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Officials: Violent extremists pose ‘elevated threat’ to US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Violent extremists motivated by a range of political grievances and racial biases pose an “elevated threat” to the United States, officials said Wednesday in an unclassified intelligence report released more than two months after a mob of insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol. ...

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Biden says he plans 'small to significant' tax hike for those making over $400,000
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Senate Democrats introduce sweeping election bill that would curb GOP efforts to restrict voting access
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Homeland Security head rejects GOP claims of border ‘crisis’
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U.S. House Republicans end earmarks ban ahead of Biden's infrastructure push
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Report finds growing white nationalist threat
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Schumer says ‘everything is on the table’ to pass voting rights legislation in Senate
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Texas mayor warns 'America Reports' local communities, federal agencies 'overwhelmed' by border crisis
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Republicans' hostility grows toward illegal immigrants as party attacks Biden on border
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READ: Summary of joint assessment of domestic violent extremism threat
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‘Behave like grown-ups’: Conservative rebellion boils over in House
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Warnock: GOP voting restrictions resurrect ‘Jim Crow era’
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White House says Russia will be held accountable for actions it has taken
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Biden in a bind at the border as GOP looks to 'drive a wedge' on immigration
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New York Gov. Cuomo has appointed all 7 appeals court judges who would vote in impeachment trial
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Psaki: 'No question' Trump rhetoric fed anti-Asian bias
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Biden administration defends curbs on state tax cuts in Covid bill as Ohio sues
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EXPLAINER: Is the US border with Mexico in crisis?
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Senators spar over eliminating the filibuster to pass Democratic priorities
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U.S. House passes bill that aims to advance Equal Rights Amendment
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Arizona sheriff says Biden border crisis worse than Obama years: 'Like the Wild West'
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Biden decries 'brutality' against Asian Americans after spa shootings
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Fact-checking GOP claims that people on terror watch list are 'rushing' the border

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Police seek motive in Georgia attack on mainly Asian women
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Newsom recall organizers cite 'massive' support on deadline day
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Details begin to emerge about suspect arrested
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DHS Sec. Mayorkas, in tense exchange, calls GOP congresswoman's question 'extraordinarily disrespectful'
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Fed sees U.S. economic growth surging to 6.5 percent this year
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Powell voices cautious optimism as COVID-19 recovery ramps up
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Biden's stimulus provides larger single-year tax breaks than Trump's or Reagan's cuts
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'Heartbroken': Democrats condemn hate against Asian Americans after deadly shooting in Atlanta - BI
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Facebook will punish groups, members who break its rules after Capitol riot and COVID vaccine fear mongering
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Texas Gov. Abbott demands Biden admin give access to migrant children for trafficking investigation
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Suspect in 8 killings at Georgia spas blames his 'addiction to sex': Sheriff
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Biden on US meeting looming Afghanistan withdrawal deadline: 'Could happen, but it is tough'
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Ohio attorney general sues to block part of the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill
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Atlanta shootings: Spa shooting victims identified after arrest
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Schatz, Thune roll out bipartisan plan to make 'significant reforms' to Section 230, Big Tech 'accountability'
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What is the U.S. Senate filibuster and why is everyone talking about it?
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FBI: Overwhelmed police released violent riot suspect on Jan. 6. Then he rejoined the mob.

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2 jurors dropped from Chauvin trial after $27M settlement
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Senate Democrats plot new effort to gut filibuster but lack votes for major overhaul
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IRS to extend U.S. tax deadline until May 17: House panel
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GOP leadership urging 'no' vote on Dream Act to protect young immigrants from deportation
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Haaland to travel to Utah to visit monuments shrunk under Trump
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President Biden notes Asian American concerns about Atlanta shootings but not yet assigning racial motive
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7 in 10 black voters, 75% overall support voter ID laws: Poll
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DHS Secretary Mayorkas grilled by lawmakers over border crisis
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EPA finalizes rule curbing interstate pollution from 12 states
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Russia recalls US ambassador after Biden calls Putin a 'killer'
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States want to use federal stimulus payments to fund tax cuts
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Democrats have put the filibuster in the hot seat. Here's where it comes from
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Biden talks Cuomo, Putin, migrants, vaccine in ABC News exclusive interview
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FCC cracks down on robocalls with record $225 million fine
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McConnell on 'Faulkner Focus': Dems do not have mandate to 'completely transform' the country
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Fact-checking Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' claims about the border situation
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Poll: 72 percent approve of Covid relief law
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Russia recalls ambassador after Biden says Putin will 'pay a price' for interference
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How COVID Survivors Are Finding Their Way Into Politics - NY Times
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Poll: Most Americans support independent investigation into Capitol riot, believe white nationalism played a part
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Columnist fantasizes about attacking, sexually assaulting GOP congressman’s family
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DOE's first task for loan guarantees: Calming industry nerves
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Business leaders engage Biden administration on ways to pay for infrastructure
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Democrats block GOP rep's bill requiring negative COVID tests for illegal immigrants
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Senate Democrats probing Homeland Security response to summer anti-racism protests
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Eric Trump floats turning family's Florida golf resort into casino: report

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Russia recalls its ambassador to the U.S. for consultations
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U.S. stocks rise after Powell says it is too soon to talk taper
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Exclusive: GOP officials offer support for Vanita Gupta
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Surge in Migrants Defies Easy or Quick Solutions for Biden - NY Times
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Biden’s foray into filibuster fight leaves liberals no closer to victory
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Secretary of State Blinken slams North Korea's human rights abuses
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Air Force to test hypersonic weapon in race to catch up with adversaries
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‘Human error’: Inside Iran’s report on downing of Ukraine plane
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Army denies medals, Special Forces insignia to soldier Trump pardoned for alleged murder
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Senate unanimously confirms Katherine Tai as U.S. trade representative
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DHS chief Mayorkas testifies climate is in 'crisis' but stops short of using that word to describe border
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Omarosa Manigault Newman can't force Trump to testify in lawsuit, judge rules
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POLITICO Playbook: GOP to accuse Biden of ‘unlawful’ border actions

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Movement for Black Lives opposes George Floyd Justice Act
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Janet Yellen wants to overhaul corporate taxes for the whole world - she's talking to other countries about a minimum rate - BI
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The surprising ways masks and Zoom are changing how we act and feel
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Tanzanian President John Magufuli is dead: VP
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Iowa House passes bill banning diversity training that calls US systemically racist or sexist
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U.S. has issued 90 million stimulus checks worth $242 billion, Treasury says
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Bipartisanship in a divided Senate? On China, perhaps.
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Fed expects to keep its key rate near zero through 2023
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Border crisis: 565 unaccompanied migrant children crossing daily into the US
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Cuomo accuser's attorney rips NY Assembly's counsel
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Kentucky legislature limits governor's Senate appointment power
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What It Will Take to Break the U.S.-Iran Impasse: A Q&A With Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif
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Harris says stands with Asian-American community after Atlanta shooting
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Florida bill seeks to block trans athletes from girls’ teams
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LSU administrator gave rapists, stalkers and other Title IX violators slaps on the wrist
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Biden border wall freeze unlawful, 40 GOP senators tell GAO in letter
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CBS says 'The Talk' staying off air after racism talk
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Capitol Police officer’s widow presses Congress for 1/6 Commission
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Disneyland Theme Parks Will Reopen To California Residents In April
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Biden backs filibuster reform after top Senate Republican says Democrats would pay if it's scrapped
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McConnell vows ‘scorched earth’ if Senate ends filibuster
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Cuomo should resign if allegations confirmed: Biden in exclusive ABC News interview
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Eight killed in Atlanta-area shooting; suspect arrested
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US: Putin approved operations to help Trump against Biden
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Biden tells migrants 'don't come over' in ABC News exclusive interview
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Russia 'heavily amplified' Hunter Biden stories during election: Intelligence report
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Trump assures supporters that COVID-19 vaccination is safe
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Some migrants now sending their kids across the border alone so the kids won't be expelled, say lawyers
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More than 13,000 migrant children in U.S. custody, sources say
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Texas officials say $29 million in electric bills to be forgiven
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Donald Trump hints he will consider running for president again
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Bolstered by allies, Biden officials take blunt message to first China talks
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McConnell just ruled out any Republican support for tax hikes to pay for a Biden infrastructure package - BI
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Google revelations trigger swift bipartisan call for action
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Trump: Supreme Court should be 'ashamed' for not reversing Biden win
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What to know about the House immigration bills being voted on this week
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Michigan man, 21, threatened Biden, Pelosi, Whitmer, authorities say
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Three-level bunks and mats on floors as migrant kids wait in Border Patrol facilities amid surge
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Mike Lindell responds to billion-dollar lawsuit from Dominion with two countersuits of his own
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What's next for the Senate? Bipartisan group of 20 senators to meet to discuss agenda
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Bob Menendez calls Ron Johnson 'racist' on Senate floor over Capitol riot remarks
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Rep. Jim Clyburn Bluntly Sums Up Sen. Ron Johnson On CNN: 'The Guy Is Racist' - HP
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Atlanta shootings: Asian women among eight killed at three spas
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Trump blames Biden for border crisis
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U.S. 'on watch' for new North Korean missile tests
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Border crisis stymies Congress as GOP bashes Biden and Democrats spar internally over immigration strategy
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U.S. Blinken says China is acting aggressively and repressively in Asia
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Ex-Trump lawyer Alan Dershowitz advising MyPillow CEO Lindell in Dominion suit
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Biden: Cuomo will 'probably' be prosecuted if allegations confirmed
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There were 3,800 anti-Asian racist incidents, mostly against women, in past year
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House Democrats introduce legislation to expand affordable broadband access
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Pentagon Pushes For Bigger Effort To Deter China's Growing Military Might
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Trump to decide on whether to make another White House run after 2022 midterms
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Democrats treading lightly on Biden’s next big health care promise
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House passes sweeping child abuse prevention bill
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Child border crossings surging, straining US facilities
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North Korea could soon test new intercontinental missile, U.S. general testifies
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After Dems accuse McCarthy of lying about terrorists crossing border, CBP confirms it
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Texas officials say $29 million in electric bills to be forgiven
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Russia stoked Ukraine allegations, used Trump allies to undermine Biden, U.S. intel agencies say
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Hispanic lawmakers press Pentagon on extremism in the military
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Top US officials weigh North Korea options in talks in Seoul
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Virginia Governor Clears Path For Ex-Convicts To Regain Voting Rights
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More women reaching out with Cuomo harassment allegations, accuser’s attorney says
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Former GOP lawmaker jumps into California recall election
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Watch these states as GOP tries to make it harder to vote
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Derek Chauvin trial live: Jurors to be questioned today about knowledge of $27 million settlement case
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U.S. House approves small business Paycheck Protection Program extension to May 31
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GOP calls for Yale president to testify on discrimination against Asian Americans
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Favorability of Black Lives Matter, Blue Lives Matter central in jury screening for trial in Floyd's death
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‘A mountain out of a molehill’: Feinstein dismisses Newsom’s talk of her replacement
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In Pennsylvania, Biden showcases aid to small businesses
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In a shift, Joe Biden endorses a 'talking filibuster' to change Senate rules
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Al Gore advocates for automatically registering citizens to vote
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Stacey Abrams said she was "chastised" for "refusing to demur" in 2020 comments
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Senate Republicans plot their Covid aid payback
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White House sets low expectations for China talks in Alaska
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Instagram to restrict messaging between teens and adults they don't follow
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Dr. Birx describes 'extraordinarily uncomfortable' moment when Trump suggested injecting disinfectant could fight COVID
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Myanmar Buddhist group signals break with authorities after violent crackdown
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At least 58 killed by gunmen on motorcycles in Niger
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McCarthy decries ‘political stunt’ after troops visit lawmaker’s office
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In landmark ruling, Japan court says not allowing same-sex marriage is 'unconstitutional'
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US sanctions 24 China and Hong Kong officials ahead of talks
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Cuomo allies circulated letter attacking accuser's credibility: report
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The Racist Roots Of Rap On Trial
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Taxes may not be colorblind, and critics say more data could prove it
Back to the '70s as Fed fuels boom and hopes for no Burns marks
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Anger over bid to boost U.K. police powers after Sarah Everard killing
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Elton John accuses Vatican of 'hypocrisy' for refusing to bless same-sex unions
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Virginia gubernatorial candidate Cox hits Northam, McAuliffe amid parole board whistleblower suit
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Trump says election 'should have been overturned'
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Merkel's party slides in poll as anger grows over virus management
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Saudi Arabia wants to buy Turkey’s armed drones: Erdogan
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Large and dangerous tornado outbreak likely Wednesday
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How Yang charmed the right on his road to political stardom
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Oil steady as demand worries counter surprise drop in U.S. crude stocks
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New invasive species of mosquito found in Florida
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Pfizer to halt biosimilar output in China, sell assets to WuXi Biologics
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Tiger Woods back at home after rollover crash
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Coronavirus News and Updates:
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Will work from home outlast virus? Ford’s move suggests yes
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This map shows which states have opened up COVID-19 vaccines to everyone
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Facing 'crisis of century', EU threatens ban on COVID vaccine exports to UK
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Biden administration to allocate billions toward COVID-19 testing for schools

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Covid: NHS warns of 'significant reduction' in vaccines
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E.U. threat on vaccine exports escalates feud with U.S. and U.K.

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Explainer: How worried should we be about reports of blood clots and AstraZeneca's vaccine?
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Native tribes have expanded vaccines to everyone in Oklahoma
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Why you shouldn't use those hand dryers in public bathrooms
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France tightening COVID-19 restrictions as infections accelerate

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NCAA teams hit by COVID pauses take hope from antibodies
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UK says more than 25 million people have had first COVID shot
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Trump urges supporters get vaccinated after Fauci, experts call on him to do so
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Chile's red-hot inoculation drive reaches frozen continent of Antarctica
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Republicans urge Garland to probe COVID-19 deaths in New York group homes
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Trump touts Covid-19 vaccine safety amid skepticism from Republicans
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Pfizer execs discuss hiking vaccine price after pandemic wanes
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Britain's Prince Charles takes swipe at anti-vaxxers
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More nations halt use of AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine citing clots
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A number of Republican lawmakers are saying no to COVID-19 vaccines
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FDA opens door to widespread at-home Covid-19 tests
Faced with pressure to lift Covid restrictions, Utah gov. opts to restrict his own powers
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Australia urges EU to send 1 million COVID-19 vaccines for PNG amid fresh outbreak
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As Biden Confronts Vaccine Hesitancy, Republicans Are a Particular Challenge - NY Times
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Postal service workers not a priority for COVID-19 shots
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Philippines says wider lockdown possible as coronavirus infections spike
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Woman gives birth to first known baby with COVID-19 antibodies
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Poll: 50% of unvaccinated Trump voters say they will 'never' get inoculated for COVID. How Biden hopes to change their minds.
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Vietnam says homegrown COVID-19 vaccine to be available by fourth quarter
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India's coronavirus infections rise by highest in three months
 
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