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    • Christie blasts Dems over failure to reopen schools

      Christie blasts Dems over failure to reopen schools

      Nearly a year after most schools shut down due to the pandemic, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie sees an opening for the Republican Party.

      School unions on the defensive ยป
      • States with the best, and worst, vaccination records

        States with the best, and worst, vaccination records

      • Racial disparities in gun deaths revealed in new data

        Racial disparities in gun deaths revealed in new data

      • McConnell slams Pelosi's 'bizarre partisan' proposal

        McConnell slams Pelosi's 'bizarre partisan' proposal

      • Biden puts his money where his mouth is on masks

        Biden puts his money where his mouth is on masks

      • Pfizer COVID vaccine works well in big 'real world' test

        Pfizer COVID vaccine works well in big 'real world' test

    • Border Patrol officer sneaks Mexican woman into US to be her nanny in Texas, feds say
      U.S.
      Fort Worth Star-Telegram

      Border Patrol officer sneaks Mexican woman into US to be her nanny in Texas, feds say

      A Border Patrol officer is accused of sneaking a Mexican woman into the U.S. to be her nanny, authorities say. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Rhonda Lee Walker, 40, was charged with conspiring to transport an illegal alien and making false statements after undercover agents and surveillance video caught her bringing the woman across a Laredo border crossing, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas. In June, an anonymous tipster told the federal agency that Walker employed a live-in caretaker and nanny who didn't have permission to work in the U.S., according to a criminal complaint.

    • Russia beefs up fines for protest violations after Navalny rallies
      World
      Reuters

      Russia beefs up fines for protest violations after Navalny rallies

      Russian President Vladimir Putin approved legislation on Wednesday beefing up fines for offences committed during street protests after thousands were detained at unsanctioned rallies in support of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. The legislation increases fines for insubordination to law enforcement officers to up to 4,000 roubles ($54.30) from 1,000 roubles in addition to a maximum of 15 days in detention. The amended law also introduces fines of up to 20,000 roubles for protest organisers who violate funding regulations.

    • Biden is already backtracking on his promises to provide student debt relief
      Politics
      The Guardian

      Biden is already backtracking on his promises to provide student debt relief

      Biden absolutely has the legal authority to use executive power to cancel all federal student debt. Congress granted this authority decades ago as part of the Higher Education Act. It's even been put to the test: in response to the Covid pandemic, Donald Trump and his former education secretary, Betsy DeVos, used that authority three times to suspend payments and student loan interest.

    • State GOP leaders are eagerly carrying out Trump's political revenge tour
      Politics
      Axios

      State GOP leaders are eagerly carrying out Trump's political revenge tour

      President Trump didn't have to punish his critics in Congress โ€” his allies back in the states instantly and eagerly did the dirty work. Why it matters: Virtually every Republican who supported impeachment was censured back home, or threatened with a primary challenge. Republicans picked up 14 House seats, including a dozen they lost two years earlier.

    • Who is Heidi Cruz? The high-powered Goldman Sachs executive and wife to โ€˜disgracedโ€™ Texas senator Ted Cruz
      Celebrity
      The Independent

      Who is Heidi Cruz? The high-powered Goldman Sachs executive and wife to โ€˜disgracedโ€™ Texas senator Ted Cruz

      Heidi Cruz, the wife of Texas senator Ted Cruz, is reportedly on the hunt for the neighbour who leaked her text messages about their much criticised trip to Cancun during a snow-storm that left thousands without heat or electricity. โ€œRitz Carlton Cancun $309 plus tax,โ€ she allegedly wrote in messages passed to The New York Times last week, that demonstrated the family was planning to violate government guidelines and the recommendations of her own husband. In 2000, when the pair met whilst working on George W Bush's presidential campaign before marrying the next year and moving into government positions, Heidi Nelson wasn't necessarily destined to be window dressing to someone else's ambitions.

      • Former Bush Strategist Responds To Ted Cruz Calling Critics 'A**holes': 'Buy A Mirror'
        Former Bush Strategist Responds To Ted Cruz Calling Critics 'A**holes': 'Buy A Mirror'
        HuffPost
      • Ted Cruz says wife Heidi is โ€˜pretty pissedโ€™ about Cancun text message leak
        Ted Cruz says wife Heidi is โ€˜pretty pissedโ€™ about Cancun text message leak
        TheGrio
    • Man cuts out womanโ€™s heart, cooks it and tries to serve it to uncle, Oklahoma cops say
      U.S.
      Raleigh News and Observer

      Man cuts out womanโ€™s heart, cooks it and tries to serve it to uncle, Oklahoma cops say

      Disturbing details have emerged following the gruesome deaths of three people in an Oklahoma neighborhood. On Feb. 9, police received a 911 call from the Chickasha home of Leon Pye, 67, the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) said in a news release. Police busted through the door and found Pye and his 4-year-old granddaughter Kaeos Yates dead, the OSBI said.

      • Okla. Man Now Accused of Killing Neighbor Along with Uncle, Niece, as Cops Reveal Gruesome Details
        Okla. Man Now Accused of Killing Neighbor Along with Uncle, Niece, as Cops Reveal Gruesome Details
        People
      • Oklahoma Triple Murder Suspect Confesses to Cooking Victimโ€™s Heart With Potatoes
        Oklahoma Triple Murder Suspect Confesses to Cooking Victimโ€™s Heart With Potatoes
        Complex
    • Angry Democrat Gerry Connolly tells Trump ally he โ€˜will not be lecturedโ€™ by someone who tried to overturn election
      Politics
      The Independent

      Angry Democrat Gerry Connolly tells Trump ally he โ€˜will not be lecturedโ€™ by someone who tried to overturn election

      Virginia Democratic Representative Gerry Connolly blasted Ohio Republican Representative and staunch Trump ally Jim Jordan, telling him during a hearing on the postal service that he "will not be lectured" about partisanship by people who voted to overturn the election. The hearing before the House Oversight Committee included questioning of the president of the American Postal Workers Union Mark Dimondstein and the Postmaster-General, Trump appointee Louis DeJoy. Mr Jordan defended Mr DeJoy who he argued had been unfairly criticised by Democrats during the lead-up to the 2020 election, saying: "They accused you of things, they said you were restricting overtime - False.

    • When and where will millions of mosquitoes be released? Here are details for Florida Keys
      U.S.
      Miami Herald

      When and where will millions of mosquitoes be released? Here are details for Florida Keys

      The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District announced this week a wide and vague planned range of deployment for the lab-designed mosquitoes โ€” neighborhoods from mile marker 10 to 93. The trial is being conducted by British biotech company Oxitec. It's a method approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the state of Florida, and the mosquito control district's five-member board, to try to eradicate or significantly reduce the local population of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

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      Yahoo News Video

      Former Capitol Police chief says he did not see FBI warning prior to Jan. 6 attack

      In a joint hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Rules and Administration committees on security failures that led to rioters breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6, former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund said he did not receive an FBI report issued the day before the attack with information about online calls for violence.

    • Biden nominee Neera Tandenโ€™s tweet about Joe Manchinโ€™s daughter may come back to haunt her
      Politics
      The Independent

      Biden nominee Neera Tandenโ€™s tweet about Joe Manchinโ€™s daughter may come back to haunt her

      Neera Tanden, Joe Biden's nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget, previously criticised Democratic Senator Joe Manchin's daughter, a slight that might factor into whether or not she is confirmed for the position. Ms Tanden tweeted an image of an article about Mr Manchin's daughter, Heather Bresch, taking aim at a significant increase in her pay while she was CEO of Mylan. In the tweet, Ms Tanden pointed out that the company's board was justifying the pay raise by saying Ms Bresch had "contributed significantly to the company's growth in recent years".

      • Joe Biden's Nominees Of Color Are Facing Outsize Opposition
        Joe Biden's Nominees Of Color Are Facing Outsize Opposition
        HuffPost
      • White House: No 'Plan B' on Neera Tanden nomination
        White House: No 'Plan B' on Neera Tanden nomination
        Associated Press Videos
    • An ex-girlfriend tipped off the FBI about an alleged US Capitol rioter after he called her a 'moron'
      U.S.
      Business Insider

      An ex-girlfriend tipped off the FBI about an alleged US Capitol rioter after he called her a 'moron'

      Richard Michetti has been charged with entering restricted grounds at the US Capitol. The Pennsylvania man was turned in by his ex-girlfriend after he called her a 'moron'. A Pennsylvania man was outed by his ex-girlfriend after trying to stop Congress from recognizing President Joe Biden's election victory, according to court documents.

    • Letters to the Editor: This is what makes peace between the Israelis and Palestinians impossible
      World
      Los Angeles Times Opinion

      Letters to the Editor: This is what makes peace between the Israelis and Palestinians impossible

      To the editor: Columnist Nicholas Goldberg would do well to heed the words of Aaron David Miller, a longtime American negotiatior between the Israelis and the Palestinians, that "we did not see the world the way it was." "The long, slow demise of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and why it's not coming back soon," Opinion, Feb. 21) The biggest impediments to peace are geography and Palestinian politics. There are two physically separated geographical entities that would make up a Palestinian state (the Gaza Strip and Judea and Samaria, known as the West Bank), with no land bridge between them.

    • No Need to Call an Architectโ€”These 9 Room Dividers Elegantly Get the Job Done
      Lifestyle
      Architectural Digest

      No Need to Call an Architectโ€”These 9 Room Dividers Elegantly Get the Job Done

      From ornate to subtle, these beautiful screens double as functional art Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • Primark bets on last year's fashion for April reopening
      Business
      BBC

      Primark bets on last year's fashion for April reopening

      Fast fashion chain Primark hopes to offload millions of pounds worth of last year's clothing stock when its shops reopen in England on 12 April. The High Street giant does not offer online sales and says it expects to have lost ยฃ1.1bn in sales due to the latest lockdown closures. Primark's ยฃ1.1bn sales drop contrasts with online only fashion retailers such as Asos and Boohoo, whose sales rose by around 40% in the last four months of 2020.

      • Lockdown costs Primark ยฃ1.1bn in lost sales
        Lockdown costs Primark ยฃ1.1bn in lost sales
        Yahoo Finance UK
      • Primark owner warns of 1.6 billion pound sales hit from lockdowns
        Primark owner warns of 1.6 billion pound sales hit from lockdowns
        Reuters
    • Parents of child who died of Covid share the warning signs of the virus in kids
      Health
      The Independent

      Parents of child who died of Covid share the warning signs of the virus in kids

      โ€œIt presents very differently [in children] than it does in adults, so it's hard to know what to look for,โ€ Priscilla Morse told CNN. Gigi succumbed to the virus on August 4 last year in Tennessee. The Morses say Gigi seemed fine in the hours before she died, except for a few unusual ailments.

    • Politics latest news: Government risks creating 'wild west of grade inflation,' warns Tory MP - watch Nicola Sturgeon live
      World
      The Telegraph

      Politics latest news: Government risks creating 'wild west of grade inflation,' warns Tory MP - watch Nicola Sturgeon live

      The Government's new plans to replace exams with teacher assessment risks creatingย a "wild west of grading", a senior Tory has warned. Robert Halfon, the chairman of the education select committee, told Gavin Williamson the approach might be "the least worst option that the Government has come up with" but he was concerned that far from "having one's cake and eating it", ministers risked "baking a rock cake of grade inflation into the system". The MP for Harlow called for assurances that "we will not have a wild west of grading, that these grades will be meaningful to employers so as not to damage children's life chances" as well as how and when grade inflation would be reversed.

    • Christopher Cantwell, known as 'The Crying Nazi,' sentenced to 41 months in prison on extortion charges
      U.S.
      INSIDER

      Christopher Cantwell, known as 'The Crying Nazi,' sentenced to 41 months in prison on extortion charges

      Christopher Cantwell, known as "The Crying Nazi," was convicted on a felony charge. The Keene, New Hampshire, man was sentenced to 41 months in prison. Christopher Cantwell, who was dubbed the "The Crying Nazi" following the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally, was sentenced to 41 months in prison on Wednesday after being convicted on charges of extortion and threatening rape.

    • โ€˜Zero respectโ€™: Ted Cruz pictured scrolling through phone during harrowing opening testimony into Capitol riot
      Politics
      The Independent

      โ€˜Zero respectโ€™: Ted Cruz pictured scrolling through phone during harrowing opening testimony into Capitol riot

      Texas senator Ted Cruz has been filmed scrolling through his phone during the harrowing opening testimony at the Senate hearing into the Capitol riots, less than a week after his controversial trip to Mexico. The US Capitol's three former top security officials have been testifying on Tuesday before the Senate Homeland Security and Rules committees about how Congress was breached during the riots on 6 January. Steven Sund, who was serving as the chief of the Capitol Police at the time of the insurrection, gave a harrowing account of the actions of that day in front of the committees on Tuesday.

      • Ted Cruz Scorned For Fiddling With His Cellphone During Capitol Riot Testimony
        Ted Cruz Scorned For Fiddling With His Cellphone During Capitol Riot Testimony
        HuffPost
      • Top Capitol Police officials did not receive FBI warning about plans for 'war'
        Top Capitol Police officials did not receive FBI warning about plans for 'war'
        Yahoo News
    • Trump-appointed federal judge indefinitely blocks the Biden administration's 100-day deportation freeze
      Politics
      Business Insider

      Trump-appointed federal judge indefinitely blocks the Biden administration's 100-day deportation freeze

      A federal judge blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a 100-day deportation freeze. The ruling does not mandate that deportations have to return to their previous rate. Democrats are hoping to pass a large-scale immigration overhaul in Congress this year.

      • Judge rules against Biden, bans enforcement of 100-day deportation pause
        Judge rules against Biden, bans enforcement of 100-day deportation pause
        Yahoo News Video
      • Judge bans enforcement of Biden's 100-day deportation pause
        Judge bans enforcement of Biden's 100-day deportation pause
        Associated Press
    • Three-quarters of all voters, including 60% of Republicans, support Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus plan: poll
      Politics
      Business Insider

      Three-quarters of all voters, including 60% of Republicans, support Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus plan: poll

      A Politico/Morning Consult poll found that 76% of all voters and 60% of Republicans support the bill. A majority of all voters, including Republicans, support the passage of President Joe Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid package, a new Politico/Morning Consult poll shows. The Politico/Morning Consult poll found that 76% of all Americans strongly support or somewhat support the legislation, with just 17% saying that they somewhat oppose or strongly oppose the package.

      • Biden's COVID Package Is Overwhelmingly Popular. Republicans Hate It Anyway.
        Biden's COVID Package Is Overwhelmingly Popular. Republicans Hate It Anyway.
        HuffPost
      • Will Bidenโ€™s Stimulus Get Republican Votes?
        Will Bidenโ€™s Stimulus Get Republican Votes?
        GOBankingRates
    • A Chinese couple paid $155,000 in fees to have 7 children in violation of the country's 2-child policy
      World
      INSIDER

      A Chinese couple paid $155,000 in fees to have 7 children in violation of the country's 2-child policy

      A Chinese couple has paid $155,000 in fees in order to have seven children in violation of the law that limits couples to having two children, Mandy Zuo reported for the South China Morning Post. Zhang Rongrong, a 34-year-old businesswoman, and her 39-year-old husband have five boys and two girls between one and 14 years old, Zhang told the Post. In flouting China's two-child policy, the couple had to pay their local government "social support fees."

    • Tiger Woods was unaware of his โ€˜grave injuriesโ€™ in aftermath of collision, police say
      Celebrity
      The Independent

      Tiger Woods was unaware of his โ€˜grave injuriesโ€™ in aftermath of collision, police say

      Tiger Woods was unaware of how severe his injuries were in the immediate aftermath of the serious single-car accident in California which left him with โ€œopen fracturesโ€ to his legs, police have said. The Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy, who was first on the scene following the brutal crash, has said that the golf star was "lucid and calmโ€ upon discovery. "When I arrived on the scene, Mr Woods was seated in the driver's seat,โ€ Mr Carlos Gonzalez said in a press conference.

      • Tiger Woods Awake And Recovering From Injuries Sustained In Car Crash [UPDATE]
        Tiger Woods Awake And Recovering From Injuries Sustained In Car Crash [UPDATE]
        HuffPost
      • Deputy: 'Very fortunate that [Tiger] Woods was able to come out of this alive'
        Deputy: 'Very fortunate that [Tiger] Woods was able to come out of this alive'
        Yahoo Sports
    • Teen Accused of Killing Disabled Sister as Parents Slept
      U.S.
      The Daily Beast

      Teen Accused of Killing Disabled Sister as Parents Slept

      Claire Elaina Miller, 14, has been charged with homicide after calling authorities on Feb. 22 to admit she stabbed her older sister, 19-year-old Helen Miller, while her parents were asleep, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's office. According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by The Daily Beast, the Manheim Township Police Department arrived at the home just after 1 a.m. to find Miller, a ninth-grader at a local private school, standing in front of the house close to โ€œwhat appeared to be blood on the snow near the driveway.โ€

    • Postmaster General Taunts Dems: Youโ€™re Stuck With Me for Good
      Politics
      The Daily Beast

      Postmaster General Taunts Dems: Youโ€™re Stuck With Me for Good

      Louis DeJoy had a defiant message on Wednesday for those craving to see him ousted as U.S. Postmaster General: โ€œGet used to me. The comment came after Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) asked the embattled U.S. Postal Service chief how long he would remain as Postmaster Generalโ€”โ€œlong time,โ€ DeJoy spat backโ€”during a Wednesday hearing in the House Oversight Committee. That exchange was indicative of the entire proceeding, which was frequently chippy, combative, and fueled by Democratic lawmakers' outrage over DeJoy's handling of the USPS at a time of worsening mail delays and difficult questions about the service's long-term viability.

      • USPS on 'death spiral' without reform -chief
        USPS on 'death spiral' without reform -chief
        Reuters Videos
      • House Dems, GOP joust over DeJoy, postal reform
        House Dems, GOP joust over DeJoy, postal reform
        Associated Press Videos
    • Marjorie Taylor Greene faces a 'bloodbath' of a reelection race in 2022 - if she isn't expelled from Congress first, district organizers say
      Politics
      Business Insider

      Marjorie Taylor Greene faces a 'bloodbath' of a reelection race in 2022 - if she isn't expelled from Congress first, district organizers say

      Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the new firebrand Republican in Congress, is likely to face threats from both parties when she runs for reelection next year, political leaders in her district say. Insider spoke with Republican and Democratic leaders in Georgia's 14th Congressional District after a rash of scandals put Greene in the national spotlight and resulted in the House of Representatives voting to remove her from committees earlier this month. Greene was highly scrutinized even before winning her seat in Congress in November, thanks to her connections to the QAnon conspiracy-theory movement and ardent support of false election-fraud claims.

    If Trump runs again, can he win?
    • โ€œHow about we skip โ€˜he wonโ€™t winโ€™ cycle and not do 2016 all over again. Trump can absolutely win another presidential election.โ€

    • โ€œWith independents deserting him, there is simply no path for Trump to get back into the White House โ€” except as a tourist.โ€

    • โ€œThey might as well cancel the 2024 primaries...because there is no way he can lose.โ€

    • โ€œThe next Republican presidential primary will be heavily shaped by Trump โ€” whether or not he decides to run again.โ€

    • โ€œDonald Trump will not be running for president again. He will, however, continue to tease the possibility of a 2024 run.โ€

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