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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 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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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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New York Times:
Flight disruptions continue with thousands more cancellations as Omicron thins airline crews.
Flight disruptions continue with thousands more cancellations as Omicron thins airline crews.
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Fauci says to cancel New Year's Eve parties, as millions struggle for normalcy nearly two years into pandemic
Fauci says to cancel New Year's Eve parties, as millions struggle for normalcy nearly two years into pandemic
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The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, New York Post, WGN-TV, POLITICUSUSA and Washington Examiner
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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James Bruno / Washington Monthly:
How Back-Channel Diplomacy Can Prevent War With Russia — It's not too late for Joe Biden to stave off conflict and chaos between Moscow and Kyiv. John F. Kennedy shows the way. — Barbara Tuchman's Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Guns of August made such a deep impression …
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump Adviser Peter Navarro Lays Out How He and Bannon Planned to Overturn Biden's Electoral Win — “It started out perfectly. At 1 p.m., Gosar and Cruz did exactly what was expected of them...” … A former Trump White House official says he and right-wing provocateur Steve Bannon …
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Political Flare and Raw Story
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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Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Why Is John Roberts So Popular Among Democrats? — Earlier this month, Gallup gauged American sentiment toward 11 of the nation's most prominent public figures. Only one boasted majority support from both Democrats and Republicans, and he happens to be the most effective conservative politician of the modern era.
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Proud Boy Named in Feds' James O'Keefe Search Warrant — According to the warrant, FBI agents were looking for communications with a self-described “third-degree” Proud Boy named Jackson Voynick. — A Justice Department investigation into conservative operative James O'Keefe …
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Raw Story
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Sarah Weddington, Who Successfully Argued Roe v. Wade, Dies at 76 — She went before the U.S. Supreme Court at 26 with almost no legal experience and won one of the most consequential cases in American history. — Sarah Weddington, the young Texas lawyer whose successful arguments …
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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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The Daily Beast, Raw Story, Letters from an American, POLITICUSUSA, Washington Times and Vanity Fair
Liza Lin / Wall Street Journal:
Walmart Sparks Public Outcry in China Over Products From Xinjiang — Some Chinese consumers say U.S. big-box retailer stopped stocking items produced in Chinese region where the U.S. has human-rights concerns — Walmart Inc., the world's largest retailer, became the latest Western company …
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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.
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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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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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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Common Dreams and Fox News
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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CNN, WGN-TV, Task & Purpose, Washington Examiner, UPI and Navy Times
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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National Labor Relations Board:
NLRB Invites Briefs Regarding Independent Contractor Standard — In a notice issued today in The Atlanta Opera, Inc. 371 NLRB No. 45 (2021), the National Labor Relations Board invited parties and amici to submit briefs addressing whether the Board should reconsider its standard for determining …