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• WH: New plan to stretch Monkeypox vaccine supply

  09-08-2022 23:56
  U.S. health officials on Tuesday authorized a plan to stretch the nation's limited supply of monkeypox vaccine by giving people just one-fifth the usual dose, citing research suggesting that the reduced amount is about as effective. (Aug. 9)      
  
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• AP Explains: Georgia governor's race economic plans

  09-08-2022 23:56
  Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams says it's time for Georgia to use its budget surplus to invest in its residents (Aug. 9) (AP Video/Sharon Johnson)      
  
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• FDA authorizes change to help stretch monkeypox vaccine five-fold

  09-08-2022 23:47
  
  The U.S. will use smaller doses of the monkeypox vaccine in order to stretch its supply.      
  
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• Man acquitted in deaths of 7 motorcyclists

  09-08-2022 23:46
  A jury has acquitted a commercial truck driver of causing the 2019 deaths of seven motorcyclists in a collision in northern New Hampshire. (Aug. 9)      
  
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• Ford Raises Price of Electric F-150 Significantly, Citing 'Significant Material Cost Increases'

  09-08-2022 23:39
  
  Ford Motor Company announced on Tuesday, that it is raising the manufacturer’s suggested retail price of the F-150 Lightning pickup truck, citing “significant material cost increases and other factors.”
  The auto manufacturer indicated that the price jump which varies from $6,000 to $8,500 based upon model selection is only impacting new customers and not those who have already placed orders and are pending delivery, CNBC reported.
  The change came as Ford is reopening orders for
  
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• The Courts Are Coming for Trump: Day After Mar-a-Lago Raid, Federal Judges Make Move

  09-08-2022 23:23
  
  A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee can request and obtain former President Donald Trump’s tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service.
  “While it is possible that Congress may attempt to threaten the sitting President with an invasive request after leaving office, every President takes office knowing that he will be subject to the same laws as all other citizens upon leaving off
  
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• Watch: It Only Takes 4 Seconds for Biden to Seemingly Forget He Just Shook Schumer's Hand

  09-08-2022 23:17
  
  President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 into law on Tuesday at the White House. His actions during the event left viewers bewildered.
  The White House posted video of the full event on Twitter, including remarks from Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.Happening Now: President Biden delivers remarks and signs into law the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. https://t.co/lk3uGKDJxO
  — The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 9, 2022In one cli
  
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• Hillary Clinton Gets Major Backlash for Attempting to Cash in on FBI's Mar-a-Lago Raid

  09-08-2022 23:09
  
  Less than 24 hours after the FBI raided former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate, Hillary Clinton gave an inappropriate announcement on social media Tuesday morning.
  The former secretary of state and first lady, on behalf of her nonprofit Onward Together, set up a progressive fundraiser, on which she sold clothing printed with a message mocking conservatives.
  The fundraiser’s pre-order items included hats and shirts which read “But her emails,” referencing how Repub
  
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• 'The View' Co-Host Just Admitted the FBI May Have 'Handed' Trump the Presidency

  09-08-2022 23:02
  
  An anti-Trump co-host of ‘The View” is pointing to the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago as a political boon for former President Donald Trump, arguing that the development could land him another term in office.
  Alyssa Farah Griffin discussed the implications of the raid in a Tuesday CNN segment.JUST NOW: “This, I’m hoping, goes beyond simply not complying with some archiving laws, or DOJ just handed Donald Trump the Republican nominee and potentially the presidency.”
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• AP Top Stories August 9 P

  09-08-2022 23:01
  Here's the latest for Tuesday August 9: Trump supporters rally for former president after FBI search; Cuban oil fire still burns; China continues military exercises. Cycling gains in popularity in China.      
  
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• Ford just raised the price of its electric F-150

  09-08-2022 22:49 via cnn.com
  
  Ford on Thursday will once again begin taking orders for its popular F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck. But this time the base model of the pickup will cost about $7,000 more than before.
  
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• Senate Dem Frauds Purposely Violate Their Own COVID Policy in Desperate Rush to Pass Inflation Bill: Report

  09-08-2022 22:31
  
  There are two sure things, they say — death and taxes.
  And Democrats would risk death to raise taxes.
  They bravely violated their life-saving COVID rules to get to the Capitol to vote on the son of Build Back Better, the ill-named Inflation Reduction Act.
  Oh, the humanity! Risking their very lives!
  Not really. Despite all the scaremongering primarily by Democrats and leftists regarding the fatal hazards of COVID, they don’t take it much more seriously than the rest of us do anymore.
  
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• Dolly Parton celebrates book program in Ohio

  09-08-2022 22:26
  Country music superstar Dolly Parton visited Ohio to celebrate the success of her Imagination Library. The program has donated over 180 million books to children from birth to five years old. (August 9) (AP Video/Patrick Orsagos)      
  
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• Nearly $1.5 million settlement approved for correctional officers of color who were barred from guarding Derek Chauvin

  09-08-2022 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  lThe Ramsey County Board of Commissioners in Minnesota on Tuesday approved a nearly $1.5 million settlement agreement for eight correctional officers of color who were barred from guarding former police officer Derek Chauvin in 2020.
  
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• Grand jury declines to indict woman whose accusation led to Emmett Till lynching

  09-08-2022 22:13
  
  A grand jury declined to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman whose accusation led to the 1955 lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till.      
  
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• Biden ratifies US support for Finland, Sweden in NATO

  09-08-2022 22:06
  President Joe Biden formally welcomes Finland and Sweden joining the NATO alliance as he signed the instruments of ratification that delivered the U.S.'s formal backing of the Nordic nations entering the mutual defense pact. (Aug. 9)      
  
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• Op-Ed: The Bible Should Be Your Foundation in Debate - Even with Unbelievers

  09-08-2022 21:49
  
  The Bible testifies more than 2,000 times that it is the Word of God. Because that is true, we should be using it as our guide — especially in political debate. It should be our source of ultimate certitude, our guide as to what is right and our basis for personal convictions.
  But today there are many well-meaning Christians in the political realm who reason that since the secular world does not believe in the authority and inspiration of Scripture, they shouldn’t reason from the Bib
  
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• Musician Doja Cat is bald. The reactions that she got highlight an annoying stigma.

  09-08-2022 21:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  Questions about the musician's mental health after sporting her new bald look is another example of the annoying stigma surrounding Black women and our hair choices.
  
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• The next frontier in the tech battle between the US and China

  09-08-2022 21:42 via cnn.com
  
  The technological arms race between the United States and China has cut across everything from smartphones and cellular equipment to social media and artificial intelligence. But a new battleground is emerging that goes a layer deeper: to the components that power our smartphones, computers, automobiles and home appliances.
  
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• Former Democratic Lawmaker Arrested on First-Degree Rape Charge

  09-08-2022 21:37
  
  A longtime Democratic legislator in Kentucky who became secretary of the state’s Justice and Public Safety Cabinet has been charged with first-degree rape.
  John Tilley pleaded not guilty during a court appearance on Tuesday.Former Rep. John Tilley entered a not-guilty plea at arraignment on Tuesday for a charge of first-degree rape. He waived his right to a preliminary hearing and is scheduled to appear in Circuit Court on Aug. 26 at 8:30 a.m.@heraldleader pic.twitter.com/MHVx9OZe3F
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• Report: FBI Waited for a Very Specific Moment to Conduct Mar-a-Lago Search

  09-08-2022 21:20
  
  The Federal Bureau of Investigation deliberately chose the time it raided former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday, sources familiar told TMZ.
  Generally, whenever the FBI would carry out such a search, agents would handcuff the subject of the search warrant if they were at the site of the raid, regardless of whether there was an altercation between them or not, the sources told TMZ.
  Once agents make sure that the property being stormed was safe, t
  
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• Human remains keep surfacing at Lake Mead: See climate change's impact over the years

  09-08-2022 21:17
  
  With Lake Mead's water levels at a historical low since the lake was created in 1964, human remains have surfaced four times since May.      
  
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• Op-Ed: The Fight Against ESG Is Gaining Momentum

  09-08-2022 21:07
  
  Efforts to impose environmental, social and governance scores upon all sectors of the U.S. financial system, dismantling our free market economy in favor of “stakeholder capitalism,” continue to escalate.
  The goal of this system — which is ostensibly to combat climate change and address social justice issues — is rather to centralize power and control amongst a cabal of economic and political elites, from the World Economic Forum’s Klaus Schwab, to BlackRock’s
  
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• FBI searches Mar-a-Lago as Trump probe widens

  09-08-2022 21:06
  The FBI searched Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into whether he took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence, a move that represents a dramatic and unprecedented escalation of law enforcement scrutiny of the former president. (August 9)      
  
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• Newborn baby rescued from I-70 underpass after severe flooding in Colorado

  09-08-2022 20:57
  More than a dozen people were rescued from floods in Denver, Colorado, according to the Associated Press.      
  
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• Breaking: Judge Behind Mar-a-Lago Raid Exposed - Shocking Epstein Past Revealed

  09-08-2022 20:56
  
  In the daylight hours following the FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Florida home — Mar-a-Lago — reports revealed the judge who signed the sealed search warrant resigned as a federal prosecutor in 2007 before being hired to represent the accused co-conspirators of billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
  Bruce Reinhart, now a federal magistrate, departed the U.S. Attorney’s office while they were negotiating the controversial plea bargain with Epstein.
  He later a
  
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• New 'Conservative' on 'The View' Gets Shredded by Dana Loesch on FBI's Mar-a-Lago Raid

  09-08-2022 20:40
  
  With headlines still screaming about Monday night’s unprecedented raid by the FBI on the home of former President Donald Trump, the latest “conservative” voice on “The View” proved why she’ll fit right in with the talk show’s ignorant shrews.
  Fortunately for actual conservatives, commentator and talk show host Dana Loesch was on hand to let her know just how wrong she was.
  And it only took one Twitter post to prove it.
  Alyssa Farah Griffin, a turncoat fo
  
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• Trump supporters decry FBI search of Mar-a-Lago

  09-08-2022 20:25
  Trump supporters take to the streets outside Mar-a-Lago to decry the FBI search on former President Donald Trump's residence. (AP Video/Daniel Kozin)      
  
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• Partisan hostility is rising among Americans, Pew survey finds

  09-08-2022 20:01 via cnn.com
  
  Americans' level of partisan hostility is rising, according to a Pew Research survey released Tuesday that highlights Americans' complicated relationship with the political parties.
  
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• 'You taught me everything': Emotional video shows boy hand grandpa first home run baseball

  09-08-2022 19:47
  
  Watch the emotional moment Felix Carrier-Damon presents his grandfather with his own autographed first home run baseball.      
  
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• Watch: Pelosi Can't Decide Who She Supports, Drops Bombshell Claim About China Shortly After Taiwan Trip

  09-08-2022 19:47
  
  Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi appeared to misspeak during an NBC interview on Monday.
  Fresh off of a politically charged visit to Taiwan, the Democrat referred to China as “one of the freest societies in the world.”
  “Don’t take it from me, that’s from Freedom House,” Pelosi said.Nancy Pelosi: “China is one of the freest societies in the world”
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  — The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 9, 2022Freedom House
  
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• Here's how the Inflation Reduction Act could save consumers money and protect the planet

  09-08-2022 19:40
  
  The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 could lower the costs of sustainable energy technologies and energy-saving devices.      
  
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• Body of Arkansas judge found at bottom of lake after disappearing from family trip

  09-08-2022 19:37
  
  Authorities say Arkansas County Northern District Judge Jeremiah T. Bueker ventured off alone near a lake before he was reported missing.      
  
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• Biden signs $280B CHIPS Act: 'America is back'

  09-08-2022 19:31
  President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act Tuesday, a $280 billion bipartisan bill to boost domestic high-tech manufacturing. The measure is part of his administration's push to boost U.S. competitiveness over China. (Aug. 9)      
  
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• Ex-NYPD Commissioner: If FBI Raid Doesn't Stop Trump, Next Move Is Assassination

  09-08-2022 19:19
  
  One former New York Police Department commissioner compared the FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Monday to the corrupt dealings of third-world governments.
  In his opinion, if the pattern holds true, the effort to stop Trump won’t end with an impromptu raid.
  “Their next move will be Assassination,” Bernard Kerik said Monday night.
  The former NYPD commissioner and New York Times best-selling author made the bold statement s
  
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• General Mark Milley Vowed to 'Fight' Trump 'From the Inside' in 2020: Report

  09-08-2022 19:17
  
  The United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley was supposed to be working for President Donald Trump. Instead, a new report suggested he was intentionally trying to undermine the president.
  The New Yorker published an excerpt from the new book “The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021,” an anti-Trump book from husband and wife reporters Susan Glasser and Peter Baker.
  In the excerpt, the authors claimed Trump’s now infamous photo in Washington,
  
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• Olivia Newton-John was tough by being nice

  09-08-2022 19:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  One of the highest accolades that can be attributed to an Australian that has fought hard and come out on top is that of a “real Aussie battler.” Today, I can
  
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• Jane Seymour recalls one of her final visits with friend Olivia Newton-John

  09-08-2022 19:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jane Seymour and Olivia Newton-John had been friends for around 40 years.
  
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• Could the full moon ruin the 'best meteor shower of the year'? The Perseids peak this week

  09-08-2022 18:52
  What NASA calls the "the best meteor shower of the year" – the Perseids – will be coming to a sky near you this week, weather permitting.      
  
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• Dems' Latest Bill Would Make IRS Larger Than Pentagon, State Department, FBI and Border Patrol Combined - Report

  09-08-2022 18:43
  
  The questionably named Inflation Reduction Act — approved by Senate Democrats in a party-line vote Sunday — would more than double the size of the Internal Revenue Service, giving the tax agency more bureaucrats than the Pentagon, State Department, FBI and Border Patrol combined, according to The Washington Free Beacon.
  The bill was passed through the budget reconciliation process, enabling Democrats to shove it through without the threat of Senate Republicans using the filibuster to
  
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• AR-15s Employed in District's New Plan to Stamp Out School Shooters

  09-08-2022 18:23
  
  Despite the fact that handguns are the most common type of weapon used in mass shootings, many Democrats seem to believe (or at least want their supporters to believe) that a federal ban on AR-15-style weapons would lead to a significant reduction in mass shootings.
  Authorities in Madison County, North Carolina, reject this notion. In fact, they believe the exact opposite — that AR-15s are actually the solution to America’s mass shooting problem.
  According to the Asheville Citizen-Ti
  
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• Snapchat rolls out option to let parents see who their teens are messaging

  09-08-2022 18:06 via cnn.com
  
  Snapchat on Tuesday introduced its first parental control center, nearly 10 months after an executive from the company told Congress it was developing tools aimed at helping parents keep their teens safe.
  
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• Coinbase may have a savior in BlackRock, but crypto concerns remain

  09-08-2022 17:57 via cnn.com
  
  Crypto brokerage Coinbase has been hit hard by the meltdown in bitcoin prices this year. The stock has plunged 65% so far in 2022. And the company's latest earnings, due out after the closing bell Tuesday, are likely to be miserable.
  
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• Girl, 12, and ballet instructor buried in Donetsk

  09-08-2022 17:46
  
  Mourners come together after talented dancer Ekaterina Kutubaeva killed in strike on rebel-held city along with her teacher and grandmother. (Aug. 9)      
  
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• Senate drug price bill is limited to Medicare. Here's what it means for those with private insurance

  09-08-2022 17:31 via cnn.com
  
  When Senate Democrats crafted their legislation to lower drug prices, they wanted two main measures to encompass both the private insurance and Medicare markets.
  
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• Trump Ad Responding to Mara-A-Lago Raid Is the Best Political Ad You've Seen in Years

  09-08-2022 17:26
  
  Biden and his deep state cronies may have just handed Donald Trump the presidency.
  Thanks to the FBI’s Mar-A-Lago raid, Americans now have the best motivation to vote for Trump in 2024 — righteous indignation.
  FBI agents raided Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday to search for any classified documents that Trump took with him after he left the White House.
  Apparently, instead of just asking Trump for the documents, the Biden administration thought it best to treat
  
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• Trump Ad Responding to Mar-A-Lago Raid Is the Best Political Ad You've Seen in Years

  09-08-2022 17:26
  
  Biden and his deep state cronies may have just handed Donald Trump the presidency.
  Thanks to the FBI’s Mar-A-Lago raid, Americans now have the best motivation to vote for Trump in 2024 — righteous indignation.
  FBI agents raided Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday to search for any classified documents that Trump took with him after he left the White House.
  Apparently, instead of just asking Trump for the documents, the Biden administration thought it best to treat
  
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• Opinion: Americans are fed up with billionaires. Washington needs to get the wealthy to pay up

  09-08-2022 17:21 via cnn.com
  
  Imagine if America's ultra-wealthy invested the financial gains they made during the pandemic in affordable housing, child care centers or any of our country's other urgent human needs.
  
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• Report: Americans of All Stripes to Foot the Bill for Expansive Charging Network, Whether They Have an Electric Vehicle or Not

  09-08-2022 17:09
  
  As the United States develops electric vehicle charging stations, everybody gets to pay for them — even those who can’t afford or don’t want an EV.
  To begin with, states that develop an EV charging infrastructure can have 80 percent of those costs paid by the federal government through the infrastructure bill passed by Congress. As noted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, American taxpayers will fork over $7.5 billion to build 500,000 charging stations by 2030.
  But even for
  
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• Serena Williams: Time for a 'different direction'

  09-08-2022 17:07 via cnn.com
  
  Serena Williams has announced that she will "evolve away from tennis" after this year's US Open to focus on "other things that are important to me."
  
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