DC Mayor Requests National Guard’s Help for US-Africa Leaders Summit – NBC4 Washington
President Joe Biden has approved a request from Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser for the National Guard’s assistance during next week’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. The National Guard troops will not be armed and will primarily help with traffic. DC @MayorBowser has requested National Guard assistance next week for Africa Leaders Summit. The request has been […]
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Senate approves treaty to combat climate change | #alaska | #politics
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CNN — The Senate ratified an international climate treaty to phase out hydrofluorocarbons – potent greenhouse gases used in air conditioning and refrigeration. The vote was 69-27, with more than half of Republican senators objecting. In 2016, the United Nations struck an agreement known as the Kigali Amendment to the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances […]
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Business Highlights: Inflation gauge, summer travel costs | #alaska | #politics
___ Key inflation gauge slowed to still-high 6.3% over past year WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve rose 6.3% in April from a year earlier, just below a four-decade high set in March and the first slowdown since November 2020. The report added to other recent signs showing that […]
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