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Biden Admin Punishing ‘Dozens’ of Staffers for Weed Use
Photo: Hector Vivas (Getty Images) President Joe Biden’s administration is telling staffers that they absolutely have to have just said…
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Russia Tried to Discredit Biden During 2020 Election
Photo: Peter Muhly – WPA Pool (Getty Images) Russia wants America to hate Hunter Biden. That, and other odd claims,…
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India Looks to Criminalize Trading, Mining, and Holding Cryptocurrencies: Report
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering to mark the country’s 75th year of independence, in Ahmedabad on March…
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Uber Eats and Deliveroo Riders in Spain to Get Collective Bargaining Rights
File photo of a Deliveroo rider in Madrid, SpainPhoto: Carlos Alvarez (Getty Images) Delivery riders for apps like Uber Eats…
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States Must Offer Vaccine to All Adults by May 1
President Joe Biden gives a primetime address to the nation from the East Room of the White House on March…
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Compare Which Presidents Had the Tackiest Office Decor
Screenshot: American Home Shield The Oval Office is the closest thing the U.S. has to a throne room. It is…
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Activision Blizzard Hires Bush-Era Torture Apologist As Chief Compliance Officer
Photo: Lukas Schulze (Getty Images) Activision Blizzard announced yesterday that Frances F. Townsend, a former George W. Bush-era counterterrorism appointee…
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Fake News Gets More Engagement on Facebook—But Only If It’s Right-Wing
It’s not exactly a secret that extreme, less-than-accurate content finds a big audience on Facebook. In the months before last…
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Leaked Big Oil Docs Hint at Support for a Carbon Tax
The American Petroleum Institute is planning to endorse a carbon tax but has no plans to stop funding climate-denying candidates—or…
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Biden Throws Support Behind Amazon Workers’ Union Drive
Joe Biden has effectively endorsed ongoing unionization efforts at an Amazon facility in the state of Alabama and warned the…
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