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As the president seeks to restore America’s luster abroad, he faces multiple diplomatic challenges at his first foreign meeting.
Black female faculty members, long underrepresented in American academia, say it pains them to see Nikole Hannah-Jones, the leader of the 1619 Project, hired without tenure. “It hurts,” one said. “It’s a knife in the heart.”
Now that President Biden and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) have ended talks on the sweeping package, the administration will focus its efforts on conversations with a bipartisan group of senators.
The president and vice president campaigned on a welcoming approach to immigration. But as Harris’s just-ended trip shows, circumstances — and GOP attacks — are now prompting a tougher tone.
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But vaccines appear to be highly effective in blocking symptoms of the  fast-spreading version of the virus, health officials reported Tuesday.
The department’s move surprised some LGBTQ advocates who said the wording went further than just an obligation to defend an existing law.
A mobile billboard calling for higher taxes on the ultra-wealthy traveled near the U.S. Capitol on May 17. (Getty Images)
The release of the records sent shock waves through Washington, with some Democrats saying the revelations affirmed their long-held view that the richest Americans are able to shield much of their wealth from taxation.
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The wonder of electing the first female vice president has given way to the slow slog through a problem that has stymied multiple administrations.
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The opposition to the bill by Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) has left advocates with few clear options as they seek to override a passel of new Republican-passed state voting laws.
Cruise ship companies announce varying vaccine rules as they face stiff political pressure in the South.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declined to directly answer whether the Jan. 6 Capitol attack was an insurrection when asked on June 8. (The Washington Post)
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And evidence suggests it's succeeding.
The detention of Félix Maradiaga appeared to be a challenge to the Biden administration, occurring as Vice President Harris was in the region to promote good governance and find solutions to a rise in unauthorized migration.
Rights groups hope her release marks a step toward the repeal of severe abortion restrictions in the Central American country.
Women from Srebrenica in Bosnia watch a live broadcast from the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague on June 8. (AP)
Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic received a life sentence in 2017 for crimes in the 1990s Bosnian war.
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Formerly homeless people live at the Six, an apartment complex in the MacArthur Park neighborhood of Los Angeles designed for optimal energy efficiency. (Brooks + Scarpa)
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