Biden and Congress mull big changes on immigration in budgetary trade-offs with Republicans

Biden and Congress mull big changes on immigration in budgetary trade-offs with Republicans

Much of the negotiating is taking place in private, but some of the issues under discussion are known: asylum standards, humanitarian parole and fast-track deportation authority, among others.

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English Premier League rivals resort to double-team marking but can’t pin down pacey Saka, Martinelli

English Premier League rivals resort to double-team marking but can’t pin down pacey Saka, Martinelli

In Arsenal’s last five games, against Burnley, Brentford, Lens, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Luton Town, they have beaten an opponent playing a back five. Their winning streak of six games is their longest in all competitions in over a year.

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Inside Joe Biden’s fundraisers: Top dollar, swanky homes, old jokes and more candid Democrat

Inside Joe Biden’s fundraisers: Top dollar, swanky homes, old jokes and more candid Democrat

Biden upset China in June by describing President Xi Jinping as a “dictator” during a different fundraiser in California. He also said Xi was unaware that a Chinese balloon that floated over the United States was being used for spying.

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Trump’s vow to be dictator for just a day provokes fear in US, puts media on red alert over free speech

Trump’s vow to be dictator for just a day provokes fear in US, puts media on red alert over free speech

Trump’s extensive policy plans also rely on a dramatic expansion of executive power. He wants to strip tens of thousands of career federal workers of their civil service protections, has vowed new ideological tests for those entering the country and has talked about increasing the military’s role on domestic soil, including sending the National Guard to the border and to cities like Chicago to tackle crime.

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Guard the vote: Extremism discerned in Trump phrase’s backstory and why it’s raising concern

Guard the vote: Extremism discerned in Trump phrase’s backstory and why it’s raising concern

Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said that by “guard the vote,” Trump meant “to stop any instance of voter fraud in areas where fraud happens.” He did not elaborate, and didn’t answer questions about whether the term referred to efforts by Flynn or Mellor.

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What’s the endgame of East African Community: East African federation or East African confederation?

What’s the endgame of East African Community: East African federation or East African confederation?

When Ugandans voted 65 per cent for federal system of government in a nationwide constitutional change initiated by President Museveni’s National Resistance Movement (NRM) in the early 1990s, they sincerely wanted a federal government of Uganda.

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War diplomacy: A big part of Henry Kissinger’s legacy is the corruption of US foreign policymaking

War diplomacy: A big part of Henry Kissinger’s legacy is the corruption of US foreign policymaking

Kissinger ducked questions about the bombing of Cambodia, muddied the truth in public comments, and spent half his life lying about his role in the killings there. In the early 2000s, Kissinger was sought for questioning in connection with human rights abuses by former South American military dictatorships, but he evaded investigators, once declining to appear before a court in France and bolting from Paris after receiving a summons. He was never charged or prosecuted for deaths for which he bore responsibility.

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Henry Kissinger, top US diplomat who died aged 100, was in many respects stuck at age 14

Henry Kissinger, top US diplomat who died aged 100, was in many respects stuck at age 14

As national security adviser, Henry Kissinger played a key role in prolonging the US wars in Southeast Asia, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of American troops and hundreds of thousands of Cambodians, Laotians, and Vietnamese. During his tenure, the United States dropped nine billion pounds of munitions on Indochina.

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Republicans in a fix: GOP 2024 nomination rules vague on what happens if Trump is convicted

Republicans in a fix: GOP 2024 nomination rules vague on what happens if Trump is convicted

One contingency section of longstanding party rules would allow the RNC to free a state from the rules prior to the convention if “compliance is impossible” and “the Republican National Committee determines that granting such waiver is in the best interests of the Republican Party.”

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Third parties look to reap from looming Biden vs Trump rematch in US 2024 presidential election

Third parties look to reap from looming Biden vs Trump rematch in US 2024 presidential election

Stein, a physician and environmental activist, announced this month that she will make her third bid for the presidency in 2024, reversing course from her earlier decision to remain on the sidelines next year and support Cornel West, a scholar and progressive activist with a loyal following on the left. West announced last month that he no longer was running under the Green Party banner, but as an independent.

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