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California copes with heavy rain, flooding in latest ‘atmospheric river’ storm

March 13, 2023 / Top Stories, U.S. News

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Emergency officials in several California counties spent Friday patrolling levies and swollen rivers as an “atmospheric river” storm drenched the already-sodden state with torrential rains, causing floods that washed out roads and prompted evacuations. The latest deluge from dense streams of Pacific moisture sweeping California’s skies soaked some mountain areas still […]

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What is the Willow project in Alaska, and why do green activists oppose it?

March 13, 2023 / Politics

Biden’s administration on Monday announced it would approve a trimmed-down version of ConocoPhillips’ Willow oil and gas drilling project in Alaska, triggering angry reactions from climate activists. Here are some details about the project.

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Biden administration approves massive Willow Project drilling

March 13, 2023 / Politics, Top Stories

The Biden administration is approving a scaled-back version of ConocoPhillips’ $7 billion oil and gas drilling Willow project in Alaska, the U.S. Department of Interior said on Monday, drawing cheers from Alaskan officials and the oil industry but criticism from environmental advocates.

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Biden promises ‘whatever needed’ for banking system as Wall Street hammered

March 13, 2023 / Business, Top Stories

Bank stocks around the world plunged on Monday even as President Joe Biden vowed to take whatever action was needed to ensure the safety of the U.S. banking system, after the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

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After Silicon Valley Bank failure, government acts to shore up banking system confidence

March 13, 2023 / Business, Top Stories

U.S. authorities launched emergency measures on Sunday to shore up confidence in the banking system after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank threatened to trigger a broader financial crisis.

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Biden’s $6.8 trillion budget challenges Republicans, raises taxes on rich

March 9, 2023 / Politics

U.S. President Joe Biden is traveling to the swing state of Pennsylvania on Thursday to unveil his federal budget plan laden with spending proposals and higher taxes on the wealthy but also forms a blueprint for his expected 2024 re-election bid.

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U.S. Senate Republican leader McConnell hospitalized after fall

March 9, 2023 / Top Stories, U.S. News

U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized after tripping at a hotel in Washington on Wednesday, his spokesperson said in a statement.

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Florida Republican lawmakers propose a six-week abortion ban

March 8, 2023 / Politics

(Reuters) -Republican lawmakers in Florida filed bills on Tuesday to outlaw most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, a ban that would severely undercut access to the procedure in the U.S. South if passed by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature. The bills, filed on the opening day of the legislature’s 2023 regular session, make exceptions for

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New poll shows Biden’s public approval ticks up to 42%, highest since June

March 8, 2023 / Politics, Top Stories

Biden’s popularity had suffered since the first days of his presidency in early 2021, declining almost steadily until the May-July period of last year, when it touched as low as 36%.

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Iran’s supreme leader calls girls’ poisoning ‘unforgivable’ after public anger

March 7, 2023 / International News, Top Stories

Iran’s supreme leader said on Monday that the poisoning schoolgirls is an “unforgivable” crime that should be punished by death if deliberate, state TV reported, amid public anger over a wave of suspected attacks in schools.

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