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Iran's Foreign Minister, in Leaked Tape, Says Revolutionary Guards Set Policies — Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, described a rivalry with a powerful and widely revered military leader, Qassim Suleimani. — In a leaked audiotape that offers a glimpse into the behind …
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HotAir, Associated Press, The Guardian, The Times of Israel and Political Wire


The public's concerns over the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine are widespread, Post-ABC poll finds — Fewer than 1 in 4 Americans not yet immunized against the coronavirus say they would be willing to get the vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll …
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Did the Costs of Pausing the J&J Vaccine Outweigh the Benefits? — Americans in states across the country started getting vaccinated with the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Covid vaccine again yesterday, after regulators ended a suspension of the vaccine that had lasted almost two weeks.

The Health 202: More than half of unvaccinated Americans don't plan to get the coronavirus shot
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House GOP retreat to Florida fraught with peril — ORLANDO — For House Republicans, it's less about how they can win back the majority and more about: How do they avoid messing things up? — That's the question on the minds of GOP lawmakers as they huddle in America's theme park haven …
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Anti-Trump conservative group to grade GOP lawmakers on whether they uphold (or undermine) democracy
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POLITICO Playbook: Democrats spar over Biden's next mega-proposal
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Kevin McCarthy, Four Months After Jan. 6, Still on Defensive Over Trump
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Vaccinated American Tourists May Soon Travel to Europe — The head of the European Commission said the bloc would switch policy, under certain conditions, after more than a year of mostly banning nonessential travel. — BRUSSELS — American tourists who have been fully vaccinated …
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Is an Activist's Pricey House News? Facebook Alone Decides. — The New York Post has complained that Facebook is blocking and downplaying its stories. But the platform doesn't pay any special deference to journalists. — On Wednesday, I learned a new way to get a news article erased from much of the internet.


Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan launches Senate bid — Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, launched a campaign for Senate on Monday, giving Democrats their first candidate in the race to succeed Republican Sen. Rob Portman, who is not running for re-election. — The 10-term congressman first made his intentions known …
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KCUR Reporter And Beloved Colleague Aviva Okeson-Haberman Dies At 24 — Aviva joined KCUR in 2019, impressing her colleagues with her work ethic and strength of purpose. — Aviva Okeson-Haberman, an accomplished KCUR reporter known for her thoughtful, aggressive and compassionate reporting …


Biden's next 100 days — President Biden spent his first 100 days trying to engineer the end of the coronavirus and start of a job boom. The next 100 are more audacious and risky: Try to re-engineer the very fundamentals of America — inequality, voting rights and government's role in directing economic growth.
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How Biden anchored his first 100 days on two simple principles — Poll shows slight majority approve of Biden's performance — (CNN)The increasingly radical presidency of Joe Biden was built on a straightforward foundation: putting Covid-19 shots in arms and stimulus checks in the bank.
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DC cop cars totaled after officers drag race in NE, says commander — WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - Two D.C. police cars were totaled after officers decided to drag race each other, according to an internal email obtained exclusively by FOX 5's Lindsay Watts. — “Yesterday two 6D scout cars …


60 Minutes interviews the prosecutors of Derek Chauvin — Scott Pelley speaks with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and the prosecutorial team that convicted Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. — Derek Chauvin is in solitary confinement tonight awaiting sentencing for the murder of George Floyd.
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Nearly Half Of Republicans Think Derek Chauvin Verdict Was Wrong, Poll Shows
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CBS News poll: Widespread agreement with Chauvin verdict
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Does Biden's Climate Plan Include Cutting 90% of Red Meat From Our Diets? — President Joe Biden's climate plan includes cutting 90% of red meat from Americans' diets by 2030. — Rating — False — Biden announced that his administration would seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.
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Time to End Outdoor Mask Edicts — The CDC is moving too slowly in updating its advice to comport with the scientific evidence. — When fighting a crisis like Covid-19, health officials can never take for granted the public's willingness to comply. The measures imposed—social distancing, wearing masks—require sacrifice.
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The Republicans' deep dive into nativism — In an op-ed timed to coincide with the publication of “Out of Many, One,” a collection of paintings and stories about 43 people who enriched their adopted country, George W. Bush recently sought to “humanize the debate” about undocumented immigrants in the United States.


Russian court suspends Navalny's political headquarters while it considers banning his organizations — MOSCOW — A closed Russian court on Monday ordered opposition leader Alexei Navalny's headquarters and network of nearly 40 regional offices to suspend their activities while it considers whether …


How Equity Pulls People Down Rather Than Lifting Anyone Up — Once upon a time, the idea was equality, meaning we would treat everyone the same. This is a good thing, of course, and we have laws that demand we do just that. There's no room for discrimination based on things like race, religion, sex, or any other trait like that.
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Joe Cunningham confirms plans to run for SC governor; announcement set for April 26 — Former U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham confirmed to The Post and Courier that he will announce his 2022 campaign for governor of South Carolina on April 26. — The move puts an end to months of speculation …
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CEO of vaccine maker sold $10 million in stock before company ruined Johnson & Johnson doses — The stock price of government contractor Emergent BioSolutions has fallen sharply since the disclosure at the end of March that production problems at the firm's plant in Baltimore had ruined 15 million doses …
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Census Bureau to Release 2020 Census Population Counts for Apportionment — News Conference to Be Held to Announce Results — What: — The U.S. Census Bureau has completed data processing for the first 2020 Census results — state population counts used to apportion the seats …
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