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‘RINO approach’: Conservatives turn up heat on McConnell for a Republican agenda

WASHINGTON — Key conservatives are panning Mitch McConnell’s decision against offering an alternative agenda to voters if Republicans reclaim control of the U.S. Senate later this year.

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McConnell warns Biden: Don’t cater to the ‘radical left’ on Supreme Court selection

WASHINGTON — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell warned President Biden on Thursday against selecting a new Supreme Court justice nominee based on the demands of the progressive left.

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Battle for Warnock’s seat at center of US Senate power struggle once again

WASHINGTON — A year after Georgia voters sent Baptist minister Raphael Warnock to Washington, the national spotlight is back on the lawmaker, whose reelection bid could determine whether Democrats maintain control of the U.S. Senate for the remainder of President Joe Biden’s first term.

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YouTube removes Missouri Senate candidate’s campaign ad for violating community guidelines

WASHINGTON — YouTube has removed Missouri Rep. Billy Long’s new U.S. Senate campaign ad, saying it violated the site’s community guidelines.

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4 House Republicans propose new State Department position to combat communism

WASHINGTON — Four Republican members of Congress introduced legislation this week to establish a new State Department position that would be tasked with combating communism and authoritarianism.

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Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall pushes for an end to testing, tracking most COVID-19 cases

WASHINGTON — Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall on Tuesday called for less COVID-19 testing and an end to tracking COVID-19 cases that don’t result in hospitalizations or deaths, as part of an effort to “learn to live” with a virus that has disrupted the country for two years.

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Black voters have soured on Biden. Will a Supreme Court vacancy change their view?

WASHINGTON — The expected retirement of liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer arrives at a critical juncture for President Joe Biden, offering the Democrat and his party an opportunity to recover lost support among Black voters ahead of the midterm elections.

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White House says DeSantis ‘still advocating for treatments that don’t work’

WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis’ demand that the federal government restart the distribution of two types of monoclonal antibodies, saying the Florida Republican is advocating for a treatment that public health officials say is ineffective against the omicron coronavirus variant.

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Can cannabis compound CBD block COVID? Maybe, but not what’s in stores, study finds

One active ingredient in the cannabis plant – cannabidiol (CBD) – could potentially block COVID-19 infection, a new study suggests.

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If ‘Havana syndrome’ isn’t a global, coordinated attack as CIA now says, then what is it?

WASHINGTON — The CIA doesn’t believe that a foreign adversary is engaged in a global campaign targeting U.S. personnel wielding a secret weapon, intelligence officials revealed this week. But the agency still cannot explain a core group of over two dozen cases — including those in Cuba that drove the…

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‘The quiet part out loud’: Booker slams McConnell comment comparing Blacks to Americans

WASHINGTON — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Charles Booker of Kentucky pummeled Mitch McConnell for an answer to a question that implies that Black Americans aren’t Americans.

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Voting rights bill’s failure in Senate highlights contrast between Rubio and Demings

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats’ push for national voting rights legislation ended with a thud this week in the Senate, but for Florida’s Val Demings and Marco Rubio the standoff offered an opportunity to draw sharp policy contrasts as their Senate race heats up.

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Haitian businessman accused in President Jovenel Moïse's murder faces up to life in prison

A U.S. investigation into the assassination of Haiti’s president took a leap forward this week with the arrest of a convicted Haitian drug trafficker who is accused of playing a key role in providing housing, weapons and other support to a group of Colombian commandos suspected of murdering Jovenel Moïse…

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‘Smashing the Senate’: McConnell blisters Democrats’ play for voting rights bill

WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell excoriated Democrats’ unsuccessful attempt at temporarily changing Senate rules to pave their way for passage of a sweeping 700-page voting rights bill that lacked any Republican support.

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Congress considers banning its members from buying, selling stock following Burr scandal

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers have renewed their interest in the past week in banning members of Congress from buying and selling stock.

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Biden defends his first-year record, challenges GOP critics to put forward ideas

WASHINGTON — A defiant President Joe Biden defended his record on Wednesday, arguing he had not overpromised what he could accomplish in the White House, even as his first year in office came to a close with his party having made little progress on many of his key priorities.

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Can’t order your free COVID tests from the government? Here’s what could be going on

A website through which people in the United States can request free COVID-19 tests from the government launched Tuesday, Jan. 18. But some people have reported technical issues with ordering the tests.

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COVID-test vending machines are popping up at colleges in the US as omicron spreads

Some U.S. colleges are taking advantage of the convenience of vending machines – supplying them with COVID-19 tests instead of snacks as the infectious omicron variant continues to spread.

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US fears Feb. 7 could bring new political upheaval in Haiti – with huge ramifications

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration and the U.S. intelligence community are increasingly concerned that Haiti is approaching a dangerous flashpoint in February, when they believe that the term of assassinated President Jovenel Moïse will officially end, deepening the country’s political crisis during a simmering power struggle in Port-au-Prince.

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Yes, Fauci’s financial disclosure is a public record. That doesn’t mean it’s easy to get

WASHINGTON — Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall sent a letter to Dr. Anthony Fauci Thursday demanding his unredacted financial disclosure form, a continuation of this week’s terse exchange that went viral when Fauci called Marshall a “moron.”

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In rural NC, signs emerge that omicron may overwhelm the most vulnerable communities

WASHINGTON — Rural counties across America have some of the lowest vaccination rates in the country among residents aged 65 and older – and that is where the omicron variant is heading next.

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Florida Democrats ask DOJ to review if DeSantis’ election crime proposal suppresses votes

WASHINGTON — Florida’s congressional Democrats Thursday asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to launch a review into whether there is a pattern of voter suppression in the state based largely on a proposal floated by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis late last year.

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EEUU promete respuesta 'decisiva' si Rusia insiste en despliegues militares en Cuba y Venezuela

WASHINGTON — El gobierno de Biden respondió el jueves a las amenazas de funcionarios rusos de que Moscú podría comenzar despliegues militares en Cuba y Venezuela si las tensiones continúan aumentando con Estados Unidos, prometiendo una respuesta “decisiva” si ve alguna evidencia de que la amenaza es real.

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US vows ‘decisive’ response if Russia pursues threatened deployments to Cuba, Venezuela

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration responded Thursday to threats from Russian officials that Moscow could begin military deployments in Cuba and Venezuela if tensions continue to rise with the United States, vowing a “decisive” response if it sees any evidence that the threat is real.

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In rural North Carolina, signs emerge that omicron may overwhelm the most vulnerable communities

WASHINGTON — Rural counties across America have some of the lowest vaccination rates in the country among residents aged 65 and older — and that is where the omicron variant is heading next.

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