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It’s Official: Joseph Biden is President of the United States
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After an extraordinary two weeks of security preparations following the Capitol Hill riot on the day Congress counted the electoral votes, and in the absence of the outgoing President (who had left for...
Senate Holds Hearings on the Cabinet of Incoming Administration
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The US Senate held hearings on five of the President-elect's most important appointments on January 19, just the day before he was to be inaugurated. Starting so late is unusual, and ensures that...
Martin Luther King Day and Race in America
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Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929. By an act of Congress in 1983, this day is commemorated on the third Monday of each January, so the federal holiday can...
Higher Minimum Wage in 24 States
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The beginning of 2021 marked the increase of the legal minimum wage in 20 states. Four additional states will increase their own wage floor later in the year. These policies (and analogous ordinances...
POTUS Elect Biden Designates an Attorney General
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In a press conference on Thursday, January 7, President elect Joseph Biden announced that he will appoint Merrick Garland, a Judge on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, as his...
