The fight over vaccine access in the developing world
27 May 2021
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President Biden is asking U.S. intelligence to intensify its investigation into the pandemic’s...
How Black Lives Matter changed the Mideast debate in America
26 May 2021
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The debate over Middle East policy is changing in the U.S., with more Americans expressing support f...
Who George Floyd was and how his murder changed America
25 May 2021
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One year ago today, George Floyd was murdered. Minnesota Public Radio tells the story of his life. A...
A year after George Floyd’s murder, how have police changed?
24 May 2021
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President Biden wanted to sign major police-reform into law before the anniversary of George Floyd&r...
A classic real-estate tactic might get you into legal trouble
21 May 2021
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Israel and Hamas may have reached a cease-fire, but there are still tough problems ahead. NBC News i...
“I still smell smoke”: Tulsa Race Massacre survivors speak
20 May 2021
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A bill to establish a commission to independently investigate the Capitol insurrection is dividing t...
As the U.S. debates free pre-K, research shows its impact
19 May 2021
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Arizona’s controversial election audit is drawing growing criticism. The Washington Post expla...
The Supreme Court case that could upend abortion rights
18 May 2021
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments later this year in a case that could challenge Roe v. Wade. Am...
How a “junk insurance” policy could cost you thousands
17 May 2021
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is rejecting global calls for a cease-fire in Gaza....
CDC says: Vax on, mask off (mostly). Here’s what to know.
14 May 2021
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New CDC guidance says fully vaccinated people can mostly remove masks indoors. NPR takes a look at w...
“I just refuse to bow”: Trump’s GOP foes fight back
13 May 2021
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Liz Cheney’s removal from House Republican leadership is another sign the GOP is maintaining s...
Why genetically modified mosquitos are coming to Florida
12 May 2021
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As data shows a dramatic slowing of American birthrates, Washington Post chief correspondent Dan Bal...
Escalating Mideast violence presents challenge for Biden
11 May 2021
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The Washington Post takes a step back and explains the events that led to the deadly escalation of v...
How one powerful cyberattack sent gasoline prices up
10 May 2021
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Gasoline prices spiked after a key U.S. pipeline was shut down following a ransomware cyberattack. P...
Millions are jobless. Why are employers struggling to hire?
07 May 2021
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New numbers show the U.S. economy added 266,000 jobs in April, which is much less than forecasters e...
Colombia protests turn deadly as people call for reform
06 May 2021
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Dozens are dead in Colombia after protests over economic, human-rights, and health issues were met w...
Trying to avoid COVID, they missed cancer warning signs
05 May 2021
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The Verge reports on the Facebook Oversight Board decision to uphold Facebook’s ban on former ...
Black Wall Street’s rebirth, 100 years after Tulsa massacre
04 May 2021
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With several Republican-run states introducing controversial legislation dealing with voting access,...
Are the Olympics really going to happen this year?
03 May 2021
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With the Olympics in Tokyo set to begin in less than three months and coronavirus cases increasing i...
Top Indian writers on their country’s COVID nightmare
30 Apr 2021
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The COVID situation in India right now is catastrophic. Three Indian writers offer analysis on why t...
How Biden’s new spending and tax plan could affect you
29 Apr 2021
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As President Biden marks 100 days in office, he’s pushing a series of proposals calling for ma...
How a teen’s Snapchat post became a Supreme Court case
28 Apr 2021
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One teenager’s salty Snapchat post is now at the center of a potentially pivotal Supreme Court...
What we’ve learned from Kamala Harris’s first 100 days as VP
27 Apr 2021
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While many public officials and activists are calling for tighter gun restrictions, NPR reports that...
The new global inequality: Access to COVID-19 vaccines
26 Apr 2021
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As India deals with an overwhelming coronavirus surge, the United States is sending aid including ve...
Advocates press Congress for national police-reform bill
23 Apr 2021
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In light of the Derek Chauvin verdict, many people in the U.S. are looking to Congress to pass meani...
Can Biden cut U.S. climate emissions in half?
22 Apr 2021
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President Biden is today expected to announce a new U.S. target for greenhouse-gas emissions: a 50 p...
The Chauvin verdict is in: guilty. What happens now?
21 Apr 2021
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Former police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty of murder and manslaughter in the death of...
How can governments address crimes against the environment?
20 Apr 2021
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As the White House hosts a global summit to address climate change, a group of advocates is pushing ...
What the surgeon general has to say about vaccine hesitancy
19 Apr 2021
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Today is the date President Biden set as the deadline for states to open up COVID-vaccine eligibilit...
Soon Derek Chauvin’s fate will be in the jury’s hands
16 Apr 2021
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CNN reports on a deadly mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis. Chicago is reacting to ne...
Latest police killing raises doubts about possible reform
15 Apr 2021
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Kim Potter, the former officer who killed Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in Minnesota, has been...
Out of Afghanistan: Biden’s big bet on American security
14 Apr 2021
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President Biden is pulling U.S. troops out of Afghanistan. CNN looks at what the move says about how...
CEOs double down on voting-rights fight
13 Apr 2021
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Stat reports on U.S. regulators recommending pausing distribution of the Johnson & Johnson COVID...
U.S. under pressure after Iran nuclear incident
12 Apr 2021
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Iran says Israel was responsible for a blackout at its Natanz nuclear site. Bloomberg and CNN report...
“The Line” episode 1: We have a problem
10 Apr 2021
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Apple News Today is bringing you a special Saturday episode, featuring the first chapter from &ldquo...
How George Floyd’s family has felt watching Chauvin’s trial
09 Apr 2021
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Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has died at 99. The Washington Post and the Guardian l...
How racism has shaped our highways for decades
08 Apr 2021
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The Biden administration is telling Texas to pause a highway expansion that activists say would disp...
One woman’s struggle to escape from a Chinese detention camp
07 Apr 2021
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For years, China has been forcing ethnic minorities from the Xinjiang region into what it calls poli...
How the pandemic is hurting the oldest and youngest workers
06 Apr 2021
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The Minneapolis police chief’s testimony was one of the biggest moments of the Derek Chauvin m...
The wild finishes of a March Madness like no other
05 Apr 2021
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Public-health experts are warning of the potential for a fourth wave of COVID-19 in the U.S. The Atl...
The Derek Chauvin trial: “I believe I witnessed a murder”
02 Apr 2021
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Today marks the end of the first week in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police o...
What everyone got wrong about legal marijuana
01 Apr 2021
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A growing number of Americans are getting COVID shots, and states and private companies are racing t...
GOP star Gaetz under investigation, denies sex allegations
31 Mar 2021
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Today, President Biden is expected to reveal the first phase of his multitrillion-dollar infrastruct...
Chauvin murder case reignites debate over televised trials
30 Mar 2021
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As Derek Chauvin faces murder charges over the death of George Floyd, the whole trial will be stream...
Opening statements begin in trial over George Floyd’s death
29 Mar 2021
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The Suez Canal traffic jam is on its way to getting solved. Bloomberg reports on progress in moving ...
Meet the crack team fighting to free the Suez container ship
26 Mar 2021
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Dredgers, tugboats, helicopters, and a legendary team of salvage experts: Bloomberg News reports on ...
Republicans and Democrats fight to reshape how America votes
25 Mar 2021
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Democrats and Republicans are in a battle to reshape voting rights in this country. CNN looks at the...
Megan Rapinoe takes fight for equal pay to Congress
24 Mar 2021
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The experiences of multiple U.S. administrations has showed how difficult it is to manage immigratio...
Can your boss make you get a COVID vaccine?
23 Mar 2021
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Ten people are dead, including a police officer, after a shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Color...
Capitol attack reveals extremists in police ranks
22 Mar 2021
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The Department of Justice may seek sedition charges against some of those who stormed the U.S. Capit...
Why hate-crime cases rarely make it to court
19 Mar 2021
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Many people want the murders in Georgia — where six of the victims were women of Asian descent...
Calls for action on anti-Asian hate after Georgia killings
18 Mar 2021
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Asian-American communities are calling for more action after the killings in Georgia, in which most ...
When will kids get COVID-19 vaccines?
17 Mar 2021
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Children are now taking part in trials of COVID-19 vaccines. National Geographic and the Wall Street...
Biden’s plan to raise taxes on the wealthy
16 Mar 2021
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The $1.9 trillion coronavirus-relief bill is just one of many big plans the Biden administration is ...
Stimulus checks arrive in America’s bank accounts
15 Mar 2021
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Millions of Americans are starting to receive money from the COVID-relief bill. NPR and New York Mag...
A year into the pandemic, when will life return to normal?
12 Mar 2021
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Apple News Today talks to Alexis Madrigal, co-founder of the COVID Tracking Project at the Atlantic....
“This is going to be so bad.” The journalist who saw the pandemic coming.
11 Mar 2021
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The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic one year ago. But Stat re...
For women promised more, a year that “shattered our reality”
10 Mar 2021
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Since the start of the pandemic, more than 2.3 million women have left the workforce. In January, wo...
Black Americans & COVID-19: The impact of racism on the body
09 Mar 2021
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Duarte Geraldino talks with journalist Akilah Johnson about her reporting on COVID-19 and its dispro...
The Pandemic Year: “I want this virus to die inside me”
08 Mar 2021
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March 11 marks one year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a glob...
The Pandemic Year: Special Series Preview
05 Mar 2021
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It’s Amazon vs. unions. These workers will decide who wins.
05 Mar 2021
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Following a string of high-profile attacks on Asian Americans, two writers go beyond the headlines t...
Is Biden letting the world’s dictators off the hook?
04 Mar 2021
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The House canceled Thursday’s session after the U.S. Capitol Police warned of a possible plot ...
Two developments are transforming the U.S. pandemic debate
03 Mar 2021
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As COVID-19 vaccine production ramps up in America, some state governors are lifting pandemic restri...
Maybe America’s love for pro sports is wildly exaggerated
02 Mar 2021
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Today, the Supreme Court will hear two election-law cases that may decide the fate of the landmark V...
The sexual-harassment allegations against Governor Cuomo
01 Mar 2021
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Two former aides have accused New York governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment. NBC News has the ...
Trump speech to kick off fight for the GOP’s soul
26 Feb 2021
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The Conservative Political Action Conference features the biggest stars in the GOP — the ...
South Dakota AG refuses to step down after deadly crash
25 Feb 2021
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Tomorrow, an FDA advisory committee meets to review the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and d...
How Capitol security failed to stop the insurrection
24 Feb 2021
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For the first time since the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, key officials who were in charge of s...
Rich countries corner global vaccine supply
23 Feb 2021
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International agreements are to make sure all countries have equitable access to vaccines. But Vox a...
How America can learn from its pandemic mistakes
22 Feb 2021
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The United States is near half a million deaths from COVID-19, the most in the world. Politico write...
The political fallout from the winter energy crisis in Texas
19 Feb 2021
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The blackouts in Texas have led to significant political fallout. CNBC looks at the claims politicia...
U.S. life expectancy falls by entire year as pandemic rages
18 Feb 2021
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The crisis is not over in Texas, as power outages and brutal weather continue to have a broad impact...
Are New York and California turning on their governors?
17 Feb 2021
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New York governor Andrew Cuomo and California governor Gavin Newsom drew praise early in the pandemi...
Have we turned a corner on COVID-19? Not yet.
16 Feb 2021
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For the first time in months, average new daily coronavirus infections have fallen below 100,000 in ...
Trump’s legal challenges are just getting started
15 Feb 2021
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Donald Trump was acquitted by the Senate for a second time this weekend, but his legal troubles may ...
Trump’s team makes his case
12 Feb 2021
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Today, Donald Trump’s defense team make their case in the Senate impeachment trial. Axios brea...
“They would’ve killed Mike Pence”: impeachment day 2
11 Feb 2021
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Yesterday, House impeachment managers revealed new information about the insurrection at the U.S. Ca...
To understand Trump’s impeachment trial, start with April 7
10 Feb 2021
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On day two of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, NPR has a detailed timeline of events, showing...
What it’s like to face a $1 million COVID hospital bill
09 Feb 2021
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Former president Donald Trump’s lawyers will argue the Senate cannot constitutionally try him ...
The arguments for and against convicting Trump
08 Feb 2021
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The impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump starts tomorrow. CNN has a preview of argumen...
Democrats strip Marjorie Taylor Greene from committees
05 Feb 2021
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Democratic Senators moved ahead on a COVID-relief bill without Republicans in an overnight session. ...
Roadblocks emerge in Democratic drive for $15 minimum wage
04 Feb 2021
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Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 is a key measure in Democrats’ pandemic-stimulus packa...
The Capitol rioters reveal a new type of American extremism
03 Feb 2021
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Democrats are moving forward to pass a COVID-19 relief bill through a process known as “budget...
Is it worth worrying about the national debt during COVID?
02 Feb 2021
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Republicans say Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus proposal will add too much to the nati...
Who could get stimulus checks and how big they might be
01 Feb 2021
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Ten Republican senators are proposing a $600 million plan as an alternative to President Biden&rsquo...
Why it’s so hard to book vaccine appointments
29 Jan 2021
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By the end of this week, President Biden will have signed more than three dozen executive actions. R...
Biden seeks to restore Obama’s health-care legacy
28 Jan 2021
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The Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration’s signature accomplishment, has survived fou...
The Democrat who could make or break Biden’s climate agenda
27 Jan 2021
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President Biden has big plans to tackle climate change. The Washington Post profiles West Virginia s...
What to know about the new COVID-19 variants
26 Jan 2021
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New variants of COVID-19 are emerging. The Wall Street Journal breaks down what we know so far about...
McConnell’s big gamble with Trump impeachment
25 Jan 2021
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President Biden has promised that 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses will be administered in his fir...
Where does the GOP go without Trump in the White House?
22 Jan 2021
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Many Republicans are asking where the party goes after the Trump presidency. Time looks at the inter...
President Biden moves quickly to undo Trump’s legacy
21 Jan 2021
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With over 400,000 Americans dead from the coronavirus, Joe Biden inherits a country with no clear pl...
Special Episode: Joe Biden is the 46th president of the United States
20 Jan 2021
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The Wall Street Journal recaps President Biden’s first message to the nation as president. Blo...
Can Joe Biden unite the nation?
20 Jan 2021
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The Wall Street Journal reports on President Trump’s final pardons, which include ones for his...
President Trump’s lasting impact on American policy
19 Jan 2021
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Politico reviewed 30 areas where President Trump has made major policy changes thatmany people may h...
Biden prepares a 10-day sprint
18 Jan 2021
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The Washington Post reports on the Biden administration’s plan to take immediate action agains...
Biden’s agenda collides with Trump’s impeachment trial
15 Jan 2021
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Politico reports on how the Senate trial of Donald Trump could complicate the Biden administration&r...
Trump impeached again as states brace for more violence
14 Jan 2021
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After the impeachment vote, PBS NewsHour looks at what lies ahead for President Trump as the Senate ...
How the Republican tide has turned against Donald Trump
13 Jan 2021
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Politico reports that some congressional Republicans are backing impeachment. And the Washington Pos...