Headlines on 2021-09-23

Biden To Stick Haitian Immigrants In Gitmo, Seeks Contractor With 'Creole-Speaking Guards' The Biden administration is looking for a private contractor to operate a migrant detention facility at the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, according to NBC News, citing government records. One requirement - some of the guards must speak Spanish and Haitian Creole, and the contractor itself needs to be able to build temporary housing facilities. The razor wire-topped fence of Camp 6...

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Stephen Silver Debt Ceiling, Americas These debt ceiling talks come at a time when criticism of the deficit and debt has been a relatively small part of the Republican critique of the Democratic administration.  Democrats and Republicans in Congress are about to get into another showdown about the debt ceiling. Per CNBC, a government shutdown will ensue around October 1 unless the parties agree to a continuing resolution to fund the government, as well as raise or suspend the debt ceiling. The...

The head of the U.N. food agency warns that 16 million people in Yemen "are marching towards starvation" and says food rations for millions will be cut in October unless new funding arrives.

U.S. firms are confident about prospects in China despite a global coronavirus pandemic and stagnant bilateral relations, according to a new survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.

Isko Moreno, the celebrity mayor of Manila City, has launched a bid to succeed Rodrigo Duterte. At 46 years old, the former actor would represent generational change for the nation of 109 million.

Workers with a higher risk, such as healthcare workers, teachers, and grocery store employees, are eligible for the booster, the FDA said Wednesday.

Taco Crush had just three kitchen staff left when it closed, its owner told Insider. He said job applicants didn't show up for interviews.

U.S. authorities are releasing thousands of Haitian migrants camped at a small Texas border town into the United States. That's despite the Biden administration's stated plans to expel them to Haiti.

For years Texas tried to lure businesses to locate there from other states. Chicago is using a new Texas abortion ban and other social issues to try to recruit businesses from the Lone Star state.

Leaders of the Pennsylvania and Wisconsin reviews had visited the widely discredited Arizona election review and now are helming similar GOP-led investigations in their home states.

Laphonza Butler is the first Black woman to lead the pro-abortion rights group EMILY's List. The group has been criticized for historically not doing enough to support Black women in politics.