Keya Vakil is the deputy political editor at COURIER. He previously worked as a researcher in the film industry and dabbled in the political world.
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New Poll: Voters Support Jan. 6 Hearings, but Worry Trump Republicans Will Promote Violence
The findings come as the US House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack will hold the first of six public hearings Thursday night in primetime.
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EXCLUSIVE: Voters Oppose National Abortion Ban and Are ‘Worried,’ ‘Sad,’ and ‘Angry’ Over State of Abortion Rights, According to New Poll
Sixty-eight percent of likely voters oppose a national ban on abortion, according to a new Courier Newsroom/Data for Progress poll.
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EXCLUSIVE: Rick Scott’s Plan to Raise Taxes and Potentially End Social Security and Medicare Is Massively Unpopular, Poll Shows
Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who is in charge of winning back control of the US Senate for the Republican Party, introduced a plan that would raise taxes and could end Social Security and Medicare for 4.8 million of his own constituents and eliminate Medicaid coverage for another 4.5 million Floridians.
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Biden’s COVID Relief Plan Is a Huge Deal for Women. Here’s How.
Study after study has found that women, particularly women of color, have borne the brunt of the pandemic’s economic toll, losing jobs and leaving the workforce in alarming numbers.
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Should Companies Pay Workers to Get Vaccinated? Here’s What Two Doctors Have to Say.
The trend to pay workers to get vaccinated comes as public health officials address vaccine hesitancy, a hurdle in the nation’s quest to end the pandemic.
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In 24 Hours, Biden Has Released More of a COVID Plan Than Trump Did in a Year
Biden’s first full day in office proves a commitment to science and exemplifies something the Trump administration failed to have: a national strategy.
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Biden Urges Unity to Defeat COVID, Racism, Climate Change, and White Supremacy
Biden’s speech represented a sharp contrast from the one delivered four years ago by the now former President Donald Trump, who spoke of “American carnage”—a grim yet accurate foreshadowing for an administration
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Twitter Permanently Suspends President Trump
Twitter’s actions deprive the president of the megaphone by which he has incited violence and chaos for the last four years.
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Hundreds of Domestic Terrorists Violently Storm Capitol Building in Attempted Coup Encouraged By Trump
Vice President Mike Pence was removed from the building due to the violence. This is a breaking story.
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Heroes of 2020: Three Americans Share Why They Volunteered For COVID Vaccine Trials
Without tens of thousands of volunteers around the world, the US would not currently have two vaccines to battle the coronavirus. These are those volunteers’ stories.
