Tag: policy
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Biden apologizes for forced Native American boarding school policy that caused abuse and deaths of children
PHOENIX — President Joe Biden delivered an apology Friday for a United States policy that forcibly separated generations of indigenous children from their families for more than 150 years and sent them to federally backed boarding schools for forced assimilation. “I formally apologize as president of the United States of America for what we did,”…
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Texas policy, heat fuel rise in migrant deaths
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Operation Lone Star and extreme heat have transformed a small patch of desert in the suburbs of El Paso into one of the most dangerous stretches of the southern border–with the number of migrant deaths in the area 10 times…
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The judge handling Boeing’s plea deal asks Justice Department to explain its diversity policy
The federal judge considering Boeing’s plea deal with prosecutors wants to know how the Justice Department’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies would affect the selection of an independent monitor to oversee the aerospace company during a three-year probation period. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, a conservative nominated to the federal bench in Fort Worth, Texas,…
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Texas county adopts policy to ensure unclaimed bodies are treated with dignity
This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. A Texas county that for years gave unclaimed bodies to a local medical school without families’ consent will now cremate or bury those people instead — but only after officials document that they have done all…
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Kamala Harris points to California experience and criticizes Trump when asked how she would differ from Biden on border policy
LAS VEGAS — Vice President Kamala Harris sidestepped a town hall question Thursday about how she would handle the border differently than President Joe Biden, instead pointing to her experience on the issue and pivoting to attack former President Donald Trump’s policies. “Let me start with this, perhaps what distinguishes me from at least a…
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Muslim group endorses Harris despite opposition to her Gaza policy
One of the nation’s largest Muslim political groups endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday despite fierce opposition to her Middle East policy, saying that stopping former President Donald Trump is paramount. “We feel it’s our obligation to speak truthfully to our communities as they grapple with perhaps the most difficult electoral choice they’ve ever…
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Kamala Harris gets pressed for policy details: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, reporter Curtis Bunn brings us a dispatch from Kamala Harris’ interview with members of the National Association of…