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March 14th, 2021 
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Key moments from Biden’s first national address
The Biden administration is struggling to find ground with North Korea with the country failing to respond to outreach from a behind-the-scenes diplomatic push, according to a new report.
A senior Biden official told Reuters that Mr Biden has so far yielded no response from Pyongyang, raising questions about how President Joe Biden will approach concerns surrounding North Korea’s nuclear arsenal.
Domestically, the president has deployed emergency officials to help care for thousands of unaccompanied migrant teens and children despite having insisted there is no “crisis” at the border.
On Capitol Hill, some House Democrats have made clear that they will not engage in bipartisan work with any Republican who continue to question the outcome of the presidential election.
Massachusetts freshman Representative Jake Auchincloss has said he would “throw cold water on the whole thing” if it turns out a GOP member has refused to admit that Mr Biden won the election he told NBC News.
Elsewhere, supporters of former president Donald Trump are being mocked on Twitter after they announced Mr Trump is “getting in shape for 2024” alongside a photo of him looking forlorn in Mar-a-Lago.
“President Trump is looking better than ever before!! He’s getting in shape for 2024 and the liberals are freaking out!!,” author and presidential appointee Nick Adams said alongside an unflattering photo of Mr Trump.
‘Jim Crow in a suit and tie’: Stacey Abrams condemns slate of GOP voter suppression laws
Democratic voting rights activist Stacey Abrams has condemned the voting legislation being passed by Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country as “racist” because it tends to target and outlaw voting practices that have directly correlated with higher minority turnout such as mail-in voting and early in-person voting.
Griffin Connolly has the story:
Louise Hall14 March 2021 14:39
Biden marks anniversary of Breonna Taylor shooting
President Joe Biden marked the one-year anniversary of the killing of Breonna Taylor at the hands of Louisville police officers on Saturday, calling her death a “tragedy”.
“Breonna Taylor’s death was a tragedy, a blow to her family, her community, and America,” the president posted on Twitter.
“As we continue to mourn her, we must press ahead to pass meaningful police reform in Congress. I remain committed to signing a landmark reform bill into law,” he said.
Taylor, a decorated Emergency Medical Technician, 26, was shot dead by police officers in her apartment in Louisville on 13 March last year during a botched drug raid.
In the wake of Ms Taylor’s death, a grand jury formed by state Attorney General Daniel Cameron charged one officer with putting Ms Taylor’s neighbours in danger but issued no charges related to her death.
Two of the officers who fired shots were dismissed from the department, along with a detective who sought the warrant.
Louise Hall14 March 2021 14:36
House Democrats says they won’t co-operate with Republicans who made false election fraud claims
Some House Democrats have made clear that they will not engage in bipartisan work with any Republican who went out of their way to question the outcome of the presidential election.
Following Joe Biden’s victory in the 6 November election, an overwhelming number of GOP lawmakers supported claims of Donald Trump to differing degrees in his attacks on the legitimacy of the US vote.
However, those who voted against certifying the election even after the riot on 6 January simply went too far in the eyes of many Democrats.
Massachusetts freshman Representative Jake Auchincloss said he was now googling fellow members of Congress from the other side of the aisle before starting any kind of cooperation across party lines.
“I kind of throw cold water on the whole thing,” if it turns out a GOP member has refused to admit that Joe Biden won the election, he told NBC News.
Gustaf Kilander reports:
Louise Hall14 March 2021 14:31
Children packed into Border Patrol tent for days on end and forced to sleep on floor, lawyers claim
Hundreds of immigrant children and teenagers have been detained at a Border Patrol tent facility in packed conditions, according to nonprofit lawyers who conduct oversight of immigrant detention centers, the Associated Press reported.
Lawyers have said that some of the minors are sleeping on the floor because there aren’t enough mats while others said they had been at the facility for a week or longer, despite the agency’s three-day limit for detaining children.
The lawyers interviewed more than a dozen children Thursday in Donna, Texas, where the Border Patrol is holding more than 1,000 people.
Many reportedly said they haven’t been allowed to phone their parents or other relatives who may be wondering where they are and are kept in close quarters despite the pandemic, waiting days to shower without adequate provisions.
President Joe Biden s administration denied the lawyers access to the tent facility and the Justice Department declined to comment on Thursday on why the lawyers were denied access when contacted by AP.
The Biden administration has not responded to several requests from the AP seeking access to the tent.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday described the ongoing situation at the border as a “challenge” while addressing claims that children were being held for days in “jail-like” facilities.
“While there are no final policy decisions, there are a variety of actions under consideration, including identifying and assessing other licensed facilities that can help add safe capacity for these children,” she said,
She added the administration intends to relaunch the Central American Minors program to accelerate “the unification of children with vetted families — family and sponsors; steps like embedding HHS and ORR in the earlier parts of the process.”
Additional reporting by the Associated Press
Louise Hall14 March 2021 14:26
Biden deploying emergency officials to border to deal with rise in child migrants – despite insisting there is no ‘crisis’
The Biden administration has been forced to deploy emergency federal officials to the Mexico border to help care for thousands of unaccompanied migrant teens and children despite refusing to label the situation a “crisis”.
The Department of Homeland Security said on Saturday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is being deployed as the young people are packed into detention cells and tent shelters.
Government figures show a growing crisis at the border as hundreds of children illegally enter the US from Mexico daily and are taken into custody.
However, the Biden administration has refused to call the situation a “crisis” with administration officials instead describing the ongoing circumstances as a “challenge.”
President Joe Biden has ended the Trump-era practice of expelling immigrant children who cross the border alone but maintained expulsions of immigrant families and single adults.
FEMA will support a governmentwide effort over the next three months to safely receive, shelter and transfer minor children who arrive alone at the US southwest border.
Additional reporting by the Associated Press
Louise Hall14 March 2021 14:14
Louise Hall14 March 2021 13:59
North Korea ‘has not responded to behind-the-scenes approaches from Biden administration’
North Korea has not responded to outreach from the Biden administration, according to a report citing a senior Joe Biden official.
Reuters has reported that a behind-the-scenes diplomatic push that began in mid-February has so far yielded no response from Pyongyang, raising questions about how President Joe Biden will approach concerns surrounding North Korea’s nuclear arsenal.
The US’s top diplomat, Antony Blinken, and defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, are due to make a trip to South Korea and Japan next week, with North Korea’s nuclear capabilities set to be high on the agenda.
Sean Russell reports:
Louise Hall14 March 2021 13:59
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Louise Hall14 March 2021 13:47
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