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Senate approves budget bill to pass Biden economic relief plan — Vice President Harris breaks tie on budget resolution after all-night Senate session — The Senate approved a budget bill early Friday that paves the way for passage of President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package …
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Joe Biden's Fast 15 Days — He is working to untie—or cut through—the political knot of the economic relief bill, even as his team moves swiftly on several other fronts. — In his first 100 days, Franklin Roosevelt jammed a transformative agenda through Congress—combating mass immiseration …
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Senate approves budget bill as Harris casts tie-breaker vote
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Biden issues dire economic warning as he keeps up pressure for COVID relief bill
Biden issues dire economic warning as he keeps up pressure for COVID relief bill
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Uphill: AOC's January 6 Account
Uphill: AOC's January 6 Account
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Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's ‘fine’ being ousted from committees: 'It'd be a waste of my time' — The House on Thursday took unprecedented step of removing Greene from her two committee assignments — Rep. Matt Gaetz: Rep. Greene's removal wasn't an attack on her, it was aimed at her voters
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What Marjorie Taylor Greene's Repugnant Comments Can Teach Us All — “All true” was her response to the claims the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, was an inside job. — “Exactly” was her reaction to someone saying the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, was a “false flag.”
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The three factions of House Republicans
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Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
The media can't ignore Marjorie Taylor Greene. Can they figure out how to cover her?
The media can't ignore Marjorie Taylor Greene. Can they figure out how to cover her?
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Trump's allies fear the impeachment trial could be a PR nightmare — Allies of former President Donald Trump are imploring his impeachment team to avoid one specific topic when they defend the ex-president at his Senate trial next week: the deadly riot that unfolded at the U.S. Capitol.
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Christopher Plummer Dies: Oscar Winner & ‘Sound Of Music,’ ‘All The Money In The World’ Star A True Hollywood Legend — Christopher Plummer, who starred in The Sound of Music, won an Oscar for Beginners and was nominated for All the Money in the World and The Last Station …
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POLITICO Playbook: Larry Summers plays the skunk at the Covid relief party — DRIVING THE DAY — LITERALLY BREAKING OVERNIGHT — Vote-a-rama as of 5:35 a.m. ... @caitlinzemma: “Senate PASSES the budget resolution Democrats can use to speed passage of Biden's $1.9T coronavirus plan, 50-51, with VP Harris breaking the tie.
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The Biden stimulus is admirably ambitious. But it brings some big risks, too.
The Biden stimulus is admirably ambitious. But it brings some big risks, too.
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Sen. Warner to unveil bill reining in Section 230, seeking to help users fight back against real-world harm — Sen. Mark Warner is set to introduce a new bill that could hold Facebook, Google and other tech giants more directly accountable when viral online posts and videos result in real-world harm.
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This is the Democrats' plan to limit Section 230
This is the Democrats' plan to limit Section 230
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Rachel Powell, Mercer County Mother Of 8 Wanted In Connection To Capitol Riots, Taken Into Custody — MERCER COUNTY (KDKA) - A Mercer County woman wanted for her involvement in the riots at the U.S. Capitol last month has been taken into custody. — According to law enforcement …
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FBI Raids Home Of Rachel Powell, Mercer County Mother Of 8 Suspected In Capitol Attack
FBI Raids Home Of Rachel Powell, Mercer County Mother Of 8 Suspected In Capitol Attack
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After Years in Government, Biden Has a New Perk: Air Force One. — On Friday, he flies home for the first time as president. But it may not be on the plane that has delighted his predecessors. — WASHINGTON — President Biden has served in elected office for almost four decades.
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THIS IS A PRIMAL SCREAM — “All I hear all the livelong day is ‘Mom, mom, MOM! Mom, MOMMMM, mom, MOM, mom!! MoM, mommommommom, MOMMM!!’ Aaaaah!! ‘What?!’ ‘Oh, nevermind.’” — 4,637,000 The number of payroll jobs lost by women in the U.S. since the pandemic began.
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The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election — A weird thing happened right after the Nov. 3 election: nothing. — The nation was braced for chaos. Liberal groups had vowed to take to the streets, planning hundreds of protests across the country.
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Did the Proud Boys Help Coordinate the Capitol Riot? Yes, U.S. Suggests — In court papers, prosecutors have painted a picture that indicates planning among members of the extremist group on Jan. 6. — When Ethan Nordean, the “sergeant of arms” for the Seattle Proud Boys …
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Biden flying to Delaware despite CDC warnings to avoid travel — The CDC issued guidance this week urging against non-essential travel amid the coronavirus pandemic. — CDC issues sweeping mask mandate for travelers — President Biden is expected to travel to Delaware this weekend …
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Who Owns Kavanaugh #1: The Justice & The Replacement — Part One of this five-part series examines how Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court seat came to be open, and why he was chosen to fill it. — 5 hr ago … Prologue — IT WAS A CRISP MAY DAY when Brett Kavanaugh put on his sky-blue silk tie …
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They Stormed the Capitol. Their Apps Tracked Them. — Times Opinion was able to identify individuals from a trove of leaked smartphone location data. — Mr. Warzel and Mr. Thompson are writers in Opinion. They previously reported on smartphone tracking for the series “One Nation, Tracked.”
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Israeli hospital claims may have found cure for COVID-19 — Preliminary testing shows that 29 out of 30 virus patients in serious condition that were administered the drug, dubbed EXO-CD24, once a day made a full recovery within five days; similar treatment announced by Hadassah Medical Center
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Mike Bloomberg's data firm Hawkfish is closing shop — Hawkfish, the Democratic data firm backed by former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, is shutting down, according to people familiar with the plans. — The news was announced at a staff meeting Friday afternoon.
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Maine White Nationalist Charged in Capitol Attack Shares Racist Views of State GOP Leaders — Kyle Fitzsimons promoted the “Great Replacement” theory during a 2018 legislative hearing — Kyle Fitzsimons, the first Maine resident charged with participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol …
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Frustration Is Spreading Faster Than the Vaccine Is — If you are the child of elderly parents in parts of the United States right now, and if you are trying to get them a COVID-19 vaccine, you are living in a shortage economy, a world of queues and rumors, a shadowy land of favoritism and incompetence …
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Saudi Arabia's Houses of Horror for Disobedient Women — How the threat of the kingdom's “Homes of Care” is causing women to flee abroad — Ola Salem is the online editor of Newlines — Amani al-Ahmadi was barely 10 when she was ushered into an auditorium at her all-girls school in Yanbu …
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The cottage industry behind Trump's pardons: How the rich and well-connected got ahead at the expense of others — A federal judge in South Dakota was blunt last summer when she sentenced Paul Erickson, a seasoned Republican operative who had pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering.
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2 Capitol Rioters Busted After They Delayed Their Bus Trip Home To Pennsylvania — A Trump supporter who organized the bus trip on Facebook told law enforcement that Mark Aungst and Tammy Bronsburg held up their return trip by an hour. — A witness who used Facebook to organize a bus trip …
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The Indoor-Dining Debate Isn't a Debate at All — Last Friday, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that New York City restaurants would be allowed to resume partial-capacity indoor dining on Valentine's Day—in a non-pandemic year, one of the hospitality industry's busiest nights.
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Virginia legislature votes to abolish the death penalty — RICHMOND — Virginia's House of Delegates voted Friday to abolish the death penalty, making it all but certain that the state would become the first in the South to do so. — The state Senate voted earlier this week to end capital punishment …
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Russian doctor who treated Navalny after poisoning has died — (CNN)A top doctor at the Russian hospital where opposition leader Alexey Navalny was treated immediately after his poisoning last summer has died, the hospital said on Thursday. — Sergey Maximishin, who was the deputy chief physician …
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Virginia House votes to turn ‘Jefferson Davis Highway’ into ‘Emancipation Highway’ … The name “Jefferson Davis Highway” has recently been removed from U.S. 1 in parts of Northern Virginia, but it would disappear completely statewide if a bill that passed in the House of Delegates this week makes …
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No, AOC Didn't Make Up Her Capitol Riots Experience — Since Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the New York Democrat, took to Instagram Live on Monday to describe what the Jan. 6 riot was like from inside the Capitol complex, critics have claimed that she wasn't where she said she was …
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Biden to Revive Weekly Address That Faded Under Trump — A White House seeking to advance its agenda introduces a format that includes the president speaking with handpicked citizens. — Call it the Fireside Podcast. — President Biden, seeking ways to advance his agenda in a cluttered media landscape …
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Wife of GOP Sen. Hawley files criminal complaint over protest at their home — A magistrate issued a misdemeanor summons for one of the protesters. — Lawmakers have tense exchange on House floor — Democratic Rep. Conor Lamb said the riots at the U.S. Capitol were “inspired by lies” repeated by some of his Republican colleagues.
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Solano deputies, Vacaville councilmember promote anti-government militia — Daniel “Cully” Pratt of the Solano County Sheriff's Office has a side business making decorative wood carvings. Some feature characters from movies starring his brother Chris Pratt, like “Jurassic World” and “Guardians of the Galaxy.”
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Nevada bill would allow tech companies to create governments — CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Planned legislation to establish new business areas in Nevada would allow technology companies to effectively form separate local governments. — Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak announced a plan to launch …
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