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Mario Abdo Benitez is expected to announce changes to his cabinet after citizens protest handling of COVID-19 pandemic.
Government
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The Senate plans to vote at midday on a slew of amendments, mostly by the GOP and virtually all likely to be rejected.
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The Congressional Budget Office warned that by 2051, US debt will skyrocket to 202% of GDP up from 102% this year.
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Security forces have detained hundreds of people as President Yoweri Museveni faces his fiercest opposition in 35 years.
The Haitian foreign minister discusses his country’s ongoing political crisis.
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‘The greater crime would be not to do enough,’ a senior Canadian government official told Reuters news agency.
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Democratic US lawmakers are looking for ways to keep the minimum wage hike momentum going.
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The global economy is at risk of a ‘dangerous and permanent divergence’, the US Treasury secretary warned G20 officials.
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Executives from several industries sent a letter to Congressional leaders on Wednesday urging them to pass COVID relief.
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Recovery for the world’s largest economy remains ‘uneven and far from complete’, Fed’s Jerome Powell tells Congress.
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An antitrust bill would allow smaller news outlets to negotiate collectively with Facebook and Google, Reuters reports.
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Democratic senators are asking the US Securities and Exchange Commission to review rules for 10b5-1 plans.
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While it dropped by $900bn, the deficit could still increase if President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus were to pass.
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Unsafe termination of pregnancy results in thousands of deaths in Nigeria, where abortion carries a heavy jail sentence.