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Lawmakers push to award posthumous Medal of Honor to Black World War II medic
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Army medic Cpl. Waverly Woodson Jr. is credited with saving many lives on D-Day when Allied troops landed on Omaha Beach, but a bipartisan group of lawmakers says he was not considered for the Medal of Honor because...
'Alles is op die tafel': GOP’s Supreme Court push escalates Democratic debate over packing court
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The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg weeks before the presidential election has turned Democratic nightmares into a crushing reality. Impervious to cries of hypocrisy and pleas to adhere to a stand...
US Defense Secretary visits Africa for first time seeking to push back on Russia and China
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US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper made his first visit to Africa Wednesday, a trip aimed in part at pushing back on Russian and Chinese influence in the region. Esper arrived in Tunisia to meet with top officials, ...
Trump administration renews push for nuclear arms agreement with Russia before election
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Washington and Moscow With only weeks to go until the general election, the Trump administration is renewing a push to finalize a nuclear agreement with Moscow, hoping that a deal may force China to reconsider its po...
Trump counting on final get-out-the-vote push to fuel narrow path to victory
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Tampa, Florida President Donald Trump and other Republicans are arguing in the final days of the campaign that their superior ground game will make a critical difference on Election Day and allow them to turn out the...
Aktiviste beweeg van 'betogings na die stembusse'’ in 'n druk om 'n rits plaaslike rasse op verkiesingsdag te vorm
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Progressiewe aktiviste werk daaraan om vanjaar se landwye betogings oor polisiebrutaliteit en rasse-ongeregtigheid in resultate by die stembus op verkiesingsdag te verander, terwyl hulle druk om opkoms te bevorder en kompetisies te beïnvloed...
Netflix mounts this year’s Oscar push on a very different playing field
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Netflix has spent the last few years pushing a boulder uphill, making gradual inroads in garnering Oscar recognition for its movies. Now the streaming service heads into a holiday season with an ambitious slate of f...
Trump administration renews push to confirm Wolf amid concerns over legitimacy and agency purge
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There's a renewed push to get Chad Wolf confirmed as Homeland Security secretary -- a position in which he's been serving in an acting capacity for a year -- before Inauguration Day, according to two sources familia...
Trump-administrasie probeer immigrasiebeperkings op die laaste oomblik plaas
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Met die inwydingsdag nader, daar is bykomende dringendheid binne die Trump-regering om enige beleid op die nippertjie deur te voer wat immigrasie na die Verenigde State sou beperk, volgens verskeie bronne. Vir ins ...
Swart vroue het gehelp om Demokrate na die wenstreep in Georgië te stoot. Hier is hoe hulle dit weer kan doen
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Atlanta, Georgië Terwyl die land Georgië aanskou met sy paar komende afloop van die Amerikaanse Senaat, 'n oorwinning vir Demokrate kan afhang van dieselfde swart vroue wat gehelp het om die staat blou te laat draai in die presidentsverkiesing. Leade ...
Biden readies major stimulus push and flurry of executive actions in first 100 dae
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President-elect Joe Biden and his transition team are preparing for an early, all-out push to pass an ambitious new stimulus bill, while also drawing up plans for a flurry of executive actions aimed at delivering on...
Joe Biden weeg die keuse om sy groot infrastruktuurstoot te lei
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Joe Biden se plan om Amerika se verbrokkelende infrastruktuur te herskep as president, sal na verwagting die druk op drie belangrike kabinetskeuses verhoog om saam te werk vir die resultate wat Amerikaners duidelik en vinnig kan sien in ...
'N Groep Alabama-betogers plaas vals lyksakke op die grasperk van die hof om die verbode vlag en monument te verwyder
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Vir maande, 'n groep betogers in Alabama het geveg vir die verwydering van 'n Gekonfedereerde vlag en 'n Gekonfedereerde monument wat voor die Marshall County Courthouse in Albertville sit. Verlede week, betoog ...
Federale wetstoepassingsagentskappe dring aan op inhegtenisnemings en aanklagte ná die onluste in Capitol Woensdag
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Die FBI en ander federale wetstoepassingsagentskappe is van plan om inhegtenisnemings te maak en klagtes in te dien teen diegene wat die opstand Woensdag by die Amerikaanse Capitol gelei het, federale wetstoepassingsbeamptes het gesê ....
'Mense kan nie bekostig om te wag nie': Biden en bondgenote beywer hulle vir vinnige bevestiging van genomineerdes, met verwysing na veiligheidsbedreigings
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Verkose president Joe Biden is op pad om agter te bly met sy onlangse voorgangers wat op die dag van die inhuldiging genomineerdes van die kabinet laat bevestig het, kommer wek dat Biden se administrasie vroeg in die wiele gery kan word ...
Superintendents push to speed up vaccination of educators: ‘We could lose a whole generation of kids’
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Superintendents from Texas, Florida, Washington, North Carolina and other states are pushing for an organized plan to vaccinate the country's teachers and school staff more quickly, in order to allow schools to open...