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Biden Stopped Fast Tracking US Arms to Israel Following Pressure from Anti-Israel Democrats, GOP Senator Says

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‘[Biden’s] administration is engaged in bureaucratic sleight-of-hand to withhold this crucial aid to Israel,’ Cotton says President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu The Biden administration stopped fast tracking weapons to Israel in early January after a pressure campaign from Democratic lawmakers who oppose American support for Israel’s war to eradicate Hamas, a GOP

New York’s Equal Rights Amendment Returned to Nov. 5 Ballot in Latest Ruling

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Attorney Bobbie Ann Cox, who sued alleging that a proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) violates the New York state Constitution, is vowing to appeal. As it stands today, New Yorkers will get to vote in November on a proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the state constitution. In the latest round of this on-again, off-again

RFK Jr. Falls Short in Bid to Join June 27 Presidential Debate

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The independent presidential candidate did not meet CNN’s ballot access and polling guidelines. Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s quest to qualify for CNN’s June 27 presidential debate has fallen short because of ballot access and polling. CNN reported on June 20 that only President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have qualified. According to the

Supreme Court upholds Trump-era tax, skirting disruptive ruling

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Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday left intact an obscure tax enacted as part of Republicans’ sweeping 2017 reform package that targets U.S. taxpayers with shares of certain foreign corporations. The court ruled 7-2 that the so-called mandatory repatriation tax, or MRT, is constitutional under Article I and the 16th Amendment, rejecting a challenge

Trump’s 10% tariff proposal is actually a $1,700 tax, economists say

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Biden announces tariff hikes on Chinese electric cars Biden announces tariff hikes on Chinese electric cars 01:50 Former President Donald Trump is pledging to supercharge one of his signature trade policies — tariffs — if he’s re-elected this November, by imposing 10% across-the-board levies on all products imported into the U.S. from overseas. The idea,

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign social media bill: “Our kids are in distress”

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday that social media algorithms have negatively affected children and teens, saying “our kids are in distress” as she is set to sign into law a bill aimed at protecting kids online.   “They’re not living carefree lives because they are being held captive to powerful forces outside their