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Month: May 2021

GOP counters Biden’s infrastructure plan with $928 billion offer as President’s adviser slams opposition

Senate Republicans made a $928 billion counteroffer to President Joe Biden’s sweeping infrastructure proposal Thursday morning as one of the President’s closest advisers rallies allies to embrace the White House’s proposals. The group of Senate Republicans negotiating with Biden on infrastructure unveiled their latest infrastructure counter-proposal Thursday morning, just ahead of the latest effort from

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New York is sending more state troopers to patrol Jewish institutions after surge in incidents of anti-Semitism

New York is deploying additional law enforcement officers to synagogues, schools and Jewish community institutions across the state to help deter threats and violence, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday. “We have no tolerance for discrimination against anyone, and that certainly applies to our Jewish brothers and sisters,” Cuomo said. In the past weeks, the country

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Prosecutors announce fresh charges against ‘Maga Caravan’ leader, others in January 6 insurrection

The self-proclaimed leader of the “Maga Caravan,” which led dozens of vehicles to Washington, DC, to a rally held by former President Donald Trump, was charged with allegedly being one of the first insurrectionists to assault law enforcement at the US Capitol, the Justice Department announced. Kenneth Joseph Owen Thomas, 38, of East Liverpool, Ohio,

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Prosecutor in trial of Mollie Tibbetts’ death dismisses defendant’s testimony as ‘figment of his imagination’

A prosecutor in the murder trial of a farm worker accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts dismissed outright the man’s testimony that two masked men forced him to help in their murder plot. “There weren’t two other guys. That’s a figment of his imagination,” prosecutor Scott Brown told jurors in closing arguments Thursday. “All of the

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Russian authorities deny entry to European airlines as EU mulls sanctions on Belarus

At least two European airlines have been refused permission to fly to Moscow by Russian authorities after the carriers requested to fly an alternative route bypassing Belarusian airspace. Russia’s move, underlining Moscow’s support for Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime, comes as the European Union mulls fresh sanctions against Belarus following what leaders have described as

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