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WASHINGTON – Today, President Biden announced his intent to appoint six members to the National Cancer Advisory Board, which plays an important role in guiding the Director of the National Cancer Institute in setting the course for the national cancer research program. The National Cancer Advisory Board will complement the Cancer Moonshot, which President Biden…
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When I took office, we faced high unemployment, an economy in crisis, and main streets shuttered across the country. I knew we needed to not just get families back to work and businesses re-opened, we needed to rebuild our economy so no one was left behind. For the past two years, I have relied on…
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East Room (February 1, 2023) 5:27 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: (Applause.) Whoa! (Applause.) Hello, everyone. I want — please, have a seat if you have one. (Laughter.) I want to — for the press, I want to put an end to the rumors that the rest of the staff has not quit because he’s leaving.…
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES SUBJECT:       Supporting Access to Leave for Federal Employee By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to strengthen the Federal Government as a model employer, it is hereby ordered as follows:…
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It turns out that there are some benefits to all the time we spend commuting.

Russia’s refusal to allow the US to inspect its nuclear arsenal could reignite pressure for the US to develop new nuclear weapons.

Tu BiShvat has religious roots, but early Zionists embraced the day in new, more secular ways.

ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are remarkably good at answering your questions. Just don’t take the answers seriously. Sometimes, though, potentially fact-free answers are just fine.

The opportunity to place bets has changed the way games look, the way they’re talked about – and, of course, how many people have money riding on the outcome.

Founding Father and Princeton University president John Witherspoon told American colonists to resist the ‘slavery’ of British rule, even as he held slaves himself.