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February 2021
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- February 28th
- Trump declares he has no interest in starting a new party
- Ron DeSantis has strongest showing of any potential non-Trump candidate in CPAC 2024 straw poll
- Psaki defends Biden's response to Khashoggi report amid calls for harsher action against Saudi crown prince
- Fauci urges people to choose whichever COVID-19 vaccine is available to them first
- De Blasio calls on legislature to revoke Cuomo's pandemic emergency powers
- At least 18 killed on Myanmar's deadliest day of anti-coup protests
- SNL's Fauci hosts vaccination eligibility game show in latest cold open
- 2nd former aide accuses Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment, says his 'presence was suffocating'
- February 27th
- FDA grants emergency use authorization for Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
- Records provide Louisiana State Police's 1st acknowledgement Black man who died in custody was mistreated
- Myanmar's military rulers reportedly fire U.N. ambassador after emotional anti-coup speech
- Trump reportedly expected to embrace 2016 campaign style in CPAC speech
- Biden says Senate has 'no time to waste' in passing COVID-19 relief bill
- Ben Sasse on Matt Gaetz: 'That guy is not an adult'
- Iranian security official accuses U.S. of trying to 'revive' organized terrorism with Syrian airstrikes
- Biden's COVID-19 relief bill will head to the Senate after House vote
- February 26th
- GOP lawmakers reportedly cite 'public health emergency' in skipping votes, despite speaking at CPAC
- Democrats decry Biden's airstrikes in Syria as unconstitutional. Republicans praise them as 'proportional.'
- Pandemic experts are starting to sound increasingly optimistic. Is it safe to make plans for a summer vacation?
- Biden administration sanctions Saudi operatives, but not crown prince, after blaming him for Khashoggi killing
- Ta-Nehisi Coates is writing a new Superman movie
- Ted Cruz jokes about Cancun trip at CPAC as over a million Texans still lack drinkable water
- CPAC attendees boo and yell 'freedom' after being told to wear a mask
- Spike in violence against Asian Americans has 'stoked fear and paranoia'
- Progressives want to overrule Senate parliamentarian over minimum wage increase
- What to expect at the 2021 Golden Globes
- COVID-19 cases and deaths are starting to rise again. How worried should we be?
- Costco is raising its minimum wage to $16 an hour next week, says that 'isn't altruism'
- Royal Marines ready to ‘disrupt and confuse’ enemies
- Prince Harry and James Corden tour L.A., crawl through the mud, discuss Harry's thoughts on The Crown
- Newly confirmed Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is 'obsessed' with creating 'clean-energy jobs'
- Husband of Hitler-quoting GOP congresswoman parked his militia-stickered truck outside Capitol Jan. 6
- Brazil's COVID-19 death toll tops 250,000, as virus continues to spread uncontrollably
- Journalist Tim O'Brien, who's seen Trump's taxes, thinks Trump's accountant will now flip in D.A. inquiry
- Trump reportedly wants to start a new super PAC, have Corey Lewandowski run it
- Bernie Sanders unveils his Plan B for a $15 minimum wage after Senate parliamentarian setback
- Amnesty International report says Tigray massacre 'may amount to a crime against humanity'
- U.S. airstrikes target Iranian-backed militia facilities in Syria
- Senate parliamentarian: $15 minimum wage increase can't be included in relief package
- McConnell says he'll 'absolutely' support Trump if he's the 2024 GOP nominee
- February 25th
- Biden calls Saudi king ahead of expected release of Khashoggi report
- House passes Equality Act, expanding LGBTQ discrimination protections
- Former U.S. gymnastics coach dies by suicide after being charged with sex crimes
- Biden warns 'this is not a time to relax' as COVID-19 cases decline
- New York prosecutors finally have Trump's tax records — and the public will likely never see them
- Twitter is exploring a 'super follows' subscription system
- Capitol Police chief: Militia groups threatening to 'blow up the Capitol' during State of the Union
- Mr. Potato Head will now be known by the gender-neutral 'Potato Head'
- Biden set to declassify report blaming Saudi Crown Prince for Khashoggi killing
- Biden facing criticism from the left and right as his immigration promises flop
- New jobless claims drop sharply, but there could be a 'rebound' next week
- Kenneth Branagh makes an eerily spot-on Boris Johnson in 1st image from new COVID-19 drama
- WSJ: Texas' energy deregulation has been a terrible deal for Texas consumers
- Large 'real-world' study of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine confirms efficacy across most age groups
- Late night hosts struggle to find jokes in the surprisingly good COVID-19 vaccine news
- Amnesty criticised after stripping Alexei Navalny’s ‘prisoner of conscience’ status
- Biden nominates postal board slate that could oust Louis DeJoy after DeJoy vows to stay put
- The U.S. Ad Council's new national COVID-19 vaccine ad campaign goes for the soft sell
- Florida Democratic Rep. Stephanie Murphy is considering running against Marco Rubio in 2022
- There has been essentially no flu season during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Lawyers have reunited 105 separated migrant kids with their parents in the last month
- Report: Hundreds of migrant kids are being held in Border Patrol stations
- Texas governor says state's legislative session won't end until power grid problems are fixed
- South Dakota attorney general faces impeachment following deadly car accident
- A Frasier revival is headed to Paramount+
- Moderna to start clinical trials of booster shot that targets COVID-19 variant
- February 24th
- House Democrats reintroduce police reform bill named for George Floyd
- Sheriff says Tiger Woods crash was 'purely an accident'
- Manchin will support Haaland for interior secretary, likely securing her confirmation
- It's been 1 year since Trump infamously tweeted the 'coronavirus is very much under control' in the U.S.
- Republican congressmember alleges 'antifa' was behind postal service delays
- Could Biden's sanctions cause Myanmar's military junta to tighten its grip?
- Former Cuomo aide alleges he kissed her on the lips without consent, asked her to 'play strip poker'
- The MC Hammer school of philosophy
- GOP defections spiked in several states in the aftermath of Jan. 6 Capitol riot
- Bruce Springsteen drunk driving charge dropped by prosecutors
- House GOP leaders awkwardly disagree over whether Trump should speak at CPAC
- The 'most encouraging' aspect of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine may be its effectiveness in South Africa, Brazil
- Investors say Trump properties are worthless until his name is removed
- FDA confirms Johnson & Johnson vaccine prevented all deaths and hospitalizations in trial
- Senate committees postpone hearings in 'bad sign' for Neera Tanden
- Tiger Woods likely looking at 'long road' to recovery after serious car accident, experts say
- U.S. scientists have shown it's plausible to power the Earth from solar panels in space
- WHO's COVAX program delivers 1st COVID-19 vaccines
- Late night hosts laugh at Rudy Giuliani literally running from his $1.3 billion lawsuit, tie in CPAC
- Why you shouldn’t panic about the UK’s slowing vaccine rate
- Federal judge allows California to finally enforce net neutrality. Other states may follow suit.
- Capitol Police leaders still haven't really explained why they were unprepared for the Jan. 6 siege
- Liz Cheney says it needs to be made 'clear' the GOP isn't 'the party of white supremacy'
- Republican leaders want to avoid a party civil war. Trump might have other ideas.
- Ahmaud Arbery's mother files civil rights lawsuit 1 year after his death
- Board members of Texas grid operator resign following blackouts
- U.S. reopens temporary facility for migrant children in Texas
- February 23rd
- First responder says wearing a seatbelt likely helped save Tiger Woods' life
- Rochester police who killed Daniel Prude during mental health crisis won't face charges
- Justin Trudeau tells Biden 'U.S. leadership has been sorely missed over the past years'
- Amy Klobuchar shuts down Ron Johnson's conspiracy mongering at Capitol attack hearing
- Mitt Romney and Tom Cotton divide conservatives over their new minimum wage plan
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, City Lights founder and champion of the Beat Generation, dead at 101
- NASA, FAA reportedly among 9 federal agencies targeted in alleged Russian cyberattack
- French actor Gérard Depardieu reportedly charged with rape
- Al Jazeera is launching a conservative news platform with a cutesy millennial name
- What New York City might reveal about declining COVID-19 cases
- Researchers warn 'the devil is already here' after analysis of California COVID-19 variant
- Security officials point fingers at each other in Capitol riot hearing
- Pfizer and Moderna plan to at least double vaccine shipments by mid-March
- David Perdue decides against 2022 Senate run
- Democrats may drop $15 minimum wage from coronavirus relief because 2 senators oppose it
- The common cold may be ready for its big comeback
- Texas racked up a $50 billion energy bill last week. It's not clear who's going to pay it.
- Ted Cruz says his wife is 'pissed' over leaked Cancun texts
- Family of Malcolm X claims letter proves FBI and NYPD involved in his murder
- Late night hosts mock Ted Cruz's lame post-Mexico photo ops, cheer Trump's tax returns defeat
- Facebook, Australia reach agreement to end week-long news blockade
- Virginia will become 23rd state, 1st in the South, to abolish the death penalty
- New Jersey legalizes marijuana, scraps criminal penalties for underage users
- What happens next in New York's criminal investigation of Trump and his business
- California lawmakers approve $600 stimulus payments for lower-wage workers
- Due to winter storm, IRS gives Texans 2 extra months to file taxes
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton also left the state during devastating winter storm
- El Chapo's wife arrested in Virginia on drug charges
- February 22nd
- Biden commemorates 500,000 Americans who have died of COVID-19: 'To heal, we must remember'
- U.S. surpasses 500,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths
- CPAC boots speaker from 'America Uncanceled' conference
- NASA shares unprecedented video of Perseverance landing on Mars, first captured sounds
- Merrick Garland changes tune on death penalty
- New York City movie theaters to open for the 1st time in almost a year
- Michael Cohen predicts Trump tax investigation will end with jail time
- Elijah McClain investigators designed questions to help exonerate officers, independent report suggests
- Obama and Springsteen chat about feeling like 'outsiders' growing up in new joint podcast
- Cuomo apparently has a 'very small' do-not-yell-at list
- Merrick Garland assures senators he'd resign as attorney general if asked to do something unethical
- Biden tweaks PPP loan rules to prioritize smallest businesses
- Daft Punk drops 'Epilogue' video announcing retirement
- With its own COVID-19 vaccine trial on pause, Sanofi will produce 12 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s candidate
- Supreme Court allows New York prosecutor to obtain Trump's tax returns
- COVID-19 survivors may be protected with just 1 vaccine dose, early studies suggest
- White House defiantly stands by Neera Tanden as her confirmation chances dwindle
- Capitol Police officer: Rioters 'beat police officers with Blue Lives Matter flags'
- Ted Cruz invited his college roommate on the Mexico trip he blamed on his daughters
- MyPillow's Mike Lindell hit with $1.3 billion lawsuit over election fraud claims
- The COVID-19 vaccines are proving incredibly effective. Here's why experts are downplaying the success.
- French academics clash with minister over ‘Islamo-leftism’ inquiry
- John Oliver cuts into the meatpacking industry, shows how it mistreats its human workers
- The group that selects Golden Globe winners has no Black members
- United, Japanese airlines temporarily grounding certain Boeing 777s following engine rupture, FAA order
- Biden to hold candle-lighting ceremony as U.S. mourns 500,000 COVID-19 dead
- Ted Cruz passed out water, BBQ in Texas this weekend. AOC raised $5 million for Texans.
- February 21st
- Fauci expects U.S. will make up weather-related vaccine delays as soon as the 'middle of the week'
- U.S. will use a 'mix of tools seen and unseen' to respond to alleged Russia hack, national security adviser says
- Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine curbs transmission, Israeli analysis suggests
- Schumer, Biden still trying to find extra vote for Tanden confirmation despite Manchin's opposition
- Democrats on potential Biden Supreme Court pick: Steer clear of the Ivy League
- SNL tries to coax apologies out of Ted Cruz, Andrew Cuomo, Gina Carano in latest cold open
- Djokovic inches closer to Nadal, Federer with 18th Grand Slam title
- February 20th
- Israeli data shows Pfizer vaccine nearly 99 percent effective at preventing COVID-19 death 2 weeks after 2nd dose
- Individuals in 77 Texas counties eligible for federal assistance after Biden approves disaster declaration
- Why upcoming GOP primaries may not double as Trump-McConnell proxy wars
- Police reportedly kill 2 anti-coup protesters in Myanmar
- Naomi Osaka notches 4th Grand Slam title with Australian Open win
- Russian court rejects Navalny appeal, setting up potential transfer to penal colony
- February 19th
- What's in Democrats' coronavirus relief bill
- Kim Kardashian reportedly files for divorce from Kanye West
- NASA reveals 'stunning' image from Perseverance rover's landing on Mars
- Health experts are split on when the U.S. will reach COVID-19 herd immunity
- Netflix just posted The Trial of the Chicago 7 for free on YouTube
- Workers at Trump's D.C. restaurant say suppliers would deliberately send them rotten produce
- Biden tells world leaders 'the transatlantic alliance is back'
- Ted Cruz's poodle seemingly stayed in a 'FREEZING' house while his family went to Cancun
- Politico finds Ted Cruz's Cancun scandal 'refreshingly normal'
- Pfizer vaccine can be stored in regular freezers, company says
- The oil and gas industry has been very generous to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Will that sway his outages response?
- Harry and Meghan confirm they're out as working royals for good
- Marilyn Manson abuse allegations under investigation by L.A. Sheriff's Department
- U.K. Supreme Court rules Uber drivers are 'workers' entitled to minimum wage, benefits
- Rudy Giuliani's 'funny story' about Rush Limbaugh, golf, and 'panties' was so bad, Steve Bannon cringed
- Trump reportedly turned down Nikki Haley's request for a Mar-a-Lago meeting
- Ivanka Trump won't try to unseat Sen. Marco Rubio in 2022
- The U.S. has officially rejoined the Paris climate accord
- Trevor Noah and Jimmy Kimmel spin Ted Cruz's Cancun misadventure into jokes, mortification, travel ads
- Official: U.S. won't donate vaccines to other countries until most Americans are inoculated
- Text messages appear to show how quickly Ted Cruz's ill-advised Cancun trip was planned
- Fox News reporter mocks 'Fled' Cruz for returning to help Texans 'right after he finishes a margarita'
- 35 Capitol Police officers under investigation for actions during Jan. 6 riot
- South Dakota's attorney general charged with misdemeanors in fatal car crash
- Bob Dole announces he has stage 4 lung cancer
- U.S. open to starting talks on Iran nuclear deal
- February 18th
- United States to pledge $4 billion in funding for global vaccine effort
- Democrats introduce bill to bar 'twice impeached' presidents from Arlington Cemetery burial
- Robinhood CEO apologizes for restricting GameStop trading, insists company 'played this by the books'
- Pfizer and Moderna vaccines prove 92 percent effective with just 1st dose
- Why NASA's Perseverance rover mission is so significant — and challenging
- Ted Cruz called Austin's mayor a 'hypocrite' for fleeing to Mexico during the pandemic. It's coming back to bite him.
- Dolly Parton politely asks Tennessee not to erect a statue of her on Capitol grounds
- Ted Cruz is seemingly returning to Texas after 11 hours in Cancun
- Bill de Blasio: Alleged threat to lawmaker is 'classic Andrew Cuomo'
- Beto O'Rourke is organizing wellness checks for seniors during Texas' blackouts. Ted Cruz is in Cancun.
- Another 861,000 Americans filed new jobless claims last week
- Beijing is reportedly subjecting U.S. diplomats to COVID-19 anal swabs
- Malia Obama will reportedly help write Donald Glover's new TV series
- Biden congressional allies are introducing his ambitious immigration bill with citizenship path
- Americans lost a year of life expectancy in the 1st half of 2020. Black Americans lost 2.7 years.
- 12 million Texans are facing water service disruptions, including boil orders and dry spigots
- The parts of Texas not on its ERCOT power grid appear to have weathered the freeze with few outages
- The Daily Show solves Texas blackouts with 'America's most renewable resource: the insane hatred of AOC'
- GOP operatives say McConnell isn't interested in fighting with Trump, wants to focus on winning in 2022
- Texas governor walks back Fox News comments on Green New Deal, says gas, coal failed in Texas freeze
- Australian Open: Naomi Osaka defeats Serena Williams to reach final
- Biden and Netanyahu discuss Iran, advancing peace in 'warm and friendly' call
- UN secretary general says COVID-19 vaccine distribution has been 'wildly uneven and unfair'
- WHO: Rate of new coronavirus cases is declining worldwide
- February 17th
- Federal agents have seized 10 million fake N95 masks
- Cuomo spokesperson denies threatening lawmaker — but admits he has threatened others
- Rush Limbaugh's complicated legacy, in 5 tweets from across the political spectrum
- FKA twigs says she left 'little clues' in case Shia LaBeouf shot her
- Rick Perry suggests Texans prefer blackouts to federal energy regulation
- Rush Limbaugh dies at 70
- Poll finds Americans are growing more optimistic that 'the worst is over' in the pandemic
- A new trading platform will let users wager on everyday events
- First trailer for Disney's Cruella gives villain a Joker-style origin story
- Prince Philip hospitalized 'after feeling unwell,' reportedly not COVID-19 related
- Texas governor blamed renewable energy for blackouts on Fox News. He told Texans a different story.
- Watch the Trump Plaza Hotel implode
- Study that will infect healthy volunteers with COVID-19 receives ethics approval
- Everything we know about the princess held hostage by billionaire ruler of Dubai
- Republicans evidently hope to win back suburban voters by attacking school closures
- The Daily Show and Jimmy Kimmel talk about Texas freezing over, Trump's wild feud with Mitch McConnell
- The architect of Texas' electricity market says it's working as planned. Critics compare it to late Soviet Russia.
- The Texas power grid failed mostly due to natural gas. Republicans are blaming wind turbines.
- Japan, still aiming to hold the Olympics this summer, starts COVID-19 vaccine drive
- Lindsey Graham says Trump can be 'a handful,' but is 'the most dominant figure' in the GOP
- Biden calls for more rehabilitation opportunities, as 'no one should go to jail for the use of a drug'
- Biden says the Justice Department is 'focused heavily' on the 'rise of white supremacy'
- Biden says COVID-19 vaccines will be widely available by the end of July
- Utah GOP warns the Republican Party about becoming fixated on 'unanimity of thought'
- Winter storm system leaves at least 15 people dead in Texas, North Carolina, and Tennessee
- February 16th
- Rudy Giuliani isn't representing Trump in 'any legal matters'
- Trump issues wild and lengthy statement attacking 'unsmiling political hack' McConnell
- Brooke Baldwin is leaving CNN after 13 years
- More than 3.5 million Texans remain without power — and providers say it could last through the night
- Judas and the Black Messiah, Borat, and more pick up Writers Guild Awards nominations
- Salma Hayek claims people discriminate against rich men
- COVID-19 vaccine shipments increasing from 11 million to 13.5 million per week, White House says
- More Republicans blame Biden for Capitol riot than fault Trump
- Biden extends foreclosure moratorium, delays mortgage payments until end of June
- House Democrat argues Trump violated Ku Klux Klan Act in Capitol riot lawsuit
- Marriott CEO dies at 62 after battle with pancreatic cancer
- Children are seeing more severe coronavirus-induced illnesses, and doctors aren't sure why
- North Korea reportedly tried to steal COVID-19 vaccine technology from Pfizer
- Tornado kills at least 3 in coastal North Carolina
- Large Israeli study shows Pfizer's vaccine cuts symptomatic COVID-19 by 94 percent
- The Daily Show mocks Trump as the new 'acquittal GOAT' after what SNL calls 'the dumbest trial' imaginable
- GOP donor is suing to claw back $2.5 million he spent to find evidence Trump won
- North Carolina GOP censures Sen. Burr for Trump impeachment vote. Burr calls that 'truly sad' for the GOP.
- Millions of Texas households are still without power in a brutally cold winter storm. What went wrong?
- Eyeing a potential comeback, David Perdue files paperwork to run in 2022 Georgia Senate race
- Dr. Fauci says he was concerned he'd get COVID-19 at the Trump White House
- Jaguar cars will be fully electric by 2025
- Texas health officials rush to distribute thousands of vaccines after power loss
- Democrats expected to release immigration reform bill this week
- Contractor killed, U.S. service member injured in Irbil rocket attack
- February 15th
- Pelosi says '9/11-type commission' will investigate Capitol attack
- Central U.S. is 'the most unusually cold region on the planet' right now
- Republicans are suddenly very in favor of a third political party, according to Gallup
- Meghan Markle and Prince Harry expecting 2nd child
- Myanmar protests continue for 10th day
- Study finds 7 new 'worrying' coronavirus variants in the U.S.
- February 14th
- Former FDA commissioner explains why a 'plan B' is needed in places using Oxford vaccine
- House impeachment manager: 'We needed more senators with spines,' not witnesses
- Murkowski delivers 'scorching' statement on voting to convict Trump
- Biden reportedly still expected to use Trump as foil for 'foreseeable future'
- SNL's McConnell admits Trump is 'guilty as hell' in latest impeachment-mocking cold open
- GOP senators who voted to convict Trump face varying degrees of backlash at home
- February 13th
- Republicans and Democrats seem to agree Trump got off 'on a technicality'
- McConnell tears into Trump on Senate floor minutes after voting to acquit him
- Trump triumphantly declares MAGA movement 'has only just begun' after Senate acquittal
- GOP Sen. Cassidy: 'I voted to convict President Trump because he is guilty'
- Trump survives most bipartisan Senate impeachment trial in history
- Oxford to launch COVID-19 vaccine trials for children
- In another twist, no witnesses will be called in Trump's impeachment trial
- Extending Trump's impeachment trial probably won't delay Biden's legislative agenda
- Ron Johnson, Mitt Romney reportedly got into a heated discussion after impeachment witness vote
- Senate surprisingly votes to consider hearing from witnesses in impeachment trial
- GOP Rep. Herrera Beutler confirms contentious Capitol riot call between Trump, McCarthy
- February 12th
- Trump impeachment lawyer dodges question about whether Trump lost the election
- Trump's lawyers claim he never knew Pence was in danger. A Republican senator has said otherwise.
- Fired Mandalorian star Gina Carano announces movie with Ben Shapiro's The Daily Wire
- Ted Cruz has a mullet
- Trump's impeachment defense wraps up after less than 3 hours
- House impeachment managers accuse Trump's lawyers of lying about withholding video evidence
- The Trump team's impeachment rebuttal includes Madonna's thoughts on blowing up the White House
- Trump lawyer argues his words were taken out of context, follow with out-of-context videos of Democrats
- Justin Timberlake apologizes to Britney Spears and Janet Jackson for failing to 'speak up for what was right'
- After paying opioid settlements, big pharma companies plan to get an estimated $1 billion in tax deductions
- White House deputy press secretary reportedly threatened to 'destroy' reporter
- Cuomo accused of 'criminal abuse of power' after aide's admission about COVID-19 nursing home data
- GoFundMe CEO begs Congress to pass COVID relief: 'We can't do your job for you'
- Elite university drawn into sex abuse scandal as French reckoning escalates
- Nikki Haley: 'We shouldn't have listened to' Trump
- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema effectively vetoes the Democrats' $15 minimum wage stimulus push
- Arthritis drug reduces COVID-19 deaths in study
- Prominent evangelical leader Ravi Zacharias engaged in sexual misconduct, his ministry reports
- Late night hosts explain why Senate Republicans should vote to convict Trump, explore why they won't
- The Daily Show and The Late Show have the same joke about hear-no-evil GOP Senate impeachment jurors
- At least 6 dead in 133-car pileup in Fort Worth, Texas
- Mike Pence's 'nuclear football' was also apparently at risk during the Capitol siege
- Judge denies motions to issue new arrest warrant, increase bail for Kyle Rittenhouse
- Watch Day 3 of Trump's Senate impeachment trial condensed to 3, 4 or 14 minutes
- Kevin McCarthy defends his son holding a wedding in California amid surge of COVID-19 cases
- Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, and Mike Lee met with Trump's defense team
- Instagram bans Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for sharing debunked COVID-19 vaccine claims
- China bans BBC World News, after criticizing reports on COVID-19 and Uighurs
- February 11th
- Jazz pianist Chick Corea dies at 79
- Trump's case of COVID-19 was reportedly more serious than the White House admitted
- Fauci predicts 'everybody and anybody' will be able to get vaccinated starting in April
- Trump impeachment team to only take 1 of its 2 allotted days
- Raskin asks lawmakers if they'd 'bet the lives of more police officers' on Trump not inciting violence again
- DOJ alleges militia leader 'was awaiting direction from President Trump' in Capitol riot charges
- Meghan Markle scores victory in privacy lawsuit against U.K. tabloid
- High-profile Republicans reportedly Zoomed to discuss forming their own center-right party
- New jobless claims decline to 793,000, but stay higher than expected
- U.K. COVID-19 variant may have emerged from 1 person with chronic infection
- Taylor Swift announces re-recorded version of Fearless featuring 6 unreleased songs
- Prosecutors reportedly sought permission to search Rudy Giuliani's records. Trump appointees said no.
- Tokyo Olympics chief to reportedly step down after saying women talk too much
- Trump publicly attacked Pence during the Capitol riot knowing Pence was in trouble, GOP senator suggests
- Jeep pulls Springsteen Super Bowl ad after report he was arrested for DWI in national park
- Late night hosts find creative ways to show just how badly Trump's impeachment trial is going for the GOP
- Mandalorian star Gina Carano dropped by Lucasfilm, UTA after social media posts
- Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul released from prison
- Watch Day 2 of Trump's Senate impeachment trial condensed into 3, 5, or 12 minutes
- Biden discusses China's 'coercive and unfair economic practices' during call with Xi Jinping
- Lindsey Graham says Capitol Police 'let the country down' during riot
- Murkowski says after seeing 'pretty damning' evidence, she doesn't think Trump could ever be re-elected
- Romney says footage shown at impeachment trial let him know how close he was to danger
- Hustler publisher Larry Flynt dies at 78
- February 10th
- CNN reporter: Fox News cut away from impeachment coverage to keep 'its audience from seeing the truth'
- Impeachment managers reveal stunning footage of Romney, Pence being rushed to safety during riot
- GOP senators were nodding off during the impeachment hearing — until Capitol attack footage started rolling
- Impeachment managers unveil harrowing new police audio, security footage of Capitol riot during Senate trial
- The 2021 Oscars will be broadcast from multiple locations
- Trump used the word 'peacefully' once during pre-Capitol riot speech. He said 'fight' 20 times, impeachment manager notes.
- DHS investigating counterfeit N95 masks sold to hospitals in at least 5 states
- Fed Chair Powell says lower unemployment rate hides true 'deterioration' of labor market
- Charisma Carpenter accuses Joss Whedon of abusive behavior on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel
- Biden announces sanctions against Myanmar's military leaders in response to coup
- Democratic impeachment manager Joe Neguse: Trump 'alone had the power to stop' Capitol riot
- New CDC research recommends double masking
- Trump impeachment trial's 2nd day opens with warning of 'graphic and disturbing' videos
- The vast majority of Americans want another coronavirus stimulus package
- Lindsey Graham reads Neera Tanden negative Glassdoor reviews from old employees during confirmation hearing
- Georgia prosecutors reportedly open criminal investigation into Trump call
- U.S. may not reach COVID-19 herd immunity until Thanksgiving, Biden officials reportedly say
- 3 charts that show promising effects of COVID-19 vaccination in Israel
- Biden promised COVID-19 vaccine equity. There isn't enough data to know if that's happening.
- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees include Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, and Foo Fighters
- Britney Spears is reportedly working on her own documentary
- World's 2nd-oldest person survives COVID-19
- Mitch McConnell reportedly still hasn't decided how he'll vote in Trump's impeachment trial
- Merrick Garland finally has a Senate confirmation hearing scheduled
- Late night hosts pick highlights from Day 1 of Trump's 2nd impeachment trial, mock lawyer Bruce Castor
- Dominion says it had to hire detectives to track down Sidney Powell to serve her with its $1.3 billion lawsuit
- Trump still hasn't conceded his election loss. But his impeachment lawyer Bruce Castor did, several times.
- 100-year-old accused Nazi camp guard charged with 3,518 counts of accessory to murder
- Biden almost certainly has full access to Trump's secretive calls with Putin, other world leaders
- Watch Day 1 of Trump's 2nd impeachment trial in 270 seconds or less
- Trump was reportedly not impressed by his impeachment lawyer's performance
- One of Trump's impeachment lawyers filed a lawsuit against him in 2020
- Aunt Jemima rebranded as Pearl Milling Company
- Sen. Coons: Trump's impeachment defense is 'the Four Seasons Landscaping of the legal profession'
- GOP senators criticize Trump lawyer's performance: 'A missed opportunity'
- February 9th
- Senate affirms constitutionality of Trump's impeachment trial with 56-44 vote
- Trump's lawyers argue Democrats impeached him both too slow and too fast
- Alan Dershowitz tells Newsmax Trump's defense lawyer is bombing
- It wasn't entirely clear what Trump's lawyer was going for in opening impeachment argument — but it may have been strategic
- Republicans admit nothing will change their mind on constitutionality of Trump's impeachment
- Raskin chokes up while recalling the day of the Capitol riot
- Democrats argue 1876 case is 'clear precedent' for impeaching Trump post-presidency
- Democrats: There's no 'January exception' to impeachment
- Trump impeachment trial starts with graphic video montage of Capitol riot
- High-wage workers are getting all the jobs
- Trump allies are amazed at how much his reputation has recovered since the Capitol riot
- Trump reportedly avoided calling Biden a 'predator' in ads because it would 'open up his own can of worms'
- Michelle Obama to star in a Netflix cooking show featuring puppets
- Pilot of Kobe Bryant's helicopter likely violated federal standards before crash, U.S. safety investigators determine
- Why the focus on 'incitement' creates an opening for Trump's impeachment defense
- Super Bowl draws smallest audience since 2007
- Longtime NFL coach Marty Schottenheimer dies at 77
- How to watch Trump's second impeachment trial
- Jared and Ivanka reportedly warn Trump 'he can still screw this up' ahead of likely impeachment acquittal
- Cyberpunk 2077 developer says it was the victim of a cyberattack
- North Korea is funding its nuclear program with hacked cryptocurrency, other cyber-theft, U.N. panel reports
- WHO expert says coronavirus probably didn't leak from China lab
- Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner made up to $640 million while working in the White House, watchdog group says
- COVID-19 killed more Americans in the first week of February than all of June 2020
- Mary Wilson, co-founder of The Supremes, has died at 76
- Former Nixon Library director suggests Biden ignores Trump's impeachment trial at America's peril
- Justice Department drops lawsuit against former friend of Melania Trump
- Lawyer for man charged in Capitol riot says he worked for the FBI, had top-secret security clearance
- The Daily Show surveys Joe Biden's 3 weeks of presidential scandals, says farewell to Lou Dobbs
- DOJ to seek resignations of Trump's U.S. attorneys, except ones leading Hunter Biden, Russia investigations
- U.S. considering requiring proof of negative coronavirus test for domestic air travel
- Rep. Adam Kinzinger tells his fellow Republicans convicting Trump is 'necessary to save America'
- Larry Kudlow's new Fox Business show to debut next week
- Senate confirms Denis McDonough as Veterans Affairs secretary
- Georgia's secretary of state opens probe into Trump's phone calls
- February 8th
- New York can't prosecute Paul Manafort after Trump pardon, court rules
- Both sides of Trump's impeachment reach trial structure agreement
- A hacker nearly poisoned an entire Florida city
- Biden speaks with Modi, but doesn't mention India's farmer protests
- Democrats' coronavirus relief plan would raise minimum wage to $9.50 this year
- Facebook says it will remove additional false claims about COVID-19 vaccines
- Myanmar's military sets curfews in attempt to crack down on spreading protests
- Netflix scores most Best Picture nominations for 1 studio ever at the 2021 Critics Choice Awards
- Trump's impeachment lawyers argue he only wanted supporters to 'fight' in 'the figurative sense'
- The Four Seasons Total Landscaping saga is getting its own documentary
- Alabama GOP Sen. Richard Shelby will retire at the end of his term in 2022
- GOP Rep. Ron Wright dies after being hospitalized with COVID-19
- Former FDA chief predicts states will make COVID-19 vaccines 'generally available' by April
- Trump's impeachment lawyer specializes in medical malpractice and 'people falsely accused in Me Too cases'
- One of Sarah Huckabee Sanders' main Arkansas gubernatorial rivals just dropped out of the race
- Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman's Senate announcement video is packed with Rust Belt grit
- Bitcoin reaches all-time high after Tesla discloses $1.5 billion purchase
- Netanyahu 'abruptly' leaves court after pleading not guilty to corruption charges
- Democrats are split on Trump's impeachment trial: Brief or comprehensive?
- Dominion spokesman: 'Mike Lindell is begging to be sued, and at some point, we may well oblige him'
- Stephen Colbert's Super Bowl special has its own heartwarming fake ad, NFL player gags, Metallica
- House Democrats will push to include $250-300 monthly child payments in stimulus bill
- House impeachment managers, Capitol riot defense lawyers, federal prosecutors agree Trump is culpable
- Ebola has been detected again in eastern Congo
- Super Bowl LV: Buccaneers defeat Chiefs 31-9
- 9 dead, 140 missing after glacier breaks and triggers flooding in India
- The Weeknd delivers an eccentric Super Bowl Halftime Show
- Here's what it looks like inside Raymond James Stadium
- February 7th
- South Africa pauses AstraZeneca vaccine drive
- Don't forget about the defenses in Super Bowl LV
- Just how much leverage does Joe Manchin actually have?
- George Shultz, Reagan's secretary of state who helped forge new relationship with Soviet Union, dies at 100
- Liz Cheney ramps up her opposition to Trump day after censure
- U.K. vaccine minister anticipating 'annual' booster COVID-19 shots to fend off variants
- Biden, Khamenei definitively take opposite stances on conditions for reviving Iran deal
- SNL takes a break from politics to poke fun at the Super Bowl in latest cold open
- Biden to end Central American asylum agreements in latest reversal of Trump's immigration policies
- February 6th
- Wyoming GOP censures Cheney, says it intends to 'withold any future political funding'
- CIA analyst involved with briefing Biden shouldn't be trusted after defending torture program, former Senate investigator says
- Here's what may happen now that a giant iceberg has split into a dozen pieces
- Harris has reportedly pushed Biden's coronavirus team to focus on overlooked communities
- China approves 2nd COVID-19 vaccine for general public use
- Former CIA officer explains why Biden is right not to 'run the risk' of sending Trump intelligence briefings
- Myanmar military imposes internet blockade as protesters rally against coup
- February 5th
- House investigators are compiling Trump allies' pre-riot plans — and have video of Roger Stone hanging with a militia group
- NFL offers all stadiums as mass COVID-19 vaccination sites
- Air Force launches security review after intruder gets into aircraft at Joint Base Andrews
- 'Explosive' Woody Allen documentary featuring video account from 7-year-old Dylan Farrow to debut on HBO
- Watch Michael B. Jordan, Matthew McConaughey, Will Ferrell, and Maya Rudolph in the funniest 2021 Super Bowl commercials
- Uneven rules spur thousands of people to cross state lines for COVID-19 vaccines
- Legendary actor Christopher Plummer dies at 91
- The Weeknd claims he'll perform the Super Bowl halftime show entirely solo
- Greene claims 'I'm fine with' getting kicked off her House committees: 'It'd be a waste of my time'
- MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's election conspiracy documentary starts with an epic disclaimer from OAN
- Biden seemingly doesn't care about Larry Summers' criticism of his big stimulus bill
- U.S. economy adds 49,000 jobs in January as unemployment rate declines to 6.3 percent
- Three of the best motorbikes to get you out on the highway
- FDA plans a rapid review process for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to combat variants
- Mike Pence is starting a podcast to 'share the good news of conservatism'
- Senate passes budget bill paving the way for majority approval of Biden's $1.9 trillion aid package
- GOP Sen. Ben Sasse slams Nebraska GOP over censure: 'Politics isn't about the weird worship of 1 dude'
- Senate votes down $15 minimum wage during vote-a-rama. Bernie Sanders seems unfazed.
- Tom Brady reads pre-Super Bowl mean tweets about his chin, his game, and his dog for Jimmy Kimmel
- Late night hosts aren't buying Marjorie Taylor Greene's public disavowal of QAnon and other 'deranged beliefs'
- Mexico launches vaccination registration website to disastrous results
- Why the House was able to kick Greene off her committees, explained by a former congressman
- Biden administration reviewing whether it could forgive student debt by executive action
- Mike Pence is joining the Heritage Foundation to fight back 'against a socialist agenda'
- David Hogg plans to start his own pillow company to rival MyPillow
- Watch Steny Hoyer ask GOP lawmakers to imagine if Greene's inflammatory social media posts were about them
- House votes to eject Marjorie Taylor Greene from committees
- February 4th
- Johnson & Johnson applies for emergency use authorization for COVID-19 vaccine
- Sherrod Brown publicly shames Rand Paul for not wearing a mask on the Senate floor
- Biden pledges to raise refugee cap to 125,000, up from 15,000 under Trump
- Trump's impeachment lawyers dismiss request for testimony as a 'public relations stunt'
- Voting technology company Smartmatic sues Fox News and its top hosts for $2.7 billion over disinformation
- Trump wrote an extremely on-brand letter to resign from SAG-AFTRA before he could be kicked out
- Chadwick Boseman posthumously makes history at the SAG Awards
- Marjorie Taylor Greene tells lawmakers she regrets being 'allowed to believe things that weren't true'
- House impeachment managers demand Trump testify under oath, argue he has nothing else going on anyway
- Biden to end support of Saudi Arabia's offensive operations in Yemen
- What the SAG Awards nominations might tell us about the 2021 Oscars
- This year's nonexistent flu season could prove problematic for vaccine developers
- Jeff Zucker plans to step down as CNN president at the end of 2021
- Jobless claims remain high but dip to lowest level since November
- The U.S. appears to be narrowly beating COVID-19, but there's good news and bad
- Tokyo Olympics chief apologizes for saying women talk too much in meetings
- Late night hosts survey how the GOP is handling Marjorie Taylor Greene, QAnon, and 'Jewish space lasers'
- ‘More 1945 than 2008’: new CBI chief calls for economic reboot
- Judge orders organic food for 'QAnon Shaman' Jacob Chansley, who claims his 'shamanic' beliefs require it
- San Francisco sues its own school district over protracted school closures
- Prosecutors don't know where Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse is, want him arrested again
- GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger mocks GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz after House GOP votes to keep Liz Cheney in leadership
- Experts are asking people to stop sharing their COVID-19 vaccination cards online
- GOP Rep. Liz Cheney to keep leadership position
- Greene was reportedly applauded by GOP lawmakers after apologizing for past inflammatory remarks
- Ex-Columbus police officer charged with murder of Andre Hill
- Pelosi slams McCarthy's 'cowardly' refusal to take action against Marjorie Taylor Greene
- February 3rd
- Liz Cheney reportedly told GOP conference she won't apologize for impeachment vote
- Bipartisan report says U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan would lead to 'new civil war'
- GOP senators introduce resolution calling on IOC to move 2022 Winter Olympics out of China
- Country star Morgan Wallen suspended by label after video shows him using the N-word
- GOP congressman explains why he thinks he won over Biden voters
- House to vote on resolution removing Greene from committee assignments
- Vaccinating teachers 'not a prerequisite' for safely reopening schools, CDC director says
- Biden adviser suggests holdovers from Obama era dictated 'harsh' response to GOP COVID-19 relief proposal
- Da 5 Bloods gets shut out and more shockers from the Golden Globe nominations
- The Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine seems promising. Here's why it's not yet approved in the U.S.
- Hamilton snags 2 Golden Globe nominations — but it's not eligible at the Oscars
- Mank leads the 2021 Golden Globe nominations
- Golden Globes nominate 3 female directors in 1 year for the 1st time
- Fauci warns against Super Bowl parties, urges Americans to 'lay low'
- Myanmar junta to detain toppled leader Suu Kyi for 14 days on dubious illegal walkie-talkie charges
- Stephen Bannon, pardoned by Trump, may now be charged over the same scheme in New York
- Council accuses school staff of ‘jumping the vaccine queue’
- Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Trevor Noah dissect the GOP civil war on Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'loony lies'
- Biden's team is reportedly surprised Republicans don't see the political upsides of backing a big COVID-19 bill
- Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will co-host the Golden Globes from opposite sides of the country
- Divided House approves $5,000-$10,000 fines for lawmakers who bypass security screenings
- Study: Recovered COVID-19 patients likely have antibodies for at least 6 months
- Officer Brian Sicknick lies in honor at Capitol Rotunda
- Pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood is being investigated for possible voter fraud
- Trump loyalists ousted from Pentagon advisory boards
- Pelosi says there will be heightened security for lawmakers traveling to and from D.C.
- Biden tells Democratic senators to pass a 'big, bold' relief package 'quickly'
- February 2nd
- Newsmax host walks out during chaotic interview with MyPillow guy
- Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO
- Biden's immigration executive orders don't do much. That could be by design.
- Further analysis finds Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine 76 percent effective 3 months after first shot
- Biden administration to start delivering COVID-19 vaccines directly to select pharmacies
- Pete Buttigieg becomes 1st openly gay person confirmed to Cabinet seat
- Moscow court sentences Putin critic Navalny to 2.5 years in prison
- Trump's lawyers issue 8-part response to House impeachment managers
- Manchin will support Democrats' reconciliation bill, allowing COVID relief to move forward without GOP
- Dolly Parton rewrites '9 to 5' to confusingly celebrate having a second job
- Capt. Tom Moore, WWII vet who raised millions for health-care workers, dies after COVID-19 hospitalization
- 2 FBI agents killed while executing search warrant in Florida
- U.S. required to cut foreign aid to Myanmar after formally determining military takeover is a coup
- Andrew Yang tests positive for COVID-19 amid NYC mayoral campaign
- Navalny labels Putin 'Vladimir the Underpants Poisoner' in scathing hearing speech
- House impeachment brief contains a whole section dedicated to its Republican support
- House impeachment managers say Trump is 'singularly responsible' for Capitol riot in trial brief
- Nobody seems to like the San Francisco school board’s 'renaming spree'
- Pfizer and BioNTech expect to make $15 billion from vaccine sales this year
- Russia's Sputnik V vaccine 91.6 percent effective against symptomatic COVID-19 in interim analysis
- Dolly Parton reveals she turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom twice
- Trump's 'greatest erosion' of support in 2020 was among 'white men,' internal campaign autopsy found
- Federal judge vacates Trump EPA lame-duck rule limiting scientific studies used in policymaking
- 'Watch Me (Whip-Nae Nae)' rapper Silento charged with murder in Atlanta
- Aerobics instructor unwittingly films Myanmar coup in the background of her live workout
- Hal Holbrook, actor who portrayed Mark Twain for six decades, dies at 95
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez describes living through the Jan. 6 Capitol assault, fearing she would die
- Biden has to choose whether to replace Trump's inspectors general, especially 1 pushed in by McConnell
- Marilyn Manson dropped by record label following abuse accusations
- McConnell condemns 'loony lies' and conspiracies, calling them a 'cancer' for the GOP
- Data shows just 38 percent of nursing home workers have accepted COVID-19 vaccines
- Biden, Senate Republicans spend 2 hours discussing dueling COVID-19 relief proposals
- SpaceX announces plan for 1st all-civilian mission to space
- February 1st
- Harris, Trudeau discuss trade policy in her 1st foreign leader call
- Black Panther's Ryan Coogler to develop a Disney+ Wakanda series
- Merrick Garland still can't get a Senate hearing
- House Democrats look ready to boot Marjorie Taylor Greene from committees if GOP doesn't act first
- At least 3 separate Hollywood projects about the GameStop saga are already in development
- Pelosi, Schumer introduce budget resolution to pass COVID relief without GOP support
- U.S., Palestinian officials engage publicly for 1st time in 3 years
- Biden may revoke Trump's access to classified intelligence
- Fauci: Getting vaccinated as soon as possible will prevent more COVID-19 mutations
- Saved by the Bell star Dustin Diamond dies at 44 after lung cancer battle
- How the Trump administration used 'deceptively mundane' rule changes to curb immigration
- U.S. reaches deal for at-home COVID-19 tests that produce results in 15 minutes
- Why the COVID-19 variants might stretch the pandemic into 2024
- West Virginia's GOP governor supports big pandemic relief bill: 'If we throw away some money, so what?'
- Prince Harry wins 'significant' damages in libel case against British tabloid
- New York health experts quit as Cuomo crafts his own delay-plagued vaccination plans
- Here's a side-by-side comparison of GOP, Biden coronavirus relief bills
- Tony Bennett's family reveals he's battling Alzheimer's
- Rochester police seen pepper spraying handcuffed, screaming 9-year-old girl in body camera video
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar makes the altruistic case for vaccinating NBA players now
- Evan Rachel Wood accuses Marilyn Manson of 'horrifically' abusing her
- White House allies secretly wrote the Texas lawsuit asking the Supreme Court to overturn Biden's win
- Study suggests newborns get COVID-19 protection from mothers previously infected
- Eric Trump reportedly wagered Election Day that his father would win 320 electoral votes
- The Jan. 6 rally that fed the deadly Capitol siege was reportedly a Trump White House production
- Trump appointees aggressively lobbied against giving states COVID-19 vaccine rollout funds
- Biden will host 10 GOP senators to discuss COVID-19 relief proposal
- Trump names 2 new impeachment lawyers after departure of previous team
- Myanmar military seizes control in coup, citing rejected election fraud claims
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