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  President Xi Jinping is asking former CEO Howard Schultz of Starbucks to help repair U.S.-Chinese relations that have plunged to their lowest level in decad…
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Army soldier arrested after military spouse murdered at Hawaii barracks
A U.S. Army soldier has been arrested in connection with the death of a veteran and military spouse at Schofield Barracks on Oahu in Hawaii. Selena Roth, a 25-year-old Army vet…
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Biden forgoing Amtrak trip to D.C. over security fears
President-elect Joe Biden will no longer be taking an Amtrak train to Washington for his inauguration because of security concerns.
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Capitol rioters included trained ex-military, cops
As President Donald Trump’s supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a line of men wearing olive-drab helmets and body armor trudged purpos…
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FBI tracking 'extensive' online chatter about armed protests
Director Chris Wray said Thursday. Wray said the FBI was receiving a “significant” amount of information that it was pushing out to other law enforcement agencies ahead of the …
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Biden to unveil coronavirus vaccine distribution plan
Biden has promised to take more serious action to curb the virus than his predecessor, President Donald Trump, and get 100 million vaccine shots into the arms of Americans duri…
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NYC bus left dangling from overpass after crash
The driver was seriously injured and several passengers were hurt when the vehicle crashed at an interchange, plunging 50 feet on to the access road.
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Amy Coney Barrett set to hear case against Shell
The Supreme Court justice has not recused herself from a climate case against Big Oil, despite her family ties to one of the main defendants.
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Eyes on Pelosi over Trump impeachment trial timing
The next steps in the second Senate trial for President Trump could come into clearer focus on Friday when the House Speaker holds a news conference.
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Prosecutor: Capitol rioter aimed 'to take hostages'
A retired Air Force officer who was part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week carried plastic zip-tie handcuffs because he intended “to take hostages,” a prosecut…
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Trump administration executes another federal inmate
Corey Johnson, who had intellectual disabilities, was killed while recovering from COVID-19, which medical experts say may have made the lethal injection execution process tort…
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DC pizza shop delivers hundreds of pies to National Guard stationed at the Capitol
Representatives Michael Waltz and Vicky Hartzler were spotted handing out pizzas to troops in the Capitol Visitor Center.
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Arizona GOP wants to censure Cindy McCain over gay marriage, Biden support
The Arizona Republican Party will vote on a measure to censure Cindy McCain, the widow of Sen. John McCain, on Jan. 23, in part because of her support for President-elect Joe B…
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Hospital fined over Covid outbreak traced to costume
A California hospital is facing a potential $43,000 fine from county health officials for alleged delays in reporting a Covid-19 super-spreader event linked to an inflatable Ch…
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Biden taps Jaime Harrison to serve as Democratic chairman
Jaime Harrison, the failed South Carolina Senate candidate and longtime Democratic Party official, is President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to lead the national party, according t…
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Secret Service barred from Jared and Ivanka's bathrooms
A Washington Post report revealed that agents had to go to extraordinary lengths to relieve themselves — including using a bathroom in the Obamas' nearby garage.
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Inside Trump’s final days: Aides struggle to contain an angry, isolated president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - “We are going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue,” President Donald Trump exhorted his screaming supporters before they marched on the U.S. Capitol last we…
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GOP lawmaker buying body armor to protect against Trump supporters
Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer said that expense is "reimbursable," but added, "It’s sad that we have to get to that point.”
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Republican Party faces rage from both pro- and anti-Trump voters
After riots at the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump’s supporters, the Republican Party is facing defections from two camps of voters it can’t afford to lose: those saying…
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N.Y. attorney general sues NYPD alleging years of civil rights abuses, seeks a federal monitor
New York state Attorney General Letitia James sued the city of New York, the mayor and the police department's leaders on Thursday alleging that officers had committed civil ri…

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