PoliticsYahoo News 360After a tough first year, can Biden fare better in year two?
By any objective measure, President Biden ended his first year in office at a low point. But there's no guarantee he'll be able to turn things around over the next 12 months.
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The court's conservative majority appears primed to knock down one of President Biden’s key COVID response strategies and possibly limit the government's regulatory authority in the process.
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The groundbreaking program that gave millions of American families monthly checks from the federal government expired at the end of the year.
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The former president's pro-vaccine statements could serve as a test of how far his influence over the GOP base really goes.
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White House officials have claimed the press has overstated the president's struggles and ignored his accomplishments, hurting his standing with the American public.
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New York City will soon permit its 800,000 residents who aren't U.S. citizens to cast ballots in local elections. Should other cities follow suit?
WorldYahoo News 360Should American athletes boycott the Beijing Olympics?
Human rights groups have called on the U.S. and other countries to skip the Games over the "ongoing genocide" of Chinese Muslims.
WorldYahoo News 360How should the U.S. react to Russia’s Ukraine threats?
Russia is amassing troops on the Ukrainian border, but experts disagree over whether strength or diplomacy is the best tacit to prevent an invasion.
U.S.Yahoo News 360Should parents be held accountable for their kids' gun violence?
Prosecutors in Michigan have taken the nearly unprecedented step of charging the parents of an alleged school shooter with involuntary manslaughter.
PoliticsYahoo News 360What abortion politics might look like in a post-Roe world
For nearly 50 years, the landmark ruling has been at the center of the debate over reproductive rights in the U.S. Its repeal wouldn't end that fight, but it would change it in fundamental ways.
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America's high rate of traffic fatalities has gotten even worse during the pandemic. Reversing the trend might require reimagining how we think about road safety.
LifestyleYahoo News 360Will travel bans help against Omicron?
Experts are divided over whether new travel restrictions imposed by the U.S. will actually help stem the spread of the troubling new variant.
U.S.Yahoo News 360Do self-defense laws allow too much room for deadly violence?
Two recent high-profile murder trials have shown both the expansiveness and limitations of self-defense rights in the United States.
“Cooking is the No. 1 way you’re polluting your home … You’re basically living in this toxic soup.”
“People (myself included) like cooking with gas! It’s one of the few energy uses that inspires brand loyalty to the fuel consumed.”
“It’s time to start making new buildings all-electric and switching out all those existing gas appliances, including gas stoves.”
“If you're looking for personal ways to protect the environment and your health right now, you have much bigger fish to fry.”
“Market-based solutions have not achieved their desired goals, thus new ways of thinking need to emerge.”