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'The official declined to provide details on the scope of the sanctions, but they are being taken in concert with the European Union. Representatives from the bloc's 27 members reportedly voted Monday to implement the first sanctions under its new human rights sanction program, targeting four Russian officials for Navalny's imprisonment.'![]()
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Biden to hit Russia with sanctions for opposition leader Navalny's poisoning, detention
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The move was coordinated with U.S. allies in Europe in a message to Moscow.
'Biden’s decision to wade in publicly on behalf of a unionization push, particularly at a time when private-sector organizing faces difficulty in holding it’s ranks, marked a major shift in how presidential administrations have addressed labor politics.'![]()
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Inside Joe Biden’s decision to dive into the Amazon union drive
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The quasi-endorsement was weeks in the making, spurring on by private talks with labor leaders and Democratic officials.
“To the best of my knowledge, there will be a vote on the minimum wage, and we’ll see what happens,” he said. “I intend to offer the bill that will raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, and we’ll see how the votes go.”![]()
“If we fail in this legislation, I will be back,” he warned. “We are going to keep going.![]()
“We are going to raise that minimum wage very shortly to $15 an hour,” he said.![]()
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Sanders vows to force vote on $15 minimum wage
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Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says Democrats should “ignore” the recent ruling of the Senate parliamentarian and is vowing to force the Senate to vote this week on an amendment to set the federal minimum wage a
'The prosecutors working for the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., have been interviewing witnesses who know Mr. Weisselberg and have asked at least one witness about Mr. Weisselberg’s sons, Barry and Jack Weisselberg, according to two of the people with knowledge of the matter.![]()
Barry Weisselberg has been the property manager of Trump Wollman Rink in Central Park, and Jack works at Ladder Capital, one of Mr. Trump’s biggest lenders.![]()
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Prosecutors Investigating Trump Focus on His Finance Chief
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Manhattan district attorney investigators who are examining possible financial fraud have asked witnesses about Allen Weisselberg, the chief financial officer at the Trump Organization.
“Defendant — dressed all in black, wearing a tactical vest — led the Proud Boys through the use of encrypted communications and military-style equipment,” prosecutors allege, “and he led them with the specific plans to: split up into groups, attempt to break into the Capitol building from as many different points as possible, and prevent the Joint Session of Congress from Certifying the Electoral College results.”![]()
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Prosecutors fill in details of Proud Boys assault on Capitol
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Members are alleged to have dressed “incognito” on Jan. 6, then fanned out to prevent law enforcement from identifying them en masse.