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Deleted Abrams tweet shows how schools' COVID policies are in 2022 crosshairs — 'Where is Stacey's mask?' Perdue asks. — The tweet from Stacey Abrams seemed innocuous enough, promoting her appearance at a Decatur school honoring Black History Month. — But the pictures under …
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Stacey Abrams receives backlash for posing maskless with room full of young masked children
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Scholz says response to Russia will be ‘united and decisive’ if Ukraine is invaded — In an interview with The Post, the German chancellor, who meets President Biden on Monday at the White House, rejected criticism that his government has not done enough to support Ukraine.
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Macron Tries to Avert a European War and Reshape European Security
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‘This Week’ Transcript 2-6-22: White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan & Rep. Michael McCaul
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Youngkin campaign attacks high school student on Twitter — RICHMOND — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's campaign lashed out at a high school student as well as Democrat Ralph Northam on Twitter this weekend, tweeting out the teen's name and photo after the boy shared a news story about part …
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Youngkin account deletes Tweet attacking 17-year-old, but won't apologize — A consultant working for Gov. Glenn Youngkin defended his official campaign account's attack on a 17-year-old high school student on Saturday night. — In a tweet that has since been deleted, the “Team Youngkin” …
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California-born figure skater Beverly Zu, 19, is slammed on Chinese social media after finishing LAST on the ice having given up her US citizenship to compete for Communist Beijing in Winter Olympics — Figure skater Zhu Yi, 19, finished with the lowest score on day two of the women's short …
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President Biden to visit Israel ‘later this year,’ White House says — (CNN)President Joe Biden will visit Israel “later this year” after Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett invited him to the country, according to a readout of a call between the two on Sunday released by the White House.
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'It's not like we don't have enough jobs here in Wisconsin': Ron Johnson won't try to land Oshkosh Corp. postal vehicle work — Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Saturday he won't try to persuade a Wisconsin manufacturer to place more than 1,000 new jobs in his hometown.
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Mike Pence's Constitution — The former Veep stands up to Trump, despite the potential political cost. — By The Editorial Board — The United States desperately needs a Republican Party that is a sane alternative to the ruling Democrats who have lurched to the coercive left.
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Overhaul of Electoral Count Act ‘Absolutely’ Will Pass, Manchin Says
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2024 Watch: Trump-Pence chasm over Capitol attack widens amid fight for GOP future
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Chris Cuomo Isn't Done with CNN — Now that Jeff Zucker is out, most people seem to think that Cuomo has lost whatever leverage he had over CNN. But the legal drama surrounding Cuomo's case isn't so simple. … First it was the shock of rank-and-file staffers; then the impact on AT&T's spinoff …
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Andrew Cuomo Plans Comeback Months After Resigning Amid Sexual-Harassment Claims
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Manchin: Social spending bill elements must go through committee process — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Sunday said elements from the Democrats social spending and climate package must go through the committee process if the party wants to pass initiatives from the bill.
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Manchin and Murkowski endorse each other during joint interview
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The Covid Policy That Really Mattered Wasn't a Policy — If the C.D.C. had recommended better masks from the beginning, how many people would have worn them and for how long? If the Biden administration had flooded stores with cheap rapid tests, would people have used them?


I'm disgusted by Joe Rogan's weak apology. My former colleague's death at 47 makes it worse. — People are dying because of covid misinformation that Spotify packages as glib podcast fodder. — Under fire for spreading covid misinformation on his hugely popular podcast …
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California's Supreme Court Was Split. Leondra Kruger Found the Center. — Known for her ‘elegant’ mind, the moderate judge, now on President Biden's short list of potential high court nominees, could be a mediating force in Washington. — SACRAMENTO — In 2014, when then-Governor Jerry …
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Murkowski to Biden: Pick SCOTUS nominee who can get GOP votes
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Time For a Victory Lap* — *Some terms and conditions apply. Modern Monetary Theory, the buzziest economic idea in decades, got a pandemic tryout of sorts. Now inflation is testing its limits. — The sun was sinking low over Long Island Sound as Stephanie Kelton …


Military Reporters & Editors Association calls for the resumption of embeds — WASHINGTON, D.C.-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin: The recent deployment of American forces to Europe provides an opportunity for the U.S. military to showcase how the men and women in uniform undertake the mission asked …


Memphis BLM founder Pamela Moses sentenced to 6 years for illegally voting — The founder of the Black Lives Matter chapter in Memphis has been sentenced to prison for six years for illegally registering to vote in Tennessee, prosecutors said. — Pamela Moses, the 44-year-old activist …
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Our Nation Cannot Censor Its Way Back to Cultural Health — If we try, we'll violate the social compact and disrupt the founding logic of our republic. — I want to start with a story about cancel culture—the cancel culture that existed on a cold December night in 1860 in Boston, Massachusetts.