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BIDEN, VOTING, RIGHTS, FILIBUSTER
(CNN) Both President Joe Biden and Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams are citing a scheduling issue to explain why the state's most prominent voting rights activist will not be attending the Democratic president's speech on the topic in
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FAUCI, PAUL, RAND, SEN
A hot mic caught Dr. Anthony Fauci calling Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., a "moron" Tuesday after the doctor repeatedly pressed President Joe Biden's top health adviser to disclose more of his finances during a Senate Health Committee hearing, Business Insider
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CHICAGO, TEACHERS, UNION, SCHOOLS
Chicago schools to reopen for in-person learning
Students are poised to return to Chicago public schools after leaders of the teachers union approved a plan with the nation's third-largest district over COVID-19 safety protocols, ending a bitter standoff that
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COVID, 19, NEW, RECORD
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials on Tuesday sounded the alarm about a looming surge of coronavirus infections due to the highly contagious omicron variant, but stopped short of announcing new restrictions in a hard-hit country where very few limits are in place.
Russia
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FIRE, BRONX, APARTMENT, DEADLY
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Within 12 hours of New York City’s deadliest fire in decades, which killed 17 people in the Bronx on Sunday night, officials were willing and able to apportion blame. “A space heater is blamed for the deadly fire in a Bronx
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GEORGIA, ALABAMA, NATIONAL, TITLE
Alabama wide receiver Jameson Williams left Monday night’s national championship game against Georgia with a left knee injury after making a big catch on a throw from Bryce Young.
Young made the 40-yard pass to Williams in the second quarter with about 12:28
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MISSILE, KOREA, NORTH, LAUNCHES
South Korea and Japan say North Korea has fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into its eastern sea
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea on Tuesday fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into its eastern sea, its second weapons launch in a week,
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TRUMP, JUDGE, JAN, FEDERAL
In a rematch between His Fraudulency Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, Trump beats Slow Joe by six points, 46 percent to 40 percent.
Ten percent of voters prefer another candidate.
Rasmussen’s poll of 1,066 likely voters has even more bad news
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POWELL, INFLATION, FED, HEARING
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Video Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, is nominated for a second term. He faces questions from the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. Credit Credit... Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times
Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve
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BOB, SAGET, DEATH, PAL
A devastated Jimmy Kimmel delivered an emotional tribute to his friend, actor and comic Bob Saget, who died suddenly on Sunday at the age of 65.
“I’m sorry, I taped this like 14 times,” Kimmel said at one point to an empty studio as he struggled through tears.
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PIG, HEART, TRANSPLANT, FIRST
In a medical first, doctors transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life and a Maryland hospital said Monday that he’s doing well three days after the highly experimental surgery.
While it’s too soon to know if the operation
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MANDATE, COVID, UNITED, VACCINE
United says 3,000 employees have COVID, but its vaccine mandate has saved lives
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Amid a flurry of flight cancellations, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby offered a window
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PARLIAMENT, DIES, PRESIDENT, 65
European Parliament President David Sassoli died early Tuesday. He was 65. Julien Warnand/Pool Photo via Associated Press, File
BRUSSELS (AP) — David Sassoli, the Italian journalist who worked his way up in politics while defending the downtrodden and repressed
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TESTS, COVID, INSURERS, HOME
The administration is trying to give private insurers an incentive to cover the tests upfront and without a cumbersome reimbursement process. Insurance plans that work with pharmacies and retailers to cover the upfront costs of the tests will be required to
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NEW, YORK, CITY, VOTING
The New York State Republican Party, naturalized American citizens, and a Democrat city councilman have filed a lawsuit against New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) over a new policy that gives voting rights to nearly a million foreign nationals.
As Breitbart
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ROBBERY, POK, MON, LAPD
A California appeals court has upheld the firing of two Los Angeles police officers who shirked a call about an active robbery to play Pokémon Go.
Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell were fired for ignoring the call to respond to an April 2017 robbery at a mall
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DESANTIS, FLORIDA, GOV, SHIRTS
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) delivered Florida’s State of the State address on Tuesday, touting the Sunshine State as an oasis for freedom and “America’s liberty outpost” in a nation of lockdown enthusiasts who seek control through what the governor described as a
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PARTY, JOHNSON, LOCKDOWN, BORIS
Boris Johnson is in hot water for hosting a BYOB party during the U.K.'s 2020 lockdown
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office is under fire after an email emerged showing
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MCCARTHY, SCHIFF, KEVIN, SPEAKER
California Democrat Congressman Adam Schiff. What can we say about a hyperpartisan political hack who lied his ass off throughout the Russian collusion hoax nonsense, lied about Donald Trump’s phone call with Ukraine’s president, and blamed (lied about) Hunter
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BETTY, WHITE, STROKE, DEATH
Betty White died from a stroke she had six days before her Dec. 31 death at age 99, according to her death certificate
LOS ANGELES -- Betty White died from a stroke she had six days before her Dec. 31 death at age 99, according to her death certificate.
The
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