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• The body of Naomi Irion, reported missing in Nevada more than 2 weeks ago, has been found, police say

  31-03-2022 23:55 via cnn.com
  
  The body of Naomi Irion, a Nevada woman missing for more than two weeks, has been discovered, authorities said Wednesday.
  
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• Body of Nevada woman reported missing more than 2 weeks ago has been found

  31-03-2022 23:55 via cnn.com
  
  The body of Naomi Irion, a Nevada woman missing for more than two weeks, has been discovered, authorities said Wednesday.
  
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• Police Search for Woman after Deceased Infant Is Found in Phoenix McDonald's Restroom

  31-03-2022 23:53
  
  Over the weekend, a person made a horrible discovery after entering the bathroom at a local McDonald’s on Sunday. There, in the single-occupancy restroom, was a dead infant.
  The newborn boy was alone, discarded as worse than trash.
  Police arrived on the scene at the McDonald’s near Indian School Road and 35th Avenue in Phoenix around 2 p.m., and first responders pronounced the infant dead at the scene.
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• Russia's Submarines Are Bigger Than Ours, But When the Launch Doors Open It's Immediately Clear That Size Doesn't Matter

  31-03-2022 23:48
  
  On day four of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered nuclear deterrent forces to be put on high alert. This news sent shivers around the globe, especially in light of the nuclear weapons doctrine the country had adopted in 2000, which lowered the threshold for what constituted adequate justification for using one.
  An article in the Global Security Review offers a plausible explanation for the changes. Joshua Ball believes that the decision came after Ru
  
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• Washington Post Finally Authenticates Biden Laptop Stories - Except for the One About 'the Big Guy'

  31-03-2022 23:23
  
  Seventeen months after the New York Post published the first of its bombshell reports revealing the Biden family’s long history of influence peddling, The New York Times quietly admitted that the emails found on Hunter Biden’s laptop — the source of those reports — are real.
  The admission came in the 24th paragraph of an article whose title, “Hunter Biden Paid Tax Bill, but Broad Federal Investigation Continues,” provided no clue of the Grand Canyon-sized trut
  
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• Covid-19 hospitalizations in the U.S. hit new low

  31-03-2022 23:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Covid hospitalizations are at their lowest levels since the U.S. began keeping records, according to an NBC News analysis of Health and Human Services data.
  
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• Samsung will now let Galaxy users repair their own devices

  31-03-2022 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  The right-to-repair movement has scored another win.
  
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• Federal judge strikes down several provisions of the Florida election rules overhaul passed by Republicans last year

  31-03-2022 22:54 via cnn.com
  
  A federal judge in Florida on Thursday struck down several aspects of the election rules overhaul passed by Republicans in the state last year.
  
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• Federal judge strikes down several provisions of the Florida election rules overhaul

  31-03-2022 22:54 via cnn.com
  
  A federal judge in Florida on Thursday struck down several aspects of the election rules overhaul passed by Republicans in the state last year.
  
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• Crowd Erupts as Man in 'We the People' Shirt Is Thrown in Handcuffs, Hauled Out of State Senate Meeting

  31-03-2022 22:49
  
  During a meeting about discrimination based on COVID-19 vaccine status, three people were removed by police, including one man who was arrested while wearing a “We the People” t-shirt.
  This is not a good look for America.
  The incident occurred earlier this month in Salt Lake City, Utah, during a state Senate committee hearing on legislation that would prevent businesses and certain government entities from requiring vaccine passports, KSTU-TV reported.
  It was a packed house with a co
  
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• Hunter Biden Probe Broader Than We Ever Realized, Grand Jury Convened Behind the Scenes

  31-03-2022 22:14
  
  The New York Times’ admission two weeks ago that the emails found on Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop were real was a signal to some of us that the Times was trying to get out ahead of something.
  When The Washington Post, CNN, ABC and NBC acknowledged the emails were real on Wednesday, we knew something was up.
  On Wednesday night and Thursday morning, multiple media outlets reported that the inquiry into Biden’s taxes which began several years ago has expanded to include possibl
  
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• Biden's Budget Calls for Trump Tax Cuts to Expire, Imposes 'Wealth Tax' with Questionable Constitutionality

  31-03-2022 22:11
  
  President Joe Biden’s 2023 budget plan, introduced Monday, calls for allowing the Trump tax cuts to expire.
  Additionally, the proposal would raise taxes on corporations and impose a 20 percent “wealth tax,” which some policy experts say is unconstitutional.
  In December 2017, then-President Donald Trump signed into law the Republican-backed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
  The legislation lowered tax rates across the board and nearly doubled the standard deduction, and it doubled the chil
  
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• Report: Biden Administration Considering Pulling Health Care from Veterans to Treat Illegal Aliens

  31-03-2022 21:55
  
  Did you, or a family member, serve your country with the expectation of receiving the health care benefits you were promised?
  Sorry, illegal aliens apparently come first in President Joe Biden’s America.
  The Biden administration reportedly is considering diverting doctors from the Department of Veterans Affairs to treat the massive inflow of illegal aliens expected at the southern border this spring and summer.
  Hillary Vaughn of Fox Business reported on the insulting slight to American vet
  
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• Macabre Celebration of Attacks in Israel Seen: Pro-Palestine Supporters Handing out Candy, Dancing in the Street

  31-03-2022 21:53
  
  A wave of deadly terrorist attacks has hit Israel over the last week.
  On Tuesday, March 29, five people were murdered by a Palestinian shooter. What happened after the killing added a creepy conclusion to the event.
  In Beirut, Lebanon, supporters of Hezbollah celebrated in the streets, waving flags and handing out candy to passing cars.
   #Hezbollah supporters in the southern suburbs of #Beirut Tuesday night hand out sweets as they celebrate the terrorist attack in Benei Berak. #Israel pic.t
  
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• First lawsuit filed over Florida law restricting certain LGBTQ topics in the classroom

  31-03-2022 21:48 via cnn.com
  
  Two LGBTQ rights advocacy groups, as well as students, parents and a teacher in Florida, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, challenging the state's new law banning certain instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom.
  
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• Franklin Graham Sends Letter to Putin and Zelenskyy with a Holy Week Plea

  31-03-2022 21:16
  
  It has been more than a month since Russia invaded Ukraine, and as the war continues, politicians, celebrities and many others with a platform are calling for an end to the conflict.
  The Rev. Franklin Graham, the oldest son of the famous evangelist Billy Graham and the head of Samaritan’s Purse, has been one of the most outspoken voices in advocating for peace, even before the war began.
  In a new effort to help bring about an end to the conflict, Graham sent letters to Russian President Vl
  
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• FL Teacher: New 'Don't Say Gay' Law Means He Can't Talk About His Same-Sex Relationship With 5-Year-Olds

  31-03-2022 21:03
  
  Pity poor Cory Bernaert.
  Bernaert is a Florida teacher who appeared on MSNBC Tuesday to discuss the fallout from Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill — otherwise known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill despite the fact a) the word “gay” appears nowhere in the legislation and b) it does nothing of the sort. Instead, it prohibits sexual orientation and gender identity instruction for kids in public schools who are in third-grade or under.
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• Meet This Year's 'Cadbury Bunny' Winner, a Therapy Dog from Ohio named Annie Rose

  31-03-2022 21:01
  
  Every spring, pet owners everywhere vie to win the coveted title of the year’s “Cadbury Bunny” for their pets. Critters of all sorts are represented in the lineups, and the winner usually isn’t even a bunny.
  In 2019, “Henri” the bulldog won the title. In 2020, a beagle born without back legs (aptly named “Lt. Dan“) was the winner. In 2021, a frog named Betty reigned supreme.
  This year there was stiff competition from multiple species. The finalists
  
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• These 'Devil's Fingers' Sometimes Erupt Into People's Yard - The Pictures Look Fake, But They're 100% Real

  31-03-2022 20:56
  
  When most people think of the beauty of nature, they think of pastoral, tranquil evidence of a Creator behind it all: babbling brooks, new buds on trees, wildflowers and majestic forests.
  But there are plenty of other examples of God’s design that are just as fascinating — if a bit more unsettling.
  Enter the “Devil’s Fingers” fungus. It looks downright diabolic, like part of some Halloween decor got left on the lawn or “Stranger Things” just came to life
  
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• Bipartisan deal struck 'in principle' on $10 billion Covid-19 aid package, Romney says

  31-03-2022 20:50 via cnn.com
  
  Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney said Thursday that Republicans have struck an "agreement in principle" with Democrats on a $10 billion package to help US efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, a breakthrough that could pave the way for new funds to help the United States' response efforts amid growing fears that critical resources are being depleted.
  
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• Biden Admin Celebrates 'Transgender Day of Visibility' by Announcing Gender-Neutral Passports

  31-03-2022 20:38
  
  With Transgender Day of Visibility here, the Biden administration on Thursday announced a new policy that allows Americans to hide their gender on passport applications.
  Starting on April 11, Americans will be able to select “X” as their gender when they apply for a passport, according to Axios.
  The White House statement announcing the new policy criticized states that have put laws in place that transgender Americans dislike.
  “Today, the Administration once again condemns the
  
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• Ikea will pay you to get its old furniture back

  31-03-2022 20:32 via cnn.com
  
  Can't stand that old bookcase and dining table with the mismatched chairs you once thought looked so cool? If you bought them at Ikea, the retailer will pay you to get them back.
  
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• Inflation Spikes to New 40-Year High, with Food and Gas Prices Leading the Surge

  31-03-2022 20:05
  
  A new report shows inflation hitting 40-year highs.
  The personal consumption expenditures index rose by 6.4 percent in February, the largest increase since 1982, according to The New York Times.
  The PCE posted a 6.1 percent increase in January. The index mirrors the more widely known consumer price index, which rose 7.9 percent in February.
  Within the PCE data, food prices rose 1.4 percent, according to Axios.Consumer prices were up 6.4% in February from a year earlier (per the PCE price index).
  
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• The battle for Kohl's is heating up

  31-03-2022 20:00 via cnn.com
  
  Kohl's is pushing back against intense pressure from Wall Street to make changes or sell the company.
  
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• We're expecting a big increase in migrants at the US-Mexico border. But this time is different. Here's why

  31-03-2022 19:44 via cnn.com
  
  More migrants are coming to the US-Mexico border, and officials say they expect the number to grow.
  
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• Big increase expected in migrants at the US-Mexico border. But this time is different.

  31-03-2022 19:44 via cnn.com
  
  More migrants are coming to the US-Mexico border, and officials say they expect the number to grow.
  
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• Megyn Kelly: Leaked Disney 'Gay Agenda' Vids Prove They're Not 'the Disney of Yesterday'

  31-03-2022 19:22
  
  One day after clips from an internal Walt Disney Co. meeting revealed the studio is trying to work more LGBT characters into its productions, SiriusXM host and podcaster Megyn Kelly said “we owe a debt of gratitude” to the Disney employee who made the company’s agenda clear.
  “I don’t want you to work out your wokeism on my kid, OK?” Kelly said on her Tuesday show. “Do a movie that teaches tolerance, kindness, support for your fellow human beings.”
  
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• Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Signs Trio of Bills Protecting Unborn and Vulnerable Children from Becoming Victims of Leftist Ideology

  31-03-2022 19:09
  
  Republican Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona signed a bevy of bills on Wednesday, and three of them were aimed at protecting unborn children and shielding minors from political indoctrination.
  According to KTAR-FM, the most high-profile of the three bills was Senate Bill 1164. The bill makes it illegal for doctors to provide abortions for women after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
  Doctors who perform abortions after 15 weeks could be charged with a felony and risk having their medical license revoked.
  “I
  
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• Report: Biden Admin About to End Trump-Era Immigration Restriction, Throwing the Floodgates Wide Open

  31-03-2022 18:57
  
  Amid record numbers of illegal immigrants entering America, one of the few Trump-era tools left in place to limit illegal immigration will be removed in May, according to new reports.
  During the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. officials implemented what is known as Title 42, a public health policy that allowed immigration officials to turn back illegal immigrants to limit the spread of COVID-19.
  As coronavirus cases have declined, the Biden administration has been under pressure f
  
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• Ban on Plastic Supermarket Bags Backfires: Hilarious Twist Leaves People Buying Entire Boxes of Them Now

  31-03-2022 18:47
  
  Democrats’ environmental activism continues to backfire, as evidenced by the massive spike in consumer purchases of plastic bags in California, which banned supermarkets from using carryout plastic bags to package customers’ groceries.
  Researchers at the University of Georgia found that while the plastic-bag ban may have been well-intentioned, it did not stem the use of plastic bags. In fact, it unintentionally fueled enormous sales of commercial trash bags.
  “That’s becau
  
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• Biden Unintentionally Concedes Trump Tax Cuts Are Working as Treasury Sees Record Revenues

  31-03-2022 18:25
  
  President Joe Biden, while announcing his proposed 2023 budget Monday conceded, in effect, that former President Donald Trump’s tax cuts are working.
  The numbers speak for themselves: The federal treasury took in over $4 trillion in revenues in fiscal year 2021 and is on track to receive over $4.5 trillion this year.
  By way of comparison, the federal government took in $3.3 trillion in revenues in 2017, prior to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act being implemented.
  On Monday, Biden pronounced his $
  
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• Spreads On Thick

  31-03-2022 18:01
  
  For more A.F. Branco cartoons, go to WesternJournal.com/cartoons.
  The post Spreads On Thick appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• Trump can't get his Georgia allies to back David Perdue for governor

  31-03-2022 18:00 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's endorsed candidates in Georgia are steering clear of his deeply personal vendetta against Gov. Brian Kemp -- the Republican Trump says betrayed him in the 2020 election and whom he has set out to dethrone.
  
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• US home builders are getting squeezed by the war in Ukraine. Here's how

  31-03-2022 17:49 via cnn.com
  
  For the past few years, developer and home builder Estridge Homes could bank on the price quotes it received for asphalt holding steady for at least nine months.
  
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• Top Ukrainian Official Demands America Criminalize 'Z' Symbol

  31-03-2022 17:40
  
  Having learned (at least I hope you have) that making the OK sign with your hand promotes white supremacy, you now must avoid the letter Z.
  Otherwise, you’ll be tagged as supporting Russian militarism.
  Ukranian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba Tuesday asked all countries to outlaw use of the letter. That’s because Russians invading Ukraine are painting it on their military vehicles.
  “’Z’ means Russian war crimes, bombed out cities, thousands of murdered Ukrainians,&rd
  
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• Disney Erases the Words 'Boy' and 'Girl' from Theme Parks in an Effort to Be 'Inclusive'

  31-03-2022 17:33
  
  As part of its embrace of the LGBT agenda, the Walt Disney Co. is no longer referring to “ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls” in its theme park greetings.
  Vivian Ware, Disney’s diversity and inclusion manager, revealed the change during a “Reimagine Tomorrow” meeting whose video was obtained and shared on Twitter by journalist Christopher Rufo.
  Ware said the company already had “removed all the gendered greetings in relationship to our live spiels.”
  No
  
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• Video: Rep. Maxine Waters Sparks Outrage by Telling Homeless People to 'Go Home'

  31-03-2022 17:12
  
  Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California recently told homeless people seeking housing to “go home.”
  As chronicled by the Los Angeles Times, what began last Friday as an event by a not-for-profit agency to help homeless people in L.A. find emergency housing ended up as a contentious mass of angry men and women after a social media rumor promised vouchers, known as Section 8 vouchers, for permanent, subsidized housing.
  Waters waded into the mass, mask pulled down under her chin, an
  
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• The Fed's favorite inflation measure ticked even higher last month

  31-03-2022 17:12 via cnn.com
  
  America's inflation problem didn't abate in February, as another key price measure rose to a 40-year high.
  
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• CNN Eyeing Layoffs Following Embarrassing Failure of New Streaming Service

  31-03-2022 16:42
  
  Fake news doesn’t pay.
  CNN employees are reportedly preparing for a round of layoffs to hit the company, spurred by the commercial failure of the company’s subscription streaming service.
  CNN+ has failed to draw interest for subscriptions from a broad audience.
  Fox Business reporter Charles Gasparino broke news of the potential layoffs on Wednesday.Breaking: @CNNplus employees bracing for layoffs possibly as soon as May amid projections of lackluster sales of new streaming channel; C
  
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• How restaurants charge more but make you feel like you're getting a bargain

  31-03-2022 16:16 via cnn.com
  
  Restaurants are raising menu prices as wages grow and inflation hits ingredients and packaging. But they still want customers to feel like they're getting a good deal.
  
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• Key Biden Nominee Blocked by Senate After 3 Democrats Side with Republicans

  31-03-2022 15:39
  
  Three Senate Democrats on Wednesday torpedoed President Joe Biden’s controversial pick to head the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division.
  David Weil, first nominated in July, became the first Biden nominee to fail a Senate floor vote, according to Politico.
  Democratic Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly of Arizona and Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia joined the Senate’s 50 Republicans to defeat a motion that would have advanced Weil’s nomination.
  
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• Nearly all American women agree the pandemic changed their lives, but their experiences vary drastically. Here's why

  31-03-2022 15:34 via cnn.com
  
  It's hard to believe more than two years have passed since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic. As many around the world now try to get back to "normal" it's important to see what lessons can be learned from the different ways the coronavirus upended people's lives.
  
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• The next phase of the US jobs recovery has begun

  31-03-2022 15:18 via cnn.com
  
  The US jobs market has come a long way since the worst days of the pandemic when more than 20 million Americans lost their jobs. Now the recovery is moving into a new phase -- one that will likely be slower.
  
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• Signs of a housing bubble are brewing

  31-03-2022 15:15 via cnn.com
  
  US home prices have soared to new heights and they keep on climbing, and some researchers and economists say they have seen signs of a housing bubble brewing.
  
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• Biden Invoking the Defense Production Act as Part of His Obsession with Electric Cars

  31-03-2022 15:10
  
  The Defense Production Act of 1950 was passed at the start of the Korean War to direct military production in times of exigent need.
  The law “confers upon the President a broad set of authorities to influence domestic industry in the interest of national defense,” according to the Congressional Research Service.
  “The authorities can be used across the federal government to shape the domestic industrial base so that, when called upon, it is capable of providing essential materia
  
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• In about half of US counties, less than 10% of children ages 5 to 11 are fully vaccinated against Covid-19

  31-03-2022 12:46 via cnn.com
  
  The youngest group eligible to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in the US, children ages 5 to 11, is also the least vaccinated one.
  
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• Biden to mark Transgender Day of Visibility with new measures in support of transgender Americans

  31-03-2022 12:46 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration is marking the International Transgender Day of Visibility on Thursday with a series of measures in support of transgender Americans as they face efforts to curb their rights across the country.
  
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• Here's when you'll get some relief from high energy prices

  31-03-2022 12:31 via cnn.com
  
  Oil prices will probably stay near triple-digits and could even spike to $150 a barrel if the war in Ukraine severely disrupts Russia's energy supplies, Joe McMonigle, the secretary general of the International Energy Forum, told CNN.
  
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• China's tech layoffs could become a self-inflicted headache for Xi

  31-03-2022 11:04 via cnn.com
  
  China's huge tech sector may be staring at its worst jobs crisis ever.
  
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• Costs top Americans' health care concerns, new poll finds

  31-03-2022 11:01 via cnn.com
  
  Americans' biggest health care priorities revolve largely around affordability, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll, with most wanting to see Congress tackle drug prices. More broadly, inflation and rising costs dominate the public's concerns.
  
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