(CNN)The flurry of lawsuits filed in recent weeks trying to stop the House January 6 committee’s subpoenas are revealing, in many ways, the opposite: That the House has been largely successful at sweeping up documents for the probe and interviewing dozens of major witnesses. A throughline in many of the cases are allegations that the…
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(CNN)US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s virtual meeting with foreign ministers about the Omicron coronavirus variant last week included the ministers from both Saudi Arabia and Israel, a rare instance where the two countries who do not have formal diplomatic relations participated in the same call.A readout from the US State Department said Blinken had…
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Putin requested the telephone call this week for reasons US officials said were not precisely clear. Biden and Putin last spoke on December 7 in a video conference that ended with a pledge to restart diplomatic discussions — but no indication Russia was preparing to deescalate.Since then, as many as 100,000 Russian troops have remained…
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(CNN)Several lawmakers and members of the law enforcement community tasked with protecting the US Capitol will mark the one-year anniversary of the deadly insurrection there next month during a live event hosted by CNN, the network announced Thursday.”Live from the Capitol: January 6th, One Year Later,” will air on January 6, 2022, exactly one year…
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Members of the Michigan redistricting commission have approved new maps for the state’s congressional districts, the state house, and the state senate.They reached their decisions after months of planning and more than 25,000 comments from residents across the state, and the changes will shape the state’s political landscape for the coming decade.“We compromised we collaboratively…
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. (KMOV.com) — It’s been a week since 6-year-old Damon Rice was hit and killed by a school bus near Festus in Jefferson County.On December 21, Damon was getting off the school bus. He crossed the street in front of the bus, and was then hit by the bus. State troopers are still…
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BEMIDJI, Minn. (WCCO) – Despite the falling temperatures, some lakes remain unsafe this late in December. On Christmas Eve, John Herman Klasen III’s truck went through the ice as he fished on Lake Bemidji. “Losing a family member that close to the holidays, it’s devastating for everybody,” his granddaughter, Sarah Dixon, said. Dixon described her…
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(CNN)We laughed, we cringed, we tweeted — these are the pop culture moments that we’ll remember fondly as the year comes to an end. From the most meme-worthy moment of “House of Gucci” to the best resurrection of an early-2000s touchstone — Bennifer tried, but was bested by another music diva — we revisit the…
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(CNN)Jada Pinkett Smith is making the best of her hair loss.The actress and “Red Table Talk” host first went public about losing her hair in 2018.On Tuesday, she shared a video on her verifed Instagram account that showed her closely shaved hair.”Now at this point, I can only laugh,” Pinkett Smith said as she chuckled…
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