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Stimulus second check updates: Joe Biden and leading Democrats look to bipartisan COVID aid bill in hopes of breaking month-long blockage

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[ad_1] Democrats have taken a $ 908 billion approach from moderate senses Joe Manchin, DW.Va., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, among others. It would establish a $ 300 a week jobless allowance, send $ 160 billion to help state and local governments, boost schools and universities, revive popular “paycheck protection” grants for businesses, and bail out … Read more

Biden meets struggling workers, calls for more Covid relief amid economic crisis

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[ad_1] President-elect Joe Biden used a virtual roundtable on Wednesday with economically struggling workers and small business owners due to the worsening coronavirus pandemic to offer another unqualified call for more Covid-19 stimulus . During the often moving event, Biden repeatedly comforted the four attendees – a school crossing guard in Chicago, a stadium worker … Read more

Michael Flynn shares message asking Trump to impose martial law

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[ad_1] Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn shared a message calling on President Donald Trump to invoke martial law and call on the military to hold new elections. The post was an announcement from a group of right-wing activists asking Trump to “declare limited martial law to temporarily suspend the Constitution … so that the … Read more

McConnell chokes on saying goodbye to his ‘friend’ Lamar Alexander in ground speech

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[ad_1] Majority Leader in the Senate Mitch mcconnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnell Pressure Builds For Coronavirus Relief With No Clear Way To Address Top GOP Senator Warns Government Funding Deal Unlikely This Week Criminal Justice Groups Offer Support To Durbin Amid the fight for the place of the judiciary MORE (R-Ky.) Choked on a tribute to … Read more

Raimondo becomes HHS secretary’s favorite

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[ad_1] Lujan Grisham, who currently co-chairs Biden’s transition team, had been one of the main contenders for the post of HHS secretary, but had also turned down an offer in recent days to head the Home Office, three sources say close to the transition. The offer was made by the staff, not Biden himself, one … Read more

Sunny Hostin, Liberal ‘View’ host, tears up Obama for criticizing ‘defund the police’ movement

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[ad_1] “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin ripped apart former President Barack Obama on Wednesday for his critical words on the “defund the police” movement, saying the former community organizer should know better. “You know, I always hate to criticize President Obama because I’m such a fan, but I think he’s wrong here,” said Hostin, a … Read more

Trump campaign calls on Michigan lawmakers to rob Biden voters; GOP leaders say it won’t happen

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[ad_1] President Donald Trump’s campaign appears to be asking Michigan lawmakers to nominate 16 members of the electoral college who will vote for Trump despite his loss of more than 154,000 votes. Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, and a spokesperson for Speaker of the House Lee Chatfield, R-Levering, said lawmakers in both houses had … Read more

6 imputed as part of ‘birth tourism’ program that cost U.S. taxpayers millions

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[ad_1] Six people have been charged in an elaborate “birth tourism” program that has helped Turkish women obtain US citizenship for their children and cost US taxpayers more than $ 2 million, the officials said on Wednesday. federal prosecutors. The alleged ringleaders Sarah Kaplan and Ibrahim Aksakal, both residents of Long Island, New York, brazenly … Read more