-year, $250…

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Ex-Trump Staffer Accused of Beating Capitol Cop Complains Prison Doesn’t Come With Turndown Service

Republicans have spent months now insisting that the rioters who attacked the Capitol on January 6 were not supporters of Donald Trump, a claim that, obviously, has no basis in…

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Presidential Power Has Shifted. That Doesn’t Mean Our Mission Will.

As leaders come and go, The Beast remains steadfast in our commitment to uncovering the truth. On the cusp of a new administration touting a return to “normal,” it would…

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Report: The White House Threatens to Fire FDA Chief If He Doesn’t Approve the Pfizer Vaccine Today

Hey, quick question for the group: Say you were the president of the most powerful nation on Earth, which recently broke the record for the most COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations,…

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RHOC’s Gina Doesn’t Want Braunwyn to Return Next Season, Calls Out Shannon for “Inappropriate” Behavior

Credit: Charles Sykes/Bravo Gina Kirschenheiter doesn’t think Braunwyn Windham-Burke should return to the Real Housewives of Orange County cast for season 16. During a recent interview, Gina explained why Braunwyn…

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Why the U.S. doesn’t have an at-home coronavirus test yet

Companies formulating such tests say they won’t seek emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration until later this year or early next — in part because the agency wants…

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Donald Trump Doesn’t Seem to Know What Year It Is, Who He’s Running Against (Hint: Not Hillary Clinton)

When the FBI announced in October 2016 that it was reviewing new emails related to its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server as secretary of state, it…

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Scott Disick Admits He Doesn’t Have the ‘Energy’ for Girlfriend, Kids

Finding a solution. During the Thursday, October 1, episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Scott Disick realized that something felt off. With the coronavirus pandemic looming, Kim Kardashian tried…

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Bill Gates Hopes the Pandemic Doesn’t Stretch Past 2022

Bill Gates. Photo: Jeff Pachoud/AFP via Getty Images Every year, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation releases a Goalkeepers report, tracking the world’s progress toward the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals.…

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