Since serving as COVID-19 response coordinator, Zients has returned to the White House in a low-profile position to work on staffing matters for the remainder of Biden’s first term.
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Women’s marches to draw thousands on 50th anniversary of Roe
Organizers said they are now focusing on states after the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe in June unleashed a flurry of abortion restrictions and near-total bans in more than a dozen states.
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Minister: Germany won’t block Poland giving Ukraine tanks
Germany is one of the main donors of weapons to Ukraine, and it ordered a review of its Leopard 2 stocks in preparation for a possible green light.
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Mourners flock to Graceland to bid farewell to Lisa Marie Presley
Some mourners held flowers as they waited for the service to begin under the tall trees on the lawn of Graceland, the home where Lisa Marie lived as a child with her father, Elvis Presley.
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Gunman dead after 10 killed at Lunar New Year celebration in California, police say
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna identified the man as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran and said no other suspects were at large.
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Obnoxiously loud car? A traffic camera might be listening
New York City’s latest weapon in its fight against street noise is a traffic camera equipped with a sound meter.
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Judge OKs trial for Illinois paramedics in patient’s death
The two emergency medical professionals are facing first-degree murder charges after a patient they strapped facedown to a stretcher suffocated.
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Door of No Return: Yellen visits onetime slave-trading post
The Treasury secretary, on a trip aimed at rebuilding U.S.-African economic relations, acknowledged the ongoing ramifications of a brutal past.
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Justice Department investigating Abbott baby formula plant
NEW YORK — The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the Abbott Laboratories infant formula plant in Michigan that was shut down for months last year due to contamination, the company confirmed. The factory’s closure in February 2022 was a key cause of a nationwide baby formula shortage that forced parents to seek formula from food […]
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Sundance documentary looks into Brett Kavanaugh investigation
The film focuses on sexual harassment allegations made by a Yale classmate, Deborah Ramirez, that were detailed in a New Yorker article in 2018.