President Biden has quietly started making moves to close the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, ahead of marking 20 years since the 9/11 […]
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‘Can’t blame the rich’: The real reason the wealthy pay less tax
CNN's Richard Quest and Catherine Rampell say the US tax code essentially allows the super-rich to avoid paying taxes on their wealth and say it's […]
Continue readingIRS documents show Bezos, Musk and Buffett pay almost no taxes
Here's a good one. Jeff Bezos, Michael Bloomberg, Warren Buffett and Elon Musk all walk into the IRS. But none of them, in various years, […]
Continue readingSummer Surge? Worries A Vaccine Lag May Cause A New Covid Spike
With the U.S. vaccination rates slowing down, medical experts are at odds over whether this could lead to another Covid surge in some parts of […]
Continue readingOcasio-Cortez calls out Kamala Harris after speech on immigration
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) criticized Vice President Kamala Harris' speech in Guatemala where she told potential migrants "don't come" to the US. #ErinBurnettOutFront #CNN #News
Continue readingObama criticizes Republicans for embracing 2020 falsehoods
Former President Barack Obama says Republicans have been "cowed into accepting" a series of positions that "would be unrecognizable and unacceptable even five years ago […]
Continue readingUS recovers millions in cryptocurrency paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers
US investigators have recovered millions of dollars in cryptocurrency paid in ransom to hackers whose attack prompted the shutdown of the key East Coast pipeline […]
Continue readingHere’s what it’s like to house hunt in one of the craziest markets in the country
Austin, Texas, is arguably the hottest real estate market in the country, with home prices up more than 40 percent since last April. Follow one […]
Continue readingKamala Harris meets Guatemalan president to tackle migration
Kamala Harris arrived to Guatemala under intense political pressure to stem the flow of migrants to the US, with many people asking what she's doing heading out on her […]
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