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Your Week in Review


by Jon Queally
A spokesperson for the Taliban said its soldiers are "awaiting a peaceful transfer of power" outside the nation's capital city.



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"This is not last year's Covid," said the former head of the American Academy of Pediatrics. "This one is worse and our children are the ones that are going to be affected by it the most."



by Jon Queally
Tremor in the western part of the island nation is larger than the 2010 quake that unleashed widespread death and destruction.



by Jon Queally
Demand follows new reporting that DeJoy purchased up to $305,000 in bonds of company where Bloom—described as his "quasi-boss" and overseer at USPS—is a managing partner.



by Brett Wilkins
"Banks are continuing to fund massive new oil pipelines like Line 3 that would lock in vast amounts of climate pollution for decades. Even worse, they are disguising their loans as 'sustainability' measures."



by Jake Johnson
"The greatest threat to Biden's agenda is not the Progressive Caucus or the Squad, but these conservative Democrats."



by Andrea Germanos
ProPublica's new investigation reveals how the pass-through businesses deduction benefited the nation's richest.



by Jake Johnson
Sen. Bernie Sanders slammed Republicans for complaining about Democrats' use of budget reconciliation, noting that the GOP recently used the same process to force through massive tax cuts for the rich.


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