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Joe Biden thinks cash can change how Americans view politics. Will it work?

Joe Biden thinks cash can change how Americans view politics. Will it work?

WASHINGTON — Across the United States on Thursday, parents were getting cash deposited in their bank accounts — $300 per child, per month, courtesy of the federal government. It’s a temporary program until the end of the year that the White House, citing an estimate from Columbia University, claims can cut child poverty in half. And it was the clearest manifestation yet of President Joe Biden’s…

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What’s next for Britney Spears and her conservatorship case

What’s next for Britney Spears and her conservatorship case

Three weeks after Britney Spears denounced the conservatorship that has long controlled her personal life and finances as abusive in an impassioned courtroom speech, a Los Angeles judge said the singer can hire her own lawyer Wednesday. Judge Brenda Penny approved Spears’ choice of Mathew S. Rosengart, a prominent Hollywood lawyer and former federal prosecutor who is expected to take a more…

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Clash with migrants spotlights force at the border Original article in TORONTO STAR EL PASO, TEXAS—U.S. Border Patrol agents faced a choice as they looked out over the chaos at a crowd of migrants that included rock-throwing men as well as barefoot children: Do they respond with force — and, if so, what kind?

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5 killed, 18 injured after vehicle drives into crowd outside primary school, Chinese state media reports Original article in TORONTO STAR BEIJING—Five people have died and 18 others are injured after a car plowed into children outside a primary school in northeastern China on Thursday, state media reported.