Biden administration Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/biden-administration/ A platform for change Thu, 20 Jul 2023 21:37:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Republican AG’s try to cross state lines to prosecute abortions https://flux.community/joan-mccarter/2023/07/republican-ags-try-to-cross-state-lines-to-prosecute-abortions/ Thu, 20 Jul 2023 21:37:09 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=14052 Republican attorneys general in 19 states are claiming that they have the right to demand private patient records from health care providers in other states, where they have no jurisdiction. That’s the assertion they made in a letter last month to the Biden administration in opposition to a proposed rule to protect patient privacy from them. The only reason […]

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]]> China says relationship between Washington and Beijing is ‘at the lowest point since its establishment’ https://flux.community/jake-johnson/2023/06/china-says-relationship-between-washington-and-beijing-is-at-the-lowest-point-since-its-establishment/ Mon, 19 Jun 2023 21:31:35 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13832 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with leading Chinese officials, including President Xi Jinping, in Beijing on Monday in what was portrayed by both sides as an effort to ease increasingly dangerous tensions between the two nuclear-armed powers. Blinken met with Xi for roughly 35 minutes on Monday after speaking to Wang Yi, China’s […]

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]]> ‘Gut punch’: Biden pulls student debt relief for millions as GOP states sue https://flux.community/brett-wilkins/2022/09/gut-punch-biden-pulls-student-debt-relief-for-millions-as-gop-states-sue/ Fri, 30 Sep 2022 13:00:09 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12453 Progressives on Thursday decried the Biden administration’s decision to exclude millions of people from its student loan relief plan, a move meant to thwart legal challenges like the lawsuit filed on the same day by six Republican-led states seeking to block President Joe Biden’s proposal to cancel up to $20,000 of federal educational debt per […]

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]]> Biden’s student debt relief to cost a fraction of US giveaways to the megarich and Pentagon https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2022/09/bidens-student-debt-relief-to-cost-a-fraction-of-us-giveaways-to-the-megarich-and-pentagon/ Tue, 27 Sep 2022 13:00:56 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12423 As opponents of U.S. President Joe Biden’s student debt cancellation plan weaponized a new government analysis on its estimated cost, some Democratic lawmakers on Monday pointed to the report as further evidence that the administration is on the right track. In response to a request by a pair of Republicans, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said that Biden’s […]

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]]> Democrats urge Biden administration to use HIPAA to protect abortion rights and privacy https://flux.community/shefali-luthra/2022/09/democrats-urge-biden-administration-to-use-hipaa-to-protect-abortion-rights-and-privacy/ Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:00:21 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12296 Thirty Democratic senators led by Washington’s Patty Murray are calling on the Biden administration to use health care privacy laws to protect patients’ reproductive health information, specifically when it comes to abortion. In the letter sent Tuesday, first shared with The 19th, the senators ask the Biden administration to use the Health Insurance Portability and […]

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]]> ‘Pandemic is far from over’: People’s CDC tells Congress to fund covid response https://flux.community/kenny-stancil/2022/08/pandemic-is-far-from-over-peoples-cdc-tells-congress-to-fund-covid-response/ Wed, 31 Aug 2022 13:00:50 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12179 A progressive coalition called the People’s CDC on Tuesday criticized the federal government for releasing a “horrifying set” of relaxed public health guidelines earlier this month and urged lawmakers to allocate sufficient funding to ensure that everyone has free access to masks, tests, treatments, vaccines, and other resources needed to defeat Covid-19. “The pandemic is far from over,” the People’s […]

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]]> Women — particularly women of color — stand to benefit most from Biden’s student loan relief plan https://flux.community/nadra-nittle/2022/08/women-particularly-women-of-color-stand-to-benefit-most-from-bidens-student-loan-relief-plan/ Thu, 25 Aug 2022 13:00:44 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12138 President Joe Biden announced a highly anticipated plan Wednesday to offer student loan relief to more than 40 million people, a move supporters hope will have life-changing ramifications for borrowers, particularly women, who hold two-thirds of student loan debt, and women of color, whose loan debt is highest. Biden is forgiving $20,000 in student debt for […]

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]]> In ‘critical step to fight monkeypox,’ Biden administration declares emergency https://flux.community/brett-wilkins/2022/08/in-critical-step-to-fight-monkeypox-biden-administration-declares-emergency/ Fri, 05 Aug 2022 18:00:14 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11951 Following growing activist pressure and criticism, the Biden administration on Thursday declared monkeypox a national public health emergency, a move that empowers federal agencies to better direct resources toward combating an outbreak that’s infected thousands of Americans. Speaking to reporters at an afternoon press briefing, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said the administration is […]

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]]> Student loan payments are set to resume Aug. 31, if Biden doesn’t extend the pause https://flux.community/laura-clawson/2022/08/student-loan-payments-are-set-to-resume-aug-31-if-biden-doesnt-extend-the-pause/ Thu, 04 Aug 2022 13:00:11 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11934 The Biden administration’s pause on federal student loan payments expires on Aug. 31, and no one knows what’s going on with that as President Joe Biden continues to dither and delay on the issue of student debt. Biden campaigned on forgiving “a minimum of $10,000/person of federal student loans,” and he’s been pressured to do much more, but with […]

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]]> Biden administration renews deportation relief for Syrian immigrants https://flux.community/gabe-ortiz/2022/08/biden-administration-renews-deportation-relief-for-syrian-immigrants/ Wed, 03 Aug 2022 13:00:44 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11928 The Biden administration has announced that it is extending and redesignating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syria, citing “ongoing armed conflict and extraordinary and temporary conditions in Syria that prevent individuals from safely returning.” Under the extension, eligible applicants will be protected from deportation and allowed to work legally for another 18 months, through March 2024. The […]

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