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Democrats.

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Democrats' infrastructure dance

President Biden.

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W. James Antle III

Will the left go along with Biden's infrastructure deal?

A great divide.

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When Pride is filibustered

The challenge of LGBTQ progress in the Biden era

John McAfee.

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Matthew Walther

The wicked life of John McAfee

The controversial tech entrepreneur lived a life of excess and destructive indifference

Speed Reads

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Canada: At least 600 unmarked graves found at Indigenous boarding school

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Report: Kevin McCarthy to meet with police officers injured on Jan. 6

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Reflecting on Jan. 6, Pence tells Republicans not to 'lose faith in the Constitution'

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Watch Conan O'Brien sign off of late-night TV after 28 years

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Community puts on surprise parade to celebrate teen Olympic hopeful

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Derek Chauvin set to be sentenced on Friday

Politics

President Biden.

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W. James Antle III

Democrats' crime problem

George Floyd protests.

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Changing the subject

The Supreme Court.

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The court's unfashionable defense of free speech

A protestor.

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The death of 'defund the police'

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Report: Kevin McCarthy to meet with police officers injured on Jan. 6

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Mike Pence.

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Reflecting on Jan. 6, Pence tells Republicans not to 'lose faith in the Constitution'

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Conan O'Brien, Homer Simpson

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His last night on late night

Watch Conan O'Brien sign off of late-night TV after 28 years

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