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A swing sits empty on a playground outside in Providence, R.I., March 7, 2020. Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy estimates that the number of children in poverty grew by 3.7 million from December 2021 to January 2022, a 41% increase, just one month without the expanded child tax credit payments. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

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Study: Child poverty rising after tax credit expires
By ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press
Wed,02/23/22-5:13PM , 365 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of children in America living in poverty jumped dramatically after just one month without the expanded child tax credit payments, according to a new study. Advocates fear the lapse in payments could unravel what they say were landmark achievements in poverty reduction.
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President Joe Biden speaks from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Dec. 6, 2021. The Biden administration is distributing an additional $4.5 billion in funds to help low-income Americans cover heating costs during a second pandemic winter, with cold-weather states receiving the largest share. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FIle)

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White House highlights effort to cover winter heating bills
By ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press
Fri,01/07/22-5:00AM , 745 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is distributing an additional $4.5 billion in funds to help low-income Americans cover heating costs during a second pandemic winter, with cold-weather states receiving the lar
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President Joe Biden signs the "Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act" into law during a ceremony in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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US to lift omicron-linked travel ban on southern Africa
By ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press
Fri,12/24/21-8:15AM , 300 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will lift travel restrictions on eight southern African countries that it imposed to try to blunt the spread of the COVID omicron variant, the White House announced Friday.
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Both sides planning for new state-by-state abortion fight
By ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press
Sun,12/05/21-6:36AM , 292 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Supreme Court court weighs the future of the landmark 1973 Roe v.
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