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WEBHurricane Helene hit Florida's Big Bend area late Thursday with 140-mph winds and then traveled through parts of Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Virginia in the following days. The most severe damage came from rains in the mountains of eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina. Parts of Asheville, North Carolina, saw stunning levels of flooding, with some buildings inundated to the ...
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WEBIn July, the U.S. Supreme Court's right-wing justices—including three Trump appointees—ruled that the ex-president is entitled to "absolute immunity" for "official acts" taken while he was in office, raising questions about the future of this case. According to Smith's motion: Although the defendant was the incumbent president during the charged conspiracies, his scheme was fundamentally a ...
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Progressives Set to Unleash Swing State Blitz for Harris
WEB19 hours ago · The Sunrise Movement—a youth-led climate group that launched a campaign to defeat Trump and reach 1.5 million young swing state voters in August—intends to boost efforts to elect Harris in the weeks ahead, specifically focusing on North Carolina. "Young climate voters could decide the election in North Carolina and put Harris over the edge ...
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80+ Groups Have Message for Biden: 'No War With Iran!'
WEB2 days ago · Brett Wilkins. Oct 03, 2024. On the same day that President Joe Biden said his administration and Israeli leaders are "discussing" an attack on Iranian oil infrastructure, a coalition of over 80 advocacy groups on Thursday implored the U.S. leader to "halt Israel's march toward regional war." The National Iranian-American Council (NIAC) led the ...
For-Profit US Healthcare System—Once Again—Ranks Dead Last …
WEBSep 19, 2024 · A report out Thursday shows that the United States' for-profit healthcare system still ranks dead last among peer nations on key metrics, including access to care and health outcomes such as life expectancy at birth.. The new analysis from the Commonwealth Fund is the latest indictment of a corporate-dominated system that leaves tens of millions of people uninsured or underinsured and unable ...
'We Can Get There': Medicare for All Advocates See Resurgence in ...
WEBJun 5, 2024 · But despite the well-known state of the U.S. healthcare system and a current political climate in which the fight for Medicare for All has been relatively "quiet," as one advocate said, Dr. Deborah Richter believes the Gathering showed a resurgence in the movement for a government-funded healthcare system is on its way.
'Humanitarian Calamity' Looms as US-Armed Israeli Forces Prepare …
WEB4 days ago · The Biden administration, which provided the 2,000-pound bombs that Israel used to kill Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and dozens of civilians in an attack on Beirut late Friday, is reportedly prepared to give Israel approval to move troops into Lebanon as long as the invasion is "limited." But the Israeli government, headed by far-right ...