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BIDEN, HARRIS, XI, WHITE
Kamala Harris’ vice presidency has not gotten off on the right foot, and the unrest surrounding her tenure continues. A new report is out that paints Harris and her staff as feeling isolated and undefended by the administration she serves in.
But the report
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RITTENHOUSE, KYLE, TRIAL, CLOSING
KENOSHA, Wis. — The jury in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial will hear competing narrativest Monday of how the actions of the then-17-year-old should be viewed when he fatally shot two men an wounded a third during a violent protest last August.
Before the jury
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BANNON, STEVE, TRUMP, SURRENDERS
Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, turned himself in to federal authorities on Monday, days after being indicted on two counts of contempt of Congress.
Bannon, 67, spoke with the media as he entered the FBI’s Washington field office
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TRUMP, HOTEL, MCCONNELL, INAUGURATION
Author Jonathan Karl, ABC News’ chief Washington correspondent, reported that after the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, McConnell told aides he wanted top lawmakers in Congress to tell the lame-duck leader that he was not welcome at the Jan. 20 ceremony in a letter.
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LEAHY, PATRICK, REELECTION, SEEK
He's currently the longest-serving member in the U.S. Senate.
Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, currently the longest-serving member in the Senate, announced on Monday he won't run for reelection in 2022.
Leahy is chair of the Senate Appropriations
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TEXAS, BETO, GOVERNOR, ANNOUNCES
(CNN) Beto O'Rourke, the former congressman and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, on Monday launched his campaign to unseat Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in 2022.
"I'm running for governor," he tweeted alongside a video announcement. "Together, we can push
Continued at CNN...
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YEAR, ASTROWORLD, DIES, FESTIVAL
FILE PHOTO: A makeshift memorial for the concertgoers who died in a stampede during a Travis Scott performance at the 2021 Astroworld Festival grows in Houston, Texas, U.S., November 9, 2021. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare/File Photo FILE PHOTO: A makeshift memorial
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HOOK, ALEX, SANDY, JONES
Infowars host Alex Jones was found liable Monday for damages in lawsuits brought by parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting over Jones' claims that the massacre was a hoax.
Judge Barbara Bellis took the rare step of defaulting
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BELARUS, EU, SANCTIONS, BORDER
Clashes between predominantly Iraqi and Afghan migrants bussed to the European Union’s frontier by Belarus and Polish forces may be repeated as numbers swell at crossing points once again.
Pictures and video released by the Polish government showing crowds
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ARBERY, TRIAL, JACKSON, JESSE
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A judge denied mistrial requests on Monday at the trial of three White men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery after defense attorneys claimed jurors were tainted by weeping from the gallery where the slain Black man’s parents sat with
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COVID, SURGE, AUSTRIA, UNVACCINATED
Austria and Germany impose restrictions on unvaccinated people as COVID cases surge
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Austria has placed some 2 million unvaccinated people on
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INFLATION, FED, BANK, FEW
FILE PHOTO: Signboards of MUFG Bank are seen in Tokyo, Japan April 3, 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo FILE PHOTO: Signboards of MUFG Bank are seen in Tokyo, Japan April 3, 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo
November 15, 2021
By Makiko Yamazaki
TOKYO
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SPACE, DEBRIS, RUSSIAN, TEST
Russia performed a major anti-satellite weapons test that produced debris in outer space during the weekend, two U.S. officials told CNN.
"NEW — Two US officials confirm a major Russian anti-satellite weapons test over the weekend and US Space Command says
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BIDEN, NATIVE, AMERICAN, SITE
The Biden administration took a first step Monday toward banning new oil and gas leasing in and around New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon, a high-desert landscape rich in Indigenous cultural sites.
The Interior Department announced it will begin a lengthy process to
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BILLION, DISTRIBUTORS, OPIOID, WASHINGTON
FILE PHOTO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on during a news conference with Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani following a signing ceremony at the State Department in Washington, DC on November 12 , 2021. Olivier
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AMERICAN, STREET, SESAME, ASIAN
“I remember like the Atlanta shootings and how terrifying that was for me,” Kim said. “My one hope, obviously, is to actually help teach what racism is, help teach kids to be able to recognize it and then speak out against it. But then my other hope for Ji-Young
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TEXAS, GOP, SWITCHES, DEMOCRAT
Ryan Guillen (Image via Ryan Guillen Facebook Page)
Texas state representative Ryan Guillen announced on Monday that he is switching from the Democratic to the Republican Party, at a joint news conference with Governor Greg Abbott.
Guillen made the announcement
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TEENS, SHOOTING, PARK, AURORA
The shooting was at Nome Park, near Central High School.
Five teenagers were taken to a hospital after multiple people were shot at a park in Aurora, Colorado, police said.
The teens are ages 14 to 17.
The shooting happened north of Aurora Central High School
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CHINA, DEAL, OUTPUT, OCT
FILE PHOTO: Apartment blocks are pictured in Beijing, China December 16, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee FILE PHOTO: Apartment blocks are pictured in Beijing, China December 16, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee
November 15, 2021
BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s October new home
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PRICES, BIDEN, GRANHOLM, GAS
Amid skyrocketing gas prices, even Democrats are concerned President Joe Biden's inaction is choking Americans, while Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says Biden is "all over" the issue, but cannot identify a policy to support that claim.
"No industry is
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POLL, BIDEN, JOE, TRUMP
Former President Donald Trump holds a commanding lead over several other potential 2024 GOP presidential candidates in Iowa, a survey of likely Iowa GOP caucus-goers obtained by Breitbart News shows.
The survey, from pollster Rick Shaftan’s Neighborhood Research
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