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The article focuses on the surge in controversy over critical race theory (CRT), an academic framework being used by scholars to question how legal systems perpetuate racism and exclusion, and its use in teaching U.S. history. Topics discussed include the signing of bills in several U.S. states to restrict or ban the use of CRT, results of a national survey on U.S. citizens' views on history, and the widespread of the idea that classes should inspire patriotism.

The article focuses on the COVID-19 Community Corps, a network of more than 4,000 organizations under an initiative by U.S. President Joe Biden's administration to persuade U.S. citizens who are hesitant to get vaccinated against the virus. Topics discussed include the regular meetings of the organizations, the target percentage of U.S. population who needs to be fully vaccinated to contain the virus, and the concerns of members of the organizations involved in the initiative.

The article discusses the challenges facing U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as of May 2021 to create a more humane law-enforcement agency. Other topics include the backlog in the processing of citizenship applications, the growing number of migrants coming to the U.S. since Joe Biden became president, and other tasks of the DHS like responding to natural disasters and ensuring the integrity of the elections.

The article discusses the agenda that should be advanced by U.S. President Joe Biden in his first 100 days in office as of January 2021 to address the challenges facing the country like the COVID-19 pandemic, economic recession, climate change and high unemployment. Also cited are the strategies used by former Franklin Delano Roosevelt to tackle recession in the 1930s, and Biden's latest actions like rejoining the Paris Agreement and World Health Organization.

The article features the selection of U.S. President-elect Joseph Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as Person of the Year by the magazine "Time" for 2020. Biden and Harris have expressed their happiness after they won against President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in the 2020 elections. The ticket of the Democratic Party has won the election despite the fact that it was touted as an unlikely partnership.

The article discusses political issues in the U.S., particularly the challenges faced by incoming president Joe Biden as defeated president Donald Trump refused to concede in the 2020 presidential election. Also cited are the possible constitutional crisis due to Trump's move to stall the orderly transfer of power, and the comment of Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell on the situation.

The article considers the onslaught of 2020 election-related litigation with relatively tight margins in key swing states, including Pennsylvania, Nevada and Georgia. Topics discussed include the campaigns of presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the Trump campaign's plan to file multiple lawsuits alleging that the ongoing vote count would result in tallying illegally cast ballots, and the election-law experts' dismissal of Trump's suggestion that the vote count was untoward.

The article presents questions and answers related to the November 3, 2020 presidential election in the U.S. amid the Covid-19 pandemic including whether it is better to vote early or on Election Day, how to know if the mail ballot arrived and was counted, and reason the ballot is so confusing.

The article focuses on U.S. President Donald Trump's battle against Covid-19 and for the presidency. Topics discussed include his alleged obsession with strength and dominance, his rejection of the lethality of the novel coronavirus as evidenced by his refusal to wear a face mask, and the expansion of the lead posted by his Democratic rival Joe Biden in national polls.

The article reports on the Department of Veterans Affairs acknowledged that prescription drugs mailed to veterans by U.S. Postal Service (USPS) had been delayed by an average of almost 25 percent over the past year. It mentions the U.S. President Trump benefits from having cast doubt on the USPS and mail voting. It also mentions the USPS asked Congress for 75 billion dollar to help it weather the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The article discusses the new rules and practices imposed in U.S. schools amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Also cited are the pilot programs launched by schools to test the effectiveness of a combination of in-person and online instruction, the increasing number of school districts announcing to conduct remote teaching only, and the plan by states with low COVID-19 cases to implement a full in-person classes.

The article discusses the move by several Republicans like Jack Spielman to campaign against their party's presidential candidate, re-electionist Donald Trump, for the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Also cited are the launching by Spielman of the group Republican Voters Against Trump (RVAT) to oppose Trump's candidacy, the other groups with the same purpose like the Lincoln Project and Bravery Project, as well as their support to Trump's rival Joe Biden.

The article discusses the issues of police violence and racism in the U.S. and the alleged move by President Donald Trump to use his office to promote racial, ethnic and cultural division in the country. Also cited are the killing of African Americans by the police, some police victims like George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, and the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to African Americans.

The article features several people in the U.S. and their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Grocery-store clerk Wally Waugh recounted their precautionary practices to avoid contracting the disease. Also cited are the experiences of Doctor Craig Spencer, home health aide Tanya Lynne Robinson, and food rescue worker Clife Strand Jr.

The article presents an interview with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Among the issues she discussed include what she would rather claim as her legacy among her list of accomplishments, such as her involvement in the Affordable Care Act, her being a risk-taker and how impeaching U.S. President Donald Trump is a gamble for her, and her role as a counterweight and constrainer of the divisive president.

The article addresses the online campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump as a way of fighting back an impeachment inquiry against him, launched by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on September 24, 2019, for using the power of his presidency to press Ukraine to investigate a political rival. Topics discussed include efforts of President Trump's campaign manager Brad Parscale to help President Trump get re-elected, and how Facebook is being used in the campaign.

The article discusses the impeachment inquiry against U.S. President Donald Trump based on a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during which Trump alleged pressured Zelensky to investigate accusations of corruption against former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden.

The article focuses on issues surrounding a deal between Craig Bouchard, chief executive officer of Braidy Industries, and Rusal, the Russian aluminum giant, to build the largest aluminum mill in Ashland, Kentucky. Topics discussed include Rusal's billionaire owner, Oleg Deripaska being under investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller for his potential involvement in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and arguments of supporters and opponents of the deal.

The article focuses on the domestic terrorism problem in the U.S. in line with the back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio in August 2019 attributed to white-supremacists and other far-right extremists. Topics covered include lack of federal resources to address domestic terrorism, overview of right-wing terrorism as a global problem, impact of the rhetoric of President Donald Trump which inspires far-right extremists and response of Democratic presidential candidates.

The article discusses the campaign of Somali-American Muslim Congresswoman Ilhan Omar in the 2020 U.S. primary presidential elections. Topics include a disagreement between Omar and three other Congresswomen of color and Democratic Party leaders regarding a bipartisan aid package to address the immigration crisis at the Southern U.S. border, and U.S. President Trump's racist attack against the four Congresswomen on the social media platform Twitter.

The article discusses division among the political views of Democratic candidates running in the 2020 U.S. presidential elections highlighted in the Democratic debates. Topics include each candidates' alternative political vision compared to that of U.S. President Trump which focuses on nationalism and white identity politics, voters' attention on candidates Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, and Pete Buttigieg after the first Democratic debate, and President Trump's racist attack on the quartet of candidates Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib.

The article discusses responses by U.S. President Donald Trump to a report on an investigation of his presidential campaign by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Topics include Trump's assertions about executive power, the role of U.S. Attorney General William Barr in Trump's responses, and defenses of Trump by Republican Party politicians. The role of the report in 2020 U.S. presidential election campaigning is noted.

The article discusses the author's claim that the end of U.S. prosecutor Robert Mueller's 22-month-long Special Counsel investigation, which determined that American President Donald Trump's campaign did not conspire with Russia during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, gives Trump one of the biggest victories of his presidency. It states that Mueller did not reach a conclusion regarding Trump's potential obstruction of justice.

The article discusses 29-year-old Puerto Rican-American legislator Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (AOC's) impact of U.S. politics as of 2019, and it mentions AOC's defeat of 10-term incumbent U.S. House of Representatives member Joe Crowley in a June 2018 primary election, as well as information about AOC's popularity. AOC's democratic socialist views are addressed, along with her support for the Green New Deal environmental plan. American prosperity is assessed.

The article discusses airplane safety in the wake of two fatal crashes involving Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft in 2019, and it mentions the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) role in ensuring the safety of America's aviation industry. According to the article, 346 people were killed in two airplane accidents in Ethiopia and Indonesia. The FAA's oversight strategy is addressed, along with aerospace company Boeing Co.'s handling of the production of the Max 8 airplanes.

The article focuses on the possibility of U.S. President Donald Trump being impeached. Topics include the Democratic controlled House, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the previous impeachment of former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and the U.S. Department of Justice investigation headed by former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director Robert Mueller.

The article discusses U.S. President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech which was delivered on February 5, 2019, and it mentions American political power, Trump's border-wall funding demands, and the political skills of U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi. A February 15, 2019 deadline for border-wall funding is addressed, along with a possible government shutdown, potential military troop withdrawals, and Trump's problems with some Republican U.S. Senators.

The article discusses the diverse membership of the freshman class of the 116th U.S. Congress House of Representatives which was sworn into office on January 3, 2019, and it provides brief profiles of legislators such as Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Republican Dan Crenshaw. According to the article, this class of legislators is the most ethnically, racially, and generationally diverse in U.S. history. Native American politician Deb Haaland is assessed.

The article presents a profile of the lawyer Michael Avenatti. It mentions his legal career including the lawsuits in which he has been involved, his work with the adult film star Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against President Donald Trump, and the possibility that Avenatti may run for president in 2020 on the Democratic ticket.

The article discusses the potential impact that Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance could have on Saudi Arabian Prince Mohammed Bin Salman's reputation, and it mentions how Khashoggi may have been murdered and dismembered inside Saudi Arabia's consulate building in Istanbul, Turkey on October 2, 2018. The views of U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are assessed, along with Saudi Arabian-American relations.

The article discusses various aspects of U.S. President Donald Trump's coalition of supporters as of October 2018, and it mentions the political attitudes of farmers such as Blake Hurst, as well as information about support for Trump from Republican voters in the country's rural areas. According to the article, Trump's support is more dynamic than many Democrats claim. The American Congress' midterm elections in 2018 and the attitudes of voters are assessed.

The article discusses the impact that Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's sexual assault-related testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on September 27, 2018 is having on America, and it mentions how Ford alleges that American Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh assaulted her when they were high school students. According to the article, Ford's testimony slowed political power in the U.S. and sent a warning to young men about drunken violence.

The article discusses the impact of the confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on the legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court. Topics include the role of the Federalist Society organization in promoting conservative judges, allegations that Kavanaugh committed sexual assault, and the political influences on the confirmation process.

The article discusses various aspects of American Judge Brett Kavanaugh's potential confirmation as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice in 2018, and it mentions political power in the country, as well as information about college professor Christine Blasey Ford's claim that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in 1982 when they were high school students. A public hearing involving then-U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas and his accuser Anita Hill in 1991 is assessed.

The article discusses the presidency of American president Donald Trump as of September 2018. Particular focus is given to an investigation underway by special counsel Robert Mueller and to federal officials associated with Trump that have been convicted, pleaded guilty or are under scrutiny including Paul Manafort, Rick Gates and Michael Cohen. Additional topics discussed include how Trump violated campaign finance laws, White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and American politics as of 2018.

The article discussion the nomination of judge Brett Kavanugh for a U.S. Supreme Court seat by U.S. President Donald Trump. Topics include Kavanaugh's views on jurisprudence related to gun rights and reproductive rights, his work for independent prosecutor Ken Starr in an investigation of former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and his views on the ability of prosecutors to criminally prosecute sitting U.S. presidents.

The article discusses American attorney Michael Avenatti's discovery that between 2016 and 2018, millions of dollars were transferred in and out of the Essential Consultants LLC firm that was controlled by U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen. According to the article, the telecommunications firm AT&T Inc. and drug company Novartis AG made payments to Cohen. Adult film actress Stormy Daniels' lawsuit against Trump is addressed.

The article profiles National Football League (NFL) quarterback Colin Kaepernic, examining his impact on American society on issues like protest, patriotism, and free speech. Topics discussed include NFL's endorsement of a legislation to reduce mandatory-minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders, Colin's refusal to vote in the 2016 U.S. Presidential elections, and defiance by Gyree Durante, a quarterback for Albright College inReading, Pa., of the team's decision to stand during anthem.

The article focuses on U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Topics include a meeting Kushner had with Russian banker Sergey Gorkov on December 13, 2016, his failure to report this meeting before applying for a White House security clearance, and the probe into security clearances being led by the House Oversight chair, Elijah Cummings.

The article discusses the expectation that the Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives (House) will investigate American President Donald Trump under House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's leadership in 2019, and it mentions a lack of cohesiveness among Democrats such as Brad Sherman and Rashida Tlaib. Political partisanship is assessed, along with potential investigations led by Democrats such as Jerrold Nadler, Elijah Cummings, and Adam Schiff.

The article discusses U.S. President Joe Biden's vision of government in his first 100 days in office. He has released almost 1.9 trillion U.S. dollars into the economy and declared plans for another two trillion U.S. dollars to finance job creation while redefining infrastructure and again another 1.8 trillion U.S. dollars for education and paid leave, which came from tax increases on the rich people. Further, the president is proposing a six trillion U.S. dollars to address the pandemic.

The article presents information on the relief bill, American Rescue Plan, signed into law by U.S. President Joe Biden in his first 50 days of presidency. The bill features increase in COVID-19 vaccine production, easing housing costs and approval of loans to small businesses. It discusses the approval rating of Biden according to a poll released by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the modification of the Paycheck Protection Program by Biden's administration.

The article presents the steps towards the inauguration of U.S. president-elect Joe Biden in January 2021 after his projected win in the 2020 presidential election. Topics include the voting by the Electoral College electors, the finalization by states of their electors on December 8, 2020, the delivery of the electoral votes to vice president Mike Pence on December 23, and the inauguration of Biden on January 20, 2021.

The article addresses how the powers of federal, state and local government have become tools of U.S. President Donald Trump's voter-fraud disinformation campaign. Topics discussed include remarks from Ankush Khardori, a former Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutor, signs the campaign to bolster the voter-fraud myth may be achieving its goal, and criticism on the election integrity task forces launched by Republican government officials.

The article deals with the disparate economic recovery strategy of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. Topics discussed include a significant increase in the wealth of billionaires by 282 billion dollars from mid-March to mid-April 2020, racial disparities in the unemployment rate based on September job reports, and several reasons for the unequal impact of the economic recovery strategy.

The article focuses on death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg which has given president Donald Trump and democrat Mitch McConnell chance to pad conservative majority of the court. Topics discussed include planning of Trump to name his pick before the Election Day, decisive issue to be gained by the court believed by Democrats and Republicans and vote on pending cases to strike down the Affordable Care Act.