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Joe Manchin’s child tax credit stance draws criticism back home
Sen. Manchin’s reluctance to endorse the President Biden's expanded child tax credit program is rippling through his home state of West Virginia, one of the poorest in the nation.
VIDEO OF THE DAY: Fox News host admits Trump’s role in MAGA riot while other hosts lose it
Sean Hannity was called out for his complicity and duplicity in the deadly MAGA insurrection on January 6, and, well, he wasn't happy about it.
Republicans' secret plot to rig election FINALLY exposed
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Whoa.
FDA loosens rules for distributing abortion pills, opening new battle fronts
Enforcement of the agency’s decades-old rules requiring the pills to be physically handed out by a physician was suspended earlier this year due to concerns over traveling during the pandemic. Now, the agency says it will move to make the looser distribution rules permanent.
US judge tosses out $4.5 billion deal shielding Sacklers from Purdue Pharma opioid lawsuits
US District Judge Colleen McMahon said the New York bankruptcy court that approved the settlement did not have authority to grant the Sacklers the legal protection from future opioid litigation.
US schools increase security in response to TikTok posts warning of shooting, bomb threats
School districts across the country are issuing warnings, increasing security and cancelling classes Friday in response to vague, anonymous shooting and bomb threats being made on TikTok that officials say are not considered credible.
Delaware judge rejects Fox News motion to dismiss $1.6 billion lawsuit
Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis rejected a motion by Fox News to dismiss a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit brought against the cable news giant by Dominion Voting Systems over claims about the 2020 presidential election.
Richard Ojeda vows to defeat the GOP's "KKK Caucus" in fiery new video
No Dem Left Behind: Bigots like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Paul Gosar and Matt Gaetz take it for granted that they own the rural vote. Richard Ojeda disagrees. Check out his plan to defeat the KKK Caucus of the GOP on their own turf.
US records most hurricane-force gusts in a single day... in December
Record-breaking winds tore through the United States on Wednesday and early Thursday, causing the highest number of hurricane-force gusts in a single 24-hour period since at least 2004, the National Weather Service said, days after one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in US history.
Louisiana judge who used racist slurs takes leave of absence
Lafayette City Court Judge Michelle Odinet is taking an unpaid leave of absence after she repeatedly used a racial slur in a video recorded at her home and posted to social media, prompting Gov. John Bel Edwards to call for her resignation.
GOP blows off Trump’s bid to oust McConnell
Despite months of attacks, the Trump-led campaign to depose the Senate minority leader has resulted in firm pledges from just two Republican candidates and no senators, and it has failed to turn up a challenger to run against McConnell.
Biden admin asks Supreme Court to allow nationwide health worker vax mandate
The Biden administration on Thursday asked that the Supreme Court allow it to impose its vaccine mandate on health care workers nationwide after lower courts froze it in two dozen mostly Republican-led states.
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