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President Joe Biden's Federal Emergency Management Agency is putting climate front and center in its new four-year strategic planning document

First on CNN: New FEMA plan puts climate crisis front and center after Trump administration erased it

By Ella Nilsen, CNN President Joe Biden‘s Federal Emergency Management Agency is putting climate front and center in its new four-year strategic planning document, after the Trump administration erased all mention of climate from its previous plan. Addressing climate resilience is one of three main goals outlined in FEMA’s plan for 2022-2026, which directs how

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President Joe Biden

‘Democracy needs champions:’ Biden kicks off first ‘Summit for Democracy’ at White House

By Maegan Vazquez and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday took the next step in his plans to promote democracy against rising autocracies when he convened a virtual “Summit for Democracy,” which hosted more than 100 participants representing governments, civil society and private-sector leaders. “In the face of sustained and alarming challenges to

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‘Democracy needs champions:’ Biden kicks off first ‘Summit for Democracy’ at White House

By Maegan Vazquez and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday took the next step in his plans to promote democracy against rising autocracies when he convened a virtual “Summit for Democracy,” which hosted more than 100 participants representing governments, civil society and private-sector leaders. “In the face of sustained and alarming challenges to

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Former President Barack Obama said "the stakes could not be higher" for democracy as he skewered Republican redistricting efforts and attempts to codify voting restrictions in state laws.

Obama says GOP gerrymandering is ‘not how democracy is supposed to work’

By Paul LeBlanc and Kelly Mena, CNN Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday said “the stakes could not be higher” for democracy as he skewered Republican redistricting efforts and attempts to codify voting restrictions in state laws. Speaking at a virtual fundraiser benefiting the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, Obama lamented Republican-led state legislatures for “passing

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US small arms and ammo arrive in Ukraine as Pentagon details troops to train country’s military

By Oren Liebermann, CNN Part of a $60 million security assistance package, including small arms and ammunition, was delivered to Ukraine on Thursday, according to a State Department official in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, but a final delivery containing four counter mortar radars is still scheduled for early next year. President Joe Biden approved

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Voters arrive at a polling place in Charlotte

North Carolina Supreme Court delays primaries over redistricting lawsuits

By Dianne Gallagher and Ethan Cohen, CNN The North Carolina Supreme Court issued an order Wednesday that moves the state’s primary elections from March 2022 to May 2022, due to lawsuits over redistricting maps for congressional and state legislative districts. The preliminary injunction also halts candidate filing, reversing an earlier state Court of Appeals ruling.

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