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Biden objects to NDAA restriction barring transfer of prisoners from Gitmo to other countries

joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden< during the signing of the NDAA Monday. President Biden. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Congress has long restricted the president’s ability to move Guantánamo Bay detainees, most notably after former President Barack Obama promised to close the facility during his second term in office. Obama was hampered in that promise …

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US airstrikes fall 54 percent under Biden compared to Trump in 2020

joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden< was last year, with strikes falling 54% as of mid-December. “The biggest take-home is that Biden has significantly decreased US military action across the globe,” reads a report released Wednesday by Airwars, a not-for-profit organization that tracks military actions and civilian causalities across the world. It added …

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2021: The year the 2024 presidential race ignited

It didn’t take long for former President donald-trump” target=”_blank”>Trump< briefly diminished in the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by right-wing extremists aiming to disrupt congressional certification of now joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden< in Orlando, Florida, in a speech delivered two weeks after he was acquitted …

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Ted Cruz spent much of 2021 putting 'radical' Biden nominees on their heels

Much of Sen. ted-cruz” target=”_blank”>Ted Cruz’s< “radical” and “dangerous” nominees to the federal government, a tactic that may pay off next month when the Senate votes on whether to impose sanctions on the world-regions-German Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Cruz, a us-regions Republican and member of the senate” target=”_blank”>Senate< Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, …

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2021: The year Biden's approval ratings sank slowly underwater

joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden< host Jimmy Fallon that he kept an eye on his approval ratings earlier in his presidency, “but now that they’re in the 40s, I don’t pay attention.” All kidding aside, it would be understandable if the president avoided closely watching his polls as his once solid numbers …

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