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Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Monday, October 25, 2021

Oct 25

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As a mob breached the Capitol, anger and dissonance coursed through Facebook's ranks
Hours after the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, Mike Schroepfer, Facebook’s chief technology officer, posted on the company’s internal message board. “Hang in there everyone,” he wrote. Facebook should allow for peaceful discussion of the riot but not calls for violence, he added.

Liberals to "Moscow Mitch," conservatives to QAnon: Facebook researchers saw how its algorithms led to misinformation

Facebook researchers in 2019 created three dummy accounts to study the platform's technology for recommending content in the News Feed.

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Democrats drive toward a scaled back $1.75 trillion spending agreement | CNN Politics

Listening mode is done. Informational meetings are over. Public posturing and private positioning are a thing of the past. Now -- after what seems like roughly a dozen straight "critical weeks" for President Joe Biden's sweeping multi-trillion agenda -- is the moment the rubber meets the road.

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Biden 'positive' on budget deal; Manchin OK with wealth tax

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pivotal Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin appears to be on board with White House proposals for new taxes on billionaires and certain corporations to help pay for President Joe Biden’s scaled-back social services and climate change package .

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Stripping military bases of Confederate names stirs passions

BLACKSTONE, Va. (AP) — Civil War history casts a long shadow in Virginia, the birthplace of Confederate generals, scene of their surrender and now a crossroad of controversy over renaming military bases that honor rebel leaders.

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A QAnon conspiracy theory about election fraud is becoming a pro-Trump push for traceable ballots

Instead of giving up false claims about 2020 election fraud some GOP 'America First' candidates are pitching reforms steeped in conspiracy theories.

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Donald Trump Jr. sells T-shirts mocking Alec Baldwin’s fatal shooting

Donald Trump Jr. is selling T-shirts on his web site that mock the fatal shooting on Alec Baldwin’s movie set.The T-shirts promoted on his website include the tagline “guns do…

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Russia Challenges Biden Again With Broad Cybersurveillance Operation

SEA ISLAND, Ga. — Russia’s premier intelligence agency has launched another campaign to pierce thousands of U.S. government, corporate and think-tank computer networks, Microsoft officials and cybersecurity experts warned Sunday, only months after President Joe Biden imposed sanctions on Moscow...

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Manchin shutting down Sanders on Medicare expansion

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Monday shut down one of Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) biggest priorities, expanding Medicare, which Manchin warned would undermine th…

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Fellow Dems lobby Manchin as he gets closer to 'yes'

But he's still insistent on a $1.5 trillion top line for social spending, while party leaders want a bill closer to $2 trillion.

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Paul Gosar assured Jan. 6 protest organizers they would get a 'blanket pardon' while they were planning rallies: report

GOP Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona encouraged two protest organizers to plan rallies on Jan. 6 by offering pardons from former President Donald Trump, the planners told Rolling Stone.

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Report: Rally organizers say GOP lawmakers worked on Jan. 6 protests

Two people who helped plan the pro-Trump rallies that took place in Washington, D.C., ahead of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6 say members of Congress and the White House helped plan the protest th…

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Less than a quarter of eviction aid disbursed, Treasury says

Twenty-three percent of rental aid was spent in the first nine months of the eviction aid program, as the pace of distribution plateaus.

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Youngkin’s spotlight on parents’ anger over schools may be GOP blueprint for 2022 midterms

Virginia GOP gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin's tapping into parents public school anger may be a blueprint for Republicans running in the 2022 midterm elections

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Border Patrol agents who posted racist, sexist content in Facebook groups remain on the job, House panel finds

A House panel said the vast majority of Customs and Border Protection agents who engaged in Facebook groups featuring racist and sexist posts remain on the job.

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Biden FEMA rejects Texas appeal for emergency aid for border crisis

AUSTIN, Texas — The Biden administration rejected Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s appeal that the federal government reimburse the state for millions of dollars spent responding to the border crisis.

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US suspends aid to Sudan after military seizes power

Move comes after Sudan’s military takes power, declares a state of emergency, and arrests interim PM Abdalla Hamdok.

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Democrats trim Biden's social spending plan as they rush to strike a deal this week

As President Joe Biden and Democrats slash the cost of their budget bill to win over key senators, major programs are being scaled back.

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Rep. Jim Banks intentionally misgendered a high-ranking trans official. Twitter locked his account.

A Republican congressman was defiant after Twitter locked his account for intentionally misgendering a high-ranking transgender official - an act the social media platform deemed "hateful." Rep. Jim Banks, of Indiana, accused the tech company of censoring him after he referred to Rachel Levine...

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Apple once threatened Facebook ban over Mideast maid abuse

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two years ago, Apple threatened to pull Facebook and Instagram from its app store over concerns about the platform being used as a tool to trade and sell maids in the Mideast.

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Manchin says Democrats could reach spending bill outline this week

Sen. Joe Manchin told reporters at the Capitol on Monday that Democrats could reach a deal on the framework of their spending package this week.

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Facebook will fuel more unrest, whistle-blower tells UK lawmakers

Social media giant needs to stop its algorithms from pushing divisive content, Frances Haugen tells British politicians.

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Another rough week ahead for Facebook

A fresh batch of stories based on Facebook’s internal company documents is expected to drop this morning.

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House Oversight report shows inadequate discipline for border agents connected to offensive Facebook groups | CNN Politics

US Customs and Border Protection determined that 60 CBP agents "engaged in misconduct and were subject to discipline" in a review of controversial Facebook posts, a new congressional report says, but many only received light final penalties from the agency and remain in their posts.

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Analysis: Drug pricing reform opponents win most pharma lobbying money

Democratic Party lawmakers holding up proposed drug pricing reforms are among the largest beneficiaries of the pharmaceutical industry's push to stave off price cuts, a Reuters analysis of public lobbying and campaign data shows.

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Report: Rally organizers say GOP lawmakers worked on Jan. 6 protests

Two people who helped plan the pro-Trump rallies that took place in Washington, D.C., ahead of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6 say members of Congress and the White House helped plan the protest th…

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Liberals to "Moscow Mitch," conservatives to QAnon: Facebook researchers saw how its algorithms led to misinformation

Facebook researchers in 2019 created three dummy accounts to study the platform's technology for recommending content in the News Feed.

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Trump SPAC Digital World Acquisition drops 11% after huge gains on social media merger news

Former President Donald Trump plans to launch a competitor to Twitter and Facebook with the help of a SPAC. The stock of that company, DWAC, exploded last week.

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Unvaccinated Americans to face tighter COVID testing requirements in new US travel system

While the new U.S. travel system rolling out Nov. 8 will open borders to more foreign tourists, there will be tighter rules for some Americans too.

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6 candidates for US Senate in Ohio vie for evangelical votes

WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The lone Republican moderate at a U.S. Senate candidate forum in Ohio on Sunday said at one point he felt “like a Browns fan in Pittsburgh Stadium.” The crowd of about 950 at the evangelical Genoa Baptist Church in the northern suburbs of Columbus never quite booed Matt...

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James Carville: ‘I hate guys like Glenn Youngkin’

Former Bill Clinton campaign manager and Democratic strategist James Carville sent a tartly worded fundraising email to supporters of former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Monday, telling them, “I hate guys like Glenn Youngkin.”

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Silwan: Palestinian neighbourhood turns into a nightly warzone

Displacement, nightly raids, arrests, beatings, and harassment have taken their toll on Palestinian residents.

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Private equity, hedge funds accounted for over $625 million in political spending during 2020 campaign, study says

Private equity and hedge funds accounted for over $625 million in political spending during the 2020 election cycle, new research shows.

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Climate change group blocks drivers in NYC

They might care about the environment, but their regard for fellow humans is questionable.

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State’s directed-energy cover-up?

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Democrats face growing hurdles in bid to oust DeSantis

The race for Florida governor is entering a new, more hectic phase — one that threatens to further complicate Democrats’ path to ousting Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in 2022.

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Democrats likely to ditch U.S. methane fee amid opposition, sources say

(Reuters) -A Democratic proposal to impose a methane fee on U.S. oil and gas producers is not likely to be included in the party's massive spending bill in Congress amid opposition within its own ranks, two sources familiar with the negotiations said on Monday. The proposal to tax oil and gas...

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Can the US Navy fight and win a war?

A worrying question is whether the U.S. Navy is fit and prepared for a conflict with an adversary that is at least as well equipped and armed as it is.

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Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Sunday, October 24, 2021

Oct 24

Below are some of the top political news stories of the day:

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a key holdout vote on President Joe Biden's domestic agenda, chairs a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Biden, Schumer, Manchin huddle, but still no budget deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pivotal Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin appears to be on board with White House proposals for new taxes on billionaires and certain corporations to help pay for President Joe Biden’s scaled-back social services and climate change package.

All eyes on Garland after Bannon contempt vote

The decision on whether to prosecute former White House strategist Stephen Bannon for defying a congressional subpoena now rests solely with the Justice Department, which must wrestle with filing c…

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Race-blind redistricting? Democrats incredulous at GOP maps

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A decade ago, North Carolina Republicans redrew their legislative districts to help their party in a way that a federal court ruled illegally deprived Black voters of their right to political representation.

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Progressives’ optimism for large reforms dwindles

Progressives’ optimism for seismic social change has dwindled this week as lawmakers stare down a stagnant Congress and increasingly impatient White House. From voting rights and immigration r…

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To navigate legal quandaries, Biden leans on low-key counsel

WASHINGTON (AP) — Election lawsuits multiplying by the day. An obscure federal agency blocking the presidential transition. The very legitimacy of Joe Biden's victory under assault as supporters of Donald Trump riot at the Capitol.

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Six big off-year elections you might be missing

A pitched battle between former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) and businessman Glenn Youngkin (R) promises to steal the headlines in November’s off-year elections, while a less competitive race …

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Yellen says U.S. is not losing control of inflation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday that the United States was not losing control of inflation, and that she expected inflation levels to return to normal by the second half of next year. Yellen, in an interview on CNN, said spending in President Joe...

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Pelosi says Democrats plan to have 'agreement' on spending bill and vote on bipartisan infrastructure bill in the next week | CNN Politics

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday Democrats are planning to have an "agreement" on a framework for President Joe Biden's sweeping social safety net plan and a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill in the next week.

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Canada drops travel advisory

Canada has lifted its warning against nonessential foreign travel.The new guidance, which reverses an advisory from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mar…

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Trump pick's messy personal life worries Senate Republicans desperate to hold on to Pennsylvania seat

Sean Parnell may have the backing of former President Donald Trump, but the Pennsylvania Republican also has significant personal baggage that is raising concerns about the GOP's ability to hold one of the most competitive Senate seats in the country next year.

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Biden carries Trump’s hard line toward Beijing to coming summits

As world leaders prepare to gather within days for major meetings in Rome and Scotland, the administration’s China strategy is being put to the test.

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EXPLAINER: Will lawmakers dig into Kristi Noem, appraisers?

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers will be taking a look at a state agency that has been at the center of questions about whether Gov. Kristi Noem used her influence to aid her daughter's application for a real estate appraiser license.

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Meghan McCain to Trump: ‘Thanks for the publicity’

Meghan McCain is responding to sharp criticism from former President Trump, who late last week reignited the feud with the prominent conservative family. “My first reaction was, &#82…

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‘An outrage against democracy’: JFK's nephews urge Biden to reveal assassination records

The president once more pushed back the scheduled release. But after 58 years, family members say the secrecy needs to end.

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Zalmay Khalilzad sticks by his Taliban deal, says the U.S. should have pressed President Ghani harder

Khalilzad made clear that the Doha Agreement was meant to be "conditions-based" rather than driven by a calendar date.

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McAuliffe, Abrams warn Virginians that commonwealth could look like Texas, Georgia with Youngkin win | CNN Politics

Stacey Abrams had a message for Democrats in Virginia on Sunday: If Republicans win on November 2, the commonwealth will begin looking a lot more like Georgia or Texas, two states that have seen years of Republican control.

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Colombia has captured one of the world's most wanted drug lords, Dairo Antonio Úsuga

Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known by his alias Otoniel, is the alleged head of the much-feared Gulf Clan. President Iván Duque likened his arrest to the capture three decades ago of Pablo Escobar.

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Youngkin says McAuliffe is 'making up a candidate' to run against in razor-thin governor's race

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe claimed that if his Republican challenger, Glenn Youngkin, wins the election on November 2, women's lives will be “at risk” and doctors will get “put in jail" because Youngkin will sign an abortion law similar to the Texas version...

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Youngkin on Biden: This is 'what a failed presidency looks like'

Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin told Fox News that President Biden has a “failed presidency" and that the “sun is setting” on the political career of his Democratic opponent, former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe.

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Judge rules public has 'right' to watch Ghislaine Maxwell trial jury selection

A judge rejected the request of Ghislaine Maxwell, former associate of Jeffrey Epstein, to exclude the public from the jury selection process for her trial.

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Free community college is out of Biden's plan, but a bigger Pell grant could still help cut costs | CNN Politics

President Joe Biden's plan to make tuition free at community colleges is unlikely to make it into the final bill to expand the nation's social safety net. But boosting the federal Pell grant is still on the table and could have a big impact for low-income students.

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Jan. 6 committee chair: ‘No question’ Capitol riot was a premeditated attack

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the chairman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, said Sunday there was “no question” that it was a premeditated attack.CBS…

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Former U.S. envoy to Afghanistan: ‘We all are unhappy’ with ‘ugly final phase’ of withdrawal

Former envoy Zalmay Khalilzad lamented what he described as the "ugly final phase" of the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan in an interview on "Face the Nation,'' his first since he resigned.

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Kyrsten Sinema Whacked by Democratic Congressman, Compared to Trump

Fox NewsCalifornia Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna ripped into Senator Kyrsten Sinema on Sunday morning, asking why his fellow Democrat in Congress keeps blocking the party’s major infrastructure bill—and slithering away from answering questions.“Why doesn’t she explain herself? I’ve never seen...

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Biden's Child Tax Credit seems like it should be a political slam dunk, but it's getting scaled back anyway | CNN Politics

As government policy changes go, it's hard to find one that helps millions of Americans as rapidly and directly as President Joe Biden's expanded Child Tax Credit.

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Cardona is pushing for billions more for schools. But will federal control come with it?

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona thinks harnessing the positive energy of surviving 2020 — and adding federal funds — may be the way to solve long-standing problems.

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Biden on the sidelines of 'Striketober,' with economy in the balance

The president has said he supports the workers’ right to strike, but White House officials say he doesn’t plan to get involved in any of the labor disputes sweeping the country.

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Former Saudi official calls Mohammed bin Salman a "psychopath," says Saudi crown prince fears what he knows

Saad Aljabri was number two in Saudi intelligence until, he says, Mohammed bin Salman forced him out. Now, MBS is Saudi Arabia's crown prince, and Aljabri is in exile. Aljabri believes the crown prince wants him dead because of what he knows.

www.cbsnews.com

Pelosi evasive when asked if she'll run for reelection

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would not divulge on Sunday whether she plans to run for reelection.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

What Biden is keeping secret in the JFK files

The censored files may offer insights into Cold War covert ops, but don't expect a smoking gun about the assassination.

www.politico.com

Biden administration to allow private groups to sponsor Afghan evacuees

Under the new program, groups of at least five individuals could apply to become "sponsor circles" that would be responsible for resettling Afghan evacuees.

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GOP senator: Best thing Trump could do to help Republicans in 2022 is talk about future

Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) on Sunday said the best thing former President Trump could do to help the Republican Party take back a majority in Congress in the 2022 midterms is to “talk about …

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Ex-Saudi official claims damaging intel against crown prince

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A former senior Saudi security official who helped oversee joint counter-terrorism efforts with the United States claimed in an interview with “60 Minutes” that the kingdom's crown prince once spoke of killing a sitting Saudi monarch before his own father was...

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Jill Biden to visit Kabul airlift troops at Charleston military base

First lady Jill Biden on Monday will visit the military base that's home to pilots and aircrews who helped conduct the airlift out of Kabul to thank the service members and their families for their support in ending the 20-year war in Afghanistan.Why it matters: When she stops at the crews' home...

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Colombia to extradite Otoniel to the US as soon as possible

US offered $5m bounty for Dairo Antonio Usuga, who Colombia describes as the world’s most dangerous drug trafficker.

www.aljazeera.com

Roy Blunt: Trump should look ahead, not back

The Missouri Republican senator says Trump should talk about the future.

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Why Biden is flailing | CNN Politics

While the causes of Biden's decline are numerous... perhaps the biggest one is that Americans believe there are big economic problems and that Biden isn't focused nearly enough on them.

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Get up to speed: How the spending bill would change your life | CNN Politics

Before the policy revolution comes the political drama.

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How Tunisia reached financial meltdown

More than the loss of democracy, Tunisia faces its worse financial crisis ever.

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Bragg Pushes Back After House Republicans Escalate Oversight Into Trump Hush Money Case

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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has dismissed another letter by three House Republican chairmen seeking more information related to the hush money probe that could lead to an indictment of former President Donald Trump.

In a letter to Bragg on Saturday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil argued that Congress should be privy to documents and testimony in the ongoing investigation into a $130,000 payment made during Trump's 2016 campaign to...

There have been more mass shootings than days in 2023, database shows

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The Gun Violence Archive shows that there have been more mass shootings than days in 2023 so far.

Sen. Rand Paul staffer stabbed multiple times in DC, suspect arrested

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A staffer for Rand Paul was stabbed and seriously injured in Washington, D.C., on Saturday and a suspect has since been arrested, according to police and Paul's office

At least 20 dead when bus hits bridge, burns in Saudi Arabia

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State media in Sauid Arabia say at least 20 people were killed when a packed bus hit a bridge, overturned and burst into flames in the country's southwest

Family of US couple kidnapped in Haiti pleads for release

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The family of a U.S. couple who has been kidnapped in Haiti is pleading for their release

New source of water found in moon samples from China mission

Monday at 11:41 PM
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Scientists have discovered a new and renewable source of water on the moon for future explorers in lunar samples returned from a Chinese mission

N. Carolina governor signs Medicaid expansion bill into law

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North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has signed a Medicaid expansion law that was a decade in the making

Train carrying iron ore derails in San Bernardino County, California

Monday at 11:41 PM
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A train carrying raw material derailed in California on Monday, according to San Bernardino County fire officials.

George Washington University to replace controversial 'Colonials' moniker

Monday at 11:41 PM
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Students said the name had a negative connotation regarding violence toward Native Americans.

Terry Sanderson testifies in Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash trial

Monday at 11:41 PM
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Terry Sanderson, the man taking Gwyneth Paltrow to court over a 2016 ski crash, testified in court Monday during the civil trial.

Doctor decries gun violence after school shooting near miss

Monday at 11:41 PM
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A pediatric surgeon who left The Covenant School in Nashville moments before a shooter opened fire, killing six people, says she is horrified by the gun violence that has plagued the U.S. Britney Grayson had just finished regaling children about Kenya,...

U.S. renewable electricity surpassed coal in 2022

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The U.S. Energy Information Administration announced that electricity generated from renewables surpassed coal electricity production in the United States for the first time in 2022

Silicon Valley Bank assets to be sold to First Citizens, FDIC says

Monday at 11:41 PM
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First Citizens Bank will buy about $72 billion in assets from the failed Silicon Valley Bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said.

Who was Nashville shooter Audrey Hale?

Monday at 11:41 PM
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The shooter who attacked the Covenant School in Nashville was identified as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, who law enforcement said may have once attended the school.

Images show deadly tornado outbreak's destruction as new storm takes aim at West

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Over the weekend, at least 27 tornadoes were reported across five states -- Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee.

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