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News Roundup – Delta Variant, Insurrection, DACA

The Delta variant is ripping its way through the United States. Florida now averages 6,000 new cases per day, the highest rate of any U.S. state. It's a 91 percent jump from just last week. The Delta variant now accounts for 83 percent of U.S. Covid-19 cases. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two Republican selections for the bipartisan commission to investigate tahe Jan. 6 insurrection made by Minority Leaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy. The two GOP representatives in question, Rep. Jim Jordan and Rep. Jim Banks, are virulent supporters of former President Trump and have engaged with theories that the 2020 election was rigged. A federal judge in Texas ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is unlawful and suspended new applicants to the program. Those already accepted, however, will continue to be allowed to live and work in the United States.see more
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News Roundup – Delta Variant, Insurrection, DACA

The Delta variant is ripping its way through the United States. Florida now averages 6,000 new cases per day, the highest rate of any U.S. state. It's a 91 percent jump from just last week. The Delta variant now accounts for 83 percent of U.S. Covid-19 cases. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two Republican selections for the bipartisan commission to investigate tahe Jan. 6 insurrection made by Minority Leaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy. The two GOP representatives in question, Rep. Jim Jordan and Rep. Jim Banks, are virulent supporters of former President Trump and have engaged with theories that the 2020 election was rigged. A federal judge in Texas ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is unlawful and suspended new applicants to the program. Those already accepted, however, will continue to be allowed to live and work in the United States.see more
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