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Congress seems ready to pass a bipartisan $908 billion stimulus — if Mitch McConnell says yes
Democratic leaders are backing a $908 billion bipartisan Covid-19 relief framework. It’s a big step toward a final deal.
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China and Australia are in a nasty diplomatic spat over a fake tweet — and real war crimes
Australia released a report on alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. China trolled Australia on Twitter about it — and Canberra took the bait.
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How Trump’s blizzard of misleading fundraising emails explains his refusal to concede
It’s bad for the country, but it’s raking in the money for Trump.
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The government’s failure to provide economic relief is killing people
The lack of funding from Congress is making the pandemic worse.
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A surprising number of government agencies buy cellphone location data. Lawmakers want to know why.
Private companies collect location data on millions of Americans and provide it to the DHS, IRS, FBI, and DEA — no warrants needed.
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The Joint Chiefs chair just gave a brutally honest assessment of the Afghanistan war
"We believe that now after 20 years — two decades of consistent effort there — we’ve achieved a modicum of success," he said on Wednesday.
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3 Hong Kong pro-democracy icons were sentenced to prison in huge blow to protest movement
Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, and Ivan Lam pleaded guilty to participating in an unsanctioned protest in 2019.
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The UK is the first country to grant emergency approval to Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine
The first doses may begin rolling out next week.
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