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Biden wants to get tougher on employers who expose workers to COVID-19
The new president is expected to sign an executive order Thursday directing OSHA to better combat the spread of coronavirus at work.
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Nancy Pelosi: It would be 'harmful to unity' to skip Trump impeachment trial
You don't ignore a president's actions "because people think we should make nice-nice and forget that people died here," said the House speaker.
World leaders have failed to deliver on the promises of the Paris Agreement on climate change, said Swedish activist Greta Thunberg in a video marking the five-year anniversary of the landmark accord signed by 196 countries.
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Thunberg drags Cruz after U.S. rejoins Paris accord
The teen climate activist burned the Texas Republican on Twitter after he evoked a nonsensical Trump quote involving Pittsburgh.
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Time, transparency needed as Biden inherits frazzled census
Battered by criticism that the 2020 census was dangerously politicized by the Trump administration, the U.S. Census Bureau under a new Biden administration has the tall task of…
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Woman accused of helping steal Pelosi laptop freed from jail
A Pennsylvania woman facing charges that she helped steal a laptop from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the attack on the U.S. Capitol will be released from jai…
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'Just move on': Republicans grapple with post-Trump future
For the first time in more than a decade, Republicans are waking up to a Washington where Democrats control the White House and Congress, adjusting to an era of diminished powe…
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Vaccine supply crunch hits just as distribution ramps up
When a hospital chain in South Florida announced this month that it had 12,000 open appointments for Covid-19 vaccinations, Anari Patel jumped at the chance. Patel said she got…
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Trump said vaccines would be widely available by February. New CDC director says they won't.
The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that the Covid-19 vaccine would not be widely available by late February as the Trump administr…
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Protesters damage Democratic headquarters in Oregon
Some in the group of about 150 people smashed windows and spray-painted anarchist symbols at the political party building.
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Biden to sign virus measures, requires mask use to travel
Deep in the deadliest coronavirus wave and facing worrisome new strains, President Joe Biden will initiate a national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reo…
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Melania Trump Couldn't Be Bothered To Write Thank-You Notes To Staff: Report
She ignored a first lady tradition and reportedly took a far more impersonal approach.
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Military helicopter crash kills 3 in training exercise in NY
Three National Guard members on a training flight were killed Wednesday when their helicopter crashed in a farmer's field in western New York.
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U.S. to join COVID vaccine push for poor nations, remain WHO member: Fauci
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the announcement to the WHO Executive Board, saying: "This is a good day for WHO and a good day for global health."
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Woman accused of stealing Pelosi laptop due in court
A federal judge may decide Thursday whether a Pennsylvania woman accused of helping steal a laptop from the office of the House Speaker during the attack on the U.S. Capitol sh…
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Winning ticket scoops $730M Powerball jackpot
The winning ticket was sold in Maryland and the prize was the fifth-largest ever in the competition.
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Ted Cruz tries to slam Biden's first day
The Texas senator got hit with an instant fact-check on Twitter.
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Senate confirms Biden Cabinet pick as Dems control
Three new senators were sworn into office Wednesday after President Joe Biden's inauguration, securing the majority for Democrats in the Senate and across a unified government …
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Uniformed man seen kneeling by Beau Biden's grave
Delaware journalist Patricia Talorico captured the emotional photo just as President Joe Biden was delivering his first speech after being sworn in.
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All 17 executive orders Biden signed on his first day
The new president is quickly undoing some of Donald Trump's most controversial policies.

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