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Mostly calm on Paris streets, garbage still piled up
PARIS -- A smattering of protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise France's retirement age from 62 to 64 took place Saturday in Paris and beyond, as uncollected garbage continued to reek in the streets of the French capital amid a strike by sanitation workers. Largely non-violent protests were held in various cities, including
Why the Media Is (Mostly) Screwing Up What’s Happening With Democrats
Progressives won a huge victory Friday: they blocked a stand-alone vote on a bipartisan infrastructure bill, because it violated promises President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer made over the summer that the bill would proceed in tandem with a budget reconciliation bill, one passed with only Democratic support.…