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Despite Manchin’s blow to Build Back Better, Biden boosts fuel economy standards to fight climate change
December 21, 2021The final standards will contribute toward a goal set by the 2015 Paris climate agreement to keep the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2° Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
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D.C. sues white supremacist groups, 26 leaders for damages from Jan. 6 insurrection
December 20, 2021D.C. AG Karl Racine is using the 1871 Civil Rights Act, originally designed to target the Ku Klux Klan, to uncover who funded the groups.
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Chileans elect Gabriel Boric president, reject ultra-conservative candidate
December 20, 2021Defeated right-wing candidate Kast’s brother had served the Pinochet dictatorship while his immigrant father was a member of Germany’s Nazi Party.
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Progressive anger erupts after Manchin kills Build Back Better
December 20, 2021Questions swirl about whether the West Virginia politician will quit the Democratic Party and join the GOP.
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Youth election observers share Nicaragua experience at D.C. event
December 20, 2021Even before Nicaragua held its November elections, the U.S. media was already denouncing the vote as fraudulent.
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