Biden says he’s ‘not worried’ about China’s response to Pelosi visit

President Biden on Monday said he’s “not worried” about China’s aggressive response to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) trip last week to Taiwan, adding that he doesn’t think things will escalate any further between the U.S. and Beijing. “I'm not worried, but I’m concerned that they’re moving as much as they are. But I don’t think they’re gonna do anything more,” Biden told reporters. When asked if Pelosi’s trip was a mistake, the president said, “that was her decision.” The Biden administration has

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You can’t call yourself pro-military while voting against vets’ health care needs

The callous attitude of Republican senators in dealing with the PACT Act should not come as a surprise because Washington officialdom has a long history of indifference to the health needs of America’s war fighters. The act provides health care and benefits to veterans who suffered cancer and other ailments from exposure to toxic burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan and extends benefits for veterans exposed to 

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Haberman shares photos of Trump-era White House toilet clogged with wads of paper

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman released a pair of photos to corroborate reporting in her forthcoming book that White House staffers regularly found ripped-up printed paper clogging a toilet in the presidential residence during former president Trump's administration. The photos, shared with Axios on Monday, reportedly show small pieces of p

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Most Black, Latino households report 'serious financial problems' from inflation: poll

A majority of Black, Native American and Latino households are struggling with serious financial problems amid a 40-year high inflation rate, according to a new poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard's School of Public Health. About 58 percent of African-Americans, 69 percent of Native Americans and 56 percent of Latinos report struggling with serious financial problems due to inflatio

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Women suffer as American progressives struggle for global ideological hegemony

Progressive Democratic senators recently introduced a bill that would repeal the Helms Amendment and restore the practice of exporting abortion to nations abroad, whether or not

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