Articles filed under Joe Biden
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Congress passes bill to avert partial government shutdownSep 30, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - With only hours to spare, Congress passed legislation that would avoid a partial federal shutdown and keep the government funded through Dec. 3, and sent th...
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Nevermind: Biden's planned visit to Elk Grove Village Wednesday is canceledSep 28, 2021 1:00 am - A scheduled appearance Wednesday by President Joe Biden at the Elk Grove Technology Park has been canceled, Elk Grove Village officials confirmed early Tuesday evening. ...
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Biden coming back to Illinois, plans to encourage COVID-19 shotsSep 23, 2021 1:00 am - President Joe Biden will make his second trip to Illinois since July, arriving in Chicago Wednesday to push COVID-19 vaccines with a focus on employers. The president wi...
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U.S. special envoy to Haiti resigns over migrant expulsionsSep 23, 2021 1:00 am - The Biden administration's special envoy to Haiti resigned in protest of "inhumane" large-scale expulsions of Haitian migrants to their homeland as it is wracked by civi...
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EPA rule sharply limits HFCs, gases used as refrigerantsSep 23, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - In what officials call a key step to combat climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency is sharply limiting domestic production and use of hydrofluo...
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Tensions grow as U.S., allies deepen Indo-Pacific involvementSep 23, 2021 1:00 am - BANGKOK - With increasingly strong talk in support of Taiwan, a new deal to supply Australia with nuclear submarines, and the launch of a European strategy for greater e...
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Biden doubles U.S. global donation of COVID-19 vaccine shotsSep 22, 2021 1:00 am - President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the United States is doubling its purchase of Pfizer's COVID-19 shots to share with the world to 1 billion doses as he embra...
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Pentagon admits Kabul drone strike mistakenly killed only civilians and not an ISIS targetSep 17, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Pentagon retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan last month, announcing Friday that a review revealed...
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'Our patience is wearing thin': Biden tells employers of 100+ to require vaccines or testsSep 09, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - In his most forceful pandemic actions and words, President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 10...
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'Easiest decision I've ever made:' United Airlines volunteers help in Afghan evacuationSep 05, 2021 1:00 am - In 1988, a frightened 6-year-old fled tumult in Iran and boarded a jetliner on a journey to France and later America. The kindness of strangers — flight attendants — pro...