Democrats map pay options for 3.5T social and climate bill
The White House and top Democrats outline a framework to fund President Biden's 3.5 trillion package through taxes on corporations and the wealthy. Key figures including Schumer Pelosi Manchin Sinema Wyden Neal push to narrow the menu while pledging no tax increases on households under 400 thousand.
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Arizona
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Finance Committee
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Migrant camp shrinks as removals ramp up at Del Rio border
Haitian migrants gathered under a bridge near Del Rio Texas now await relocation as removals accelerate shrinking the previously massive encampment of nearly 15 000 people. Migrants sit on paint cans or ground amid bamboo like carrizo canes and littered shelters as dust blows through the camp.
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Migrants at Ciudad Acuna Crossing Decline but Still Thousands Held
DHS officials said about 4,000 migrants remained at the Ciudad Acuna crossing on Thursday, down from a peak on Saturday as policy confusion and social media misinformation drew crowds. About 1,400 were sent to Haiti on 13 flights under Title 42, while roughly 3,200 remained in U S custody and being processed and several thousand had returned to Mexico.
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U.S
Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Tests Church Ties Across Denominations
Amid the BSA bankruptcy, friction grows with sponsoring churches over protections from future sex abuse lawsuits. The plan to bar suits for local councils alarms chartering churches, including the United Methodist Church which warns congregations may drop BSA charters after year end.
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Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump's aides and associates
The House select committee subpoenaed four of Donald Trump’s allies Mark Meadows Dan Scavino Kashyap Patel and Steve Bannon demanding records and testimony about their contacts with the former president before and during the January 6 attack in a major escalation of the investigation.
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Booster debate tightens focus on vaccinating unvaccinated
Health panel narrow booster criteria amid calls that boosters are not a substitute for first vaccines. Experts note vaccines remain highly protective against severe illness, while concerns grow over mixing brands and access disparities as officials weigh final CDC guidance.
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