10 things you need to know today: July 14, 2021

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1. Biden says laws to restrict voting rights are 'an assault on democracy'

In Philadelphia on Tuesday, President Biden called on Americans to challenge efforts to restrict voting rights, saying the United States is undergoing "the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War." Since the 2020 presidential election, when former President Donald Trump falsely claimed that there was widespread voter fraud, at least 14 states have enacted strict voting laws. Biden called this "attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote in free and fair elections" an "assault on democracy, an assault on liberty, an assault on who we are as Americans." Lawmakers must pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, Biden said, and he asked "my Republican friends in Congress and states and cities and counties to stand up for God's sake, and help prevent this concerted effort to undermine our election and the sacred right to vote. Have you no shame?"

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