Biden Putin Geneva summit yields modest steps despite deep rifts
Biden and Putin met in Geneva for three hours and agreed to return their top diplomats and work on a plan to solidify the New START nuclear treaty. They offered little sign of changes in behavior or major progress on cyber security and human rights while keeping starkly opposed positions.
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Unvaccinated pockets threaten U.S. pandemic progress
Bloomberg News analyzes CDC data showing less than 25 percent vaccination in at least 482 counties, many rural and economically challenged, with Trump voters prominent in those areas. Despite 174 million with at least one dose, local gaps persist amid delta variant concerns and access issues.
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U S ends strict asylum rules for violence victims
Attorney General Merrick Garland issued new instructions to immigration judges to stop applying Trump era rules that barred asylum for victims of domestic or gang violence. The changes also remove barriers based on threats to family members, potentially easing humanitarian protection for migrants. Advocates welcomed the move as a critical step toward restoring access to asylum, aligned with Biden administration immigration policy goals.
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Congress votes to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
The House approved a bill 415 to 14 to make Juneteenth on June 19 a federal holiday. The measure moves to President Biden for signing into law and marks the first new federal holiday since 1983. Juneteenth commemorates when enslaved people learned they were free in 1865.
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