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While the ethos of U.S. militarism in recent decades emphasized the dangers of foreign foes, the Trump presidency and its unprecedented attacks on the most basic principles of American democracy substantiated President Abraham Lincoln’s claim that true danger to the U.S. would come from within: “It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher.” In order to nurture democracy, President Joe Biden should abide by its core belief to carry out the will of the people....

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act bans imports from Xinjiang unless businesses prove the items they are sending were not produced with forced labor. Government agencies will also be required to elevate their systems for monitoring the use of forced labor in China, and the bill establishes a presumption that products created in Xinjiang are produced using forced labor. The House and Senate each passed the bill with significant bipartisan support before it was sent to Biden....

And while no conclusion was said to have been reached, narratives from both sides suggested another top issue, that of Taiwan, remained a central sticking point in strained relations between Beijing and Washington. Speaking to reporters hours after the leaders’ “direct, candid, detailed and very substantive conversation” concluded Friday, the senior Biden administration official said that the two men “spent the preponderance of their time discussing Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine, as well as the implications of the crisis for U....

The undertaking has been named “Operation Allied Refuge” and will be spearheaded by the U.S. Air Force, which is tasked with getting tens of thousands of prospective Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants out of Afghanistan amid fears of reprisal as the U.S. military withdraws. Naveed Shah, government affairs associate for Common Defense, attended a Zoom meeting earlier Wednesday where a senior White House official confirmed that the operation would begin later this month....

According to Sarah Gordon, PhD, MS, assistant professor of health law, policy, and management at the Boston University School of Public Health, Biden’s executive order would create a 90-day enrollment period starting on February 15, 2021. “This is important because typically one can only sign up for marketplace coverage during the open enrollment period or during a special enrollment period,” Gordon tells Verywell. A new open enrollment would give people another opportunity and more time to enroll in health insurance....

With a two-goal lead going into the last seven minutes of Saturday’s encounter against the Seattle Sounders, the Montreal Impact looked a sure bet to seal their first win of the season. But they blew it, as the visitors managed to cut the deficit in half through a Nicolas Lodeiro penalty kick, and Will Bruin banged home the equalizer deep into stoppage time stunning the crowd of 34,373 at Olympic Stadium....

That was a wish too far. But many items on that board–and other lists scribbled by other energy lobbyists in other offices around town–found their way into the recommendations that the president will unveil to the nation next week. The API list, in fact, was forwarded to George Bush’s transition team, which sent it to the Interior Department. On March 20, Interior sent many of the same ideas to the Energy Task Force that Vice President Dick Cheney had convened on Jan....

There are two ways to handle being a cultural public figure. One is to be guarded, and to speak with scholarly precision. The other-when his big project casts its “Independence Day” shadows across the art world and his NEWSWEEK counterpart wants to do a story about him-is to invite this critic, in a voice that’s half Rumpole of the Bailey, half Oral Roberts, to his SoHo loft for a chin-wag about the state of things....

The bill, which was introduced by Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, chair of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust, and Senator Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, Judiciary Committee ranking member, mirrors a House version that passed the House Judiciary Committee. Klobuchar’s office said the bill would be introduced next week and would aim to prevent Big Tech platforms from requiring vendors operating on their sites to purchase their goods or services....

The 4-star senior from Cass Tech High School in Detroit increased his stock at the Nike Football Opening regional in Columbus on Sunday. He’s one of the 10 prospects out of 495 who received an invitation to The Opening at Oregon later this summer. That’s big, too. Yet the biggest decision might be where to play next. That’s where the Big Ten East Division comes into play. Ohio State, Michigan State and Penn State are in the Top 15 in team rankings....

The conference reversed its Aug. 11 decision and will proceed with a college football season in the fall. Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren announced the decision made by the 14 university presidents in the conference. What does that mean for the Big Ten? Here are the answers to all the need-to-know questions. MORE: College football Week 3 picks against the spread What led to the Big Ten’s reversal vote? In the initial decision to postpone the season, Warren focused on health concerns stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States....

Yang’s ultimate mission is not to trash American TV but to make good TV in China. In May she receives her graduate degree in international communications from Columbia University in New York, with a final paper briskly summing up the impact of American TV talk on its audiences. With guests “so weird, so bizarre,” says Yang, “they can’t have a positive effect.” She describes the American shows as a kind of multiple-guest collision between dented couples and their steamy stories piling up onstage....

First, give the leaders their due. Vajpayee and Musharraf have pushed for a rapprochement over the opposition of their bureaucracies. Vajpayee’s important peace overture, a speech in Srinagar on April 18, 2003, was read in advance only by his three closest advisers. Musharraf is similarly driving policy with a few aides and over the groans of much of the Pakistani establishment. Both leaders have evolved. As a general Musharraf was a provocateur, planning the infamous military operation at Kargil in 1999....

The turtle, Stupendemys geographicus, lived during the mid to late Miocene, 13 to 7 million years ago. It represents the biggest complete turtle shell ever discovered. S. geographicus was first discovered in the 1970s and is believed to be the largest land turtle ever to have walked Earth. However, the species is not well understood, with key details about it are lacking. Edwin Cadena, a Geologist and Vertebrate Paleontologist from Colombia’s Universidad del Rosario, and colleagues were searching for specimens to see if they could find out more about their lifestyles and biology....

Metformin is the only biguanide currently available in most countries for treating diabetes. Glucophage (metformin) and Glucophage XR (metformin extended-release) are well-known brand names for these drugs. Others include Fortamet, Glumetza, and Riomet. Metformin is also available in combination with several other types of diabetes medications, such as sulfonylureas. Uses Metformin is often prescribed for type 2 diabetes once the disease cannot be managed by lifestyle changes alone. If you’ve been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and require medication, metformin is likely to be the first drug you’ll take....

We were going to do an update of 20 minutes, a half hour, a little bit of the trial, that’s it. After the verdict, I asked the field producer to talk to the jurors and see what it was that convinced them. She went there and called and said, “I got the most bizarre conversation.” She said, “You’ve got to come, you’ve got to listen.” I was in the middle of another show, but I went there, and there he was Marvin [Shackelford] saying, ‘The man didn’t get justice, the man didn’t get justice....

Bruce Sartwell, 48, also known as “Monster,” is the president of the East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, chapter of the biker gang. Federal agents searched his home in October and found that he had machining tools set up in his garage—including milling plates, a drill press and a Dremel polisher—as well as buffer springs and buffer tubes. All of these devices can be used in the construction of a DIY firearm. Agents separately discovered an instructional booklet containing information on “how to mill out an AR-15 weapon” at home....

The Hammers issued a statement on their website almost immediately after the final whistle announcing that Allardyce would not be continuing as manager, after a 12th-placed finish in the Premier League. West Ham 10/11 to beat Huddersfield “Our target is to recruit a manager that will build a team capable of saying a fitting farewell to the Boleyn Ground next year and do justice to the outstanding surrounds we will call home from August 2016,” joint chairmen David Gold and David Sullivan said at the time....

The other five federal lawmakers—Maine’s Susan Collins, Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski, Utah’s Mitt Romney, Nebraska’s Ben Sasse, and Pennsylvania’s Pat Toomey—were the only Republicans within their congressional chamber who voted against the trial’s dismissal last month. In justifying his decision to affirm the impeachment trial’s constitutionality on Tuesday, despite voting against it just weeks ago, Cassidy cited the strength of arguments presented by House impeachment managers. He explicitly noted their effectiveness over those of Trump’s defense team....

Cuomo announced his resignation on Tuesday, just one week after the New York Attorney General’s office published a report stating that he sexually harassed several women while governor. Cuomo’s resignation will be effective in two weeks, according to his announcement. Kathy Hochul, the state’s lieutenant governor, will serve as the governor for the remainder of Cuomo’s term, which is set to end in 2023. “The best way I can help now is if I step aside and let government get back to government....