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Congress aims to speed up approval of the $ 1.9 trillion stimulus package by this week

Nancy Pelosi, Democratic leader, of the House of Representatives said she is doing what it takes to get the issue out this week. Photo: Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images Congress plans to take action this week to swiftly pass President Joe Biden's coronavirus relief proposals , including a third wave of stimulus checks for most Americans. The next round of stimulus will be for $ 1, 400 dollars , to complete payments of $ 600 dollars that began to be distributed at the end of December and which concluded its distribution a few days ago. The president of House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi says the House of Representatives is accelerating Biden's plan, and House committees are expected to vote on it this week. It will be " completely ready " for the full House to spend the follo...
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California lifts stay-at-home order across the state and begins targeting normalcy

The state points towards normality after a period of many infections. Photo: Mario Tama / Getty Images The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) reported this Monday morning that the state will move toward normal and terminated the order to stay home that had been broadcast in regions with low availability of intensive care beds. From this Monday the regions of Southern California , the Bay Area and the San Joaquin Valley will be able to return to the purple category of the state risk system, which allows the operation of many establishments although with some conditions. With the order, the entire state will return to the risk system by colors and by counties. 📣 #CA lifts the regional stay at home order statewide as four-week ICU capacity projections exce...
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Biden withdraws Trump's veto of transgender men to serve in the Army

The Biden Administration withdraws transgender veto from serving in the Navy. Photo: Joe Raedle / Getty Images President Joe Biden reversed the order of the former president Donald Trump to ban transgender people from serving in the Army. The democrat signed an Executive Order that asks the Department of Defense to accept applications from "any qualified American" to serve in the Armed Forces. "The President Biden believes that gender identity should not be an obstacle to military service and that the strength of the United States is found in its diversity ”, indicates justice. The Biden Administration indicates that the new measure is a way to recognize the “core values” of the US Among the justifications is a study requested by the Department of Defense in 2016, wher...
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Senators of both parties advance with the White House in plan of third stimulus check

President Biden pushes his financial aid plan. Photo: Ken Cedeno / POOL / EFE Advisers to the president's government Joe Biden met by telephone with a bipartisan group of senators, to discuss the progress of the economic aid project against COVID - 19. The meeting managed to establish some coincidences, especially in the urgency of sending more funds to the fight against the pandemic, but the Republicans and some Democrats resist the third stimulus check of $ 1, 400 dollars , since they consider that it should focus on “those who need it most.” The majority leader in the Senate, Dick Durbin (Illilonis), considered the call “productive”, as did Senator Angus King (Maine), who on Twitter took up the report from Axios and highlighted some points that were addressed. “Let...
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California Considers Prioritizing Age Over Other Factors To Get Coronavirus Vaccine

Vaccinate the entire population over 65 years in the golden state would take until June. Photo: Mario Tama / Getty Images Farmworker advocates, grocery store teacher teachers and other essential workers are worried they will have to wait until this summer to get vaccinated against the coronavirus as California considers prioritizing older residents. State officials say the decision makes sense given that older people have a much higher rate of hospitalization and death from COVID - 19. However, it could take until June to vaccinate all Californians of 65 years or more, as reported Sunday Sacramento Bee . A vaccination you have only in Counting age could mean teachers and school staff wouldn't get vaccinated until next summer , says Debra Schade, member of the Solana Beach...
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Biden will reimpose coronavirus travel restrictions. These are the affected countries

The Biden Administration added South Africa to the list. Photo: David McNew / Getty Images President Joe Biden will formally reinstate COVID travel restrictions on Monday - 19 to non-US travelers who are in Brazil, Ireland, United Kingdom and others 26 European countries that allow the free movement of passengers across their borders, as reported by Associated Press . Anonymous officials cited by the agency confirmed Sunday that South Africa would also be added to the list due to concerns of a variant virus that has spread beyond this country. No cases have yet been discovered in the United States of the South African strain. However, several states have detected the British variant, more contagious and potentially more deadly. Reuters was the first outlet to report that ...
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SpaceX breaks record: Launch 143 satellites on a single rocket and send up human ashes

Elon Musk's company launched from Cape Canaveral (Florida). Photo: Britta Pedersen-Pool / Getty Images By: EFE 24 from January 2021 The company SpaceX launched this Sunday from Cape Canaveral (Florida ) a record of 143 satellites in a single rocket as part of its new load sharing program for multiple companies at a lower cost, including one of the Celestis funeral home, which sent small capsules of human ashes . The so-called Transporter-1 mission began this Sunday the cost reduction program SmallSat Rideshare , whereby a small company satellite can travel into space with other spacecraft instead of buying a complete rocket at a much higher price. The price to be shipped 440 pounds (200 kilograms) of charge to a synchronous orbit with the sun is 1 million dollars, a...
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Walmart already offers the coronavirus vaccine in 7 states

The government has already requested the collaboration of other companies to speed up vaccination throughout the country. Photo: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Walmart stores in Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina and Texas will sell Covid vaccines - 19 from next week ana, the company reported on Friday. Vaccines will be administered at Walmart pharmacies to groups that State health officials have considered more needy, so this is not for the entire population, so it is advisable to review who is eligible for the application. In Texas, for example, only nursing home health workers, residents and staff, the people older than 65 years or persons older than 16 years with chronic diseases can get vaccinated for now. In New Jersey , people eligib...
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Bernie Sanders Says Democrats Would Vote Third Stimulus Check Without Republican Help

Senator Bernie Sanders. Photo: Stefani Reynolds / Getty Images Democrats have an ace up their sleeve to advance the third stimulus check of $ 1, 400 dollars. According to Senator Bernie Sanders (Vermont) they would not have to convince Republicans in the Senate to endorse the legislation, as it could be passed with a simple majority; that is 50 plus one. The extra vote would be that of Vice President Kamala Harris . The strategy is called Budget Reconciliation whose application he explained in Sanders on CNN. “We are going to use reconciliation, that is, 50 votes in the Senate plus the vice president, to pass legislation that working families desperately need in this country right now, ”he said. The House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi (California), promote the ap...
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Man charged with attempted kidnapping of teenage girl arrested

Steven Hamley was arrested in the Florida Keys, south of Miami. Photo: Monroe County Sheriff / Courtesy A Florida Keys man was arrested Friday after allegedly trying to force a teenage girl into his vehicle. According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, Steven Hamley, aged 61 and from Stock Island, approached the victim of 19 years and asked him if he would help him find a lost dog. Victim told police that Hamley got out of his Honda CR -V gold and tried to force her to get into the vehicle. It may interest you: Ultra Music Festival in Miami canceled for the second year due to coronavirus the police and, after explaining to the officers what had happened, one recalled seeing a vehicle that matched the description in a grocery store that morning. “According to the...
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Who is Doug Emhoff, Kamala Harris's husband and America's first “second gentleman”

Kamala Harris became the first black woman and person to reach the vice presidency of the United States on Wednesday, but she is not the only one who breaks centuries of tradition. Her husband, Douglas Emhoff , better known as “Doug”, also broke cultural barriers by becoming the first man to occupy a place that until now had only been occupied by women. The role of "second lady", as the couples of vice presidents have been told until now, is so tied to the female sex that until Emhoff's arrival there was not even a male version of the term. After a period of speculation it was decided to adopt the title of “second gentleman”. Kamala Harris, the former prosecutor and senator who makes history by being the first vice president of the United States. Emhoff already has his own T...
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Who are the managers of Trump's impeachment, who will defend the impeachment before the Senate

Nine members of Congress, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, will soon walk through the Capitol and will deliver the impeachment article against former President Trump to the Senate. These members, known as impeachment managers, are the ones who will prosecute the case against former President Donald Trump before the Senate. Pelosi said that the House will officially send the article of impeachment against Trump to the Senate on Monday. The article of impeachment for incitement of insurrection by Donald Trump will be delivered to the Senate on Monday, January 25. https://t.co/FSOWGACfgZ - Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 22, 2021 “We are respectful of the Senate's constitutional power over the trial and we are always attentiv...
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Los Angeles County Surpasses 15,000 COVID-19 Deaths

Los Angeles County surpassed one million COVID cases - 19. Photo: ETIENNE LAURENT / EFE Los Angeles County announced Saturday 267 New COVID-Related Deaths - 19, bringing the county's number of coronavirus deaths to more than 10, 000. To Saturday, 15, 162 Los Angeles County residents had lost their lives to the coronavirus. Warnings from public health officials about an increase in holidays came true as the county has reported more than 5, 000 new deaths since 30 from December, which means that the death toll increased by 50% in approximately three weeks years and a half, reported NBC Los Angeles. COVID - 19 Daily Update: January 23, 2021 New Cases: 10, 537 (1,064,537 to date) New Deaths: 269 (10, 162 to date) Current Hospitalizations: 6, 881 pic.twitter.com/93 kMxFh6q...
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They accuse a robber of the Capitol for threatening to “assassinate” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Photo: Drew Angerer / Getty Images The Department of Justice revealed new accusations against a Texas man who allegedly participated in the attack on the Capitol and published death threats online against Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a Capitol police officer, CNN reported. Garret Miller of Dallas, Texas faces five criminal charges stemming from the attack on the Capitol, including burglary and death threats. Miller allegedly tweeted, "assassinate AOC," according to court documents. He also said that the police officer who shot and killed a Trump supporter during the attack He "deserves to die" and he will not "survive long" because it is "hunting season." Prosecutors said in recently released court documents ...
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Biden reverses Trump's executive order that criminalized the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.

Biden signed 17 executive orders on his first day in the White House. Photo: Doug Mills / POOL / EFE One of the 17 Executive Orders that President Joe Biden signed on his first day in the White House reverses a decree of former President Donald Trump that criminalized the presence of undocumented persons, prohibited sanctuary jurisdictions and established new deportation priorities . “The Executive Order 13768 of 25 January 2017 (Improving Public Safety in the Interior of the United States ) ”, Ordered the new US president this Wednesday .. Through this decree, Biden orders the“ Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the heads o...
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Democrats officially take control of the Senate after new oaths before Vice President Harris

Vice President Harris was in charge of swearing in the new senators. Photo: Jessica McGowan / Getty Images Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff of Georgia were sworn into the Senate on Wednesday, prompting the Democrats to officially retake control of the Upper House . This will make it easier for President Joe Biden to push his legislative agenda. The new senators were sworn in before Vice President Kamala Harris, one of the first acts Californian officials since herself and President Biden celebrated his inauguration . Harris, who had already resigned as a senator, also swore in his replacement: Democrat Alex Padilla. Padilla thus became the first Latino senator from California, a state in which 40% of the population is of Latino origin. The change of power in the Senate makes B...
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New strain of COVID-19 keeps health authorities in suspense

The new variant of COVID - 19 discovered in the United Kingdom keeps the Los Angeles County health authorities in suspense, since the first case of a man who traveled to the state of Oregon and is currently isolated was confirmed. But should we be more concerned than we already are? Dr. Ilan Shapiro, Altamed Health Services Medical Director of Wellness Education, said we do need to be concerned, and the best way to protect ourselves is by wearing a mask. "We must not forget that any virus is constantly changing, and this is the case with influenza not only with COVID," he said. And he observed that it can happen is that the new variant B. 1.1.7 of COVID - 19 do not do anything to us, due to genetic errors of the virus itself, but it can also be more lethal and contagious, and sen...
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The personal tragedies in Joe Biden's life that are his letter to unite the country

This article was published in August or 2020 and updated with the arrival of Joe Biden to the presidency of the United States . “Promise me you'll be okay, dad.” That's what Beau Biden asked his father, Joe, shortly before he died. The eldest son of the now president of the United States was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer in 2013. He died two years later, in June of 2015, a few days before Donald Trump launched his campaign to get the Republican Party nomination for the elections of 2017 that catapulted him to the White House. Joe Biden, who was then vice president of the United States under Barack Obama, also had then considered fighting for the presidency of his country , but Beau's death made him discard that option, even against the will that his s...
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Who is Jill Biden, the new first lady of the United States, and what is expected of her

Standing in an empty classroom where he taught English in the decade of 1990, Jill Biden gave an emotional speech at the Democratic Party convention in August last year, after her husband was officially named the presidential candidate for the US elections. At the end of his message, the now president, Joe Biden , appeared on the scene, hugged her and praised her qualities as the future first lady of the United States. .UU. “To all of you across the country, think of your favorite teacher, the one who gave you the confidence to believe in yourself. That is the type of first lady that Jill Biden will be, "said the then candidate. Months later, Jill Biden is the new first lady, a position that does not It will seem so unfamiliar to you. Biden was vice president during the Barack ...
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Biden signs executive order preventing US exit from WHO

President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. Photo: JIM WATSON / AFP / Getty Images In his first act in the Oval Office, Biden signed 17 decrees and proclamations aimed at undoing many of the measures taken by his predecessor, Donald Trump, several related to immigration. Among them, Joe Biden signed this Wednesday an executive order to prevent the exit from his country from the World Health Organization (WHO), a process initiated by his predecessor, Donald Trump, and which was scheduled to take effect in July 2021. One of Biden's first acts as president was stop the process that Trump officially started in July last year to remove the United States from the WHO, an organization that he also stopped helping economically, which was a great I...
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Biden returns the United States to the Paris Agreement on climate change

President Joe Biden signed documents at the White House. Photo: JIM LO SCALZO / POOL / EFE President Joe Biden signed an executive order to rejoin the United States into the Paris Agreement to protect the climate on Wednesday, its first major action to tackle global warming, as it brought in the largest team of experts in climate change to the White House. Biden seeks to return Washington to leadership in the fight against climate change and this action is part of one of his main electoral promises. The executive order signed by Biden makes the US again a signatory to the Paris Agreement, from which he officially withdrew on November 4 of last year, just one day after the elections, and after former President Donald Trump announced the exit of this agreement in which mo...
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Biden's inauguration: “We must end this uncivil war” and other phrases from the first speech of the new president of the United States

Unity, heal wounds and look to the future with hope. Joe Biden's first speech as president of the United States followed the line of what was his central campaign message and what has repeated on different occasions since his electoral victory on November 3. Without forgetting the challenges that are presented, among which he highlighted the serious health and economic crisis due to the coronavirus and the polarizing environment politics that the country is experiencing, Biden offered words of optimism and underlined the strength of the democratic system. At BBC Mundo we present some of the fundamental ideas. 1. "It's the day of democracy" Speaking in front of the same Capitol that was assaulted by a mob of violent followers of former President Donald Trump, Biden began his spee...
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Biden's inauguration: 5 things you might not know about the new president of the United States

Joe Biden is the 46 th President of the United States. The Democrat, from 78 years, he assumed power this Wednesday in an unusual ceremony due to the high security measures that were adopted to prevent possible attacks and riots. Biden, who was US vice president during the presidency of Barack Obama , returns to the White House with the Urgent task of addressing the health and economic crisis caused by the coronavirus. His arrival to the presidency also occurs at a time of great polarization and confrontation that culminated on January 6 in the seizure of the Capitol by violent supporters of the outgoing president, Donald Trump . The You we have some outstanding details of his personal and professional life sional. 1. A career politician As Trump insisted on reminding ...
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Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, sends congratulations to Joe Biden

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau congratulates Joe Biden on assuming office as President of the United States. Photo: DAVE CHAN / AFP / Getty Images The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, sent his congratulations to the new US President, Joe Biden, and said he was willing to work on a common agenda. Biden took over earlier this Wednesday as the number President 46 of the United States, after 4 years of Donald Trump as President. “ On behalf of the Government of Canada, I congratulate Joe Biden on his inauguration as the 46 th President of the United States of America , "Trudeau said in a statement. " Canada and the United States enjoy one of the most unique relationships in the world, built on a shared commitment to democratic values, common interests and strong...
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Jill Biden, the brand new first lady of the United States

Jill Biden, the now first lady of the United States, of 69 years, he obtained a doctorate in education in the year 2007. Photo: EPA / SAUL LOEB / EFE By: EFE 20 from January 2021 Jill Biden, the brand new first lady of the United States, will make history by keeping her teaching job despite the demands of her new role , in which she will surely mark a strong contrast with her predecessor, Melania Trump. Jill Biden, from 69 years, she has dedicated her life to education. She started as a secondary school teacher for children with special needs and during her husband's vice-presidency in 2009 combined a busy institutional schedule with her work as an English teacher at a university college in Virginia, where as first lady she will continue to carry out her work. That de...
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Los Angeles wakes up with an earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale

Wednesday morning began with a slight earthquake in the south of the city of Los Angeles, according to information released by the Service United States Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake would have been 3.5 degrees on the scale from Richter and had its epicenter in Willowbrook , south of LA, near the intersection between freeways 110 and 105, at a depth of 18. 9 kilometers shortly thereafter from 8: 30 in the morning. Notable quake, preliminary info: M 3.5 - 1km W of Willowbrook, CA https://t.co/nF39 XmmX9J - USGS Earthquakes (@USGS_Quakes) January 18, 2021 So far no damage related to the recent movement of the earth has been reported. According to the USGS, the tremor felt from the San Fernando Valley to Huntington Beach and just over 1, 000 people have clai...
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Kamala Harris, the first African-descendant woman to take over as Vice President of the United States

Kamala Harris made history by assuming the position of Vice President of the United States as the first woman and first African descent. The former Senator from California, aged 56, also the first person of South Asian descent elected to the Vice Presidency. Harris was a rising star in the Democratic Party for two decades. She was a San Francisco prosecutor and California attorney general before becoming a federal senator. When he ended his presidential campaign in the 2020 Democratic primary, Joe Biden asked her to be his running mate. They will be sworn in as President and Vice President on 20 January. Harris frequently ran as part of a legacy of black pioneers, including teacher Mary McLeod Bethune, civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer and legislator Shirley Chisholm, ...
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Robbie Williams would have tested positive for coronavirus

Robbie Williams. Photo: John Phillips / Getty Images The singer Robbie Williams would have tested positive for coronavirus during the holiday period in which he is currently on the island of San Bartolomé, French territory located in the Caribbean Sea, together with his wife Ayda Field and the four children of the marriage. According to the newspaper The Sun , the music star evolves favorably from the infection after having suffered relatively mild symptoms in recent days, although in any case the artist and his family are still subject to the mandatory quarantine, which they are passing in the luxurious mansion that they rented for their enjoyment. At the moment it is unknown if the American actress or any of her offspring have also been infected. “Robbie has been qui...
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Live: Donald Trump leaves the US presidency

Trump's last sunrise in the White House Photo: / EPA / GAMAL DIAB / EFE Donald Trump leaves the White House this morning, ending four years of his controversial presidency, and without waiting to complete the protocol for handing over command to his successor, Joe Biden. A government marked by the Power conflicts and racial and verbal tensions that evolved into deadly violence when his followers took over the Capitol on January 6, in an attempt to stop Biden's electoral confirmation, leaving five people dead. The pandemic of the coronavirus, which yesterday added more than 400 thousand deaths in the US, marked the last year of Trump in power and the electoral campaign, which led him to question the legitimacy of the results due to the massive early vote to avoid contagion. ...
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Live: Donald Trump left the White House

Trump's last flight over the White House Photo: EPA / ERIK S. LESSER / EFE Donald Trump left the White House this morning, ending four years of his controversial presidency, and without waiting to complete the protocol for handing over command to his successor, Joe Biden. Thus, a Republican government marked by the Power conflicts and racial and verbal tensions that evolved into deadly violence when his followers stormed the Capitol on January 6, in an attempt to stop the electoral confirmation of the Democratic candidate , leaving five people dead. The coronavirus pandemic, which yesterday added more than 400 1,000 deaths in the US, marked Trump's last year in power and the election campaign, leading him to fiercely question the legitimacy of the Results for the massive e...
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Biden's inauguration: the challenge for Trump to hand over the “nuclear suitcase” to the new president without meeting him

It is one of the least publicized moments, but one of the most symbolic and important of any presidential transition in the US. For almost six decades, during the inauguration of the new Mandatory on 41 Eclipsed by fanfare and ornaments, two military men in dress uniforms await the swearing-in behind some pillars. One of them, who has generally accompanied the outgoing president in most of his He carries a heavy black briefcase with him which, when the clock strikes noon, he will hand over to the other officer, who will be in charge of carrying it for the new commander-in-chief. This is the call " black box " or " nuclear briefcase ", a metal-reinforced suitcase that accompanies the president of EE everywhere .UU. In case you need to launch an atomic attack while away from the White ...
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Biden Inauguration: Can the New President Regain America's Unity and Credibility After the Extreme Polarization of the Trump Era?

The incoming president of the United States, Joe Biden, has repeated a phrase since he won the elections in November: “The United States is back.” This is a message directed both to the rest of the planet as well as to the interior of their country. At a global level, their declared intention is for Washington to “lead the world” again after the outgoing president, Donald Trump, withdrew the US from international agreements, strained old alliances and weakened multilateral organizations. Domestically, Biden intends to bury times of polarization and conflict that characterized the Trump administration, with the also declared purpose of "healing" and "unifying" the country. Any of those goals by itself looks ambitious. But raising them simultaneously is a daunting task. The e...
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Biden's reform would grant citizenship to undocumented immigrants with 10 years in the country, 'dreamers' and people with TPS

Millions of undocumented immigrants who have been in the United States for at least 10 years, in addition to 'dreamers' and people with TPS could see their “American Dream” fulfilled with the immigration reform of President-elect Joe Biden , titled “America's Citizenship Act of 2021” (“United States Citizenship Act of 2021 ”). This Wednesday, the first day of the Democrat's government, the initiative will be sent to Congress and Democrats are ready to push it, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and as a way to recognize the work of the undocumented as essential workers. “The bill provides workers who enrich our communities with all days and who have lived here for years, in some cases for decades, an opportunity to obtain citizenship ", indicates the plan that aims to mo...
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FBI: A Houston Police Officer Tried To Delete Your Photos And Videos On Capitol Hill During The Riots

TEXAS - A Houston police officer who recently resigned after it was found that participated in the riots in the capital of the United States two weeks ago , tried to erase photos showing him inside the Capitol. According to court documents, Tam Pham, a veteran of 18 years with the Houston Police, he admitted to having been in Washington DC for "business reasons", but denied that he attended the event where President Donald Trump gave a speech on January 6 prior to the riots. FBI agents received consent from Pham to review the photos on his cell phone and discovered that there were no images of his trip to Washington, according to court documents. The agents continued investigating and found a deleted folder containing photos and videos of Pham inside the Capitol during the riots...
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Trump decides to pardon Steve Bannon, his former chief adviser at the last minute

Steve Bannon is accused of fraud with funds for the wall. Photo: Joe Raedle / Getty Images President Donald Trump has decided to pardon his former chief adviser Steve Bannon, in a decision of last minute it took just hours before his scheduled departure from the White House. The President Trump granted clemency to Stephen K. Bannon , accused of defrauding political donors supporting the construction of a border wall that Trump promoted, White House officials told The New York Times. The president made the decision after a day of frantic efforts to influence him, including from Bannon himself, who spoke to him by phone on Tuesday. The clemency was described as a preventive measure that would effectively eliminate the charges against Bannon, should that he was sentenced. ...
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Fires and 80,000 people without power in the Los Angeles area due to high winds

The Towsley fire occurred in the Santa Clarita area. File photo. Photo: APU GOMES / AFP / Getty Images The strong winds that shook southern California this Tuesday already had dire consequences: some fires and almost 80, 09 households affected by power outages. The Southern California Edison company decided the blackout that affected 78, 500 clients, in addition to others 167, 000 at risk of running out of power, as a measure to prevent possible sparks causing more fires. The powerful Santa Ana winds that had been warned were felt throughout the region and sparked at least two fires in the Los Angeles area: the Towsley fire in the mountains of the Newhall-Santa Clarita area and the Kellogg fire in San Dimas . The pr imero grew to 167 acres around 8 pm. It was feared tha...
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The keys to the immigration plan that Biden will send to Congress

WASHINGTON - As soon as he takes office as the new president, Joe Biden will send Congress an ambitious immigration reform that includes a way for 11 millions of undocumented access to citizenship, an expansion of the asylum policy and a plan to reinforce border security. A source of the transition team detailed what are the key points included in the legislative project that Biden will send to the Legislature tomorrow and that, if approved, would mean the largest immigration reform since the government of Republican Ronald Reagan (1981 - 1989 ), which legalized three million undocumented immigrants in 1986. Also, in his first days in the White House , Biden will sign a round of executive orders aimed at dismantling some of the policies of his predecessor, Donald Trump. These...
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5 outstanding phrases of Trump in his farewell speech to the presidency

On the eve of Joe Biden's inauguration as president of the United States, the process of handover of power continues to leave unusual scenes. After more than two months without accepting the results of elections on November 3, President Donald Trump chose to say goodbye to office with a video of almost 20 minutes. In his speech, in which he wished the new government luck, Trump did not once pronounce the name of his successor . An attitude that is in line with the In all this time of transition, Trump has not congratulated Biden on his triumph or invited him to the Oval Office of the White House, as is tradition. Nor has the usual meeting between first ladies. Michelle and Barack Obama attended the inauguration of Donald Trump on 94 from in ero of 2017. Trump's words ha...
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Donald Trump: the four years of his presidency summarized in 10 images

With the end of the presidency of Donald Trump and the coming to power of Joe Biden, reuni mos a selection of images illustrating some of the most remembered moments of the four years of the Republican in office. 1. Inauguration Trump looked angry that the images showed less attendance than at Barack Obama's inauguration in 2017. / Photo: REUTERS Trump's inauguration was the 20 of January of 2017. A few days later, the new president accused the media of lying about the number of people who attended the event. Trump seemed angry that the pictures showed that attendance had been less than of the first inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009 . Then-White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told the media that it had been "the largest audience that h...
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COVID-19 reduces number of immigrants in detention, but lengthens their stay

Violations of civil rights persist in the Adelanto Detention Center. (Getty Images) Photo: John Moore / Getty Images The fight fought during 2020 by pro-immigrant organizations to prevent the Migrants in detention were infected with COVID, it caused the number of adults in the custody of the Immigration and Customs Service (ICE) in the country to decrease, but at the same time the number of days that they were kept deprived of their liberty increased. A report by California Attorney Xavier Becerra specified that while in February of 2020 were detained 20, 876 immigrants, for September there were 19, 989. However, the average number of days in detention increased from 103 .2 to 126 days. Although there was the case of a detainee in the Otay Mesa Center that lasted in custody 1, 2...
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Trump: What Can Happen to 6 of the Major Legal Battles Facing the US President

From 19 of January, when the United States Senate resumes its sessions , Donald Trump may be subjected to impeachment for the second time before that instance. The president will have to face the impeachment approved last week by the House of Representatives, which accuses him of having incited the assault on Congress carried out on January 6 by a crowd of his supporters. Trump rejects these allegations and claims that he is the victim of a witch hunt . If he is convicted, the procedure will not put an end to his mandate as it expires on 23 January, when Joe Biden will take office as the new president. The consequences for Trump could be reflected rather in a eventual ban from holding public office and / or at a loss of benefits tions that correspond to him as a former presiden...
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3 last-minute Trump decisions that will complicate the start of Biden's presidency

In the United States, an outgoing president is called a "lame duck" or "lame duck" in the period from the election of his successor to his effective inauguration. possession. The adjective "lame" refers to the supposed little capacity of the outgoing president to "move" politically in that period. But, as on so many other occasions, the government of Donald Trump has broken with the established. In recent weeks and days, the Executive has made important decisions on foreign policy that may complicate the plans of Joe Biden, who takes office as the 46 th US president on Wednesday 22 January. These are some examples. 1. Cuba The past 11 of January, just over a week after the transfer of power , the Trump administration made an announcement with important repercussions for Latin...
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Executive Orders Biden is preparing to reverse Trump policies

The president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, plans to issue a series of executive orders as soon as he assumes power this Wednesday, the details of which are beginning to be known. Biden will issue decrees to reverse immigration bans and return to the Paris Agreement on climate change on his first day in the White House, report media in the United States. The president-elect is also expected to aim for the reunification of separated families on the US-Mexico border. and will order measures on the use of masks against covid - 19. The president will be sworn into office this Wednesday under strict security measures . All the 50 states of the Union are in a state of maximum alert to face the possible violence that may occur around the ceremony of Investiture. Thousands of Na...
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Follow LIVE the opening ceremony of Joe Biden

President-elect Joe Biden will be accompanied by his wife Jill. Photo: Mark Wilson / Getty Images The swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris will start at 11: 00 am President-elect Biden and Vice President Elected Harris will be sworn in by the Chief Justice, John Roberts , and the Chief Justice Sonia Sotomayor . The reverend Leo J. O'Donovan , a Jesuit priest who is a former president of Georgetown University and a close friend of the Biden family, will make an invocation; followed by Andrea Hall, the first African American female firefighter to become a captain of the South Fulton, Georgia Fire Department, who will recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Minutes later Lady Gaga will sing the national anthem. Amanda Gorm...
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How much money you could receive for your third stimulus check: it will be a maximum of $ 1,400 per eligible person

The third stimulus check proposed by the next federal administration of Joe Biden will be capped at $ 1, 400 dollars, as it is a continuation of the second stimulus amount of $ 600, when adding these two, gives as the final figure $ 2, 000 between the two checks . As in the first two rounds of stimulus distributions, the amount the beneficiary will get will depend on their adjusted gross income (AGI), as well as their eligible dependents and other qualifications. Although the details of the requirements for the third paycheck are not yet outlined. stimulus, Biden's proposal would include dependents of all ages , including college students and older adults. president-elect , would also include all families with mixed citizenship status, that is, families made up of United States ...
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Donald Trump is going to Mar-a-Lago, but maybe not for long

Rear entrance to Mar-a-Lago, Trump's residence in Palm Beach, Florida. Photo: MANDEL NGAN / AFP / Getty Images The still president of the United States, Donald Trump, is scheduled to leave the White House early in the morning on Wednesday, hours before the fulfill his mandate. The president has already confirmed that he would not attend the inauguration of Joe Biden, thus breaking a tradition of more than 150 years. The president is going to live in Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach (Florida ), and that has become known as the "Summer White House" since Trump spent several seasons there and organized various events officers while he was in charge of the administration. You may be interested in: A Miami pediatrician is arrested in a child pornography operation ...
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USCIS suspends in-person care for migrants on January 19-20 for fear of attacks

By: EFE 17 from January 2021 The Office of Immigration and Citizenship Services ( USCIS ) announced that it will suspend in-person care in the next few days 19 and 20, in order to "ensure the safety" of employees and people with appointments . As noted by the federal agency in a statement released on Friday, the temporary suspension covers all local offices, asylum offices and assistance centers. He added that those people who had appointments for those days will receive a notification in which they will be informed of the new date. The assault on the Capitol in Washington by of radical supporters of the President Donald Trump , which occurred on January 6, has motivated federal and state authorities to have reinforced and expanded the security devices in the capital for the...
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Economic growth forecast for 2021 rises thanks to Biden's plan

An economic expansion of 6.6% is estimated in 2021 compared to a previous forecast of 6.4 percent. Photo: Al Bello / Getty Images Goldman Sachs analysts raised their forecast for US economic growth amid expectations that the president-elect stimulus package Joe Biden will accelerate the recovery from the impact of the Covid pandemic - 19. An economic expansion of 6.6% is estimated at 2021 compared to a previous forecast of 6.4%, according to a report published on Saturday. It also increased the projection of how much stimulus could boost the administration in the short term , to 1.1 trillion dollars from 750,000 millions of dollars. Joe Biden outlined a $ 1.9 trillion stimulus proposal on Thursday, arguing that a bold investment plan was needed to jump-start the economy and ...