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Mike Stobbe / Associated Press:
CDC recommends shorter COVID isolation, quarantine for all — NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Monday cut isolation restrictions for Americans who catch the coronavirus from 10 to five days, and similarly shortened the time that close contacts need to quarantine.
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CDC:
CDC Newsroom — CDC Updates and Shortens Recommended Isolation and Quarantine Period for General Population — Given what we currently know about COVID-19 and the Omicron variant, CDC is shortening the recommended time for isolation from 10 days for people with COVID-19 to 5 days …
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Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Dan Bongino and the Big Business of Returning Trump to Power — The Secret Service agent turned radio host is furious at liberals—so he's trying to build a right-wing media infrastructure in time for 2024. … Dan Bongino, one of America's most popular conservative commentators …
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Trump Defends Remarks in Suit Blaming Him for Capitol Riot — Former President Donald Trump is seeking dismissal of a suit accusing him of sparking the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, arguing that speakers at political rallies don't have a “legally enforceable duty of care” to adversaries or others …
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: ‘The View’ struggles to find a Republican — DRIVING THE DAY — Before taking off for the holidays, the four long-standing hosts of “The View” had a message for executive producer BRIAN TETA: We're tired of the rotating cast of Republican guest hosts.
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The One Thing Biden Is Doing Exceptionally Well — As 2021 draws to a close, President Joe Biden has good reason to be frustrated. His legislative agenda is stymied in the Senate. His executive authority is under assault from Donald Trump's judges. His administration was blindsided …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Just how much is Trump's judiciary sabotaging the Biden presidency?
Just how much is Trump's judiciary sabotaging the Biden presidency?
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Washington Post:
Committee investigating Jan. 6 attack plans to begin a more public phase of its work in the new year — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol plans to begin holding public hearings in the new year to tell the story of the insurrection from start to finish …
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Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Alleged ‘dead’ Georgia voters found alive and well after 2020 election — Trump's allegations of vast voter fraud debunked — False claims that there were thousands of ballots cast in the names of dead Georgia voters can now rest in peace. — Election investigators found …
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Allahpundit / HotAir:
Now he tells us: There's no federal solution to COVID, says Biden — A few days ago the Washington Free Beacon honored his campaign pledge to “shut down the virus” as its Lie of the Year for 2021. — After this clip, they might make it the Lie of the Decade.
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Biden concedes not enough has been done to expand Covid-19 testing capacity: ‘We have more work to do’
Biden concedes not enough has been done to expand Covid-19 testing capacity: ‘We have more work to do’
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Michelle Stoddart / ABC News:
Another time capsule found in Robert E. Lee monument — “This is likely the time capsule everyone was looking for.” — After a time capsule found last week proved to be a letdown, another one has been found in the pedestal of a now-removed Robert E. Lee state in Richmond, Virginia, Gov. Ralph Northam announced in a tweet Monday.
Emily Wax-Thibodeaux / Washington Post:
Men across America are getting vasectomies ‘as an act of love’ — With the right to abortion under threat, men say they want to play a role in reproductive planning to support their partners — After Andy and Erin Gress had their fourth child, Andy decided it was time for him to “step up” and help with the family planning.
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New York Times:
Richard Marcinko, Founding Commander of SEAL Team 6, Dies at 81 — The Navy asked Commander Marcinko, a larger-than-life soldier who often flouted rules, to build a SEAL unit that could respond quickly to terrorist crises. — Richard Marcinko, the hard-charging founding commander of Navy SEAL Team 6 …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Most Americans Side With J.K. Rowling: Only Two Genders — Transgender activists have accused J.K. Rowling of “hate speech” for saying it, but most Americans agree with the Harry Potter author that there are only two genders. — The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone …
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The Atlantic:
The 50 Best Podcasts of 2021 — The shows that kept listeners refreshing their apps this year — We take podcast ranking seriously. Our process starts with a search. We seek shows anywhere we can find them—sometimes hearing about them directly from producers, other times from a friend …
Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
‘I Look Like the Strategy’: Winsome Sears Wants Black Voters to Rethink the G.O.P. — The incoming lieutenant governor of Virginia was an unlikely candidate: a deeply conservative Black woman, and an immigrant, who supports Donald Trump. — RICHMOND, Va. — On a December afternoon …
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Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
U.S. President Biden signs $770 billion defense bill — U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, for fiscal year 2022, which authorizes $770 billion in defense spending, the White House said on Monday. — Earlier this month …
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Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Biden signs $768B defense policy bill that supersized his original Pentagon request
Biden signs $768B defense policy bill that supersized his original Pentagon request
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NBC News:
So much happened this year, it can be hard to keep track. Take our quiz to see if you remember when something actually occurred. — The United States reached 500,000 deaths from the coronavirus in the early months of 2021. Alex Trebek, the beloved ‘Jeopardy!’ host, died of cancer at age 80 in November 2020.
The White House:
Statement by the President on S. 1605, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 — Today, I have signed into law S. 1605, the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022” (the “Act"). The Act authorizes fiscal year appropriations principally for the Department of Defense …
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Noga Tarnopolsky / The Daily Beast:
Massive New Bird Flu Outbreak Could Be 2022's Deadly Pandemic — In the Galilee, migrating cranes infected with H5N1 are dying by the thousand, raising fears of a global pandemic. — Israel's National Security Council has assumed control of a massive bird flu outbreak in the Galilee …
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Justice Roberts Tops Federal Leaders in Americans' Approval — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chief Justice John Roberts earns the highest job approval rating of 11 U.S. leaders rated in a Dec. 1-16 Gallup poll with 60% approving of how he is handling his role. — Only two other leaders on the list …
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Aaron Gregg / Washington Post:
5 GOP-led states extend unemployment aid to workers who lose jobs over vaccine mandates — Critics says the rule changes in Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Kansas and Tennessee are incentivizing people to skip shots, and undermining the White House's pandemic response.
Reuters:
Russian court extends jail term for Gulag historian to 15 years — A Russian court on Monday added two more years to a 13-year jail sentence for historian Yuri Dmitriev, in a sex abuse case that his supporters say was trumped up to punish him for uncovering mass graves of Stalin's Gulags.
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Khadeeja Safdar / Wall Street Journal:
Churches Target New Members, With Help From Big Data — A small company called Gloo mines online data for people who might be receptive to evangelizing and church outreach — Struggling with grief? Too much debt? On the verge of divorce? Churches are ready to deliver a digital intervention, with help from Big Data.
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Capitol panel to investigate Trump call to Willard hotel in hours before attack — Committee to request contents of the call seeking to stop Biden's certification and may subpoena Rudy Giuliani — Congressman Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack …
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