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Civil rights leaders announce another March on Washington after voting rights bill fails in Senate
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A group of civil rights organizations will host another March on Washington in August to demand that Congress pass sweeping voting rights legislation and that state lawmakers halt efforts to enact bills that restric...
Spain to pardon jailed Catalan separatist leaders on Tuesday
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Barcelona, SpainSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said his government would pardon the nine jailed leaders of Catalonia's failed 2017 independence bid on Tuesday as a first step towards ending the political confli...
Newt Gingrich: Biden-Putin summit – what Russian leader’s Soviet-KGB mindset means for relations with US
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I was on a congressional delegation visiting Moscow when Boris Yeltsin was president and the West had great hopes for a more open, democratic Russia. I went to see the then-vice president, who was an air force genera...
US Open Round 2: Bland, Henley surprise leaders at Torrey
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The 48-year-old Englishman -- first name, Richard -- won the first tournament of a not-so-distinguished European Tour career at the British Masters just last month to snap on 0-for-447 streak and earn an invitation t...
Biden pushes China threat at G7 and NATO, but European leaders tread carefully
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This was excerpted from the June 15 edition of CNN's Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers. Click here to read past editions and subscribe. US presidents don't normally go to Eur...
G7 leaders share a bold vision for a net zero future. But the devil is in the lack of detail
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Falmouth, England Climate change is rarely a main talking point at the G7 leaders' summit, but as US President Joe Biden proclaimed that "America is back at the table" on the final day of this year's meeting, by exte...
Queen Elizabeth steals show at G-7 reception with witty one-liner to world leaders
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The three-day summit of the leaders of the Group of Seven economies – Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, along with the U.S. – began on Friday and will run through Sunday in the United Kingdom. Friday...
Biden to urge G-7 leaders to stand up to China on reeducation camp abuses
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Biden's planned effort came as G-7 leaders were expected to unveil an infrastructure proposal during the weekend summit in Cornwall, England, called "Build Back Better for the World." The goal was to compete with Be...
Gen. Jack Keane talks major threats as world leaders to meet today at G7 summit
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LIVE UPDATES: G-7 summit 2021 kicks off Friday as Biden meets with world leaders GEN. JACK KEANE: "It seems quite obvious that the major threats to the United States are facing certainly with China, which is a rising...
Biden is at the G7 meeting of world leaders. Here’s what to know about it
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President Joe Biden's first trip abroad since taking office includes a G7 summit where he'll look to reestablish US leadership on the world stage. But what is the G7, and what power does it hold? Here's what you ne...
Loudoun County teacher urges educators to oppose critical race theory: You’re teaching our future leaders
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"Parents, the longer that you wait and don't have your child's schools accountable, gives these guys more time to dictate what's best for your child's physical, mental, and emotional health," she said, pointing to th...
A Florida school board is renaming middle and high schools honoring Confederate leaders
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A school board in Florida has voted to rename six of its schools named after Confederate leaders after community members demanded the change. After debating the issue for a year, the Duval County School Board in Jac...
Greg Gutfeld: National leaders’ silence on crime is ‘existential threat’
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And maybe I watched too many cop shows as a kid. In fact, while other kids played doctor, I played stop and frisk. But if we can create safe societies, everyone benefits - equally. You're more free to pursue your dre...
NC civil rights leaders request DOJ investigation into Andrew Brown Jr.’s death
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Members of the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP met with Justice Department officials Thursday to request that they investigate the April shooting death of Andrew Brown Jr. Brown, a 42-year-old Black man, was fat...
House Republicans call on Senate leaders to reject Biden DHS picks, warn they won’t end border crisis
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In a letter to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, the 31 Republicans say the nominees "either helped develop the policies that have produced the crisis or have shown an unwi...
Biden and Congress face increasing pressure from some Black leaders to enact police reform
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President Joe Biden and the Democratic-controlled Congress are facing increasing pressure this week from Black civil rights leaders who say federal lawmakers have made little progress with police reform one year aft...