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House approves D.C. statehood for the first time; Her brother was killed by police four decades ago. She asks: Whom does George Floyd belong to?; Facebook will label violating posts from public figures going forward; Policing the black imagination; Mary Trump once stood up to her uncle Donald. Now her book describes a 'nightmare' of family dysfunction.; Trump's legal argument for throwing out all of the ACA is a nightmare for Senate Republicans; SBA exempted lawmakers, federal officials from ethics rules in $660 billion loan program; Using military funds for border wall construction is illegal, federal appeals court says; How France's aversion to collecting data on race affects its coronavirus response
In the first task force briefing in nearly two months, the vice president said the increases were being driven by people under age 35, which he called "very encouraging news" because they are generally less susceptible to severe consequences.
Backers of the measure to make Washington, D.C. the 51st state say it would right historic wrongs. But the White House opposes the bill, which probably will not be approved by the Senate.
When the author learned about Floyd's death, her eyes moistened. But she was crying for her brother, Darrell Britt, whose life evaporated, pierced by shots fired by two white policemen.
A "blanket approval" allows Congress, Small Business Administration officials, their families and others to receive small business loan funds without standard ethics review.
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The long-term implications of the 9th Circuit Court's ruling were less certain, as the Supreme Court ruled in the administration's favor in a similar case last year, and Friday's decision only affects some of the funds budgeted for the project.
While the United States and Britain have found their racial minorities are dying disproportionately of covid-19, the French government has not conducted that sort of analysis.
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