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President Joe Biden speaks from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Dec. 6, 2021. The Biden administration is distributing an additional $4.5 billion in funds to help low-income Americans cover heating costs during a second pandemic winter, with cold-weather states receiving the largest share. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FIle)

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White House highlights effort to cover winter heating bills
By ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press
Fri,01/07/22-5:00AM , 235 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is distributing an additional $4.5 billion in funds to help low-income Americans cover heating costs during a second pandemic winter, with cold-weather states receiving the lar
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President Joe Biden signs the "Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act" into law during a ceremony in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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US to lift omicron-linked travel ban on southern Africa
By ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press
Fri,12/24/21-8:15AM , 102 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will lift travel restrictions on eight southern African countries that it imposed to try to blunt the spread of the COVID omicron variant, the White House announced Friday.
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Manchin's child tax credit stance draws criticism back home
By ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press
Thu,12/16/21-11:50PM , 111 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin’s reluctance to endorse the Biden administration’s expanded child tax credit program is rippling through his home state of West Virginia.
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Thousands of military families struggle with food insecurity
By ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press
Sun,11/14/21-6:28AM , 119 Reads
SAN DIEGO (AP) — It’s a hidden crisis that has existed for years inside one of the most well-funded institutions on the planet and has only worsened during the coronavirus pandemic. As many as 160,000 active-duty military members are having trouble feeding their families.
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