Former President Trump downgraded the U.S. consulate’s operations and placed them under the authority of his ambassador to Israel when he moved the embassy to Jerusalem.
Katherine Lee
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Biden doubling emergency spending to prepare for hurricanes, storms, climate change
2021 has already had significant winter storms that caused a deadly blackout in Texas and other states and underscore the damage caused by climate change.
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EU leaders agree on Belarus sanctions after plane is diverted to arrest journalist
A Ryanair flight was forcibly diverted to Belarus in order to arrest an opposition journalist in a dramatic gambit that some said amounted to state terrorism or sheer piracy.
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U.S. disasters show gaps in $1.7 trillion infrastructure plan
Three times this year, major pieces of U.S. infrastructure have failed: first the Texas power grid, then the East Coast’s main gasoline pipeline, then a freeway bridge over the Mississippi River.
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Facing backlash, Japan ponders a zero-spectator Olympics
Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics are set to decide next month if local spectators will be allowed to attend events, even as Japan works to tamp down a wave of infections.
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Texas governor signs law banning abortions as early as 6 weeks
The legislation puts Texas in line with more than a dozen other states that ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
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Congress passes bill to fight hate crimes against Asian Americans
President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bipartisan denunciation of the spate of brutal attacks that have proliferated during coronavirus pandemic.
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Charles Grodin, ‘Midnight Run,’ ‘Heartbreak Kid,’ star, dies at 86
Grodin had roles ranging from Robert De Niro’s counterpart in the comic thriller ‘Midnight Run’ to the bedeviled father in the ‘Beethoven’ comedies.
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Palestinians go on strike as Israel-Hamas fighting rages
U.S. officials said the Biden administration was privately encouraging Israel to wind down its bombardment of Gaza, and Egyptian negotiators also were working to halt the fighting.
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Biden moving to improve legal services for poor, minorities
President Joe Biden plans to take executive action to ensure minorities, low-income Americans and others have better access to quality legal representation after services dwindled during the Trump administration.