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MANCHIN, BACK, BUILD, JOE
He then released a statement on his decision. In it, he said that his worries about the bill “have only increased as … inflation rises” and that “every hard-working American” is experiencing “inflation taxes that are real and harmful.”
Manchin mentioned inflation
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COVID, TRUMP, OMICRON, BOOSTER
Democrat lawmakers have warned another round of federal coronavirus stimulus aid may be necessary in the wake of the emergence of the omicron variant of the virus.
Despite Biden’s 2020 promise he would shut down the virus before announcing in July the United
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POSITIVE, TESTS, COVID, 19
(CNN) Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan tested positive for Covid-19, he tweeted Monday.
"I am feeling fine at the moment," said Hogan, who is vaccinated and has received a booster shot. The test was part of his regular testing routine, said Hogan, a Republican.
"As
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GHISLAINE, MAXWELL, TRIAL, PREDATOR
Manhattan federal prosecutors released a collection of new exhibits Monday in the Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking trial – including video of a police raid on late financier Jeffrey Epstein's Palm Beach mansion in 2005.
The evidence was made public shortly
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BIDEN, POLL, LOW, APPROVAL
As we warned way back on August 4, 2020….
True to predicted form, President Joe Biden’s hyperactive government has eviscerated the once-historically robust Donald Trump economy.
There have been little pockets of the economy that have thus far been spared
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KIM, POTTER, TRIAL, WRIGHT
Closing arguments are expected to start Monday in the manslaughter trial of former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter, who tearfully apologized last week for killing Daunte Wright during a traffic stop.
Defense attorneys for Potter, 49, rested their case
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BORDER, BIDEN, WALL, TRUMP
Tens of thousands of heavy steel slats, once destined to become part of former President Donald Trump’s border wall, are slowly rusting in the open air throughout the southwestern borderlands. The bollards—18- or 33-foot-long hollow posts, most of them reinforced
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PENG, SHUAI, CHINESE, ASSAULTED
Tennis star Peng Shuai says her accusations of sexual assault have been misunderstood
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Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis star who took to social media last month
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MASK, MANDATE, NYPD, INDOOR
New York City's police department has issued a mask mandate for all its officers, the New York Post reported.
Amid the city's surge in COVID-19 cases, the NYPD is requiring all officers, regardless of their vaccination status, to wear face coverings while
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MINNESOTA, FOUND, HOME, PEOPLE
Authorities say preliminary autopsy results show seven people whose bodies were discovered inside a Minnesota home did not die from “any obvious trauma.”
MOORHEAD, Minn. -- Preliminary autopsy results show seven people whose bodies were discovered inside a
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MISSIONARIES, DARING, ESCAPE, HAITI
Ransom money was raised to pay for the release of a group Canadian and American missionaries kidnapped in Haiti, but a dozen of them escaped captivity on their own, the U.S.-based Christian ministry group which organized their trip to the Caribbean country
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BAN, OMICRON, ISRAEL, VARIANT
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli ministers on Monday agreed to ban travel to the United States, Canada and eight other countries amid the rapid, global spread of the omicron variant.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office announced the decision following a Cabinet
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KONG, HONG, BEIJING, ELECTION
Voter turnout in Hong Kong sank to 30 percent Sunday in the first legislative election since Beijing amended the laws to reduce the number of directly elected lawmakers and vet candidates to ensure that only those loyal to China could run
HONG KONG -- Voter
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MANDATE, STATES, SUPREME, COURT
Dozens of antivax proponents rallied against a NYC mandate requiring all private-sector workers to show proof of two vaccine doses.
Business organizations, Republican-led states and other groups have asked the Supreme Court to block the Biden administration
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TERRORIST, POTENTIAL, BORDER, FEDS
Fox News contributor Tom Homan said Monday on "America Reports" that he was "not surprised" that a "potential terrorist" from Saudi Arabia had been caught attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico Border.
SAUDI ARABIAN 'POTENTIAL TERRORIST' NABBED AT US-MEXICO BORDER;
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DAVOS, GLOBAL, SUMMIT, FEARS
The World Economic Forum said Monday it is postponing its high-profile annual meeting in Davos, the latest sign that omicron is upending winter plans of even the rich and well-connected.
The annual meeting at the posh alpine resort in Switzerland attracts
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VACCINE, COVID, NOVAVAX, MANDATE
The European Commission on Monday authorized a Covid-19 vaccine made by Novavax, making it the fifth vaccine available in the 27 nations of the European Union.
“At a time where the Omicron variant is rapidly spreading, and where we need to step up vaccination
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CHILE, LEFTIST, PRESIDENT, YEAR
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A leftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government protests was elected Chile’s next president Sunday after a bruising campaign against a free-market firebrand likened to Donald Trump.
With more than 90% of polling stations
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HOLOCAUST, GRADERS, SCENES, TOLD
A Washington, D.C., elementary school staff member told third-graders in library class to reenact episodes from the Holocaust.
According to The Washington Post, the instructor, who was placed on leave Friday, directed the students to dig classmates’ mass graves
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SPIDER, HOME, BOX, OFFICE
This post extensively discusses the plot and twists of Spider-Man: No Way Home. There are spoilers here!
Spider-Man: No Way Home is impossible to talk about without giving too much away. The movie is so jam-packed with spoilers that I’m afraid to spill a word
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200, TYPHOON, PHILIPPINES, SLAMS
The death toll following the strongest typhoon to batter the Philippines this year has climbed to more than 200, with 52 other people still missing
MANILA, Philippines -- The death toll following the strongest typhoon to batter the Philippines this year has
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