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Month: July 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders in the country have been given domestic Covid-19 vaccines

China says Xi Jinping and other leaders have been given domestic Covid-19 vaccines, amid public concern over safety

By Yong Xiong, CNN Chinese leader Xi Jinping and other top state officials have been given domestic Covid-19 vaccines, the ruling Communist Party said in a rare disclosure aimed at stimulating China’s booster program. Deputy head of the National Health Commission (NHC) Zeng Yixin said on Saturday that “all China’s incumbent state and party leaders”

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A recent Supreme Court decision that limits the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to fight the climate crisis could also hamstring President Joe Biden's authority to cancel federal student loan debt

Supreme Court’s climate change ruling complicates the push for sweeping student debt cancellation

By Katie Lobosco and Tierney Sneed, CNN A recent Supreme Court decision that limits the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to fight the climate crisis could also hamstring President Joe Biden’s authority to cancel federal student loan debt. Facing political pressure from the left, Biden has been weighing whether to take executive action to broadly forgive

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Under the leadership of Paul Volcker

What the Fed and Madonna have in common

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Since its founding in 1913, the US Federal Reserve has fought to achieve three goals: maximum employment, stable prices and moderate long-term interest rates. But that’s about all that’s remained consistent in the central bank’s 109-year legacy of monetary policy. Economists at the Fed work hard to maintain the institution’s

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Vice Chair Liz Cheney on Capitol Hill on July 21

Did the January 6 committee prove its case? A point-by-point breakdown of its major claims and the evidence presented

By Sam Woodward, CNN On Thursday, the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol concluded its first series of hearings where it heard from witnesses including top ex-Trump officials, election workers, those who took part in the attack, and many others. Through live testimony, video depositions, and never-before-seen material,

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More than 90 million in the US will endure alarmingly high temperatures as heat wave persists from mid-South to Northeast

More than 90 million in the US endure alarmingly high temperatures Sunday as heat wave persists from mid-South to Northeast

By Aya Elamroussi and Samantha Beech, CNN The deadly heat wave scorching much of the US will continue Sunday, when the Northeast and mid-South regions are likely to be suffocated by temperatures feeling as hot as 105 degrees. More than 90 million people across the country are under various heat alerts for dangerously high temperatures.

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