
President-elect Joe Biden, seen here speaking about national security last month, plans to make good on an election promise to send Congress an immigration bill on Day 1.
Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty ImagesBiden will send Congress a proposal that would protect millions of people from deportation, marking a dramatic turn from President Trump's hardline immigration tack.
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President-elect Biden plans to end the Trump administration's travel ban on Muslim-majority countries on Day 1. But immigrant advocates say the lasting effects of the policy will be harder to undo.
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ALS Patients To Gain Quicker Access To Disability Benefits And Medicare National News
Lou Gehrig's disease can take months to diagnose, then rapidly incapacitate patients, leaving many families bankrupt before disability payments and Medicare kick in. A recent law aims to change that.
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'This Is America's Day': Biden's Inaugural Address, Annotated National News
President Biden called for a day of "renewal and resolve" as he takes office. Read fact checks and analysis of his remarks.
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Bannon and Lil Wayne were two of dozens of people granted clemency by Trump just hours before his terms comes to a close.
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Locust Swarms Threaten Parts Of East Africa National News
Swarms of locusts have reached dangerous levels in parts of Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. They're reproducing rapidly in part because of unusual rainfall patterns.
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DOJ Drops Insider Trading Investigation Into Sen. Richard Burr National News
Officials launched a probe into Burr's business dealings after he warned some constituents in February to prepare for the coronavirus. Two weeks earlier he had sold off $1.7 million in stocks.
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State lawmakers want restaurants to be able to serve to-go alchohol through the end of the year.
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