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Republican explains why he voted to impeach Trump
Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer, one of just 10 Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump over the deadly attack on the Capitol, defended his decision while takin…
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Republican explains why he voted to impeach Trump
Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer, one of just 10 Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump over the deadly attack on the Capitol, defended his decision while takin…
Donald Trump tells supporters at the Jan. 6 "March to Save America" rally in Washington to go to the U.S. Capitol and "fight like hell or you won't have a country anymore." (Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Trump’s 'absurd' impeachment defenses rebutted
Democrats forcefully rejected the argument that a former president cannot be impeached or tried after leaving office, which will likely be Trump’s central defense.
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McCarthy condemns Greene, blasts Dem 'power grab'
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday he condemns Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's past remarks questioning school shootings, but he criticized a Democratic drive to…
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3 Idaho National Guard members killed in crash
Three Idaho Army National Guard pilots died Tuesday evening when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed near Boise during a training flight. Col. Christopher Burt said the helicop…
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Standoff between Schumer, McConnell ends in a deal
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced an agreement Wednesday with Republicans to organize the evenly split chamber, ending a weekslong standoff that prevented the new …
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House to vote on stripping Greene of committee roles
The Georgia congresswoman is under fire for her incendiary social media posts.
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Study reveals duration of immunity after infection
Almost all people previously infected with COVID-19 have high levels of antibodies for at least six months that are likely to protect them from reinfection with the disease, re…
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SCOTUS scraps arguments in Trump-era cases
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday canceled upcoming scheduled arguments in appeals filed by Republican former President Donald Trump's administration defending his funding of…
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Israel sees surge reversed after vaccine rollout
Now that a huge share of Israelis have been vaccinated, experts are looking at the country’s experience as a kind of real-world, real-time experiment, with unique data that cou…
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Georgia investigating pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood for possible illegal voting
Wood told a local news station that he’s been "domiciled in South Carolina for several months."
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Mom of pepper-sprayed girl speaks out against police
The mother of a 9-year-old girl who was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed by Rochester police said the officers involved should be fired. Public outrage has been high since body ca…
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Fauci issues warning about Super Bowl parties
The nation's top infectious disease expert doesn't want the Super Bowl to turn into a super spreader. Dr. Anthony Fauci, says when it comes to Super Bowl parties during the pan…
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Mexican migrants sent home a record $40B in 2020
Money sent home by Mexican migrants rose 11.4% in 2020 to a new high despite the coronavirus pandemic, Mexico’s central bank reported Tuesday.
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House approves fines of up to $10,000 for lawmakers who evade metal detectors
Nancy Pelosi called it “beyond comprehension" that some Republican lawmakers had refused to comply with security measures.
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Karl Rove wants action taken against GOP Rep.
The veteran Republican strategist said Marjorie Taylor Greene has no place on the House Education and Labor Committee and should instead be “confined to the dark recesses of th…
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NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang tests positive for coronavirus
'I am experiencing mild symptoms, but am otherwise feeling well and in good spirits,' said Yang in a statement.
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U.S. 'deeply concerned' by Navalny sentence: Blinken
The United States is deeply concerned by a prison term meted out to Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday, and repeated its call for his immediate release, saying it would c…
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Moscow court orders Kremlin foe Navalny to prison
Russian authorities deny any involvement.

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