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    • WH caves to pressure from moderate Dems on checks

      WH caves to pressure from moderate Dems on checks

      Individuals making over $80,000 a year will reportedly no longer qualify for the payments — the cap in the House bill was $100,000.

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      • Biden response to Khashoggi probe 'shocking'

        Biden response to Khashoggi probe 'shocking'

      • Rockets hit airbase in Iraq hosting U.S. troops

        Rockets hit airbase in Iraq hosting U.S. troops

      • Louisiana man helps save infant abandoned on highway

        Louisiana man helps save infant abandoned on highway

      • Rising Republican star is embroiled in controversy

        Rising Republican star is embroiled in controversy

      • Damning allegations against former White House doctor

        Damning allegations against former White House doctor

    • Joe Biden just yanked away stimulus checks from 17 million Americans
      Politics
      The Week

      Joe Biden just yanked away stimulus checks from 17 million Americans

      During the campaign for the two Georgia Senate races, Joe Biden repeatedly promised to pass $2,000 stimulus checks if the Democrats won. After they did, the administration argued that $2,000 really meant $1,400 in addition to the $600 that had already gone out in the December rescue package. Whether that is true or not, now Biden is inarguably breaking his promise.

      • Democrats Again Limit Who Will Receive A Stimulus Check
        Democrats Again Limit Who Will Receive A Stimulus Check
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      • Senate Democrats call for automatic stimulus checks and extra unemployment benefits
        Senate Democrats call for automatic stimulus checks and extra unemployment benefits
        Yahoo Money
    • Missing 10-year-old found safe; father accused of killing child’s mother in Carrollton
      U.S.
      Fort Worth Star-Telegram

      Missing 10-year-old found safe; father accused of killing child’s mother in Carrollton

      A missing 10-year-old Carrollton girl was found safe Wednesday morning, hours after she was reported missing when her mother was discovered slain. Rosemary Singer was located along with her father, Ronald Singer, who is accused of killing the child's mother early Wednesday in Carrollton. Red Oak and Dallas police located the child and took Ronald Singer into custody, Carrollton police said.

    • AOC’s Terrible Minimum-Wage Argument
      Business
      National Review

      AOC’s Terrible Minimum-Wage Argument

      Not only do Danish fast-food employees making $45,000 hand over around half their earnings to the government, they pay a 25 percent value-added tax on most purchases, as well as a number of other levies. In return, Danes are afforded all kinds of government-provided services. Presumably, Ocasio-Cortez approves of this arrangement.

    • General: Pentagon hesitated on sending Guard to Capitol riot
      U.S.
      Associated Press

      General: Pentagon hesitated on sending Guard to Capitol riot

      Defense Department leaders placed unusual restrictions on the National Guard for the day of the Capitol riot and delayed sending help for hours despite an urgent plea from police for reinforcement, according to testimony Wednesday that added to the finger-pointing about the government response. Maj. Gen. William Walker, commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, told senators that the then-chief of the Capitol Police requested military support in a “voice cracking with emotion” in a 1:49 p.m. call as rioters began pushing toward the Capitol. Walker said he immediately relayed the request to the Army but did not learn until 5:08 p.m. that the Defense Department had approved it.

      • D.C. Guard Chief Says It Took Over 3 Hours For Approval To Deploy National Guard On Jan. 6
        D.C. Guard Chief Says It Took Over 3 Hours For Approval To Deploy National Guard On Jan. 6
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      • Walker discusses attack on the U.S. Capitol
        Walker discusses attack on the U.S. Capitol
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    • 9 of the Best Outdoor Rugs That Literally Ground Any Space
      World
      Architectural Digest

      9 of the Best Outdoor Rugs That Literally Ground Any Space

      High-traffic areas are about to meet their match Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

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      CBS News Videos

      Supreme Court appears ready to uphold Arizona election measures in Voting Rights Act case

      The Supreme Court's conservative majority on Tuesday appeared ready to uphold election measures in Arizona that would require election officials to throw away provisional ballots cast in the wrong precinct, and limit who can collect absentee ballots for delivery to polling places. The justices heard arguments in the case as dozens of state legislatures consider changes to their election laws, including many that voting rights groups say could curb voter access. Ed O'Keefe reports.

    • Sao Paulo shuts down as raging virus prompts Brazil Pfizer deal
      World
      Reuters

      Sao Paulo shuts down as raging virus prompts Brazil Pfizer deal

      Sao Paulo state announced tough measures on Wednesday to slow a snowballing coronavirus outbreak that has sparked international concern, prompting Brazil's government to end its spat with Pfizer and agree to a 100-million-dose vaccine deal. Brazil, which has the world's highest coronavirus death toll after the United States, is seeing daily fatalities hit records, just as they are falling in North America and parts of Western Europe. The Sao Paulo announcement, made by state Governor João Doria, is likely to irk far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who shuns lockdowns and has long sought to diminish the importance of the virus.

    • Nicola Sturgeon chokes back tears as she rejects 'absurd' claims she was out to destroy Alex Salmond
      World
      The Telegraph

      Nicola Sturgeon chokes back tears as she rejects 'absurd' claims she was out to destroy Alex Salmond

      Nicola Sturgeon today choked back tears and insisted "I would never have wanted to 'get' Alex Salmond" as she rejected as "absurd" his claims of a plot among senior SNP figures to destroy him. The First Minister told a Holyrood inquiry the "simple" truth was that several women made complaints about Mr Salmond's behaviour and "I refused to follow the usual pattern of allowing a powerful man to use his status and connections to get what he wants." In an appearance spanning more than eight hours, against the backdrop of calls for her resignation, Ms Sturgeon insisted she had seen "nothing that comes within a million miles" of backing Mr Salmond's conspiracy claims.

      • I did not want to ‘get’ Salmond, insists Sturgeon as she rejects plot claim
        I did not want to ‘get’ Salmond, insists Sturgeon as she rejects plot claim
        The Press Association
      • What time is Nicola Sturgeon speaking and why is she facing calls to quit?
        What time is Nicola Sturgeon speaking and why is she facing calls to quit?
        The Independent
    • Dr. Seuss Gets Blindsided by a Moral Minority
      Entertainment
      National Review

      Dr. Seuss Gets Blindsided by a Moral Minority

      If, in 1987, the editorial boards of the major newspapers learned that a fanatical cult of angry moral scolds, representing a small sliver of the population, was successfully campaigning to remove books from the public eye with the not-so-subtle encouragement of the president and his political allies, they would have been outraged. The Left used to be against banishing books, banning books, burning books. Just six years ago, when Barack Obama was publicly praising Dr. Seuss on March 2, Read Across America Day — a day specifically chosen by the National Education Association to honor Theodor Geisel's birthday — you would have called me a paranoid wingnut if I had told you that books such as On Beyond Zebra!

      • Why the decision to pull 6 Dr. Seuss books is an important move for diversity
        Why the decision to pull 6 Dr. Seuss books is an important move for diversity
        Yahoo Life
      • Six Dr. Seuss books removed with mixed reaction: 'I do not like erasing art, I do not think it's wise or smart'
        Six Dr. Seuss books removed with mixed reaction: 'I do not like erasing art, I do not think it's wise or smart'
        Yahoo News Canada
    • Police uncover ‘possible plot’ by militia to breach Capitol
      U.S.
      Associated Press

      Police uncover ‘possible plot’ by militia to breach Capitol

      Capitol Police say they have uncovered intelligence of a “possible plot” by a militia group to breach the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, nearly two months after a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the iconic building to try to stop Congress from certifying now-President Joe Biden's victory. The threat appears to be connected to a far-right conspiracy theory, mainly promoted by supporters of QAnon, that Trump will rise again to power on March 4. The announcement comes as the Capitol police and other law enforcement agencies are taking heat from Congress in contentious hearings this week on their handling of the Jan. 6 riot.

      • Capitol Police Boost Security, House Ends Work Early In Response To Possible Militia Plot
        Capitol Police Boost Security, House Ends Work Early In Response To Possible Militia Plot
        HuffPost
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        AP Top Stories March 3 P
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    • Grads on senior trip discover they’re victims of Texas travel agent’s scheme, feds say
      U.S.
      Fort Worth Star-Telegram

      Grads on senior trip discover they’re victims of Texas travel agent’s scheme, feds say

      Large groups of high school students arrived at meeting spots ready to celebrate graduation by traveling — only to learn their trip was canceled. It wasn't an accident, authorities say, and the Texas travel agent who booked the trips could go to prison for years. George Barragan, 46, pleaded guilty Tuesday to mail fraud in a scheme to steal at least $150,000 from high school students, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas.

    • North Carolina mocked after prioritising anyone who has smoked 100 cigarettes in their lifetime for a vaccine
      U.S.
      The Telegraph

      North Carolina mocked after prioritising anyone who has smoked 100 cigarettes in their lifetime for a vaccine

      Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, said that all frontline essential workers can have their vaccine now while giving three weeks' notice for those who are obese, in jail, pregnant, homeless - or who have smoked just five packets of cigarettes in their life. The cohort including smokers will be called forwards on March 24, and is designed to include adults at higher risk of virus exposure or who are at an increased risk of having a severe illness Smokers are defined as “current or former” having “smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime.” Victor Ricchezza, a Geology Professor at Georgia State University added: “I haven't smoked in years but was just joking with my wife that I could almost certainly smoke 100 cigarettes by the time we hit North Carolina in the car.”

    • Pence breaks silence to condemn Democrats' sweeping voting reform bill
      Politics
      Axios

      Pence breaks silence to condemn Democrats' sweeping voting reform bill

      In some of his most extensive remarks since Jan. 6, former Vice President Mike Pence wrote an op-ed Wednesday condemning House Democrats' sweeping election and anti-corruption proposal as an "unconstitutional power grab" by "leftists." Why it matters: Pence has largely stayed quiet since the Capitol insurrection, during which rioters were heard chanting "hang Mike Pence" after former President Trump promoted the claim that the vice president could block the certification of the Electoral College. The big picture: Writing in The Daily Signal, Pence repeated dubious claims that the 2020 election was "marked by significant voting irregularities."

      • Mike Pence Is Back And He's Lying About Election Security
        Mike Pence Is Back And He's Lying About Election Security
        HuffPost
      • Mike Pence comes out of hiding to nod towards Trump's election lies
        Mike Pence comes out of hiding to nod towards Trump's election lies
        The Week
    • The FBI has arrested a white supremacist in Fort Lauderdale. Here’s the charge
      U.S.
      Miami Herald

      The FBI has arrested a white supremacist in Fort Lauderdale. Here’s the charge

      The arrest of Paul Nicholas Miller by FBI agents at his Fort Lauderdale home Tuesday morning on a pedestrian charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon seems a minor thing for the feds to make a point of announcing. Until, that is, it's noted that the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force was part of the arresting team, along with FBI agents and Fort Lauderdale police officers. Also, the Anti-Defamation League considers Paul Miller “a volatile white supremacist-accelerationist.”

      • Feds Arrest White Supremacist Livestreamer in Dawn Raid, Rattling Supporters
        Feds Arrest White Supremacist Livestreamer in Dawn Raid, Rattling Supporters
        The Daily Beast
      • FBI: White Supremacist Violence On The Rise
        FBI: White Supremacist Violence On The Rise
        NowThis
    • California crash kills 13 of 25 people crammed into SUV
      U.S.
      Associated Press

      California crash kills 13 of 25 people crammed into SUV

      Authorities are investigating whether human smuggling was involved after a crash Tuesday involving an SUV packed with 25 people and a tractor-trailer that left 13 people dead and bodies strewn across a roadway near the U.S. Mexico border. When police arrived, some of the passengers were trying to crawl out of the crumpled 1997 Ford Expedition while others were wandering around the fields. The rig's front end was pushed into the SUV's left side and two empty trailers were jackknifed behind it.

      • Authorities investigate whether human smuggling involved in Calif. crash
        Authorities investigate whether human smuggling involved in Calif. crash
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      • Police: 13 killed on California highway when big rig hits SUV carrying 25 people
        Police: 13 killed on California highway when big rig hits SUV carrying 25 people
        Yahoo News Video
    • ‘Neanderthal thinking’: Biden criticises Texas and Mississippi governors for dropping coronavirus restrictions
      Politics
      The Independent

      ‘Neanderthal thinking’: Biden criticises Texas and Mississippi governors for dropping coronavirus restrictions

      Joe Biden has criticised the governors of Mississippi and Texas for ending their mask mandates and dropping restrictions on businesses during the public health crisis from the coronavirus pandemic. I think it's a big mistake,” the president told reporters on Wednesday. Despite the nation's progress with vaccine distribution, including the president's recent announcement that US supplies should support doses for every American by the end of May, “the last thing we need is Neanderthal thinking that, in the meantime, everything's fine, take off your mask and forget it,” he said.

      • UPDATE 3-Biden says it's a 'big mistake' for states to lift mask mandates
        UPDATE 3-Biden says it's a 'big mistake' for states to lift mask mandates
        Reuters
      • Some Republican governors stand by mask mandates as Texas and Mississippi accelerate reopening
        Some Republican governors stand by mask mandates as Texas and Mississippi accelerate reopening
        Reuters
    • Watchdog: Pentagon wasted millions on Italian planes later sold as scrap, no one held accountable
      U.S.
      NBC News

      Watchdog: Pentagon wasted millions on Italian planes later sold as scrap, no one held accountable

      The U.S. Air Force wasted $549 million on faulty Italian-made cargo planes for the Afghan government and no one involved in the deal has been held to account, according to a new report by a government watchdog. Neither a former U.S. Air Force general who was heavily involved in the project nor the company that sold the flawed aircraft to the Pentagon has faced prosecution over the program, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in the report obtained by NBC News. The Pentagon bought 20 G222 cargo aircraft from Alenia North America in 2008 but the planes proved unreliable, with long delays to secure the delivery of spare parts, maintenance problems and numerous complaints about their safety from Afghan pilots.

    • Stimulus checks will go to fewer Americans under Biden agreement on COVID relief deal
      Politics
      Fort Worth Star-Telegram

      Stimulus checks will go to fewer Americans under Biden agreement on COVID relief deal

      President Joe Biden agreed Wednesday to a plan that would reduce the income eligibility cap for stimulus checks in the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill. The Senate's version of the legislation would send reduced payments to people earning more than $75,000 and $150,000 for joint filers, and cap the payments at earnings of $80,000 and $160,000, respectively, The Associated Press reported. Under the House's bill, payments would've been gradually phased out and cut off for individuals making $100,000 and couples making $200,000.

      • Stimulus checks: White House agrees to tighten eligibility rules for $1,400 direct payments
        Stimulus checks: White House agrees to tighten eligibility rules for $1,400 direct payments
        Yahoo Finance
      • White House agrees to reduce Americans eligible for checks in next COVID relief bill, reports say
        White House agrees to reduce Americans eligible for checks in next COVID relief bill, reports say
        Yahoo News
    • FBI investigating if Capitol officer Brian Sicknick was sprayed with chemical irritant
      U.S.
      The Independent

      FBI investigating if Capitol officer Brian Sicknick was sprayed with chemical irritant

      Investigators are scrutinising new video evidence that appears to show chemical irritants sprayed at officer Brian Sicknick during the US Capitol riot as they work to determine his cause of death. Quoting law enforcement sources and people familiar with the matter, multiple outlets report that investigators are looking at whether there are any connections between a possible chemical assault on Officer Sicknick during the riot and the medical distress that led to his death. It comes as anonymous sources told The Washington Post that Officer Sicknick's death was not believed to be from blunt force trauma, despite early reports he was struck in the head by a fire extinguisher.

    • The nefarious issue that tanked Biden Cabinet nominee Neera Tanden
      Politics
      NBC News

      The nefarious issue that tanked Biden Cabinet nominee Neera Tanden

      What happened to Neera Tanden is racist, and we can't ignore how that influenced the White House's decision Tuesday to pull her nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget. Tanden's confirmation failure makes her the first of President Joe Biden's picks to be disqualified. It's no coincidence that she also happens to be an Asian American woman.

      • Biden pick Neera Tanden withdraws nomination to head budget office
        Biden pick Neera Tanden withdraws nomination to head budget office
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      • Biden suffers first Cabinet defeat as Neera Tanden withdraws nomination
        Biden suffers first Cabinet defeat as Neera Tanden withdraws nomination
        Yahoo News
    • Progressive Democrats’ landmark amendment to extend voting rights to prisoners fails in House
      Politics
      The Independent

      Progressive Democrats’ landmark amendment to extend voting rights to prisoners fails in House

      A proposal from Democratic congressmembers Cori Bush and Mondaire Jones to enfranchise people in prison failed by a vote of 97-328, though the effort marked a landmark attempt to bring the issue of voting rights for incarcerated Americans into the halls of Congress. The lawmakers proposed the measure in an amendment to House Resolution 1, one of the largest pieces of voting rights legislation since the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. The For The People Act would, among other things, expand voter access and eligibility, work to eliminate partisan gerrymandering, and amend campaign finance laws to remove corporate interests from political campaigns.

    • Why is Gov. Greg Abbott waiting a week to reopen Texas and lift mask mandate?
      Politics
      Fort Worth Star-Telegram

      Why is Gov. Greg Abbott waiting a week to reopen Texas and lift mask mandate?

      There is a week before Gov. Greg Abbott's order ending the mask mandate and capacity limits at businesses goes into effect. Why did Abbott pick March 10 as the date to roll back his previous COVID-19 orders? Abbott told Hasty he intended to announce the lifting of the state's mask mandate and business capacity limits on the last Monday in February.

      • Texas gov lifts all coronavirus restrictions on businesses, rescinds mask mandate
        Texas gov lifts all coronavirus restrictions on businesses, rescinds mask mandate
        Yahoo News
      • Gregg Popovich slams Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's move to lift mask mandate: 'This is really ridiculous'
        Gregg Popovich slams Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's move to lift mask mandate: 'This is really ridiculous'
        Yahoo Sports
    • Hospital staff missed her cancer — then went to great lengths to cover it up, lawyers say
      Health
      NBC News

      Hospital staff missed her cancer — then went to great lengths to cover it up, lawyers say

      It took three years of litigation before Johnson, her lawyers and a digital forensics expert who reviewed her electronic patient records were able to piece together what they believe happened: In the days and weeks after Johnson filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in 2016, two hospital employees opened her electronic records and edited them, deleting evidence of the erroneous letter claiming that she was cancer-free, Johnson's lawyers say. The hospital then created fake letters and produced them as part of the court case purporting to have directed Johnson to seek additional tests, Johnson alleges in court filings.

    • Politics
      Associated Press Videos

      FBI says rioters weren't fake Trump protesters

      FBI Director Chris Wray says the Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol was not organized by people posing as Trump supporters. (March 2)

    • 16 Best Poufs, Ottomans, and Footstools for Your Every Need
      Lifestyle
      Architectural Digest

      16 Best Poufs, Ottomans, and Footstools for Your Every Need

      Footrest, coffee table, laptop stand, bar cart—these tiny but mighty multipurpose pieces get it all done Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    Should humans be next to explore Mars?
    • “Taking humans to Mars would require an investment astronomically out of kilter with the possible benefits.”

    • “Can a Mars settlement be a freer society than we enjoy on Earth? Maybe.”

    • “What we learn...may spark the next revolution that will make life in 2071 beyond anything we can imagine right now.”

    • “Our presence on Mars could jeopardize one of our main reasons for being there — the search for life.”

    • “The future of geologic investigation of other worlds lies with highly improved versions of our Mars rovers.”

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