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Month: March 2021

Fact check: Madison Cawthorn falsely claimed there are ‘zero dollars’ spent on homeless veterans. It’s actually more than $2 billion this year

Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a North Carolina Republican who has a history of egregious false claims, posted another one Sunday on Twitter. Cawthorn was criticizing a new $86.9 million federal contract to house some migrant families in hotel rooms as they await legal proceedings to remove them from the US. (Other migrant families are being swiftly

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Netanyahu’s path to victory far from certain in Israel’s fourth election in two years

Exit polls following Israel’s fourth general election in under two years are pointing to another very close result, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comfortably on track to lead the largest party in parliament, but facing an anxious wait to see if his preferred coalition allies secure enough support to make building a new government straightforward.

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Two Asian American Democrats vow to oppose Biden nominees over lack of diversity, citing ‘insulting’ White House comments

Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois is threatening to vote against any of President Joe Biden’s nominees who aren’t minorities over her fury that the Cabinet lacks Asian Americans, adding she found it “incredibly insulting” that a top White House official had pointed to Vice President Kamala Harris’ South Asian roots as sufficient in defending the

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Alerta meteorológica de vientos…

Día de alerta meteorológica de primera alerta: Los vientos continúan a través del desierto. se ha emitido ráfagas de viento en el desierto. Un aviso de viento está vigente para High Desert hasta las 11:00 a.m. del miércoles para ráfagas de 40-45 MPH. Se espera que las ráfagas de más de 30 MPH continúen a

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GameStop earnings fall short of expectations, but online sales offer some hope

After several wild weeks in the spotlight, GameStop’s released financial results for the three months ended January 30 that fell short of Wall Street expectations. Now the gaming retailer is working to turn things around: Along with the earnings report, it outlined changes aimed at transforming itself into “a customer-obsessed technology company that delights gamers,”

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Biden administration announces extension of Affordable Care Act special enrollment by three months

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is extending the Affordable Care Act special enrollment period by three months to August 15, the Biden administration announced Tuesday. The change will allow Americans more time to take advantage of benefits granted through the Covid relief law — including increased federal subsidies to reduce premiums. “As a

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7-Eleven is opening a taco drive-thru

7-Eleven wants to get in on the growing popularity of fast food drive-thrus. So it’s opening one for its taco restaurant. The convenience store chain said Tuesday that it is opening a Laredo Taco location with a drive-thru in Dallas. Typically, Laredo Taco locations can be found in 7-Eleven stores themselves. This is the first

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