U.S.

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Damon Linker

Journalists can't save American democracy

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'it’s beginning to look a lot like arson'

Man arrested after allegedly setting Fox News' Christmas tree on fire

Biden and Putin met virtually to discuss Ukraine

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: December 8, 2021

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stirring things up

Forgotten cookbook connects community with favorite recipes from the past

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Forging ahead

Charlottesville is giving Robert E. Lee statue museum that will melt it down

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Confirmations

Senate confirms Chris Magnus as Customs and Border Protection chief

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in remembrance

Pearl Harbor survivors return to Hawaii to mark 80th anniversary of attack

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Damon Linker

The government is shockingly bad at counting stuff

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Damon Linker

The best possible abortion compromise

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i've got new rules, i count 'em

NYC sets vaccine mandate for private employers

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Oxford High School shooting

Michigan prosecutors, Oxford school district lay out timeline of school shooting

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: December 6, 2021

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Oxford High School shooting

Artist who helped Michigan shooting suspect's parents hide cooperating with police

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requiescat in pace

Politicians, left and right, pay tribute to Bob Dole

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Roe and Casey? Never heard of 'em!

Mississippi governor has 'reason for optimism' as SCOTUS debates abortion

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packin' around the christmas tree

Congressman under fire for gun-packing Christmas pic

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A Giant of the Greatest Generation

Bob Dole dead at 98

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The fall of the house of cuomo

CNN fires Chris Cuomo

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: December 5, 2021

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William Falk

Joining the war on COVID

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don't blame us!

Parents of Michigan school shooting suspect plead not guilty

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: December 4, 2021

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Ryan Cooper

Democrats' role in the looming loss of abortion rights

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forever?

Will Oregon's indoor mask rule be permanent?

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this just in

Michigan school shooting suspect's parents charged with involuntary manslaughter

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shot strain

Retail pharmacies struggling with vaccine administration

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disappointing

U.S. adds only 210,000 jobs in November

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'completely incorrect in everything she says'

Fauci slams Fox over 'unconscionable' comments comparing him to Nazi doctor

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: December 3, 2021

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Ryan Cooper

The time to build a giant vaccine factory is now

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Kraken open the piggy bank

9 pro-Trump lawyers ordered to pay Michigan $175,000 for 'Kraken' election suit

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the kindness of strangers

Father and daughter duo deliver RVs to people who lost their homes in wildfires

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crisis averted

Shutdown averted as Senate passes bill to fund government

The Statue of Liberty and New York City skyline at dusk.

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'we are in a far better place'

New York governor says not to panic as 5 Omicron cases are reported in state

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congress

House passes spending bill, setting up showdown in the Senate