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Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under new plan from Biden

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is taking an expansive, election-year step to offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants ...

Biden signs executive order dramatically tightening border

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — Facing mounting political pressure over the migrant influx at the U.S. southern border, President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed an ...

The one thing US fears after Iranian president’s death

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Amanda Smith

The Biden administration is closely watching how Iran reacts to the sudden death of its president, expecting the regional status quo to ...

Israel and Ukraine dominate Biden’s life. China gets its moment this week.

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Amanda Smith

President Joe Biden has long wanted the spotlight on Beijing as the Big Bad of global politics. But his meetings with Asian ...

Biden and Xi Jinping discuss Russia-Ukraine war, Taiwan, election security and counternarcotics

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Amanda Smith

President Joe Biden held a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday morning to address U.S. concerns over China’s trade with ...

White House weighs Fudge replacement options at HUD

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Amanda Smith

President Joe Biden is considering not naming a permanent replacement for departing HUD secretary Marcia Fudge, despite housing advocates’ plea for a ...

The U.S. And U.K. Launch Airstrikes On Yemen

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Amanda Smith

The U.S. and U.K. launched airstrikes on Yemen on Thursday in a major escalation of tensions in the Middle East amid Israel’s ...

The US plans an unofficial delegation to Taiwan to meet its new leader amid tensions with China

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will send an unofficial delegation comprised of former senior officials to Taiwan shortly after the self-governed ...

The war in Gaza may widen. The Biden admin is getting ready for it.

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Amanda Smith

Biden administration officials are drawing up plans for the U.S. to respond to what they’re increasingly concerned could expand from a war ...

Some Muslim American advocates hesitant to work with White House on Islamophobia

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Amanda Smith

The White House’s push to create a strategy to counter Islamophobia is facing reluctance amid a spike in hate-fueled incidents against Arab ...