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Mask-wearing update in NY, NJ and CT: What to know … How mask-wearing update impacts Tri-State — NEW YORK (WABC) — So far, New York and New Jersey do not appear to be in a rush to make any changes in mask-wearing policies after the CDC issued new guidance Thursday. — But it's a different story in Connecticut.
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Hundreds of Epidemiologists Expected Mask-Wearing in Public for at Least a Year — The C.D.C. said Thursday that vaccinated Americans no longer needed masks in most places. Other disease experts recently had a different message: that masks were necessary in public.
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A C.D.C. About-Face — The C.D.C. responds to scientific evidence and says vaccinated people rarely need masks.
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Leana Wen / Washington Post:
The CDC shouldn't have removed restrictions without requiring proof of vaccination
The CDC shouldn't have removed restrictions without requiring proof of vaccination
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Is This the End? — The announcement seemed to catch everyone off guard: Early Thursday afternoon …
Is This the End? — The announcement seemed to catch everyone off guard: Early Thursday afternoon …
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Since-deleted video shows Marjorie Taylor Greene harassing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's office during 2019 Capitol Hill visit — (CNN)Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene confronted Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outside the House chamber on Wednesday afternoon.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's verbal assault on AOC reflects deranged anti-leftism
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Liz Cheney calls for criminal investigation into Trump in first interview since being ousted — Representative — Liz Cheney, who was ousted from her GOP congressional leadership post on Wednesday, has called for a criminal investigation into former president Donald
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GOP votes to replace Cheney with Stefanik after backing from Trump
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Emily Brooks / Washington Examiner:
House GOP elects Stefanik to replace Cheney as conference chairwoman
House GOP elects Stefanik to replace Cheney as conference chairwoman
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Elise Stefanik elected to replace Liz Cheney as House GOP Conference chair
Elise Stefanik elected to replace Liz Cheney as House GOP Conference chair
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Congressional Democrats have a 100% vaccination rate — Washington (CNN)Although the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 do not need to wear masks or practice social distancing indoors or outdoors except under special circumstances …
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House Republicans Defy the January 6 Narrative — The script about that day might have been concocted by Democrats and the media but the true account of what happened before, during, and after is still being written. — It's about time. — U.S. Representative Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) …
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Republicans Rewrite History of the Capitol Riot, Hampering an Inquiry
Republicans Rewrite History of the Capitol Riot, Hampering an Inquiry
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Beneath Joe Biden's Folksy Demeanor, a Short Fuse and an Obsession With Details — As Mr. Biden settles into the office he has chased for more than three decades, aides say he demands hours of debate from scores of policy experts. — WASHINGTON — The commander in chief was taking his time, as usual.
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POLITICO Playbook: It's not a civil war; it's a purge — DRIVING THE DAY — Thursday was historic: America broke the back of the pandemic. New cases are at an eight-month low. Deaths are at a 10-month low. Best of all, if you're vaccinated, you can take off your damn mask.
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The Women Who Enabled Jeffrey Epstein
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‘Real Time With Bill Maher’ Cancels This Week's Show After HBO Host Tests Positive For Covid-19 — EXCLUSIVE: HBO has scrapped this week's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher after the comedian tested positive for Covid-19. Maher, who is vaccinated and asymptomatic, tested positive during …
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'Doesn't matter': Democrats reject GOP's debt limit demands — Senate Republicans dramatically changed their party rules to take a hard line on the debt limit in the coming months. Democrats don't care. — In fact, the Democratic majority says it has no intention of negotiating …
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Activists and Ex-Spy Said to Have Plotted to Discredit Trump ‘Enemies’ in Government — The campaign included planned operations against President Trump's national security adviser at the time, H.R. McMaster, and F.B.I. employees, according to documents and interviews.
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EDITORIAL BOARD: The Intercept's Dirty Smear Job On Our Reporters Deserves A Response — Journalist Glenn Greenwald left The Intercept in late October of 2020 - and if Thursday's smear job on Daily Caller reporters is any indication, the publication has gone from journalism to activist garbage in just six short months.
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Israelis and Palestinians can't go on like this. Weep for us. — Opinion by — JERUSALEM — We could go on forever this way, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cheering squad wanted us to think. The intifada was long past. We were secure.
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Delay in giving second jabs of Pfizer vaccine improves immunity — Study finds antibodies against Sars-CoV-2 three-and-a-half times higher in people vaccinated again after 12 weeks rather than three — The UK's decision to delay second doses of coronavirus vaccines has received fresh support …
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What do Republicans want on the economy? They're not sure anymore — WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was not a supporter of former President Donald Trump's quest to overturn the election. But he has declined to weigh in on the party's ongoing purge of anti-Trump Republicans …
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Giuliani's son tells Russian state TV people don't want to live in America after FBI raided his dad — The son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani went on Russian TV to push conspiracy theories about the federal investigation of his father. — Andrew Giuliani accused the American government …
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CIA Officer Became ‘Formidable Foe’ of U.S. Government — Janine Brookner took on the KGB, sexist rivals and Justice Department lawyers alike during a pioneering career as a spy and lawyer — Janine Brookner, who battled communist spies and boorish male bureaucrats alike during …
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Matt Gaetz associate Joel Greenberg will plead guilty to 6 felony counts including sex trafficking, wire fraud, and identity theft — The Matt Gaetz associate Joel Greenberg plans to plead guilty to six felony counts in a plea deal. — The charges include sex trafficking, wire fraud, and identity theft.
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Chairman Thompson Announces Bipartisan Agreement with Ranking Member Katko to Create Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the Capitol — (WASHINGTON) - Today, Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced that he has reached an agreement …
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Inside one network cashing in on vaccine disinformation — The couple in the website videos could be hawking any number of products. — “You're going to love owning the platinum package,” Charlene Bollinger tells viewers, as a picture of a DVD set, booklets and other products flashes on screen.
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Leaked Video: Dark Money Group Brags About Writing GOP Voter Suppression Bills Across the Country — In a private meeting last month with big-money donors, the head of a top conservative group boasted that her outfit had crafted the new voter suppression law in Georgia and was doing the same …