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Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joining White House in senior post

ATLANTA — Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is joining the Biden administration in a senior White House role.

Tribune News Service · Jun 15, 2022

Kamala Harris warns overturning Roe could lead to ‘challenges’ to same-sex marriage and birth control

Legal scholars and civil rights groups have warned that data privacy protections, marriage equality and LGBT+ rights could be at risk with Supreme Court decision

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022

Biden signs bill for national Asian Pacific history museum

President Joe Biden has signed a bill creating a commission to study establishing a national museum on the history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2022

Jean Guerrero: Want to stop immigration? Empower immigrants in the US to help their families back home

President Joe Biden wants to slow migration to this country, a priority of his administration at the Summit of the Americas. It's a bizarre venue to make such a stand, considering that the event is happening in Los Angeles, a crossroads of the Latino world.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 10, 2022

Caribbean leaders not quite ready to reject fossil fuels as the US pushes climate pact

LOS ANGELES — The secretary-general of the 15-member Caribbean Community opened talks Thursday with the Biden administration over a new partnership to tackle climate change and the region’s energy crisis by making it clear that Caribbean nations were not quite ready to give up fossil fuels.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 10, 2022

US to help Caribbean nations embrace clean energy. Will it work?

Already vulnerable to hurricanes, sea-level rise and other environmental disasters, sun-soaked Caribbean nations have some of the highest energy bills in the world, relying heavily on imported fossil fuel and diesel-powered energy plants to keep the lights on.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 9, 2022

Summit of the Americas: Joe Biden's agenda overshadowed by invite controversy

This week, the US pledged close to $2 billion in private sector funds to help fight migration, adding to another billion already promised in December. US Vice President Kamala Harris made the announcement on day one of the Summit of the Americas, which is taking place in Los Angeles. The…

France 24 · Jun 9, 2022

Biden rebuked over guest list at Americas summit he is hosting

Latin American leaders rebuked U.S. President Joe Biden face-to-face on Thursday over his exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua from an Americas summit he is hosting, underscoring the challenges he faces to reassert leadership in the region.

Reuters · Jun 9, 2022

Biden seeks consensus at fractured Americas summit

President Joe Biden is kicking off his first full day at the Summit of the Americans in Los Angeles, which brings together leaders from across the hemisphere every few years

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2022

Biden Conflates a Broad Category of Rifles With Intolerable 'Weapons of War'

The administration's slippery terminology illustrates the challenge of distinguishing between "good" and "bad" guns.

Reason · Jun 8, 2022