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Biden administration moves to restore endangered species protections dropped by Trump
The Biden administration has proposed new rules for protecting imperiled plants and animals as officials move to reverse changes under former President Donald Trump that weakened application of the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday said it will reinstate a decades-old regulation that mandates blanket protections for species newly classified as threatened. That measure was...
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Why the Supreme Court still hasn't decided on Biden's student loan forgiveness
Millions of Americans with student debt are awaiting a Supreme Court ruling on the legality of a Biden administration policy to forgive large amounts of loans.
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Former North Carolina health official is picked to be new CDC director
The White House has selected a former North Carolina health official to be the new director of the nation’s top federal public health agency.
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China has had a base in Cuba to spy on US since at least 2019, Biden official confirm
China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019, part of a global effort by Beijing to upgrade its intelligence-gathering capabilities, according to a Biden administration official.
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Biden sends firefighters, aid to Canada as wildfire smoke blankets much of the U.S.
President Joe Biden said the government was aiding Canada in fighting the wildfires that have cloaked the East Coast and Midwest in smoke.
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As the pause on student loan payments is set to end, here's everything borrowers need to know
More than 40 million Americans will be on the hook for federal student loan payments starting in late August under the terms of a debt ceiling deal approved by Congress last week.
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President Biden vetoes bill that would have overturned student debt cancellation plan
The measure had been pushed by Republicans, but it garnered a handful of Democratic votes in the Senate as well.
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FBI Agrees to Show House Republican Lawmakers Document in Biden Family Probe
At issue is an internal FBI document known as an FD-1023, which agents use to record unverified tips and information they receive from confidential human sources.
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New US Aid Package for Ukraine Will Total About $300 Million and Include Munitions for Drones
U.S. officials say a military aid package for Ukraine that is expected to be announced this week will total up to $300 million, and will include additional munitions for drones. The drone ammunition comes as new attacks by unmanned aircraft targeted Moscow. There has been no suggestion that U.S.-made drones or munitions were used in the recent attacks on Moscow,...
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Biden, McCarthy Reach Agreement to Avoid Debt Default. Here's What's in the Proposed Deal
President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy have reached an agreement in principle on legislation to increase the nation’s debt ceiling and avoid default. Here’s a look at what’s in and out of the deal.
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White House and Republicans Reach ‘Agreement in Principle' on Debt Ceiling Deal
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached the agreement after the two spoke Saturday evening by phone.
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Biden Picks Air Force General to Lead National Security Agency, Cyber Command
Haugh will also oversee programs to detect and stop foreign interference in American elections, as well as those targeting criminals behind ransomware attacks that have shut down hospital systems and at one point a key U.S. fuel pipeline.
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Will Biden's Hard-Hat Environmentalism Bridge the Divide on Clean Energy Future?
Perhaps the most unlikely feature of high-stakes budget negotiations going on in Washington is a debate over permitting. That’s essentially the regulatory process for deciding what gets built where. It could be power plants, transmission lines or other projects.
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Biden Meets With Indo-Pacific Leaders at G7 Summit Amid Looming Debt Default Concerns
The president on Saturday was also squeezing in meetings aimed at challenging China’s buildout across the Indo-Pacific, including with the so-called Quad partnership made up of the U.S., Australia, Japan and India.
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Biden Administration May Halt Plans to Move Space Command to Alabama Over State's Abortion Law, Officials Say
Some defense and congressional officials believe the White House is laying the groundwork to halt plans to move U.S. Space Command’s headquarters to Alabama in part because of concerns about the state’s restrictive abortion law, according to two U.S. officials and one U.S. defense official familiar with the discussions.
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Asylum Seekers Told to Use a Mobile App to Enter US as Title 42 Expires. Here's How the CBP App Works
But in February, the Biden administration announced that migrants seeking asylum would now be required to use the app to book an appointment with an immigration officer before they can make an asylum claim.
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Biden Pressures House Republicans on Debt Limit in Campaign-Style Speech
President Joe Biden is blasting Republican demands for federal spending cuts as “devastating.”
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First 550 US Active Duty Troops Arriving at Southern Border
U.S. defense officials say about 550 U.S. active duty troops have begun arriving along the U.S.-Mexico border, in the first group of new military support ahead of an expected increase of migrants.
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Biden Administration to Allow More US-Bound Flights by Chinese Airlines
The Transportation Department said it will let Chinese airlines increase from eight to 12 U.S.-China round trips per week.
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House Republicans Subpoena FBI for Records Alleging Biden ‘Criminal Scheme'
The White House said it was the latest example in the yearslong series of “unfounded, unproven” political attacks against Biden by Republicans ”floating anonymous innuendo.”