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Mass shooters over the age of 60 are rare, but often differ from younger gunmen in motives and actions prior to their attack.

1:44 P.M. EST MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  I always hear, like, comments when I walk in, and it’s always so funny.  (Laughs.) All right.  Good afternoon, everyone.  Q    Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  For the second time in recent days, a California community has been devastated by a mass shooting and families are mourning loved ones lost to a senseless act of…
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Roosevelt Room 3:10 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Well, I’m excited. We got a strong group of leaders here, a new start and a new Congress. And I’m excited about the leadership we have running the Democratic side. We — we got a lot done in the last couple years, and we got a lot more…
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This afternoon President Biden and Vice President Harris hosted Leader Schumer, Senator Durbin, Senator Stabenow, Leader Jeffries, Representative Clark, and Representative Aguilar in the Roosevelt Room. The leaders agreed on the importance of building on the historic economic progress being achieved because of their shared accomplishments from the last two years, including the lowest unemployment…
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Vice President Kamala Harris spoke today with Prime Minister Keith Rowley of Trinidad and Tobago to continue their dialogue on efforts to strengthen the energy security and climate resilience of the Caribbean.  The Vice President conveyed to the Prime Minister that the Treasury Department would take action to help meet the region’s long term energy…
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From its first day in office, the Biden-Harris Administration has focused on helping the nation’s businesses recover from the economic impact of the pandemic and grow. Last week, the Census Bureau released data that showed that over the last two years Americans have applied to start 10.5 million new businesses, making 2021 and 2022 the…
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Once seen as the Chinese Beverly Hills, Monterey Park is now seen as Asian America’s ‘town square’ – the impact of a mass shooting there will ripple across the country.

Today’s state unemployment rates give even more reasons for optimism all over the country. We see record lows from Pennsylvania to South Dakota to Alaska. 38 states are now at or below 4 percent unemployment, including 15 States at or below 3 percent. At the same time, with the Inflation Reduction Act, we’re delivering on…
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In a thin-obsessed culture, fatness has become its own kind of monster.

A passport from the United Arab Emirates will get you into far more destinations than one from Afghanistan. Gaps like this have big implications for people’s ability to travel, reside and work.