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A version of this story appeared in CNN's What Matters newsletter.... " We are not here to celebrate," Martin Luther King III stressed Saturday.... " We are tired of being patient" on voting rights....

Invoking King, Biden said the country was still working to live up to its ideals as a nation and had reached an inflection point on issues including fighting voting restrictions.“ I know that progress does not come fast enough, ” Biden said.... Biden has promised to push for the legislation, but supporters are growing impatient that he has not embraced changing Senate rules to end the filibuster to break through the logjam.... What happens if Joe Manchin kills it?...

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris stand together at the Martin Luther King, Jr.... Memorial as they arrive to attend an event marking the 10th anniversary of the dedication of memorial in Washington, on Oct.... " I know that progress does not come fast enough," Biden said....

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to declassify files related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Dr.... He asked an aide standing nearby to give the marker to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who he's nominated to be secretary of Health and Human Services. Trump has long vowed to make the information public.... President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Jan....

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As the nation prepares to mark the birthday of the Rev.... Martin Luther King Jr., some members of his family are spending it in conservative-leaning Arizona to mobilize support for languishing federal voting rights legislation.... Another reason the family chose to appear in Arizona is to send a message to Sen....

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