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Schumer faces Democratic divisions and skeptical Republicans as Biden agenda hangs in balance

Chuck Schumer is confronting his most daunting series of legislative landmines in his young tenure as Senate majority leader, navigating conflicting demands from his left and his moderates — all the while facing wary Republicans after years of partisan brawling with the hard-nosed New Yorker. The legislative dilemma comes to a head in this summer’s

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Unvaccinated Americans are at risk of an aggressive and more dangerous Covid-19 variant. These are the most vulnerable states

Some states are making great strides in vaccinating their residents against Covid-19, but the ones that are not may soon be contending with a more transmissible variant, experts say. About 45.1% of the US population is fully vaccinated against Covid-19, CDC data showed, and in 16 states and Washington, DC, that proportion is up to

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Lordstown executives sold millions of dollars in stock before problems became public

Lordstown Motors, the embattled electric truck startup, is facing more scrutiny after several of its top executives sold off millions in dollars of stock prior to its dismal first-quarter earnings report. Regulatory filings show five Lordstown executives, including its former chief financial officer and its current president, sold more than $8 million in stock in

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CNN asked Iran’s President-Elect about nuclear deal. Hear his reply

Iranian President-Elect Ebrahim Raisi said in his first news conference that the United States violated the 2015 nuclear agreement, known as the JCPOA, and called on President Joe Biden to return to the agreement. Answering a question by CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen in Tehran, Raisi called on Biden to lift all sanctions before adding that Iran’s ballistic missile program “is not up for negotiation.”

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Supreme Court rules against NCAA, opening door to significant increase in compensation for student athletes

A unanimous Supreme Court said on Monday that student athletes could receive education-related payments, in a case that could reshape college sports by allowing more money from a billion-dollar industry to go to the players. College sports raise billions of dollars from ticket sales, television contracts and merchandise, and supporters of the students say the

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Las claves de las elecciones presidenciales en Irán: covid-19, tensiones regionales y la presión por reformas

(CNN Español) — Los iraníes acudirán este viernes a las mesas de votación en unas elecciones presidenciales marcadas por la pandemia de coronavirus, las tensiones persistentes en la región y la presión generada por una economía golpeada por las sanciones. En esta ocasión, además, el Consejo de los Guardianes, órgano que entre otras funciones aprueba

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