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• Latest Musk Tweet Signals He's Now on the Right

  28-04-2022 23:47
  
  The liberal stranglehold over America’s marketplace of ideas is officially over.
  Self-made billionaire Elon Musk put the final nail in the coffin of the left’s censorship hopes and dreams Thursday.
  How? By officially announcing his political leanings.
  Many of us guessed this was the case, but now there’s no longer any question — the world’s richest man and most prominent owner of a social media platform is a full-on conservative.pic.twitter.com/Q9OjlJhi7f
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• Tooth from ancient marine reptile found in Swiss Alps may be largest of its kind

  28-04-2022 23:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  A fossilized tooth fragment found in the Swiss Alps comes from a giant ichthyosaur, a carnivorous sea creature that lived more than 200 million years ago.
  
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• Kenosha Parks Commission Considers Memorializing Man Who Rittenhouse Shot, Angry Community Disgusted

  28-04-2022 23:23
  
  A Kenosha, Wisconsin, parks panel set aside a proposal or a memorial to the man who was killed during the city’s riots almost two years ago, but one activist suspects the idea is still alive.
  The five-member Kenosha Parks Commission in the city south of Milwaukee decided Monday not to follow through on the proposal to dedicate a memorial tree and plaque to Anthony Huber, the man who attacked then 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse during a Black Lives Matter riot on Aug. 25, 2020.
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• A Tale of Two Colleges: The Right Way (and the Wrong Way) to Handle the Gender Debate

  28-04-2022 23:15
  
  It’s a bedrock principle of our constitutional democracy that the government may not compel citizens to speak messages that violate their convictions.
  This principle applies with full force in our public schools, colleges and universities. As the Supreme Court famously put it 79 years ago when rejecting the compulsory Pledge of Allegiance, public institutions may not “prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to
  
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• Joseph D'Souza: The 'Spirit of the Age' Is Polluting Our Churches

  28-04-2022 23:08
  
  Few pastors have influenced global church culture as much as Brian Houston.
  Hillsong, a church movement he founded in the 1980s, has produced worship music that is sung Sunday to Sunday in churches across the world. For decades, many pastors and ministry leaders have looked up to Houston as an example of how to successfully engage the culture and reach many with the gospel.
  All of that admiration came tumbling down recently when news emerged of his mishandling of a sexual abuse case involving hi
  
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• Blue States Diverted Billions of COVID Relief Dollars to Teach CRT In Public Schools - Report

  28-04-2022 23:06
  
  Numerous blue states are reportedly using billions of dollars from the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan passed last spring to teach the core tenets of critical race theory in public schools.
  Included in the legislation was the $122 billion Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund.
  Fox News reported based on research it verified from One Nation that multiple states, including California, New York and Illinois, are using some of those funds to implement  &ldquo
  
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• Woman Found Mauled to Death by Loose Dogs in Her Front Yard, Her Own Wounded Dog Still Standing Guard

  28-04-2022 23:02
  
  Dogs are often called man’s best friend, but they can also become formidable enemies. A community in Oklahoma is being warned by officials to keep an eye out for a wandering pack of killer dogs after a heartbreaking incident that took place earlier this week.
  On Sunday, shortly after noon, the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a body in Harrah, Okla.
  Upon arriving and assessing the scene, police identified the body as that of 61-year-old Anita Mears, who lived at the p
  
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• Good Samaritan Hears Car Crash Into Barn, Runs Toward Flames and Saves Young Woman's Life

  28-04-2022 22:55
  
  A 41-year-old Manitowoc County man is being hailed a hero for rescuing a young woman early Tuesday morning after her vehicle left the road and she smashed into a barn.
  Adam Yelvington was in Two Creeks, Wisconsin, getting ready for work that morning when he heard a terrible sound and looked outside to see what had happened.
  “I was in the shop getting tools, and I heard a loud crash, and when I came out and I went down to the end of the driveway and I could see a vehicle down the road on fi
  
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• 'Unprecedented' situation has California officials taking aim at water-guzzling lawns

  28-04-2022 22:49 via cnn.com
  
  As California plunges even deeper into its multiyear megadrought after an alarmingly dry winter, officials are eyeing what experts say is one of the leading culprits in the crisis: water-guzzling grass lawns.
  
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• January 6 committee to hold 8 hearings in June, chairman says

  28-04-2022 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Today is a disastrous day for Democrats' 2022 chances
  • Opinion: Struggling US families face a wave of power shutoffs if Congress doesn't act
  
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• Man arrested in killing of 11-year-old Melissa Tremblay nearly 34 years after her death

  28-04-2022 22:36 via cnn.com
  
  Police have arrested a 74-year-old man in the 1988 killing of 11-year-old Melissa Tremblay in Massachusetts, the Essex District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.
  
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• A man was charged with hate crimes after allegedly making racist threats, leaving nooses around Michigan town

  28-04-2022 22:18 via cnn.com
  
  In the aftermath of George Floyd's killing, several nooses were left around Saginaw, Michigan. Nearly two years later, a man is facing federal hate crime charges for it, the Justice Department says.
  
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• Map: Kids under 5 could be eligible for a Covid vaccine. See where they live.

  28-04-2022 22:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  Nearly 20 million children could become eligible for Covid-19 vaccinations this summer if the Food and Drug Administration authorizes the shots for young kids,
  
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• $8.8 Million of Zuckerberg Money Went to 5 Democrat Mayors to Defeat Trump, Help Elect Biden

  28-04-2022 22:12
  
  This article was sponsored by Citizens United Productions.
  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, spent almost $400 million on the 2020 election. The money was supposed to help expand voting opportunities, but the reality was far darker than the two were willing to admit.
  “Rigged” exposes Zuckerberg’s full plot to influence the 2020 election in favor of Biden, and it is out right now. Get your copy here for just $4.99.
  While explanations on tax filings suggest Z
  
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• USS George Washington sailors detail difficult working conditions after string of suicides

  28-04-2022 22:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  As her one-year anniversary with the Navy approached last May, Hannah Crisostomo swallowed 196 pain relievers. Her organs shut down.
  
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• Elon Musk's Name Comes Up in Amber Heard-Johnny Depp Trial; He Is Involved to the Tune of $500,000

  28-04-2022 22:07
  
  Elon Musk has been dominating domestic news coverage for weeks, as the billionaire very publicly moved to purchase the social media platform Twitter. Musk’s $44 billion offer was ultimately accepted.
  At the same time, Musk is also surfacing in another sensationalist news story — this one involving allegations of domestic abuse between two other celebrities.
  Film stars Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are embroiled in a shocking and messy defamation court case in Virginia. Depp is suing He
  
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• Van Jones: America runs the risk of repeating the LA riots

  28-04-2022 21:55 via cnn.com
  
  "I saw one video of one Black guy getting beaten and saw the court system respond poorly. And it changed my entire life for 30 years." — Van Jones, April 2022
  
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• Texas Landowner Makes Elon Musk an Offer He Can't Refuse: 100 Free Acres and a Single Stipulation

  28-04-2022 21:53
  
  This week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk reached a deal to acquire Twitter. While it could take a few months for the deal to officially close, a landowner in Texas already offered Musk a potential next step.
  According to The Daily Wire, Schwertner Farms CEO Jim Schwertner told Musk he could have 100 acres of land for free to build a new headquarters for Twitter.
  “Elon Musk, Move Twitter to Schwertner, TX,” he wrote in a tweet. “38 Miles North of Austin in Williamson County, and we will g
  
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• FBI violated rights of accused subway shooter by taking his DNA, attorney says in court filing

  28-04-2022 21:39 via cnn.com
  
  FBI agents violated the accused Brooklyn subway shooter's constitutional rights when they took DNA samples from him and didn't tell his attorneys, according to a court filing by the defense.
  
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• Harsanyi: Biden's 'Truth Czar' Couldn't Tell Russian Misinformation from Fact

  28-04-2022 21:30
  
  A federal speech czar? Just as the Founders imagined, no doubt.
  Earlier this week, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told Congress that his agency is creating a “Disinformation Governance Board” to combat “misinformation” as we near this year’s midterm elections.
  The Biden administration’s new Committee on Public Information will be led by Nina Jankowicz, a “disinformation fellow” who, perfectly enough, comes to the admin
  
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• Family Searching for 'Angel' Who Helped Save Man with Broken Spine After Accident

  28-04-2022 21:29
  
  On the night of April 21, David Hurst from Seminole County, Florida, was in an accident that could have easily claimed his life.
  According to Florida Highway Patrol, a reckless driver ran a red light and smashed right into David’s car, sending both vehicles rolling on State Road 434.
  “Both cars flipped,” David’s wife Kristin explained to WOFL-TV. “He remembers trying to get out of the, his driver’s window because his car was upside down.”
  “My husba
  
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• 'Libs of Tik Tok' Doxer Doesn't Like the Billboard That Conservatives Just Put Up in Times Square

  28-04-2022 21:18
  
  Last week, The Washington Post’s internet culture reporter, Taylor Lorenz, doxed the anonymous owner of the popular Twitter account “Libs of TikTok.” Doxing refers to publishing personal identifying information about a private individual, typically on the internet.
  The backlash against Lorenz was swift and fierce. She was widely criticized in the conservative media. But the Post, whose ironic slogan is “Democracy dies in darkness,” stood by its reporter and her stor
  
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• Analysis: Why Arabs and Arab Americans feel being counted as White in the US doesn't reflect their reality

  28-04-2022 21:16 via cnn.com
  
  A version of this story appeared in CNN's Race Deconstructed newsletter. To get it in your inbox every week, sign up for free here.
  
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• Former Supreme Court Justice in Wisconsin Blasts 'Rigged' 2020 Election in Exclusive Interview

  28-04-2022 20:56
  
  This article was sponsored by Citizens United Productions.
  In the 2020 election cycle, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent almost $400 million for what he said was an effort to promote safer elections during COVID-19.
  However, the specific jurisdictions most of the money went to seriously call that explanation into question.
  “Rigged” is a bombshell new film that shows exactly how Zuckerberg helped Joe Biden win the 2020 presidential election. It is out now, and you can get your copy here
  
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• Elon Must Demand a Price Adjustment: Twitter Just Admitted It's Been Overstating a Critical Financial Metric for Years

  28-04-2022 20:43
  
  During their Thursday morning earnings announcement, Twitter reported that an accounting error made in March 2019 led to an overstatement of the number of Monetizable Daily Active Users, or mDAUs.
  The company issued a statement which said, “In March of 2019, we launched a feature that allowed people to link multiple separate accounts together in order to conveniently switch between accounts. An error was made at that time, such that actions taken via the primary account resulted in all lin
  
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• FDA proposes ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars

  28-04-2022 20:30 via cnn.com
  
  The US Food and Drug Administration proposed on Thursday a new rule to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.
  
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• Nighttime lighting reduces crime but it's not a one-size-fits all solution, study shows

  28-04-2022 20:22 via cnn.com
  
  A recent study showed nighttime lighting in New York City public housing complex courtyards could reduce crime, and the reduction in crime held over the three-year period of the study.
  
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• Don't judge a dog by its cover: New research gives insight into canine behavior

  28-04-2022 20:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  Breed type explains just 9 percent of variation in behavior of dogs, according to a new study that looked at the DNA of more than 2,000 dogs.
  
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• Biden Ending Traditional Light Bulbs - 2 New Biden Rules Means They're Effectively Gone

  28-04-2022 20:09
  
  As Americans struggle with rocketing gas prices, terrifying crime waves and historic inflation, the Biden administration has declared war on light bulbs in the name of fighting climate change.
  This is yet another indication that President Joe Biden’s warped priorities are totally out of sync with the pressing issues that affect everyday Americans.
  On Tuesday, the Department of Energy announced that it adopted two new rules that would impose stricter energy-efficiency standards for light bu
  
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• CNN Is Absolutely Clueless About America; Internal Documents Reveal How Bad It Really Is

  28-04-2022 19:45
  
  For years, the joke about CNN has been that the only people watching the network are those stuck in airport terminals, where the channel is omnipresent.
  Other than that, it’s liberal background noise, cable news’ equivalent of those YouTube jazz channels people turn on when they need some sound to break the silence. Since the Trump administration has ended and Chris Cuomo was unceremoniously shown the door, the airport-terminal joke has become even more painfully true.
  Part of the pr
  
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• Biden Quickly Attempts to Spin Unexpected Economic Shrinkage by Issuing Statement

  28-04-2022 19:38
  
  Amid talk of stagflation hitting the American economy, President Joe Biden issued a statement saying all is well.
  On Thursday, Commerce Department data said that America’s gross domestic product declined at an annualized pace of 1.4 percent in the first quarter, according to CNBC. The decline was a stark swing from the 1 percent gain that had been forecast.
  Axios said the data gave off a “distinct whiff of stagflation,” which is an economic condition not seen since the 1970s. T
  
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• 9/11 Families Demand Answers from US Government Over Newly Released Video of Hijackers

  28-04-2022 19:28
  
  A video that was shot in 2000 and is just now being made public appears to show a Saudi Arabian government agent along with two men who were part of the 9/11 terrorist attack.
  “Why did it take 20 years for this information to see the light of day?” Brett Eagleson said, according to CBS. Eagleson is a leader of the group 9/11 Community United, which wants all of the documents collected for the 9/11 Commission and related investigations to be made public.
  The newly released video is de
  
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• CNN Admits 'Today Is a Disastrous Day for Democrats' 2022 Chances'

  28-04-2022 19:13
  
  After two years of struggle, the U.S. economy is still having growth issues as new reports revealed that, instead of growing, the American economy actually shrank in the first quarter of 2022.
  While this is bad news for every American, Democrats in particular are dismayed at how this will affect their political positions.
  This is the first time that the U.S. economy has shrunk since the pandemic recession two years ago. The gross domestic product shrank at a 1.4 percent annual rate, the Wall Str
  
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• Wild MLB Brawl Leads to Coach Tackling Opposing Team's Star Player: 'That Was Kind of Cheap'

  28-04-2022 18:44
  
  It was the old brawl game Wednesday at Busch Stadium in St. Louis when two days of up-and-in pitches led to a bench-clearing brawl.
  The fuse was lit Tuesday when New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso was hit in the head by a pitch and jawed at St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Kodi Whitley when he went to first base. Both teams backed away from the brink without a punch.
  Not so Wednesday, when Yoan Lopez, making his first appearance for New York, sent a pitch close to Cardinals third baseman Nolan A
  
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• Analysis: Donald Trump lived in fear of being hit by, um, 'dangerous' fruit

  28-04-2022 18:43 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump feared being killed by thrown fruit.
  
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• Mortgage rates fall slightly, but still hover above 5%

  28-04-2022 18:30 via cnn.com
  
  Mortgage rates took a breather last week, dropping slightly after seven consecutive weeks of increases.
  
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• Biden to Teachers: Kids Are 'Yours When You're in the Classroom'

  28-04-2022 18:11
  
  On Wednesday, President Joe Biden hosted the National and State Teachers of the Year event at the White House.
  His remarks turned political, to the surprise of no one; education and parental freedom in public schooling are hot-button issues right now, and the president said it was high time for this to end.
  “American teachers have dedicated their lives to teaching our children and lifting them up. We got to stop making them the target of the culture wars,” Biden said, according to a
  
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• 'Illiberal democracy' has spread from Europe to America's heartland

  28-04-2022 18:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  Texas, Florida, Missouri, Idaho and other red states use trans health care, abortion, race and other social issue to engage in cultural authoritarianism.
  
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• Longtime ESPN Anchor Sues Network, Alleges Her Conservative Views Got Her Punished

  28-04-2022 17:58
  
  ESPN anchor Sage Steele, who last year spoke out against vaccine mandates and was later suspended by ESPN, has filed a lawsuit against the network.
  “In a knee-jerk reaction, ESPN and Disney relied on the misleading characterizations of her comments, bowed to groupthink and forced Steele to publicly apologize and suspended her for a period of time in October 2021,” the suit said, according to the New York Post.
  “I respect everyone’s decision, I really do, but to mandate it
  
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• After Musk Twitter Buyout, Look Whose Accounts Are Suddenly Growing and Whose Are Shrinking

  28-04-2022 17:37
  
  Many wondered how Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter would impact the way the social media giant operated.
  In only a few days, major Twitter accounts have seen massive fluctuations in their number of followers.
  The interesting pattern emerging in the data is while the number of followers are dropping for Democrats, followers for Republicans are increasing.
  For example, in a single day, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gained over 96,500 followers. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lost over 13,000.
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• Biden Creates 'Disinformation Governance Board,' and Conservatives Should Be Terrified at Who's Leading It

  28-04-2022 17:06
  
  It’s concerning enough when President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security sets up an ominous-sounding agency called the “Disinformation Governance Board.”
  However, it’s difficult to know whether to laugh or cry when you realize the person being picked to lead it called Hunter Biden’s laptop “disinformation.”
  Meet Nina Jankowicz. You may have already been acquainted with her; any time the media needs an expert talking head to say something a
  
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• Economists Stunned as US Economy Unexpectedly Shrinks in First Quarter - 'Stagflation' Alarm Bells Sound

  28-04-2022 16:58
  
  Last month, a former Obama administration economist predicted that without a sudden change in course from the Biden-era Federal Reserve, an economic monster known as stagflation last seen in the 1970s was about to rise from the depths.
  On Thursday, a new report triggered alarm bells that this was already coming to pass.
  Stagflation is defined as a period in which there is high inflation and high unemployment because the economy is shrinking. America in March had 8.5 percent inflation, the highes
  
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• 'Avatar 2' debuts footage from movie at CinemaCon and gets official title

  28-04-2022 16:40 via cnn.com
  
  "Avatar 2" is finally closer to reality.
  
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• FCC Commissioner Deals Soros-Backed Group a Humiliating Blow After They Try to Sink Musk-Twitter Deal

  28-04-2022 16:00
  
  Leftists across the board have reacted with both anger and concern after Monday’s announcement that Tesla CEO Elon Musk had purchased the social media giant Twitter. If there was a competition for the most embarrassing reaction, a George Soros-funded institute might just take the gold.
  According to reporter Mona Salama, Open Markets Institute is a small, left-wing think tank funded by Soros, a notoriously far-left billionaire. The institute itself lists Soros’ Open Society Foundation
  
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• DCCC Chair Sean Patrick Maloney on new GOP effort to beat him: 'Bring it'

  28-04-2022 15:11 via cnn.com
  
  Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, recently traveled to the Hudson Valley to raise money against his Democratic counterpart in his own backyard.
  
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• Kamala's Press Secretary Lets Her Prescription Slip and It's a Very Bad Sign

  28-04-2022 14:07
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris has tested positive for COVID-19. This, on its face, should be no big deal. However, the White House managed to throw up a red flag when it announced her course of treatment — particularly given the line of succession to the nation’s highest office.
  According to an announcement from Harris’ press secretary on Tuesday, the veep had been prescribed an anti-viral drug that is only indicated for those in high-risk categories. The announcement raised que
  
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• Fed up with inaction, bipartisan pair urges leaders to put more on the floor

  28-04-2022 12:04 via cnn.com
  
  The leaders of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus are ramping up pressure on their leadership in a new effort to bring a series of bills to the House floor that they argue already have bipartisan backing and could help bolster incumbents ahead of the midterm elections from attacks that Congress isn't working.
  
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• Biden will tout 'small business boom' in roundtable with business owners

  28-04-2022 11:04 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration will release a report Thursday touting what it's calling a "small business boom" under its watch, while hitting Republicans for policies it warns would "increase taxes on small businesses across the country."
  
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• A shooting spree in Mississippi leaves 4 dead and leads to police standoff that ended with suspect found dead, officials say

  28-04-2022 07:25 via cnn.com
  
  A shooting spree in Mississippi left four people dead and resulted in a police standoff with the suspect Wednesday, which ended when a SWAT team found him dead inside a local business, officials said.
  
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• House GOP's Trump defenders eye long game with McCarthy and avoid fight for now

  28-04-2022 02:47 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's staunchest allies don't like what they heard House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy saying on tape about the ex-President and some of their GOP colleagues after the Capitol attack. But they and the former President are holding their fire --at least for now.
  
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