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On the campaign trail, Joe Biden promised to be a president for all Americans – reaching across the aisle and tempering the progressive left. But in his first three months in office, President Biden has been pushing through an ambitious agenda that expands the reach of government in many areas, so far without any Republican votes.  The White House is calling its approach “bipartisan” because it incorporates some Republican ideas and has garnered approval from some Republican voters, mayors, and governors.  They point to polls showing the general popularity ...

The women were fighting for their lives against ISIS, true, but also for their own equality. Why We Wrote This The Kurdish women who battled ISIS had a vision far beyond victory. By demonstrating their innate abilities, they lay the foundation for opportunity and equality for generations to come. As Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, author of “The Daughters of Kobani,” explains, YPJ soldiers “tested themselves, day in and day out, against one of the most brutal fighting forces the world has ever seen. They couldn’t separate the political piece from the fighting; without the military victories, th...

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Washington When President Joe Biden named Kamala Harris as his running mate, there were whispers about her ambition – would a former rival be a loyal soldier to a president she so sharply criticized on the campaign trail? Fueling those whispers was their relationship – while cordial, it was initially not particularly close. But 100 days into Mr. Biden’s term, things look very different. Ms. Harris has become one of the administration’s most prominent advocates for Mr. Biden’s agenda, standing alongside him at most of his major announcements and building a relationship that aides say...

By Seth Stern Correspondent The 2014 kidnapping of 276 high school students in northeast Nigeria by the Boko Haram extremist group triggered a burst of worldwide mass outrage channeled onto Twitter. Everyone from singer Mary J. Blige to former first lady Michelle Obama to Pope Francis tweeted in support of the children, using the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls. The massive foreign intervention that followed eventually included South African mercenaries and drones from the same elite U.S. military aerial unit deployed to kill Osama bin Laden. All this celebrity-fueled attention may have o...