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Biden Awards Steve Jobs With Posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom
It’s been a busy week at the White House. Following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, a trip overseas, and calls to change the filibuster, President Biden today announced the recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. And Steve Jobs has posthumously made the cut.
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Fauci Declares ‘Pandemic Phase’ Over in U.S. — Hopefully the Virus is Listening
America’s most prominent public health expert, Anthony Fauci, appears to no longer consider COVID-19 a pandemic, at least stateside. In an interview with PBS NewsHour this week, Fauci declared the “pandemic phase” of COVID-19 over in the U.S., citing currently low case, hospitalisation, and death counts. Notably, though, other White House health officials have said…
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Biden to Invoke Defence Production Act for EV Battery Materials
U.S. President Joe Biden is set to invoke the Defence Production Act in order to encourage the domestic production of the minerals required for electric vehicles as a way to help America becomes less reliant upon foreign supply chains — something we’ve seen to be increasingly fragile in a world riddled by plague, war, and…
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Biden to Feds: Figure Out This Crypto Thing, Stat
Joe Biden is dipping his toes into crypto. On Wednesday, the president signed a first-of-its-kind executive order outlining a path to regulation of cryptocurrencies and encouraging federal agencies to study the creation of a U.S. digital dollar on the blockchain. Bitcoin’s price surged in the glow of the president’s attention.