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NEW YORK (AP) — Just over a year ago, millions of energized young people, women, voters of color and independents joined forces to send Joe Biden to the White House. But 12 months into his presidency, many describe a coalition in crisis.Leading voices across Biden’s diverse political base openly decry the slow pace of progress…

© Reuters. Construction workers are seen at the site of a large public infrastructure reconstruction project of an elevated roadway and bridges in upper Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will trumpet his administration’s plans to spend $27 billion fixing thousands of…

President Joe Biden took two huge losses Thursday that likely will be the final nails in the coffin of the big and hopeful agenda that Democrats were counting on as we speed into the 2022 election season from hell. First, Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a fellow Democrat, announced that although she supports the voting rights bill,…

2/2 © Reuters. Valerie Pecresse, head of the Paris Ile-de-France region and Les Republicains (LR) right-wing party candidate for the 2022 French presidential election, speaks during an interview with Reuters at her campaign headquarters in Paris, France, January 7, 2022 2/2 By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) – Fifteen years ago, Valerie Pecresse quelled a student…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A woman takes a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at pop-up testing site in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 7, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Insurance companies will be required to cover eight over-the-counter at-home coronavirus tests per person each month starting Saturday, the Biden administration said, expanding access to highly…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans prepares to moderate a panel on women in central banking including Federal Reserve Board Governor Lael Brainard, Sarah Breeden, Bank of England’s point person on climate change, Michigan Sta By Ann Saphir (Reuters) – Michigan State University economics professor Lisa Cook was named a…

3/3 © Reuters. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrives with Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Sri Lanka’s Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa during his visit to Colombo Port city project, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, January 9, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte 2/3 By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa asked China to help restructure…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden receives an economic briefing in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner By Jeff Mason LOUISVILLE, Colo. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden, visiting the scene of Colorado’s most destructive wildfire on record, said on Friday the rare winter blaze…

Mary Trump thinks one element of President Joe Biden’s speech on Thursday marking the anniversary of the U.S. Capitol riot was aimed at getting right under the skin of her uncle, former President Donald Trump.Trump and MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell noted on Thursday that Biden used the word “lost” multiple times in his address.“It made me…

For Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., the Jan. 6 Capitol riot continues to be a difficult topic to broach with his two young Asian American children. He’s struggled to find the right words.“When I saw my kids for the first time after Jan. 6, my oldest came up to me and hugged me and asked me…