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Still Jailed Over Media Leak, Reality Winner Turns to Biden
Reality Winner Wants Biden
Answer on 'Glaring Discrepancy'
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May 1, 2021 12:08 PM CDT

Reality Winner Wants Biden Answer on 'Glaring Discrepancy'

Jailed for leaking intel report, she wants to know why she's behind bars for longer than Russian spy

(Newser) - Reality Winner, who's been behind bars for nearly four years , is set to be released from prison at the end of November, with a chance she could be sent to a halfway house before that. But the 29-year-old Air Force veteran—who leaked a classified National Security Agency report...

After More Than 3 Years in Prison, 'Citgo 6' on House Arrest

Venezuela has partially released US oil executives in 'gesture of goodwill' to Biden administration

(Newser) - In November, six American oil executives were found guilty of corruption and given lengthy prison sentences in Venezuela, following a detention that had already stretched out for three years. Now, a bit of a reprieve for the "Citgo 6," in what the AP reports is a "gesture...

In Georgia, Bidens Stop By Carters&#39;
In Georgia, Bidens
Stop By Carters'
Apr 29, 2021 7:00 PM CDT

In Georgia, Bidens Stop By Carters'

Tour to build support for agenda includes drive-in rally

(Newser) - In Georgia to build support for the plans he announced the night before to Congress, President Biden stopped to visit a predecessor on Thursday. Biden and his wife, Jill, visited former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, at their home in Plains, the New York Times reports. Carter, 96,...

Bishops Could Vote on Biden Taking Communion

President's support for abortion rights bothers some in the church

(Newser) - President Biden presents a dilemma to some Catholic bishops. He's demonstrative about his faith, attending Mass regularly and saying the rosary when he has a moment of solitude. But Biden supports abortion rights, which the Catholic Church opposes. That difference will come up for discussion by the US Conference...

Biden's Stock Market Start Is a Milestone Since FDR

S&P up 10%, best 100-day performance at beginning of presidential term in decades

(Newser) - When the stock market closes on Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reports that President Biden will have some bragging rights—the best 100-day start for a president since FDR. The benchmark S&P 500 is up 10% since Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20, second only to Franklin Delano Roosevelt'...

Biden Picks Up a Nickname After Ambitious Speech
Biden Picks Up a Nickname
After Ambitious Speech
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Apr 29, 2021 11:00 AM CDT

Biden Picks Up a Nickname After Ambitious Speech

Drudge calls him 'Biden Hood,' and Politico makes a similar Robin Hood reference

(Newser) - One thing his supporters and detractors can agree on after President Biden's address to Congress Wednesday night: He went big. As in, Biden spoke of nearly $2 trillion in spending to fund an expansion of government's role in the lives of Americans, along with hefty taxes on the...

'No President's Ever Said Those Words' From the Podium

Harris, Pelosi made history as first 2 women behind a president during address

(Newser) - "Thank you all—Madame Speaker, Madame Vice President," President Biden said at the start of his address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night. He added: "From this podium, no president's ever said those words—and it's about time." Vice President Kamala...

What Biden Said, and More From His Speech to Congress
Biden's Speech to Congress,
and the Reactions to It
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Apr 29, 2021 12:14 AM CDT

Biden's Speech to Congress, and the Reactions to It

For first time, address delivered before a female VP, female House speaker

(Newser) - President Biden addressed Congress for the first time since taking office Wednesday night, calling for America "to do more than just build back. We have to build back better." How so: by making sure corporations and the wealthiest 1% of Americans are paying their fair share, CNN reports....

Biden to Lay Out Fundamental Changes

Address to Congress will be a scaled-back event

(Newser) - President Biden will outline a sweeping series of proposals to use the power of government to solve problems and create opportunity when he addresses a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night. He'll ask members of both parties to support a broadening of support and benefits for Americans, paid...

We Thought Biden Would Be Boring. Instead, He's 'Transformational'

BBC correspondent says Biden's first 100 days have been an ambitious statement of intent

(Newser) - White House press briefings are a "snoozefest" these days, says BBC correspondent Jon Sopel, who likens the transition from the Trump to Biden administrations to "going from a daily crack pipe to a small bottle of low-alcohol beer once a week"—but the Biden presidency itself has...

Biden Offers Free Preschool, Community College
Biden Offers
Free Preschool,
Community College
THE RUNDOWN
Apr 28, 2021 8:12 AM CDT

Biden Offers Free Preschool, Community College

Sweeping 'American Families Plan' expected to cost $1.8T over 10 years

(Newser) - Students would get four extra years of paid education under the White House's new $1.8 trillion spending and tax plan, which would also provide paid family and medical leave for US workers. The "American Families Plan" may irk not only Republicans, but progressive Democrats, too. Here's...

How a False Story of a Biden Burger Ban Got Started

Biden's climate plan says nothing about holding the beef, despite story about a study

(Newser) - First, the Daily Mail ran a story—along with a colorful graphic and a photo of a double cheeseburger—about what President Biden's plan to attack climate change "could" require Americans to spend and give up. Everyone might be required to buy a $55,000 electric car, install...

Armenian Americans Worked for This for Decades
Armenian Americans
Worked for This for Decades
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Apr 24, 2021 4:30 PM CDT

Armenian Americans Worked for This for Decades

The genocide 'is my family's story,' one woman says

(Newser) - Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day was different this year, after President Biden recognized the killings carried out by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 20th century constituted genocide—ending decades of disappointment and broken promises for Armenian Americans. Hundreds of people dressed in black visited a hilltop monument in Montebello, east...

Biden Formally Recognizes Armenian Genocide

No previous president has used the term for mass killings under Ottoman Empire

(Newser) - President Joe Biden has formally recognized that the systematic killings and deportations of hundreds of thousands of Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 20th century were "genocide"—using a term for the atrocities that his White House predecessors have avoided for decades over concerns of alienating...

Report of Hefty Tax Hike Puts Wall Street in Bad Mood

Bloomberg says Biden may double capital gains tax rate on wealthy to about 40%

(Newser) - The stock market had a rough day, and the Wall Street Journal blames speculation that President Biden plans to raise the capital gains tax rate. The Dow fell 321 points to 33,815, the S&P 500 fell 38 points to 4,134, and the Nasdaq fell 131 points to...

World Leaders Like Biden's 'Complete Change' on Climate

US lays out ambitious new goal on emissions at virtual world summit

(Newser) - President Biden convened a virtual climate-change summit with other world leaders on Thursday and kicked things off with an ambitious pledge. Biden said the US would cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 when compared to 2005 levels. In a stark contrast to the views of predecessor Donald Trump,...

Report: Biden Plans to Keep Promise on Armenian Genocide

Move is expected to infuriate Turkey

(Newser) - As a candidate, Barack Obama promised to declare the slaughter of more than a million Armenians in the final years of the Ottoman Empire a genocide but failed to do so as president . President Biden made the same promise on the campaign trail, and sources tell the New York Times...

House Answers Trump's Travel Ban With Bill

Biden administration backs curbs on presidential power

(Newser) - The Democratic-led House passed legislation Wednesday designed to constrain a president's power to limit entry to the US, a response to former President Trump's travel ban covering five Muslim-majority countries. President Biden reversed the travel restrictions in one of his first moves in office, easing limits on Iran,...

Bush: GOP Is, 'to a Certain Extent, Nativist'

Former president asks for an end to the harsh rhetoric about immigrants

(Newser) - Former President George W. Bush delivered his strongest criticism yet of the Republican Party on Tuesday, essentially suggesting he doesn't recognize it anymore. He described the current GOP as "isolationist, protectionist, and to a certain extent, nativist," Politico reports. Bush made the comments in a live interview...

Biden Calls Case Against Chauvin 'Overwhelming'

After talking to Floyd's family, president says evidence against Chauvin is 'overwhelming'

(Newser) - President Biden said Tuesday that he considers the case against Derek Chauvin in George Floyd's death to be "overwhelming." He told reporters in the Oval Office that he felt free to say that because the Minneapolis jury is sequestered, the AP reports. Biden added that he's...

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