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• GOP Sen. Roger Marshall, who voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election, says he's 'so ready to move on'

  02-05-2021 22:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas.
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  Sen. Roger Marshall said he wanted to move on from discussing his challenge of the election results.
  "I made a decision based upon the facts that I knew at that point in time," he said.
  Former President Trump and his campaign spent months trying to overturn President Biden's victory.
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  GOP Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas on Saturday said that he was "ready to move on" when asked about his support of
  
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• Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says Americans can expect a 'big return' from Biden's $4.1 trillion spending proposal

  02-05-2021 22:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Treasury secretary Janet Yellen pushed for stimulus checks
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  President Biden's spending plans can offer a "big return," Tres. Sec. Janet Yellen said Sunday.
  The measures should be paid for while interest rates sit at historic lows, she added.
  If inflation rises more than expected, the government "has the tools to address it," Yellen said.
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  Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reiterated her support for President Joe Biden's spending plans on
  
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• 10 top crypto tokens, plus the rising stars of equity research

  02-05-2021 22:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Hello everyone! Welcome to this weekly roundup of Investing stories from deputy editor Joe Ciolli. Please subscribe here to get this newsletter in your inbox every week.Getty Images /Jack TaylorHello and welcome to Insider Investing. I'm Joe Ciolli, and I'm here to guide you through what's been happening in markets. Here's what's on the docket:We spoke to Jeff Dorman, a former Wall Streeter turned CIO of $200 million crypto asset manager Arca. He shared 3 themes and 10 tokens he's betting on in
  
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• Liz Cheney is facing mounting criticism from her GOP colleagues

  02-05-2021 21:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney is the highest-ranking female Republican in Congress.
  AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
  House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney is the highest-ranking female Republican in Congress.
  After she publicly fist-bumped Biden and continued to criticize Trump, some want her out of leadership.
  Cheney is a veteran of Republican politics, but today's GOP differs greatly from even 5 years ago.
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  For years, GOP Rep. Liz
  
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• Sen. Bernie Sanders says the US needs 'progressive taxation' on the wealthy to pay for Biden's infrastructure proposal

  02-05-2021 20:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) arrives at the House chamber ahead of President Joe Biden's first address to a joint session of Congress on April 28, 2021.
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  Sen. Bernie Sanders called for "progressive taxation" to fund Biden's spending proposals.
  "Biden says the floor should be $400,000," he noted. "Nobody under that should pay more in taxes."
  Sanders also brought up the need for health care reform and tackling student loan debt.
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• Biden remembered 'the courage and skill' of US forces on 10-year anniversary of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden

  02-05-2021 20:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House on May 1, 2011.
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  President Joe Biden issued a statement to mark 10 years since the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
  "We followed bin Laden to the gates of hell - and we got him," Biden said.
  Biden has committed to withdrawing troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2
  
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• Stimulus and COVID fears are keeping millions of Americans from rejoining the labor market, BofA says

  02-05-2021 20:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
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  Some 2.5 million Americans won't rejoin the labor force until late 2021, Bank of America said.
  Virus fears and boosted unemployment benefits are keeping them from seeking work, the bank added.
  Retirements and COVID-19 deaths will leave a more permanent drag on participation, BofA said.
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  The rapidly accelerating economic recovery is running up against labor shortages. The snags are temporary, but they hint at permanent
  
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• Twitter will reportedly launch an ad campaign to help local journalists and news outlets gain more followers on the platform

  02-05-2021 19:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Twitter's San Francisco headquarters.
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  Twitter announced an ad campaign in support of local journalists and their work.
  According to Axios, Twitter will take out 28 full-page ads in newspapers across the US.
  The ads will point people to Twitter Lists of local reporters created the newspapers and Twitter.
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  Twitter will take out advertisements in 28 local newspapers across the US to encourage readers to support local journalists and n
  
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• Dermatologists debunk 13 Botox myths

  02-05-2021 19:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Board-certified dermatologists Dr. Rita Linkner and Dr. Jordana Herschthal debunk 13 myths on Botox.
  They talk about why pregnant people shouldn't get Botox and if patients can exercise afterwards.
  They also give tips for choosing the right injector and why experience matters.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  Following is a transcript of the video.Rita Linkner: "The Botox chemical is physically addictive." I think Botox is like getting your hair colored or your nails done. It's not l
  
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• The Biden Administration continues the White House's long history of personalizing everything, from pens to cookies to shovels

  02-05-2021 19:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  First Lady Jill Biden’s Air Force One embroidered jacket
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  President Joe Biden finally got his own M&Ms, marking a tradition that dates back to the Reagan era.
  It's far from the only branded perk that the president (and vice-president) are gifted with.
  Insider rounded up other personalized presidential items spotted by photographers.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  Leadership in Washington flips from red to blue every so
  
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• Former FDA commissioner said he's 'not sure' about Biden's India travel ban because COVID-19 variants are already in the US

  02-05-2021 19:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A COVID-19 patient gets admitted to a government hospital in Kolkata, India, on April 22, 2021. India reported 314,835 new coronavirus infections on Thursday.
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  Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said he was "not sure" about Biden's India travel ban.
  Gottlieb said he didn't think the ban, slated to begin Tuesday, would be effective because variants are already spreading in the US.
  India is dealing with an ongoing surge of COVID-19 that has overwhelmed
  
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• Obama thanked Navy SEAL McRaven for overseeing the bin Laden raid by gifting him a tape measure

  02-05-2021 18:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  President Barack Obama with Navy Vice Adm. William McRaven.
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  Former President Barack Obama thanked Adm. William McRaven, the Navy SEAL who oversaw the bin Laden raid, with the gift of a tape measure, according to Obama's 2020 book, "A Promised Land."
  The gift was an inside joke from the mission and perhaps the first light-hearted moment in a very tense period for everyone involved.
  McRaven also wrote a little about the situation in his book "Sea Stories," which was publ
  
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• AstraZeneca has drawn criticism for saying it can't share its vaccine tech with the WHO because it has no engineers available 'to brief people and train them'

  02-05-2021 18:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  AstraZeneca recently took part in a shareholder Q&A.
  Reuters/Dado Ruvic
  AstraZeneca recently said it had no engineers to assist in the transfer of vaccine technology.
  The statement by the company's CEO was made during a shareholder Q&A.
  It has drawn criticism from campaign groups and other industry observers.
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  Health industry observers and social justice groups have criticized recent comments by AstraZeneca's CEO about sharing its vaccine tech
  
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• 'Maybe I just wasn't good enough': Elizabeth Warren reflects on unsuccessful presidential campaign in new book

  02-05-2021 18:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Then-US presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren speaks during a rally at Washington Square Park in New York on September 16, 2019.
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  Sen. Warren reflects on her unsuccessful 2020 presidential bid in her upcoming book, "Persist."
  After entering the race to much fanfare, she was unable to translate that enthusiasm to votes.
  "Maybe I just wasn't good enough to reassure the voters," she wrote.
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  When Se
  
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