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Biden plans to stem flow of firearms used to commit violence, allows cities & states to reallocate Covid funds for crime fighting; Harris makes first trip to the border as VP on Friday; Delta variant gaining steam, rising Covid cases in unvaccinated areas Jun 23, 2021

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Soon: Bipartisan police reform talks drag on in Senate; Progressive Democrats urge Biden to get more involved after crucial vote fails in the Senate; Menendez wants bipartisan commission to study Covid origins; Harris to visit the southern border Friday after months of criticism from Republicans, immigration activists; New report raises more questions about Hunter Biden’s art deal; FDA expected to add new warnings to Pfizer, Moderna vaccines after cases of heart inflammation among teens; Far-right Oath Keeper first to admit guilt in riot; Emails show Biden campaign thought Facebook didn’t do enough to address the spread of election lies; Biden & Atty General address nation on rise in violent crime

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Soon: key senate vote on sweeping election reform bill; NYC voting now after chaotic final 24 hours of mayoral race; Officials: Biden will miss July 4 goal of 70% of adults with 1 shot; Jun 22, 2021

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Key vote expected to fail tonight on election reform bill; Manchin will vote “yes” on advancing election reform bill; Dem senator thinks some in GOP may vote with Dems tonight; WH braces for defeat on election reform: “the fight is not over”; Sinema, Manchin restate opposition to gutting filibuster; Dem rep: Biden need to “lead out front” on election reform; WH rejects criticism from progressives that Biden should be more vocal on election reform bills; VP Harris to preside over senate for tonight’s vote;

NYC mayoral race: how ranked choice voting works in big test; It could take weeks to know who won NYC mayoral primary; Senator faces questions over private beach club membership;

Biden repeatedly called vaccine deadline a “goal”; Now that they won’t meet it, White House says it was “aspirational”; Biden admin turns focus to 18- to 26-year-old vaccine holdouts; One-on0one with Dr. Anthony Fauci; Fauci: “I don’t’ see any big deal” if nation misses Biden's goal of 70% with one COVID shot by July 4; Fauci: we will reach 70% goal by second or third week of July;

HHS: 14k children housed in temporary facilities, hundreds in custody 60+ days; Testimony reveals dire conditions for migrant children at border; Migrant child says staff made them wear same clothes for 15 days, spend most hours on their bed;

Kim Jong Un’s sister downplays hope for better U.S. relations; Kim Jong Un’s sister: U.S. will face “disappointment” if it tries to “seek comfort” from Kim’s new call for dialogue; Kim Jong Un says North Korea should be prepared for “dialogue and confrontation” with the U.S.;

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Biden’s crucial week on voting rights, infrastructure, police reform; Ten mass shootings this week kill at least seven people; Tomorrow: NYC voters chose Dem, GOP candidates for mayor; Jun 21, 2021

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Biden to invite lawmakers to WH this week to talk infrastructure; Sources: WH optimistic about bipartisan infrastructure deal; Key senate vote tomorrow on sweeping election reform bill;

U.S. sees spike in mass shooting as cities open back up; Source: DOJ obtained metadata from Schiff & Swalwell as part of probe into a senior aide on House Intel Cmte;

Dems Yang, Garcia form late alliance as Adams leads polls; Adams campaign claims joint event by Garcia, Yang was an attempt to disenfranchise black voters; New York City using ranked-choice voting for the first time; Volunteer for NYC candidate Eric Adams recovering after stabbing;

Fauci: people who criticize me about mask guidance are criticizing science; Study: Delta variant tearing through counties with lower vaccinations; Only 16 states and D.C. have met Biden’s July 4th 70% vaccination goal;

U.S. student found dead in Russia after testing her mother: “I hope I’m not being abducted”; Sources: Biden national security officials meeting today to discuss Afghanistan withdrawal as Taliban gain ground;

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DOJ releasing new insurrection videos as part of investigation; Biden commemorates 300 million COVID shots in 150 days; Still no vaccine for U.K. kids as Delta variant surges; Iran to elect new president amid nuclear talks with U.S.; As U.S. reopens, cities debate fate of “streeteries”; Jun 18, 2021

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Justice Dept releases new insurrection videos showing rioter taunting, punching police officer; House votes to repeal 2002 authorization for military force;

Unclear whether U.S. will hit Biden’s goal to get 70% of adults partially vaccinated by July 4; Bipartisan infrastructure bill gets support from 21 senators; GOP kills Manchin’s bipartisan voting rights proposal; Blunt: Manchin’s “proposal” is now the “Stacey Abrams substitute”; U.S. catholic bishops set up possible rebuke of Biden for taking communion while supporting abortion rights;

CDC director urges parents to vaccinate their children as dangerous Delta variant spreads; Former FDA chief warns o potential for long-term brain tissue loss form COVID;

Iran polling centers to stay open amid low voter turnout; Iran election expected to deliver ultra-conservative president;

Cities debate keeping outdoor dining in parking lanes post-pandemic; DOW drops more than 530 points amid concerns interest rates will rise;

Western U.S. hits triple-digit record-high temperatures; 40 million people under heat alerts in the U.S.;

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Biden signs bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday; Supreme Court upholds Obamacare for the third time; Right-Wing media, GOP lawmakers peddle baseless theory the FBI was behind January 6th insurrection; Major bank tell staff to be back at work by Sept.; Key swing vote Manchin proposes comprise on voting bills Jun 17, 2021

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Biden arrives home to Dem party fractures over agenda; Bipartisan infrastructure deal includes $579B in new spending; WH Official: Outlook “Very Encouraging” on top domestic issues; Biden, Putin summit ends with some diplomatic steps; Supreme Court decision to leave Obamacare intact preserves health care for millions; White House cheers court decision to leave Obamacare intact; Morgan Stanley CEO: If you can go to a NYC restaurant, you can go to work; Officials warn unvaccinated Americans of more contagious variant; WH: Too many low-vaccinated communities remain at risk; Fauci on Delta variant: “Not concerned” about fully vaccinated people; Stacey Abrams to CNN: I support Manchin proposal; Manchin: Make Election Day a holiday, mandatory 15 early voting days; McConnell: GOP won’t support Manchin proposal; Texas Gov says he’ll build wall with state money, crowdsourcing

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Biden: “I did what I came to do” in meeting with Putin; Putin again refuses to name Navalny, says he wanted to be arrested; 4 Experts warn highly transmissible, more severe delta strain spreading rapidly in U.S. Jun 16, 2021

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Biden and Putin agree to return ambassadors to posts; Biden: made it clear we will continue to raise human rights issues; Biden says he outlined 16 entities that are off limits for cyberwar; Biden: spent “great deal of time” discussing cybersecurity; Experts warn highly transmissible, more severe delta strain spreading rapidly in U.S.; Israel launches airstrikes in Gaza in response to “incendiary balloons”

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U.S. & Russia reveal new details for Biden-Putin summit; Officials: Biden preparing intensely for Putin talks, consulted with Russian experts; AG Garland outlines new strategy to combat domestic terrorism; COVID death toll tops 600,000 in the U.S.; Jun 15, 2021

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Sources: Biden intensely preparing for Putin summit; WH: Biden held meeting with Russia experts to prepare for Putin summit; Biden tells allies: America is back; Biden-Putin meeting likely to last 4-5 hours; No meals planned; Biden and Putin agree: relations at a “low point”; Kremlin: unsure if Biden, Putin will meet without aides; WH officials: Biden to bring up nuclear stability, arms control agreements, ransomware and human rights at Putin meeting; Biden calls Putin a “worthy adversary” before summit; Biden on Putin meeting: I’ll make it clear “what the red lines are”;

Emails show how Trump & his allies pressured DOJ to challenge election results; AG Garland: insurrection was an “assault on the mainstay of our democratic system”; Trump allies tried to pressure then-acting Atty General to challenge 2020 election, emails show;

Study: new evidence COVID was circulating in U.S. in Dec 2019; New York, California, drop nearly all COVID restrictions today; Experts warn about new variant, urges people to get vaccinated; CDC elevates Delta variant to “variant of concern”;

Videos show Ocean City, MD police kicking, tasing teens after stopping them to enforce a boardwalk vaping ban; Ocean City mayor says police investigating teen arrests; Face mask dispute leaves store employee dead, 2 hurt;

Afghan translators waiting for U.S. visas allegedly being hunted down, killed by Taliban;

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Biden speaks after key meetings with NATO leaders; FBI to lawmakers: Qanon followers may turn violent; Biden says if Alexey Navalny were to die in prison it would only “hurt” Putin’s relationship with the “rest of the world”; U.S. expected to surpass 600,000 COVID-19 deaths today; Jun 14, 2021

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Biden hopes for NATO springboard ahead of Putin summit; Biden reassures NATO allies: “the United States is there”; Biden: “rock solid, unshakeable commitment” to NATO article that an attack on one ally is an attack on all; Sources: Biden preparing intensely for Putin’s tactics; Biden: will “make clear” to Putin that “we can cooperate if he chooses” on mutual interests, or “we will respond in kind”; Biden: must “guard against… phony populism”; Biden on whether he still believes Putin is a killer: Putin has in the past “essentially acknowledged” what he’s done; Biden: U.S. relationship with Russia “at a low point”; Biden: had “detailed discussions… on a number of issues” with Turkish president Erdogan; Biden: Trump wing comprises “bulk” of republican party, but only “a minority of the American people” as a whole;

Right now: AG Garland meets with top media execs targeted in leak investigation; FBI report: Qanon followers may turn violent, target democrats & other perceived enemies;

Biden: If Alexey Navalny dies in prison, would be “another indication that Russia has no intention of abiding by basic human rights”; Putin says he’d be open to a prisoner swap ahead of Biden meeting; Putin refuses to say Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny’s name; Russian mercenaries accused of atrocities, including murdering children, in the central African republic;

Group of house republicans seek to censure Rep. Omar and “squad” over controversial comments; Pelosi dismisses Rep. Omar’s controversial comments: “She clarified. End of subject”; Dem congressman to introduce resolution to censure GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene;

California set to fully reopen tomorrow; Former FDA chief warns India COVID variant could spark new outbreaks in low-vaccinated areas; Spreading Delta variant forces UK to delay reopening; Most blue states will make Biden’s vaccine goal; Red woes won’t; Education secretary: racial disparities in schools reopening; Disneyland expected to end mask requirement for fully vaccinated guests tomorrow;

U.S. assessing reported leak at Chinese nuclear power facility;

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Biden meets with world leaders at first G7 summit as president; DOJ watchdog to review secret subpoenas in Trump era targeting data of house democrats; WH: “questions need to be addressed” on new bipartisan infrastructure proposal; Jun 11, 2021

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Biden, other G7 leaders meet with queen, senior royals; Biden invokes WWII: U.S. will "build a new arsenal" to fight COVID; Biden, G7 leaders address COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, threat from Russia & China; No joint news conference expected after Biden-Putin meeting next week; One-on-one with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki; Biden on message to Putin: “I’ll tell you after I deliver it”; Putin spokesman: “nothing to discuss” in Alexi Navalny’s case; WH calls Trump-era targeting of members of congress “appalling”; U.S. embassy in Afghanistan suspends visa operations, as thousands of Afghans who helped military wait for approval;

Trump DOJ secretly subpoenaed Apple for data from house democrats, staff and family; Politico: Barr says he was “not aware” of any DOJ subpoenas for data from two democratic lawmakers;

Group of bipartisan senators draft infrastructure proposal; Rep. Jayapal to Dems: “let’s move forward alone” on infrastructure; Group of house Dems as Rep. Omar to clarify statement seemingly comparing U.S. and Israel to Hamas and Taliban;

FDA authorizes 10M doses of J&J vaccine from troubled Baltimore plant; FDA vaccine advisers debate authorizing vaccine for kids under 12; 2 cruise passengers test positive for COVID during end-of-cruise test; crew and guests were fully vaccinated;

NY Gov. Cuomo weighs re-election campaign despite facing multiple investigations; NY Gov. Cuomo faces investigations into claims of sexual harassment, book resources, nursing home data;

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Biden wraps up first fay of meetings; Discussed protecting democracy & cyber hacks with UK PM; Biden to send 500 million Pfizer vaccine doses worldwide; GOP Sen. Romney: Bipartisan negotiators reached agreement on infrastructure price tag, but not specifics of overall deal Jun 10, 2021

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Biden: U.S. will buy, donate 500m doses Pfizer vaccine; Biden prepares for crucial face-to-face with Putin; Biden meets with key allies before crucial Putin summit; U.S. hopes to agree on ambassadors retuning to Moscow, DC; Moderna asks FDA to authorize its vaccine for children ages 12-17; U.S. over 42% fully vaccinated, almost 52% partially vaccinated; CDC: Most states have administered less than half of the Johnson & Johnson doses received; U.S. over 42% fully vaccinated, almost 52% partially vaccinated; 13 states already met President Biden’s goal to partially vaccinate 70% adults ahead of July 4 deadline; GOP leader McConnell: A bipartisan infrastructure deal would be popular on both sides on the aisle; Biden’s infrastructure plan calls for $100B investment in renewable energy, underground power grid; Iowa farmer on Biden’s green plan: Slow down, don’t shove it down our throat; Iowa republican backs Biden’s plans too expand U.S. power grid options, “I am fully on board”; WV conservative says he worries about too much “green” talk; TX sheriff’s office investigating deputy’s tasing of 16-year-old boy; New body cam video shows deputy tasing migrant boy for over 30 seconds; U.S. sanctions Nicaragua, says Ortega’s regime is driving the country “deeper into tyranny”

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