Shares of the world s largest streaming service surged 14% to add more than $30 billion to its market capitalization, helping boost the broader tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index .
No stimulus could be too large for New York City, where capital needs for public housing are as high as $40 billion and the MTA is facing long-term structural challenges.
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Joe Biden is poised to begin his presidency with a wake-up call for Canadians who expect him to compromise his climate agenda in the name of diplomacy.
The president-elect’s apparent plan to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline expansion as one of his first actions after Wednesday’s inauguration, laid out in leaked transition documents, shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. It’s what he promised during last year’s U.S. campaign, it’s easy to act on and failing to do so swiftly would have sounded alarms within the Democratic Party’s base.
01/19/2021 at 12:12 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White
With a Democrat-controlled Congress and presidency, the pro-life movement will likely focus more on state level legislation even as abortion lobbyists continue their own push to codify Roe v. Wade.
By Lauretta Brown, National Catholic Register, January 18, 2021
WASHINGTON With a new 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court, state restrictions on abortion as well as extremely permissive abortion laws have been increasing as pro-life advocates attempt incremental challenges to
Roe v. Wade and abortion activists attempt to enshrine abortion into state law.
Additionally, with a Democrat-controlled Congress and presidency, the pro-life movement will likely increase focus on bills at the state level in 2021.
Some of the changes may not even need the backing of Congress. Political strategists say President-elect Joe Biden will be able to take care of some reversals on his wish list with the stroke of a pen via executive order.