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• Former president of Honduras makes initial appearance in US federal court

  22-04-2022 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, appeared virtually for his initial US court appearance Friday on federal drug trafficking and firearms possession charges.
  
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• Schumer's Easter Message on Confirmation of KBJ: 'The Stone Has Been Rolled Away from the Tomb'

  22-04-2022 23:20
  
  Apparently, every year on Easter Sunday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer addresses parishioners at the Christian Cultural Center megachurch in Brooklyn, New York. A.R. Bernard, the pastor of the megachurch, was delighted to welcome the man who has been a “champion for our community,” city and state to the pulpit on what he calls “Resurrection Sunday.”
  Schumer began his remarks by recalling April 2019, the last time they’d gathered in person. “I was still
  
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• New Audio: Did Trump Really Storm Out on Piers Morgan Interview? You Can Be the Judge

  22-04-2022 23:09
  
  On Wednesday afternoon, British broadcaster Piers Morgan released a video purporting to show former President Donald Trump storming out of an interview with him.
  Just hours later, Trump vehemently disputed Morgan’s narrative.
  In the promotional video for the “Piers Morgan Uncensored” interview that Morgan shared on Twitter, the former president appeared to angrily leave the sitdown.
  “Turn the camera off,” Trump said at the end of the clip. “Very dishonest.&rdq
  
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• 'WJ Live': Massive Election Development: Conservatives Take Offensive, Zuckerberg Scrambles

  22-04-2022 23:05
  
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• Netflix Planning Crackdown, 10% of US Population Potential Targets in Scheme the Woke Company Perfected in South America

  22-04-2022 22:41
  
  In a speech last summer, former President Donald Trump couldn’t resist uttering the phrase, “Everything woke turns to s***.”
  Evidence of that vulgar assertion came in a financial filing Tuesday by Netflix, the streaming service that has proudly embraced divisive left-wing programming that fits that description.
  In the first quarter of 2022, the company lost 200,000 paid subscribers, the first decrease like that in over a decade. Even worse, Netflix predicted the losses will soa
  
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• There are no good guys in the epically brutal 'The Northman.' And that's OK.

  22-04-2022 22:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  From “James Bond,” “Harry Potter” and even “Ghostbusters,” Hollywood loves justice. "The Northman" starring Nicole Kidman and Alexander Skarsgård does not.
  
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• Russia Announces Plan for 'Phase Two' of Military Offensive - Invasion of Second Country Appears Likely

  22-04-2022 22:26
  
  As the war between Russia and Ukraine stretches on, there are concerns arising that Russia may be setting its sights on countries beyond Ukraine as a “phase two” of its war.
  Russian forces have begun to focus more on the southern region of Ukraine and the Donbas region, the conflicted eastern region of Ukraine, with parts controlled by Russian-backed separatists, Sky News reported. But there also seems to be a movement toward Moldova.
  With Russia shifting its focus to the Donbas, the
  
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• Opinion: This is no way to run a democracy

  22-04-2022 21:41 via cnn.com
  
  In a redistricting cycle filled with indecent affronts to democracy, the US House of Representatives map drawn by New York Democrats is among the most obscene partisan gerrymanders nationwide. It threatens to wipe away four competitive districts, and in a state that awarded nearly 61% of the vote to President Joe Biden in 2020, all but guarantees 22 of 26 House seats will go blue.
  
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• FedEx Founder and CEO Lays Out Just How Democrats Caused the Current Inflation Spike

  22-04-2022 21:40
  
  FedEx founder and CEO Fred Smith says that Democratic policies are clearly to blame, in part, for the current levels of inflation the U.S. is experiencing.
  The consumer price index surged 8.5 percent in March compared to a year ago, up from 7.9 percent in February, CNBC reported. The rate was the highest since December 1981.
  By way of comparison, the month former President Donald Trump left office, January 2021, the inflation rate was 1.4 percent.
  Asked by Fox News host Bret Baier Wednesday to g
  
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• Musk Net Worth Set to Skyrocket $23 Billion After Tesla Crushes Earnings as He Secures Funding to Buy Twitter

  22-04-2022 21:07
  
  As his bid to buy Twitter continues to gain steam, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk appeared set to add another $23 billion to his net worth.
  According to the U.K.’s Daily Mail, Tesla hit three milestones in the first quarter of 2022 that will result in massive compensation for Musk.
  First, the electric car company’s pre-tax profit per vehicle rose to $16,203. This was an increase of over 60 percent from the first quarter of 2021.
  Second, Tesla’s revenue was $18.8 billion during
  
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• Dr. Oz's Love Letter to Joe Biden Resurfaces

  22-04-2022 20:55
  
  Dr. Mehmet Oz had great things to say about President Joe Biden. And then he decided he wanted to be a senator.
  Going for the Democratic Party nomination in his chosen state of Pennsylvania — to which he has tenuous links, at best — was a bit of a chore, given it was already a crowded field. (Plus, the Democrats already have their own celebrity doctor who dispenses dubious advice: Anthony Fauci.)
  Republican, then, it was — and he’s done a good enough job of passing himsel
  
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• Texas National Guard Soldier Down at Border, Officials Confirm Heroic Final Feat

  22-04-2022 20:34
  
  Joe Biden’s border crisis may have just claimed its latest victim.
  A Texas National Guard soldier died in the Rio Grande on Friday morning, sources told Fox News reporter Bill Melugin.
  The Texas Department of Public Safety told Fox News that the incident occurred in Eagle Pass and noted that the body has been recovered.
  Melugin took to Twitter to announce the news Friday, noting the guardsman died “while trying to save migrants in the water.”BREAKING: Multiple sources tell me a
  
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• Rev. Al Sharpton calls for authorities to release the name of police officer involved in Patrick Lyoya's death

  22-04-2022 20:13 via cnn.com
  
  The family of Patrick Lyoya, a Black man who was fatally shot by a Michigan police officer during a traffic stop earlier this month, has asked civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton to deliver the eulogy during their son's funeral Friday.
  
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• Frantic Owner Calls 911 as 16-Year-Old Dog Is Swept Away by Cold River

  22-04-2022 19:50
  
  Mr. Hanley is distinguished, an older dog coming in at an impressive 16 years of age. His eyesight was going, but that didn’t doom him earlier this week.
  On Tuesday, shortly after 6 p.m., owner Ariel Perez witnessed a horrifying sight as the dog was carried off by the fast-moving water of the Walnut Creek in Raleigh, North Carolina.
  While Mr. Hanley was aware of the water and wasn’t known to go in for a dip, Perez said something must have gotten his attention and lured him out. The d
  
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• NY Appeals Court Shuts Down New Congressional Map Designed to 'Favor Democrats'

  22-04-2022 19:28
  
  With upcoming elections, cities and states are finalizing and submitting their congressional redistricting maps.
  But in New York, an appellate court found that the 2022 congressional map illegally favored Democrats, The Hill reported.
  The court ruled that the districts were “drawn to discourage competition.” The court then gave the state until the end of the month to draw a new map.
  The five-judge panel in Rochester said that the Democratic legislative leader had drawn the new House
  
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• Revenge spending may keep the economy chugging along

  22-04-2022 19:11 via cnn.com
  
  Now that some mask and vaccine mandates are being lifted, consumers seem ready to spend on travel and other leisure experiences. Call it the "revenge spending" phenomenon.
  
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• Not even inflation can slow down the revenge spending phenomenon

  22-04-2022 19:11 via cnn.com
  
  Now that some mask and vaccine mandates are being lifted, consumers seem ready to spend on travel and other leisure experiences. Call it the "revenge spending" phenomenon.
  
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• Mike Tyson Reveals the Moment That Made Him Snap, Pummel Punk on Plane

  22-04-2022 19:02
  
  Boxing great Mike Tyson says the man he punched on a plane this week was drunk and provoked him into the altercation.
  A video went viral on Thursday showing the former heavyweight champion punching a JetBlue airline passenger multiple times in the face after the man repeatedly taunted him.
  But Tyson’s representatives said in a statement that he threw his punches only after the “aggressive” man threw a water bottle at the 55-year-old “Iron Mike,” the New York Post re
  
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• House Republicans Issue Twitter Board an Official Order Concerning Elon Musk's Acquisition Bid

  22-04-2022 18:58
  
  A group of House Republicans has asked Twitter’s board to keep all the records relating to Elon Musk’s offer to buy the social media platform, which is a move to possibly set up a congressional probe if Republicans win back the majority in the November midterm elections.
  In a letter shared with CNBC News, a group of 18 House Republicans requested that any messages from official or personal accounts relating to Musk’s offer be kept.
  “As Congress continues to examine Big Te
  
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• France issues an international arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn

  22-04-2022 18:03 via cnn.com
  
  France has issued an arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn, the fugitive auto executive who used to lead Renault-Nissan.
  
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• NBC Audio: Kevin McCarthy Told Liz Cheney He Would Call Trump to Recommend That He Resign

  22-04-2022 17:59
  
  Audio recorded days after the Jan. 6 Capitol incursion reveals House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told a group of Republican lawmakers he would call then-President Donald Trump to recommend that he resign from office.
  On Thursday, The New York Times reported they had obtained a leaked audio recording from a Jan. 10, 2021, conference call among GOP leaders about the House Democrats’ plan to impeach Trump for allegedly inciting the attack on the Capitol.
  In the clip below, Wyoming Rep. Liz
  
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• CNN+ Staffers Melt Down After Doomed Streaming Platform Shuts Down: 'Aghast and Furious'

  22-04-2022 17:47
  
  Say what you will about Edsel, Google Glass and New Coke, at least they hung around long enough that we remember them as symbols of corporate ineptitude.
  Five years from now, the one guy who I can say for certain is going to remember CNN+ is Chris Wallace.
  And if, by chance, you happen to remember it and you run into the anchor who left Fox News for the little-watched streaming service in the CNN cafeteria, I wouldn’t mention it to him.
  It’d be a bit like going over to Jeffrey Toobin
  
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• Exodus from Kamala Harris' Office Hits New Level: Chief of Staff Is Set to Depart

  22-04-2022 17:43
  
  The chief of staff for Kamala Harris is leaving her post as the revolving door of the embattled vice president’s office continues to spin.
  Lorraine Voles, a Democratic communications expert, will replace Tina Flournoy, according to The Washington Post.
  Flournoy is leaving for personal reasons, the Post said it was told by a White House official it did not identify.
  Voles was among those brought in last summer as part of the administration’s damage control efforts to help the flounder
  
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• Obama Again Calls on Tech Companies for Censorship, Says They Must 'Fix the Problem...They Helped Create'

  22-04-2022 17:11
  
  If I were a Democrat surveying the Big Tech and social media landscape of 2022, what would I possibly say? Best thing I could think of: “Well done, good and faithful servant.”
  Not Barack Obama, though. Nosiree. For the second time in a month, the former president made a clarion call to Silicon Valley to become more active in censoring what he termed disinformation and telling companies to “fix the problem that they in part helped create.”
  (This comes as Big Tech rout
  
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• Biden announces five new nominees for US attorneys

  22-04-2022 17:03 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden on Friday announced five new nominees for US attorney positions in Illinois, Idaho, Pennsylvania and California, along with three more nominees to serve as US Marshals.
  
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• BLM Leader Loses It, Calls Black Mayor a 'Coon'

  22-04-2022 16:42
  
  Black Lives Matter continues to prove that it’s a toxic, divisive grift whose primary goal is to panhandle for cash by stoking racial unrest.
  In the latest salvo, Hawk Newsome — the co-founder of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York — slammed New York Mayor Eric Adams as a “coon” and a “white man in blackface” because the Democrat torpedoed the group’s hypocritical silence concerning black-on-black murders.
  Newsome made the remarks to Fox News on
  
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• Ilhan Omar Blasted by Foreign Government for Violating 'Territorial Integrity' with Rare Move

  22-04-2022 16:11
  
  Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota was criticized by the government of India for wading into the hot-button issue of the Kashmir region.
  The region is claimed in full by both India and Pakistan, but – after three wars in the past 75 years – each governs a piece in an uneasy deal.
  Omar visited the Muslim-majority region on Thursday and said it needs more attention, according to Reuters.At the place where she is standing, it is written (translation):
  On the Pakistan side-“Wh
  
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• The bloody cell phone of a woman missing in Houston since April 15 has been found

  22-04-2022 16:00 via cnn.com
  
  The family of a 24-year-old woman last seen in Houston on April 15, is pleading for help in finding her after her bloody cell phone was discovered near a park in West Houston following her disappearance.
  
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• French election could be a bigger shock to markets than Brexit or Trump

  22-04-2022 15:55 via cnn.com
  
  French voters are expected to hand Emmanuel Macron five more years in office on Sunday, favoring the president over far-right candidate Marine Le Pen after a strong showing in a fiery debate. But investors remain on edge.
  
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• Michelle Obama's Brother and His Wife Sue School Over Racism - Educators Say They Were Nothing but Disruptive Bullies

  22-04-2022 15:26
  
  Usually, if a figure of any degree of prominence accuses an institution of racism, that institution is going to do a whole lot of hedging.
  It doesn’t matter what the particulars are. In its public statement, the institution will acknowledge the trauma the individual must feel — and how generational trauma affects all people of [insert minority group here]. They’re conducting a full investigation. They can’t speak on the specifics due to privacy concerns/ongoing legal proc
  
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• Top Pentagon Official Admits Elon Musk's Starlink Satellites Fought Off a Russian Attack Faster Than The US Military Could Have

  22-04-2022 15:02
  
  In the battle of Musk vs. Moscow, want to guess who won?
  On Wednesday, a Pentagon official outlined that a Russian jamming attack in Ukraine was foiled by Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet constellation and that the job was handled better than the military could have done, according to Business Insider.
  Dave Tremper, director of electronic warfare in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, said Starlink’s response speed was something the Pentagon can only envy.
  Starlink was dep
  
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• Pelosi Flips After 'Aircraft That Poses a Probable Threat' Triggers Capitol Evacuation

  22-04-2022 14:40
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stomped her foot in a rhetorical fit of pique over a Wednesday incident that led to a brief evacuation of the Capitol.
  Shortly after 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the Capitol Police issued an evacuation order citing “an aircraft that poses a probable threat to the Capitol Complex,” according to Fox News.
  It turned out that the plane was carrying members of the U.S. Army Golden Knights, who were part of a parachute jump into Nationals Park before an MLB game betwe
  
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• Forget the FAANGs. It's a stock picker's market now

  22-04-2022 14:23 via cnn.com
  
  investors who have been blindly buying all big techs got a rude awakening this week after Netflix imploded. But the good news from Tesla proves that some top momentum stocks can still thrive in this rocky market.
  
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• Struggling factories and booming airlines put Fed in bind

  22-04-2022 13:44 via cnn.com
  
  How should policymakers react when two core parts of the economy are headed in different directions?
  
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• Netflix may clamp down on password sharing. Here's what that means

  22-04-2022 12:33 via cnn.com
  
  Netflix shares plunged this week after the platform reported its first subscriber loss in more than a decade. One factor the company pointed to as hurting revenue: widespread password sharing.
  
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• Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton to deliver the eulogy at funeral of Patrick Lyoya, who was fatally shot by Michigan police

  22-04-2022 07:10 via cnn.com
  
  The family of Patrick Lyoya, a Black man who was fatally shot by a Michigan police officer during a traffic stop earlier this month, has asked civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton to deliver the eulogy during their son's funeral Friday.
  
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• Philadelphia Abruptly Reverses Course on Newly Instated Mask Mandate After Citizens and Business Refuse to Comply

  22-04-2022 03:33
  
  Philadelphia is ending its indoor mask mandate, city health officials said Thursday night, abruptly reversing course just days after telling people in the city they had to start wearing masks again.
  The Board of Health voted Thursday to rescind the mandate, according to the Philadelphia health department, which released a statement that cited “decreasing hospitalizations and a leveling of case counts.”
  The mandate went into effect Monday. Philadelphia had ended its earlier indoor mas
  
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• Clinton Lawyer Scrambling to Hide Hillary Tweet

  22-04-2022 02:49
  
  Five-and-a-half years ago, then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tweeted an unsubstantiated allegation against her opponent, Donald Trump.
  Fast forward to today, and the tweet has become a potential piece of evidence in the trial of one of her lawyers, according to The Gazette.
  Democratic cybersecurity lawyer Michael Sussman was indicted in September.
  When Sussman repeated false accusations of an improper relationship between the Trump Organization and Russia to the FBI general counsel in
  
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• 5 suicides of USS George Washington sailors raise worries over mental-health

  22-04-2022 01:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  At least five U.S. sailors who served on the same aircraft carrier in Virginia have died by suicide in the last year, including three who died within a week earlier this month.
  
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• Op-Ed: 50 Years Ago These 3 Words Were Fatal for Democrats - Now Their Agenda Openly Embraces Them

  22-04-2022 01:22
  
  Every politician seeks to define his opponent. Such efforts are often transparently political and ineffective. But no label was more lethal than the one bestowed on Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern 50 years ago this month.
  The April 27, 1972 edition of Inside Report, the long-running syndicated column by ace political reporters Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, came two days after McGovern won his party’s presidential primary in Massachusetts. The column chronicled the const
  
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• Analysis: GOP politicians are choosing anti-wokeness over friendliness to big business

  22-04-2022 00:56 via cnn.com
  
  There's a bizarre metamorphosis happening in American politics as culture takes over the conversation: Republican politicians are choosing the war on "wokeness" over the friendliness to big business that was their guiding light for decades.
  
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• Arizona governor declares state of emergency for areas affected by Tunnel Fire

  22-04-2022 00:44 via cnn.com
  
  Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday declared a state of emergency in Coconino County due to the 20,000-acreTunnel wildfire.
  
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• Queen Elizabeth Celebrates First of Two 96th Birthdays

  22-04-2022 00:40
  
  The queen of England is revered by those near and far for her royal status and impressive lifespan. Born on April 21, 1926, she turned 96 on Thursday.
  Despite the date, the real public festivities won’t be held until June thanks to a longstanding tradition the royal family observes.
  While the rest of us commoners have to make do with private celebrations — maybe a dinner out or having friends over, or even an elaborate party — parades, public appearances and large displays are
  
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• Judge pauses Montana's enforcement of law that makes it harder for transgender residents to modify their birth certificates

  22-04-2022 00:37 via cnn.com
  
  Montana must pause its enforcement of a law requiring transgender residents to provide proof that they underwent a "surgical procedure" to change their sex in order to modify the sex designations on their birth certificates, a state judge ruled Thursday.
  
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• Video shows Mike Tyson in physical altercation aboard JetBlue flight

  22-04-2022 00:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Video recorded on a JetBlue flight shows former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson in a physical altercation with a person who representatives for Tyson
  
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• What Bernie Sanders' 2024 trial balloon tells you

  22-04-2022 00:30 via cnn.com
  
  Bernie Sanders may not be done with presidential politics.
  
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• Analysis: What Bernie Sanders' 2024 trial balloon tells you

  22-04-2022 00:30 via cnn.com
  
  Bernie Sanders may not be done with presidential politics.
  
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• Donald Trump Jr. expected to meet with House panel investigating Jan. 6 riot

  22-04-2022 00:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  Donald Trump Jr. is expected to meet with the Jan. 6 committee in the coming days, a source familiar with the panel's work told NBC News.
  
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• Federal judge temporarily blocks new Kentucky abortion law from being enforced

  22-04-2022 00:21 via cnn.com
  
  A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a broad Kentucky abortion law, which includes a 15-week ban, from being enforced.
  
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• Senate front-runner in Pennsylvania embraces Biden and progressive agenda amid Democrats' midterm dilemma

  22-04-2022 00:14 via cnn.com
  
  Lt. Gov. John Fetterman swung by the heart of Republican country in Southwestern Pennsylvania, in the reddest of red districts, where then-President Donald Trump trounced Joe Biden by more than 55 points and MAGA signs are still apparent on seemingly every other street corner.
  
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