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    • What Fauci thought of Trump's bleach suggestion

      What Fauci thought of Trump's bleach suggestion

      The nation’s leading infectious diseases expert finally opened up on Monday about one of the most infamous claims about COVID-19 made by the former president.

      'Oh, my goodness gracious' »
      • Driver hits multiple pedestrians, kills 1 in Portland

        Driver hits multiple pedestrians, kills 1 in Portland

      • Gemstone that resembles Cookie Monster found

        Gemstone that resembles Cookie Monster found

      • Woman, 62, defies severe case of COVID-19

        Woman, 62, defies severe case of COVID-19

      • Trump tries to remain a force; targets emerge

        Trump tries to remain a force; targets emerge

      • Twitter permanently suspends My Pillow CEO

        Twitter permanently suspends My Pillow CEO

    • Probe begins into thwarted Justice Department 'coup' to keep Trump in power
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      Probe begins into thwarted Justice Department 'coup' to keep Trump in power

      The Justice Department's inspector general announced Monday that he had started an investigation into whether current or former officials in the department had engaged in an “improper attempt” to overturn the 2020 presidential election to keep Donald Trump in power. Michael Horowitz, the DOJ inspector general, released a statement announcing the decision. The DOJ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is initiating an investigation into whether any former or current DOJ official engaged in an improper attempt to have DOJ seek to alter the outcome of the 2020 Presidential Election.

      • Watchdog probes if Department of Justice officials tried to overturn election
        Watchdog probes if Department of Justice officials tried to overturn election
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      • DOJ to probe if its officials tried to alter vote
        DOJ to probe if its officials tried to alter vote
        Reuters Videos
    • Pets are back: Biden's 2 dogs settle in at White House
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      Associated Press

      Pets are back: Biden's 2 dogs settle in at White House

      The patter of paws is being heard in the White House again following the arrival of President Joe Biden's dogs Champ and Major. The two German shepherds are the first pets to live at the executive mansion since the Obama administration. Major burst onto the national scene last year after Biden, then president-elect, broke his right foot while playing with the dog at their home in Wilmington, Delaware.

      • White House Welcomes 2 Very Good Boys As Biden's Dogs Move In
        White House Welcomes 2 Very Good Boys As Biden's Dogs Move In
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      • First dogs Champ and Major move into at White House
        First dogs Champ and Major move into at White House
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    • No word from pirates who seized sailors off Nigeria, Turkey says
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      Reuters

      No word from pirates who seized sailors off Nigeria, Turkey says

      Pirates who seized 15 sailors when they stormed a Turkish-crewed container ship in the Gulf of Guinea two days ago have not yet made contact with authorities, Turkey's foreign minister said on Monday. "We have not yet received word from the pirates," foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters in Ankara. Turkey was in contact with officials in Gabon, where he said the Liberian-flagged container ship Mozart had docked with its remaining crew, and with authorities in neighbouring countries.

    • US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell drops objection to power-sharing deal with Democrats
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      The Telegraph

      US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell drops objection to power-sharing deal with Democrats

      Mitch McConnell, the US Senate Republican leader, said on Monday he would agree to a power-sharing agreement with Democrats, dropping demands that had held up the basic organisation and daily work of the 50-50 chamber for days. Democrat Chuck Schumer, now the majority leader thanks to Vice President Kamala Harris' tie-breaking vote, and Mr McConnell had been at odds over the Republican's request that Democrats promise to protect the filibuster, which requires a 60-vote supermajority to advance most legislation. Mr Schumer has refused to guarantee the filibuster would stay.

      • Mitch McConnell Backs Down In Fight Over Filibuster
        Mitch McConnell Backs Down In Fight Over Filibuster
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      • 'I'm glad we've stepped back from this cliff' -McConnell
        'I'm glad we've stepped back from this cliff' -McConnell
        Reuters Videos
    • Biden more bullish on vaccines, open to 1.5M daily shot goal
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      Biden more bullish on vaccines, open to 1.5M daily shot goal

      President Joe Biden appeared to boost his goal for coronavirus vaccinations in his first 100 days in office, suggesting the nation could soon be injecting 1.5 million shots on an average per day. Biden signaled on Monday his increasing bullishness on the pace of vaccinations after signing an executive order to boost government purchases from U.S. manufacturers. It was among a flurry of moves by Biden during his first full week to show he's taking swift action to heal an ailing economy as talks with Congress over a $1.9 trillion relief package showed few signs of progress.

      • Biden more bullish on vaccines, suggests 1.5M shots per day
        Biden more bullish on vaccines, suggests 1.5M shots per day
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      • Biden raises vaccination goal to 1.5m a day after criticism
        Biden raises vaccination goal to 1.5m a day after criticism
        BBC
    • EU countries could band to sue AstraZeneca for breach of contract: Latvia
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      EU countries could band to sue AstraZeneca for breach of contract: Latvia

      European Union member states could take AstraZeneca to court for a breach of supply contracts if the company does not honour the COVID-19 vaccine delivery schedule, Latvian foreign affairs minister Edgars Rinkevics said on Tuesday. "The possibility should be evaluated, and it should be coordinated among the EU countries," the minister told Reuters, via his spokesman. Each EU member state has a separate supply contract with the company.

      • EU seeks supply answers from AstraZeneca
        EU seeks supply answers from AstraZeneca
        Reuters Videos
      • EU locks horns with AstraZeneca on vaccine deliveries amid 'supply shock'
        EU locks horns with AstraZeneca on vaccine deliveries amid 'supply shock'
        Reuters
    • Student Suicides Drive Las Vegas Schools to Reopen
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      National Review

      Student Suicides Drive Las Vegas Schools to Reopen

      A surge of student suicides in the Clark County school district in Nevada is driving the district to reopen for in-person learning, The New York Times reported on Sunday. The coronavirus pandemic forced the mass closure of schools across the country in March 2020, and school districts have struggled to return to in-person learning. The nation's largest district, New York City public schools, delayed its reopening for weeks in September 2020, while the January 2021 opening of Chicago public schools, the third-largest district, is proceeding in fits and starts.

      • Las Vegas-area school district reopens after spree of student suicides
        Las Vegas-area school district reopens after spree of student suicides
        FOX News Videos
      • The 5th largest school district in the US announced a plan to phase back into in-person learning after a rise in student suicides
        The 5th largest school district in the US announced a plan to phase back into in-person learning after a rise in student suicides
        Business Insider
    • Senate confirms Antony Blinken as 71st secretary of state
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      Associated Press

      Senate confirms Antony Blinken as 71st secretary of state

      Blinken, 58, served as deputy secretary of state and deputy national security adviser during the Obama administration. He has pledged to be a leading force in the administration's bid to reframe the U.S. relationship with the rest of the world after four years in which President Donald Trump questioned longtime alliances. He is expected to start work on Wednesday after being sworn in, according to State Department officials.

      • U.S. Senate confirms Biden nominee Blinken as secretary of state
        U.S. Senate confirms Biden nominee Blinken as secretary of state
        Reuters
      • Senate confirms Antony Blinken as secretary of state
        Senate confirms Antony Blinken as secretary of state
        Axios
    • Boycott 'wildcat' Scottish independence vote, says Scottish Conservative leader
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      Reuters

      Boycott 'wildcat' Scottish independence vote, says Scottish Conservative leader

      Backers of the union of the United Kingdom's four nations should boycott any "wildcat" independence referendum for Scotland, the leader of the Scottish Conservative Party said on Monday, after the nation's first minister pressed ahead with plans for a vote. Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said on Sunday she was hoping a strong performance by her Scottish National Party (SNP) in an election in May would give her the mandate to hold a second referendum. To get a legal referendum, any such vote must be approved by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has ruled out doing so.

      • Nicola Sturgeon should focus on COVID rather than Scottish independence, says Boris Johnson
        Nicola Sturgeon should focus on COVID rather than Scottish independence, says Boris Johnson
        Yahoo News UK
      • Scottish Tory leader says he would boycott independence referendum without UK government approval
        Scottish Tory leader says he would boycott independence referendum without UK government approval
        The Independent
    • Indonesia detains Iranian, Chinese crews of seized tankers
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      Associated Press

      Indonesia detains Iranian, Chinese crews of seized tankers

      Indonesian authorities have detained the Iranian and Chinese crewmembers of two tankers that were seized for illegally transferring oil in Indonesian waters, an official said Tuesday. The Iranian-flagged MT Horse and Panamanian-flagged MT Freya are on the way to Batam island now. The crews are being detained for further investigation,” Maritime Security Agency spokesperson Wisnu Pramandita said.

      • Iran asks Indonesia to explain seizure of tanker accused of illegal oil transfer
        Iran asks Indonesia to explain seizure of tanker accused of illegal oil transfer
        Reuters
      • Iran Seeks Explanation as Indonesia Seizes Oil Tankers
        Iran Seeks Explanation as Indonesia Seizes Oil Tankers
        Storyful
    • All About Kamala Harris’s Temporary D.C. Home
      Politics
      Architectural Digest

      All About Kamala Harris’s Temporary D.C. Home

      Kamala Harris is starting her term as vice president in an impressive, though temporary, residence. After Harris was sworn in, she and her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, relocated from California to Blair House, otherwise known as the president's guest house. Typically, the vice president resides in the U.S. Naval Observatory, but CBS News reports that the historic structure is currently undergoing renovations, and that “repairs to the residence … are more easily conducted with the home unoccupied.”

    • Boris Johnson to push vaccine rollout as example of 'wonderful Union' on visit to Scotland
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      The Telegraph

      Boris Johnson to push vaccine rollout as example of 'wonderful Union' on visit to Scotland

      The SNP is determined to push ahead with its plan for separation, and published plans at the weekend to hold an independence referendum even without UK Government approval. Unionists are frustrated that Nicola Sturgeon's popularity has soared during the pandemic, despite UK Government initiatives such as the furlough scheme and the Treasury boosting the Scottish Government budget by billions of pounds. UK ministers hope that the nation's world-leading delivery of coronavirus vaccines, and the development of the Oxford jab in Britain, will finally cut through with Scottish voters by offering a tangible example of the benefits of the Union.

      • Nicola Sturgeon should focus on COVID rather than Scottish independence, says Boris Johnson
        Nicola Sturgeon should focus on COVID rather than Scottish independence, says Boris Johnson
        Yahoo News UK
      • Boycott 'wildcat' Scottish independence vote, says Scottish Conservative leader
        Boycott 'wildcat' Scottish independence vote, says Scottish Conservative leader
        Reuters
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      Biden administration has system in place where reporters will not ask president tough questions: Media critic

      Steve Krakauer, editor at Fourth Watch, says 'it shouldn't be contingent' on one reporter to ask Biden tough questions.

    • US exploring new bases in Saudi Arabia amid Iran tensions
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      Associated Press

      US exploring new bases in Saudi Arabia amid Iran tensions

      The U.S. military is exploring the possibility of using a Red Sea port in Saudi Arabia and an additional two airfields in the kingdom amid heightened tensions with Iran, the military said Tuesday. While describing the work as "contingency" planning, the U.S. military said it already has tested unloading and shipping cargo overland from Saudi Arabia's port at Yanbu, a crucial terminal for oil pipelines in the kingdom. Using Yanbu, as well as air bases at Tabuk and Taif along the Red Sea, would give the American military more options along a crucial waterway that has come under increased attack from suspected mine and drone boat attacks by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.

    • 'Wear a mask': Mexicans urge president to follow rules after COVID-19 setback
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      Reuters

      'Wear a mask': Mexicans urge president to follow rules after COVID-19 setback

      Mexicans hope President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador makes a speedy recovery from COVID-19, though many believe he could have avoided infection if he had more strictly followed the government's own health advice - and worn a face mask. Lopez Obrador's diagnosis on Sunday capped the deadliest week of the coronavirus pandemic in the country with the world's fourth-highest death toll https://tmsnrt.rs/34pvUyi. "He wasn't looking after himself, always walking around without a mask, and not respecting social distancing," said Mexico City rubbish collector Luis Enrique Flores, wheeling his cart past a wall plastered with government posters urging people to wear masks.

      • Mexican president contracts COVID-19 after worst week of pandemic
        Mexican president contracts COVID-19 after worst week of pandemic
        Reuters
      • What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
        What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
        Reuters
    • China ambassador says export delays for Brazil vaccine supplies not political
      World
      Reuters

      China ambassador says export delays for Brazil vaccine supplies not political

      The issues holding up vaccine supply exports from China to Brazil are due to technical, rather than political obstacles, China's ambassador said on Tuesday, as delays to Brazil's vaccine rollout began to grow. Some have speculated that China, which for years has been the butt of attacks by Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, may have stalled approving the exports as some form of political vengeance. Brazil is waiting for ingredients from China needed to produce two vaccines locally - one from China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd and another from AstraZeneca Plc .

      • Bolsonaro thanks China for fast-tracking COVID-19 vaccine supplies
        Bolsonaro thanks China for fast-tracking COVID-19 vaccine supplies
        Reuters
      • Germany backs EU export restrictions on vaccine after supply cuts
        Germany backs EU export restrictions on vaccine after supply cuts
        Reuters
    • Iran sentences brother of senior vice president to 2 years
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      Associated Press

      Iran sentences brother of senior vice president to 2 years

      Iran has sentenced the brother of the country's senior vice president to two years in prison on corruption charges, the website of the Iranian judiciary reported Tuesday. According to the judiciary's spokesman, Gholamhossein Esmaili, the verdict for Mahdi Jahangiri, the brother of Eshaq Jahangiri, is final and cannot be appealed. Mahdi Jahangiri was on the board of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce and was also the founder of the private Gardeshgari Bank.

    • N. Carolina state Sen. Jeff Jackson enters US Senate race
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      Associated Press

      N. Carolina state Sen. Jeff Jackson enters US Senate race

      A North Carolina state senator announced Tuesday that he's running for the U.S. Senate in 2022, hoping to flip fortunes for Democrats from his state to serve in the chamber after a string of defeats. Jeff Jackson, a Charlotte business attorney, Afghan war veteran and National Guard soldier, unveiled his bid, saying he is committed to “honesty and decency” in politics and helping working people and working families. Jackson, 38, is the second high-profile Democrat to enter the race to succeed three-term Republican Sen. Richard Burr, who is not seeking reelection.

    • Taliban backs Afghan vaccine drive after COVAX pledges $112 million
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      Reuters

      Taliban backs Afghan vaccine drive after COVAX pledges $112 million

      Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents on Tuesday gave their backing to a vaccination programme to which the World Health Organization's COVAX programme has pledged $112 million. The COVAX programme is a global scheme to vaccinate people in poor and middle income countries against the coronavirus. It aims to deliver at least 2 billion vaccine doses by the end of 2021 to cover 20% of the most vulnerable people in 91 poor and middle-income countries.

      • Morocco prepares to launch COVID-19 vaccination programme
        Morocco prepares to launch COVID-19 vaccination programme
        Reuters
      • Moderna says on track to deliver 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by first quarter
        Moderna says on track to deliver 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by first quarter
        Reuters
    • Officials say Israeli minister visited Sudan to discuss ties
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      Associated Press

      Officials say Israeli minister visited Sudan to discuss ties

      An Israeli delegation headed by the country's intelligence minister quietly visited Sudan and met with the African nation's leaders, officials from both countries said Tuesday. The visit Monday was the first by an Israeli minister to Sudan less than three weeks after Khartoum inked an agreement to normalize ties with Israel. Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen, head of the Israeli delegation, met with Sudanese Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of the ruling sovereign council, Defense Minister Yassin Ibrahim and other military and government officials.

      • Sudan hosts first-ever visit from Israeli government minister
        Sudan hosts first-ever visit from Israeli government minister
        Axios
      • Israel hails new first in relations with Sudan
        Israel hails new first in relations with Sudan
        AFP
    • With Trump gone, U.S. Supreme Court pulls plug on anti-corruption cases
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      Reuters

      With Trump gone, U.S. Supreme Court pulls plug on anti-corruption cases

      Five days after the end of Donald Trump's presidency, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday halted lawsuits accusing him of violating the U.S. Constitution's anti-corruption provisions by maintaining ownership of his business empire including a hotel near the White House while in office. The action means that after four years of litigation the top U.S. judicial body will not rule on the meaning and scope of the Constitution's so-called emoluments provisions, a largely untested area of constitutional law. The justices threw out lower court rulings that had allowed the lawsuits to proceed and ordered the two cases dismissed because they became moot with Trump leaving office.

      • Supreme Court Ends Trump Emoluments Lawsuits, Calling Them 'Moot'
        Supreme Court Ends Trump Emoluments Lawsuits, Calling Them 'Moot'
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      • Supreme Court dismisses challenges to Trump's business profits
        Supreme Court dismisses challenges to Trump's business profits
        NBC News
    • Mossimo Giannulli loses bid to finish prison term at home
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      Associated Press

      Mossimo Giannulli loses bid to finish prison term at home

      Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli's request to serve the remaining three months of his prison term in the college admissions bribery scheme at home was denied Tuesday by a federal judge. Giannulli argued he should be released to home confinement for the rest of his five-month sentence because he spent eight weeks under “extreme” conditions in solitary confinement because of the coronavirus pandemic after reporting to prison in November. But U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton said Giannulli failed to demonstrate an "'extraordinary and compelling' reason warranting his release," though he noted that the quarantine was “longer than anticipated.

    • Witnesses: Eritrean soldiers loot, kill in Ethiopia's Tigray
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      Witnesses: Eritrean soldiers loot, kill in Ethiopia's Tigray

      Warily, Zenebu watched them try on dresses and other clothing looted from homes in a town in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region. “They were focused on trying to take everything of value,” even diapers, said Zenebu, who arrived home in Colorado this month after weeks trapped in Tigray, where she had gone to visit her mother. On the road, she said, trucks were full of boxes addressed to places in Eritrea for the looted goods to be delivered.

    • A New York Times editor lost her job after she tweeted about having 'chills' about Biden's inauguration
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      Business Insider

      A New York Times editor lost her job after she tweeted about having 'chills' about Biden's inauguration

      New York Times editor Lauren Wolfe tweeted about having "chills" seeing Biden arrive for his inauguration. Many criticized her for appearing to show political bias, and The Times later fired Wolfe. A New York Times editor lost her job after receiving criticism for tweeting about her excitement for President Joe Biden's inauguration.

      • New York Times fires editor targeted by rightwing critics over Biden tweet
        New York Times fires editor targeted by rightwing critics over Biden tweet
        The Guardian
      • NYT Refutes Claims That Editor Was Fired Over ‘Single Tweet’
        NYT Refutes Claims That Editor Was Fired Over ‘Single Tweet’
        WWD
    • China is spreading conspiracy theories that the coronavirus was created in an American lab and that a US-created vaccine is killing the elderly
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      INSIDER

      China is spreading conspiracy theories that the coronavirus was created in an American lab and that a US-created vaccine is killing the elderly

      Chinese state media is spreading a conspiracy theory that a US Army base created the coronavirus. The disinformation push comes as WHO scientists arrive in Wuhan to study the virus' origins. Chinese state media is playing up a conspiracy theory about the novel coronavirus' origins while also questioning the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine's safety in older people.

    What is Donald Trump’s legacy?
    • “By encouraging this act of terror on our capital, Trump’s legacy is destroyed.”

    • “Both backers and critics of Trump agreed that he remade the federal judiciary — a change that will impact America for decades.”

    • “He was largely responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans who did not need to die.”

    • “I do know what the future should hold for this country. That is to say, a policy of Trumpism without Trump.”

    • “It will be decades before the consequences of his tenure are fully known.”

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