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Biden to discuss election integrity and media at close of democracy summit
Good morning, US politics live blog readers! Here’s what’s coming up today:
- The US president will be closing the virtual Summit for Democracy this afternoon. Biden will be focusing on election integrity and bolstering independent media, reports the Associated Press, with remarks at 1.45pm ET
- The president, the first lady, Jill Biden, the vice-president, Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff will be attending the memorial service for former US senator Bob Dole at 11 am ET. Biden will share remarks.
- A supreme court ruling will be coming out today at 10am ET. Most people are expecting a decision on the Texas abortion law.
- New data out shows that inflation is impacting people across all incomes, reports Axios. The consumer price index for November shows rising inflation despite economic data showing an increase in wages, falling gas prices, and other markers of economic recovery amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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source: theguardian.com