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New York City paying $220 million to a Pakistan owned hotel in Big Apple, claims author

Washington: The City of New York pays USD220 million to rent a hotel owned by the Government of Pakistan to house illegal immigrants, a report claimed on Saturday. “The city of New York pays $220 million to rent the entire Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan to house illegal migrants,” he said. “The hotel is owned by the government of Pakistan, and …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court justices have a job for life. But some left the court to make their lasting mark

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — In the summer of 1941, James F. Byrnes became a Supreme Court justice. Legislation pending in Congress would end life tenure on the Supreme Court, though there is little chance term limits will become law anytime soon even with the support of Vice President Kamala Harris, along with many others in her party and a majority of Americans. …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Prep sports roundup: Harvard-Westlake defeats St. John Bosco to reach Open Division championship

LA Times

Robert Hinton skies for a dunk as teammate Christian Horry celebrates. Harvard-Westlake routed St. John Bosco to advance to Open Division championship game. Pool A: Harvard-Westlake 3-0; Sierra Canyon 2-1; St. John Bosco 1-2; Corona Centennial 0-3; Pool B: Roosevelt 3-0; St. Pius-St. Matthias 2-1; JSerra 1-2; Mater Dei 0-3. — eric sondheimer February 17, 2024 As for Harvard-Westlake’s defense …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Expanding the Supreme Court is a longshot. Why California’s Senate candidates support it

LA Times

It’s been just over a year since the Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision, allowing states to once again outlaw abortion. “This issue has a particular power and salience now, both because of the gamesmanship that McConnell used but also because of the succession of reactionary cases coming out of the court — striking down Roe …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Biden, Sunak vow to stick together on Ukraine, deepen cooperation on clean energy transition, AI

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday reiterated their commitment to help Ukraine repel Russia’s ongoing invasion, while agreeing to step up cooperation on challenges their economies face with artificial intelligence, clean energy, and critical minerals. “Our economies are seeing perhaps the biggest transformation since the Industrial Revolution as new technologies provide incredible opportunities, …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Biden, Britain’s Sunak vow to stick together on Ukraine, clean energy

LA Times

President Biden listens to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday. President Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday reiterated their commitment to help Ukraine repel Russia’s ongoing invasion, while agreeing to step up cooperation on challenges their economies face with artificial intelligence, clean …

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2 years ago

Today in History: January 6, Trump supporters storm Capitol to stop certification of Biden victory

Associated Press

Today in history: On Jan. 6, 2021, supporters of President Donald Trump, fueled by his false claims of a stolen election, assaulted police and smashed their way into the Capitol to interrupt the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory, forcing lawmakers into hiding; most of the rioters had come from a nearby rally where Trump urged them to “fight like …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Review: Ken Burns issues a chilling warning with ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’

LA Times

An immigrant family looking at the Statue of Liberty from Ellis Island, circa 1930. Prefiguring more recent politicians, North Carolina Sen. Robert Reynolds declared, “If I had my way, I would today build a wall about the United States so high and so secure that not a single alien or foreign refugee from any country upon the face of the …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Transcript of AP interview with President Joe Biden

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A transcript of an Oval Office interview Thursday with President Joe Biden by AP White House reporter Josh Boak. You know, look, um, one of the, I’ve always suggested to younger people that want to get into public life, I ask them two things: Have you figured out what’s worth losing over? AP: Well so, so, I mean, …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Trump launches personal attack on Fiona Hill after she likens him to Putin

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2 years, 11 months ago

Presidents such as Joe Biden have been super connected to pro football

LA Times

During his tenure as vice president, President Joe Biden sits in the house of the VP in Washington, D.C., as he writes notes for the children of William Peterson, right. “I’m so darn proud of you,” President Joe Biden said to the students at his alma mater.“… Fellas, it’s a tradition for the president of the United States to host …

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3 years, 5 months ago

General says coronavirus may affect more Navy ships

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Pentagon leaders anticipate that the coronavirus may strike more Navy ships at sea after an outbreak aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific infected more than 400 sailors, a top general said Thursday. “We have too many ships at sea.. To think that it will never happen again is not a good way to plan.” The Navy’s top …

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3 years, 10 months ago

President's Got Game: Joe Biden Just Beat His Granddaughter at Mario Kart

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President Joe Biden spent his third week in office visiting the Pentagon, touring the National Institutes of Health and working on the administration’s COVID-19 response. It’s been used by every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt first went there in 1943 as a personal hideaway, and has been the site of major diplomatic negotiations and policy discussions throughout history, according to …

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3 years, 10 months ago

At Camp David retreat, Biden hangs out, shows he’s got game

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden spent his third week in office visiting the Pentagon, touring the National Institutes of Health and working on the administration’s COVID-19 response. It’s been used by every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt first went there in 1943 as a personal hideaway and has been the site of major diplomatic negotiations and policy discussions throughout history, …

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3 years, 11 months ago

U.S. Carriers Train In South China Sea In Likely Signal To Beijing

NPR

U.S. Carriers Train In South China Sea In Likely Signal To Beijing Enlarge this image toggle caption Seaman Deirdre Marsac/USS Theodore Roosevelt Seaman Deirdre Marsac/USS Theodore Roosevelt In an apparent signal to Beijing, the U.S. Navy announced Tuesday that a pair of carrier strike groups were conducting exercises in the South China Sea. The last such "dual carrier" operation in …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Analysis: Biden issues call to unity that comes with urgency

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — As newly inaugurated leaders often do, President Joe Biden began his tenure with a ritual call for American unity. But standing on the same Capitol steps where just two weeks ago violent rioters laid siege to the nation’s democracy, Biden’s words felt less like rhetorical flourishes and more like an urgent appeal to stabilize a country reeling from …

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4 years, 2 months ago

The US Election 2020: The facts, the figures and the legends

The Independent

The president’s official residence in Washington – 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue – has a history scarcely less colourful than that of the presidency. Presidents who died in office: 8 William Henry Harrison, 1841, Zachary Taylor, 1850, Abraham Lincoln, 1865, James A Garfield, 1881, William McKinley, 1901, Warren G Harding, 1923, Franklin D Roosevelt, 1945, John F Kennedy, 1963. Presidents elected in …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Of presidents and health, history replete with secrecy, lies

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Throughout American history, an uncomfortable truth has been evident: Presidents have lied about their health. The White House initially said he had “mild symptoms.” By Friday evening, he was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. After a rosy press conference by the president’s medical team, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Saturday that Trump …

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4 years, 7 months ago

USS Theodore Roosevelt: US aircraft carrier hit by major coronavirus outbreak returns to sea

CNN

Washington CNN — The USS Theodore Roosevelt has returned to sea after spending weeks in port in Guam following a major coronavirus outbreak on board in March. Navy Surgeon General Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham previously told CNN in an exclusive interview he is “very confident” the Roosevelt is “medically ready” despite the fact a number of sailors tested positive for …

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4 years, 8 months ago

History channel, Bill Clinton collaborate on documentary about history of American presidency; project to air in 2021

Firstpost

History has also signed with historian Doris Kearns Goodwin to make presidential miniseries on Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. New York: The History channel says former President Bill Clinton will help shape and be a part of an upcoming documentary series on the American presidency. History says it has signed with historian Doris Kearns Goodwin to make presidential miniseries on …

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4 years, 8 months ago

Sailors head back to aircraft carrier hit by virus outbreak

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Navy sailors who have been quarantined on Guam for weeks will begin moving back to the USS Theodore Roosevelt Tuesday night, U.S. officials said. Hundreds of sailors are expected to reboard the ship over the next several days, after spending about a month in gyms, hotels and other facilities while the ship was cleaned, officials said. The sailors …

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4 years, 8 months ago

26 US Navy ships currently have coronavirus cases

CNN

Washington CNN — There are currently coronavirus cases on 26 US Navy warships, and another 14 have been hit by the virus but the crew members impacted have recovered, a senior Navy official told CNN Wednesday. The Navy is not releasing the names of the individual ships impacted or the exact number of cases because Defense Department policy states that …

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4 years, 8 months ago

Sailor aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt dies of coronavirus

CNN

Washington CNN — A sailor who tested positive for Covid-19 on the USS Theodore Roosevelt has died of coronavirus, the US Navy said Monday. CNN previously reported a sailor from the USS Theodore Roosevelt who tested positive for the virus March 30 was found unresponsive and placed in the intensive care unit during a daily medical check. On Tuesday, one …

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4 years, 9 months ago

For McConnell, virus carries echo of his boyhood polio

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell’s earliest childhood memory is the day he left the polio treatment center at Warm Springs, Georgia, for the last time. “And the uncertainty you have when there’s no pathway forward on either treatment or a vaccine and that was the situation largely in polio before 1954.” The two crises now bookend McConnell’s years, making the Kentucky …

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New York City paying $220 million to a Pakistan owned hotel in Big Apple, claims author

Supreme Court justices have a job for life. But some left the court to make their lasting mark

Prep sports roundup: Harvard-Westlake defeats St. John Bosco to reach Open Division championship

Expanding the Supreme Court is a longshot. Why California’s Senate candidates support it

Biden, Sunak vow to stick together on Ukraine, deepen cooperation on clean energy transition, AI

Biden, Britain’s Sunak vow to stick together on Ukraine, clean energy

Today in History: January 6, Trump supporters storm Capitol to stop certification of Biden victory

Review: Ken Burns issues a chilling warning with ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’

Transcript of AP interview with President Joe Biden

Trump launches personal attack on Fiona Hill after she likens him to Putin

Presidents such as Joe Biden have been super connected to pro football

General says coronavirus may affect more Navy ships

President's Got Game: Joe Biden Just Beat His Granddaughter at Mario Kart

At Camp David retreat, Biden hangs out, shows he’s got game

U.S. Carriers Train In South China Sea In Likely Signal To Beijing

Analysis: Biden issues call to unity that comes with urgency

The US Election 2020: The facts, the figures and the legends

Of presidents and health, history replete with secrecy, lies

USS Theodore Roosevelt: US aircraft carrier hit by major coronavirus outbreak returns to sea

History channel, Bill Clinton collaborate on documentary about history of American presidency; project to air in 2021

Sailors head back to aircraft carrier hit by virus outbreak

26 US Navy ships currently have coronavirus cases

Sailor aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt dies of coronavirus

For McConnell, virus carries echo of his boyhood polio