The president met with both active duty and retired service members receiving treatment at the facility, before touring the vaccine distribution center there.
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Maine labor group calls for OSHA to codify new COVID-19 guidance
New recommendations are just that, but could lead to regulations and stepped-up enforcement for workplaces that violate coronavirus safety.
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Commentary: Biden climate regulation is about to get tougher
By preparing to raise a key metric called the ‘social cost of carbon,’ the president signals that more stringent emissions rules are just around the corner.
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‘We can’t wait any longer’ to address climate crisis, Biden says in signing orders
The president signs executive orders to transform the nation’s heavily fossil-fuel powered economy into a clean-burning one.
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Virus will kill many more, White House projects as briefings resume
The Biden administration is projecting that as many as 90,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 in the next four weeks.
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Commentary: Biden could curb right-wing extremism by ending the U.S. ‘forever war’
America’s endless wars have helped fuel a new generation of alienated veterans – some of whom join extremist movements. Biden must curb U.S. militarism.
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U.S. restores relations with Palestinians, renews refugee aid
‘Under the new administration, the policy of the United States will be to support a mutually agreed two-state solution, one in which Israel lives in peace and security alongside a viable Palestinian state,’ acting U.S. Ambassador Richard Mills said.
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Senate confirms Antony Blinken as 71st secretary of state
He vows that the administration will approach the world with both humility and confidence.
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Commentary: The U.S. unemployment system is broken but fixable
Bigger checks are good but not enough for the millions of jobless Americans who need more help.
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Treasury Department restarts effort to put Harriet Tubman on $20 bill
Trump administration Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin did not move forward with the decision by the Obama administration to put the 19th century abolitionist leader on the $20 bill.