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Rewarding the rich: How Trump’s reelection reverses President Biden’s work to rebuild the middle class

Rewarding the rich: How Trump’s reelection reverses President Biden’s work to rebuild the middle class

Posted by | Jan 19, 2025

In 1883, the Republican Party moved into full-throated support for the industrialists who were concentrating the nation’s wealth into their own hands while factory workers stayed above the poverty line only by working 12 hours a day, seven days a week. It was Yale sociologist William Graham Sumner who responded to those worried about the extremes of wealth and poverty in the country with his book “What Social Classes Owe to Each Other.” Sumner concluded it was unfair that “worthy, industrious, independent, and self-supporting” men should be taxed to support those he claimed were lazy. Worse, he said, such...

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Trump’s comeback: Why President Biden’s promise to restore the “soul of America” fell short

Trump’s comeback: Why President Biden’s promise to restore the “soul of America” fell short

Posted by | Jan 17, 2025

Joe Biden promised nothing short of a national exorcism when he took office. He wanted to “restore the soul” of the country and prove that Donald Trump was only a footnote in the American story, not its next chapter. The pitch was “let’s try to get things back to normal as best we can,” said Sean Wilentz, a historian who met twice with Biden in the White House. It did not work out that way. Despite exceeding expectations when it came to cutting bipartisan deals and rallying foreign allies, Biden was unable to turn the page on Trump. Four...

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Korean War veteran awarded the Medal of Honor was among other heroes recognized by President Joe Biden

Korean War veteran awarded the Medal of Honor was among other heroes recognized by President Joe Biden

Posted by | Jan 10, 2025

On February 15, 1951, Army Pvt. Bruno R. Orig was returning from a mission when he found his fellow soldiers under attack in what is now known as the Battle of Chipyong-ni. The infantryman provided first aid to his comrades wounded in the Korean War attack and began helping move those men to safety. He then took over a machine gun post and allowed a friendly platoon to pull back without a casualty. When the ground was recaptured later that day, Orig was found dead beside the machine gun, surrounded by enemy combatants he had killed. Orig was among...

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Joe Biden’s last days and final efforts in the White House before Trump ushers in a regime of chaos

Joe Biden’s last days and final efforts in the White House before Trump ushers in a regime of chaos

Posted by | Jan 1, 2025

Biden administration officials are working against the clock doling out billions in grants and taking other steps to try to preserve at least some of the outgoing president’s legacy before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. “Let’s make every day count,” President Joe Biden said in an address to the nationin November after Vice President Kamala Harris conceded defeat to Trump in the presidential race. Trump has pledged to rescind unspent funds in Biden’s landmark climate and health care law and stop clean-energy development projects. “There’s only one administration at a time,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told reporters...

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Risk and uncertainty: President Biden calls Assad’s fall in Syria an overdue and “fundamental act of justice”

Risk and uncertainty: President Biden calls Assad’s fall in Syria an overdue and “fundamental act of justice”

Posted by | Dec 9, 2024

President Joe Biden said on December 8 that the sudden collapse of the Syrian government under Bashar Assad was an overdue and “fundamental act of justice” after decades of repression, but it was also “a moment of risk and uncertainty” for the Middle East. President Biden spoke at the White House hours after after rebel groups completed a takeover of the country following more than a dozen years of violent civil war and decades of leadership by Assad and his family. President Biden said the United States was monitoring reports of the whereabouts of Assad, with Russian state media...

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President Biden pardons son Hunter citing unfair treatment and political weaponization of justice

President Biden pardons son Hunter citing unfair treatment and political weaponization of justice

Posted by | Dec 3, 2024

President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family. The Democratic president had previously said he would not pardon his son or commute his sentence after convictions in the two cases in Delaware and California. The move on December 1 came weeks before Hunter Biden was set to receive his punishment after his trial conviction in the gun case and guilty plea on tax charges, and...

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