National Politics
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Millions of workers could get more benefits under new Biden policy
The new Labor Department rule could help millions more workers get access to benefits like overtime pay, unemployment insurance, Social Security benefits, employer-offered health insurance, the minimum wage, and paid sick days.
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Trump got millions from foreign governments while in White House, report finds
The foreign governments spent “lavishly” on apartments and hotel stays at properties owned by Trump’s family businesses, “personally enriching President Trump while he made foreign policy decisions connected to their policy agendas with far-reaching ramifications for the United States,” according to the report.
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Three years after Jan. 6, Trump’s authoritarianism is on full display
Saturday marks three years since the Capitol insurrection, and Donald Trump has only gotten more extreme as he closes in on the 2024 Republican nomination.
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Biden indulta a miles de estadounidenses condenados por posesión de marihuana
El presidente Biden ha otorgado indultos ampliados para aquellos condenados por posesión simple de cannabis, intento de posesión simple de cannabis o consumo de cannabis en tierras federales y en Washington D.C. También concedió el indulto a 11 personas que cumplían lo que la Casa Blanca llamó sentencias “desproporcionadamente largas” por delitos de drogas no…
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Insulin prices plunge for Nevadans due to Biden’s American Rescue Plan
Eli Lilly, Sanofi, and Novo Nordisk’s price cuts are expected to benefit many Nevadans who need insulin to survive. The companies first announced the moves last year, as a response to an American Rescue Plan provision that threatened to penalize them if they kept prices high.
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Biden pardons thousands of Americans convicted of marijuana possession
The president’s actions will not release any federal prisoners, but will lift barriers to housing, employment, and educational opportunities for those convicted of the offenses.
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This federal program is saving Nevadans money on their internet–here’s how to sign up
About 250,000 households in Nevada have enrolled in President Biden’s Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides discounts on internet bills.
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Service members to get biggest pay raise in 20 years in bill heading to Biden’s desk
While the pay bump will affect the 12,273 active duty service members in Nevada, this year’s National Defense Authorization Act is just the latest example of the increasingly partisan landscape of modern American politics.
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Nevada leads nation in clean energy investment, report finds
“Nevada is leading the way in clean energy, bringing in thousands of good-paying jobs and supporting working families throughout my state,” Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto said in a statement in response to the report.
