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Trump executive order relaxes hiring standards for federal jobs
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms And Florida Rep. Val Demings Join Joe Biden’s Shortlist Of VP Contenders
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This Day in History — June 4
1994: Five Iraqis and a Kuwaiti are sentenced to death in Kuwait for plotting to kill former US President George H W Bush with a car bomb during his visit to Kuwait in
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Obama rebukes leaders over Covid-19 response
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Obama emerges as central figure in 2020 presidential race
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UN virus therapy trial pauses hydroxychloroquine testing
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Court rulings keep Trump's financial records private for now
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - The US Supreme Court issued a mixed verdict yesterday on demands for President Donald Trump's financial records that will keep his tax returns, banking and other documents out of the public eye for the time being.
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'A betrayal': Early Facebook staffers denounce Zuckerberg
Nearly three dozen former employees from Facebook’s early days on Wednesday blasted CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision not to act against incendiary posts by US President Donald Trump as “cowardly” and a “betrayal” of company
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Matthew Henson
Matthew Alexander Henson (August 8, 1866 – March 9, 1955) was the first African-American Arctic explorer, an associate of Robert Peary on seven voyages over a period of nearly 23 years. They made six voyages and spent a total of 18 years in expeditions.[1] Henson served as a navigator and
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Egypt
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Covid-19 wrap: 1 127 new US deaths, Wuhan lab had '3 live bat coronaviruses' and DRC denies manipulation
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This Day in History — June 25
1910: US President William Howard Taft signs the White-Slave Traffic Act, more popularly known as the Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for
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Executive Order 9981, to end segregation in US Armed Forces is signed by Preside
Executive Order 9981, to end segregation in US Armed Forces is signed by President Harry Truman
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1948
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Hicks, Irvin (1938- )
Irvin Hicks was a career Foreign Service Officer who rose from a communications clerk position to serve three times as a U.S. ambassador.  Hicks served in the Department of State during the nascent years of African Independence from European colonial rule.  Hicks was appointed Ambassador
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11
1985
Bolton Book: Judge rules Bolton can publish book despite efforts to block it
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Britain pushing US to form 5G club of nations to cut out Huawei
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain said Friday it was pushing the United States to form a club of 10 nations that could develop its own 5G technology and reduce dependence on China's controversial telecoms giant
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1997
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Dingell Makes Case For Biden’s Ability To Address Pandemic And Michigan’s Economy | Digital Daily | The Michigan Chronicle
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Compensation For States
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1862
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Egypt, at the northeast corner of Africa on the Mediterranean Sea, is bordered on the west by Libya, on the south by the Sudan, and on the east by the Red Sea and Israel. It is nearly one and one-half times the size of Texas. Egypt is divided into two unequal, extremely arid regions by the
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Opposition wins historic rerun of Malawi’s presidential vote - Los Angeles Sentinel
The opposition has won Malawi’s historic rerun of the presidential election, the first time a court-overturned vote in Africa has led to the defeat of an incumbent leader. The post Opposition wins historic rerun of Malawi’s presidential vote appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
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