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• 'The US Government Welcomed a Terrorist': Iranian Activist Blasts Biden for Issuing Visa to a 'Killer'

  22-09-2022 23:48
  An Iranian pro-democracy activist slammed the Biden administration Thursday for giving Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi a visa to travel to the U.S. following the killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
  During an appearance on Fox News, journalist Masih Alinejad blasted the Biden administration for allowing Raisi to come to the United Nations to address the United Nations General Assembly.
  Amini died in custody after being detained by the country’s morality police, who claimed she was not follo
  
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• Trombone Champ is the internet's new favorite video game. The developer never expected the toots to go viral.

  22-09-2022 23:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trombone Champ is the newest video game players can't put down — even if those around them wished they would.
  
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• House passes policing and public safety package, giving boost to vulnerable Democrats

  22-09-2022 23:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  The House passed a package of police funding and public safety bills, helping Democrats blunt GOP attacks that they want to “defund the police.”
  
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• House passes public safety and policing legislation amid internal Democratic conflict

  22-09-2022 23:04 via cnn.com
  House Democrats passed a package of policing and public safety bills on Thursday -- following tense internal maneuvering and debate that exposed divisions between moderates and progressives.
  
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• Fans thank Bad Bunny for 'giving a voice' to Puerto Rico at exactly the right time

  22-09-2022 22:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  Music star Bad Bunny is thanked by fans for focusing on Puerto Rico's issues through his music video and documentary as they grapple with Hurricane Fiona.
  
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• LGBTQ club offers Yeshiva University a compromise. Lawyers called the decision 'painful'

  22-09-2022 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  New York's Yeshiva University and an LGBTQ student club reached a compromise after the university lost a bid to have the US Supreme Court block a court order that requires the school to recognize that club.
  
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• LGBTQ club offers Yeshiva University a compromise

  22-09-2022 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  New York's Yeshiva University and an LGBTQ student club reached a compromise after the university lost a bid to have the US Supreme Court block a court order that requires the school to recognize that club.
  
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• University of Utah student arrested in alleged threat to detonate the school's nuclear reactor if football team lost

  22-09-2022 22:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  A University of Utah student was arrested Wednesday after allegedly making terroristic threats by posting on social media, university officials said.
  
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• GM stops taking reservations for Hummer EV

  22-09-2022 22:43 via cnn.com
  
  There's a lot of buyer interest in the electric Hummer now being offered by Chevrolet. But there's limited capacity to build them, and now General Motors has stopped taking orders for the massive EV.
  
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• Americans will pay more for heat this winter and it's not just because of inflation

  22-09-2022 22:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  Americans are about to see the biggest increase in their home heating bills in more than 10 years, and it's not just because of inflation. A new report from
  
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• Report: FBI SWAT Agent Turns Whistleblower After Realizing Manipulation Behind 'Bogus' Jan. 6 Raids

  22-09-2022 22:28
  An FBI whistleblower has come forward to say he lost his badge for declining to participate in a SWAT raid on the home of a suspect in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion.
  FBI Special Agent Steve Friend believes this treatment of Americans in no way matches the alleged crimes.
  The New York Post reported that Friend filed a whistleblower complaint with the Department of Justice on Wednesday contending the FBI’s Washington, D.C., field office has become politicized using an “overzealou
  
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• No-Limit Abortion Extremist Stacey Abrams Claims Fetal Heartbeat Is a 'Manufactured Sound'

  22-09-2022 22:24
  When you come off as more extreme on abortion than Planned Parenthood, it’s a good bet you’re too extreme for Georgia.
  Stacey Abrams, a woman who’s spent four years a professional candidate for governor of the Peach State, decided to weigh in this week on an abortion question by taking a stand against one of the key signals that pregnancy involves the development of a separate human being — even in its earliest, embryonic stages.
  And she did it with a conspiracy theory th
  
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• Best buyer's market in years? Interest rate hikes may not slow down holiday shoppers

  22-09-2022 22:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  As the Federal Reserve continues to raise interest rates in its bid to tame inflation, the central bank may be hoping that holiday shopping in the U.S. will be
  
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• House Republicans rally around midterm agenda

  22-09-2022 22:22 via cnn.com
  
  House Republicans on Thursday rallied around a policy blueprint that will serve as their political mission statement this fall, after getting a sneak peek of the document on Thursday from GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy and hearing messaging advice from a former House speaker and former Donald Trump adviser.
  
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• Prince Harry Made Suggestion so Absurd Camilla Spit Out Her Tea and Called It 'Ridiculous': Report

  22-09-2022 22:19
  Prince Harry made a suggestion for restoring his good graces with the royal family that left the now-Queen Consort shocked, according to a new book.
  When Harry suggested the use of a “mediator” to pave over his differences with then-Prince Charles, Camilla Parker Bowles, the Duchess of Cornwall, responded by “spluttering” into her tea, according to an excerpt of “The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy and the Future of the Crown” published by Vanity Fa
  
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• This hot new video game is like 'Guitar Hero' but with trombones

  22-09-2022 22:02 via cnn.com
  
  If you liked "Guitar Hero" but wished it had more brass instruments, you're in luck.
  
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• China's Central Planners Scramble to Control Runaway Food Prices

  22-09-2022 22:00
  Skyrocketing consumer pork prices in China have led Communist Party planners to release meat from the national reserves to maintain the supply for national holiday celebrations, The South China Morning Post reported.
  Reuters reported Tuesday that Beijing had authorized the release of 14,400 metric tons of frozen pork from state-controlled food reserves effective Friday. The move came ahead of the National Day holidays in the first week of October.
  Many outlets have described the situation as Chi
  
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• Four Puppies Found Zipped Up in Suitcase, Left on the Side of the Road for Dead

  22-09-2022 21:53
  On Saturday, people driving in Guilford County, North Carolina, passed a suitcase tossed on the side of the road.
  As one car passed, though, the people inside noticed something odd. The suitcase was moving.
  They pulled over to investigate, and soon determined the source of the movement: Puppies.
  “These four puppies were found in this suitcase on the side of a road, with the case zippered except for one small part,” Guilford County Animal Services posted on Facebook.
  “The Good S
  
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• Top GOP senators reject Trump's declassification comments and call for proper storage of secret records

  22-09-2022 21:51 via cnn.com
  
  Several GOP senators raised new concerns Thursday about former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents, rejecting his claim that he could simply declassify the secret records by "thinking about it."
  
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• Man Who Mowed Down 'Republican' Teen Walks Free After 2 Days in Jail

  22-09-2022 21:45
  In North Dakota, 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson died after Shannon Brandt hit him with his car and admitted that he did so because they had had “a political argument.” But after being arrested and placed in jail, Brandt was released on Tuesday since he posted his $50,000 bond.
  After his release, Brandt’s lawyer was unable to be reached for comment, Fox News reported.
  North Dakota’s bail bond laws allow an individual to be released once they have been processed in jail (mugs
  
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• Girl, 13, Makes 'Miracle' Recovery after Being Shot in Her Own Bedroom and Coding Twice

  22-09-2022 21:37
  In the early hours of the morning on July 8, 13-year-old Aalayah Fulmore was asleep in her bed in the family’s apartment in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
  At around 2:50 a.m., gunfire rang out. A bullet tore through the apartment wall and hit the sleeping teen, striking her in the abdomen.
  The Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office posted about the incident on July 10, asking for the public’s help in identifying the mystery shooter.
  “The Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office
  
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• Defense secretary announces new policies to help military members with rising cost of living

  22-09-2022 21:37 via cnn.com
  
  Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced a series of policy changes to help military service members and their families deal with rising housing, food and childcare costs amid high inflation.
  
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• Hurricane Fiona moves toward Bermuda, leaving a wake of destruction in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic

  22-09-2022 21:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  Where will Hurricane Fiona hit next? The projected path of Hurricane Fiona will hit Bermuda next after causing destruction in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
  
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• Florida migrant-moving company gave GOP cash, has ties to DeSantis' immigration 'czar' and Rep. Matt Gaetz

  22-09-2022 21:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  The charter co. DeSantis used to fly migrants has contributed to his allies and has ties to Matt Gaetz and the state's “czar” in charge of immigration policy.
  
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• Op-Ed: Democrats Have Ruled Here for 40 Years, But This Republican Could End the GOP's Losing Streak

  22-09-2022 21:00
  Democrats have controlled the governor’s mansion in Oregon for almost 40 years, but 2022 looks to be a good year for Oregon Republicans.
  Christine Drazan is the Republican nominee for governor and is making national headlines with her statewide campaign. Growing up in rural southeast Oregon, Drazan was elected in 2019 to represent the 39th District and then was elected by her Republican colleagues as minority leader just nine months later.
  The race for governor pits Drazan against former O
  
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• VA performs its first abortion weeks after saying it would in certain cases

  22-09-2022 20:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Veterans Affairs medical system performed its first abortion, weeks after an interim final rule was announced that allowed it to provide the service in
  
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• House moves ahead on policing legislation

  22-09-2022 20:58 via cnn.com
  
  House Democrats are moving ahead with consideration of a package of policing and public safety bills -- taking a key procedural vote after a hold up of several hours as leadership faced issues locking in support to pass the legislation.
  
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• Op-Ed: Did Lindsey Graham Just Draw a Line in the Sand on Abortion?

  22-09-2022 20:48
  Is Sen. Lindsey Graham giving Americans what they want or is he trying to rescue faltering Republican midterm campaigns?
  On Sept. 13, Graham introduced a federal bill restricting abortion to under 15 weeks because after that time babies feel the pain of abortion.
  Graham’s bill comes as many of his pro-life counterparts running in the midterms are backing away from the abortion debate. Meanwhile, pro-abortion candidates are doubling down on abortion, finding it to be a winning strategy. In
  
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• Why it's getting even harder to keep a roof over your head

  22-09-2022 20:43 via cnn.com
  
  Americans looking to buy or rent a home have had a rough year.
  
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• Nazi sympathizer and Army reservist who stormed the Capitol sentenced to 4 years in Jan. 6 case

  22-09-2022 20:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jan. 6 rioter Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, who has dressed up as Adolf Hitler, was sentenced to four years in federal prison during a hearing on Thursday.
  
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• Capitol rioter and alleged Nazi sympathizer sentenced to prison

  22-09-2022 20:27 via cnn.com
  
  Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, an ex-Army reservist and US Capitol rioter who said January 6, 2021, was "exhilarating" and felt like "civil war" was sentenced on Thursday to four years behind bars.
  
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• Chicken with a Side of Nyquil? FDA Forced to Issue Warning Over Unbelievable TikTok Video

  22-09-2022 20:21
  Don’t cook chicken with NyQuil.
  This warning from the Food and Drug Administration comes after videos on the social media platform TikTok went viral about a year ago.
  “The challenge sounds silly and unappetizing — and it is. But it could also be very unsafe. Boiling a medication can make it much more concentrated and change its properties in other ways. Even if you don’t eat the chicken, inhaling the medication’s vapors while cooking could cause high levels of the d
  
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• Woman who brought raccoon to North Dakota bar is charged

  22-09-2022 20:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  A woman who brought a wild raccoon into a North Dakota bar, which prompted state health officials to issue a warning about potential rabies exposure, is facing
  
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• The GOP's myth of an 'open border'

  22-09-2022 20:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. borders are guarded by a vast and well-funded national security agency that has grown far larger and more powerful in recent years.
  
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• Biden's approval rating up but struggling on key issues, new poll shows

  22-09-2022 20:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  A new poll commissioned by a super PAC aligned with President Joe Biden shows the president's overall approval has improved in three battleground states, but
  
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• Queen's Coffin Made of Specialty Material to Help Her Avoid Same Fate as English King Who Died 1,000 Years Ago

  22-09-2022 20:11
  Though Queen Elizabeth II was rather small in stature, her coffin weighed several hundred pounds since it was lead-lined in order to preserve the monarch’s body after she was laid to rest.
  Though it may sound strange to line a coffin with lead, this is a tradition that goes back hundreds of years, designed to better preserve the bodies of monarchs and important figures since they are entombed above ground, the Washington Post reported.
  “[L]ead helps keep out moisture and preserve the
  
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• Ohio's new abortion law forces doctor to fight to protect her patient's life

  22-09-2022 20:05 via cnn.com
  
  As soon as Dr. Mae Winchester did an ultrasound on Tara George, she knew that her baby was in trouble.
  
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• NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere was beaten in prison by fellow sex offender, lawsuit says

  22-09-2022 20:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  Convicted NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere was attacked by a fellow inmate and sex offender before being wrongly punished for the incident, his attorneys said in a lawsuit.
  
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• Judge blocks Indiana's near-total abortion ban

  22-09-2022 19:43 via cnn.com
  
  A state judge on Thursday blocked an Indiana law banning abortion at all stages of pregnancy with limited exceptions from being enforced, a week after it went into effect.
  
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• Worker found dead in kettle cooker at N.J. food processing plant

  22-09-2022 19:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  An employee at a New Jersey food processing facility was found dead inside of a kettle cooker, authorities said.Dale R.
  
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• Liberal California Representative Makes Insane Suggestion for Military Bases in Pro-Life States

  22-09-2022 19:20
  Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier of California suggested Tuesday on the House floor that 128 U.S. military bases in states with abortion restrictions should be relocated to other states.
  Speier spoke in front of a color-coded map of the United States indicating which states have taken action to restrict or ban abortion following the Supreme Court’s June ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade.
  She was promoting the Access to Reproductive Care f
  
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• Democratic-backed campaign finance bill fails vote

  22-09-2022 19:19 via cnn.com
  
  The DISCLOSE Act, a bill aimed at targeting dark money in political campaigns, failed on Thursday to overcome the 60-vote threshold needed to break a filibuster in the Senate.
  
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• Hertz is buying up to 175,000 electric vehicles from GM

  22-09-2022 19:15 via cnn.com
  
  Hertz has agreed to purchase up to 175,000 electric vehicles from General Motors over the next five years. This follows earlier announcements that Hertz would buy 100,000 electric cars from Tesla and another 65,000 from the Volvo spin-off brand Polestar.
  
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• Capitol rioter who testified before Jan. 6 committee sentenced to probation

  22-09-2022 18:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Steven Ayres of Ohio, who participated in the attack on the U.S. Capitol and testified before the Jan. 6 Committee, was sentenced to 24 months probation on Thursday.
  
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• Tucker Carlson: Canada's Sick Wokeism Is Endangering Children in Its Classrooms

  22-09-2022 18:29
  I’m not entirely certain whether Stephen Hanna is a secret conservative playing a long con on educators drunk on transgender ideology or whether he represents the final toll of the bell that signals that the moral underpinnings of Western civilization are officially kaput.
  Hanna, according to The National Desk, is an Oakville, Ontario, Canada, teacher. He now identifies as a woman who goes by the name Kayla Lemieux. This, in our day and age, isn’t terribly uncommon.
  What is uncommon,
  
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• Dem Rep Says Police Officer Was 'Bludgeoned to Death' on Jan 6, Then Chip Roy Makes Him Look Like a Fool

  22-09-2022 18:14
  The death of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick on Jan. 6, 2021, was a tragedy. Everyone can acknowledge that. Almost every other narrative pushed by the left involving Sicknick’s death, however, is a blatant falsehood,
  And it isn’t as if time has corrected the record. It’s been over 18 months since the Capitol incursion, and a Democratic representative, speaking at a congressional hearing, actually claimed Sicknick died because he was “bludgeoned to death.”
  The
  
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• Home buyers getting hit by rising rates

  22-09-2022 18:04 via cnn.com
  
  Prospective home buyers are getting hit by a double whammy of bad news: Prices remain prohibitively high for many consumers, largely due to low supply. Mortgage rates have also skyrocketed to their highest level in 14 years.
  
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• US economic barometer drops for sixth month in a row, potentially 'signaling a recession'

  22-09-2022 17:55 via cnn.com
  
  A comprehensive gauge on the health of the US economy dropped in August for the sixth straight month, reinforcing concerns about a possible recession.
  
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• Watch: Insane Moment Lib Gets Violently 'Triggered' by Kamala Meme at TPUSA Event

  22-09-2022 17:47
  Leftists like to claim they stand for tolerance.
  Like most leftist claims, the opposite is true.
  Leftists cannot tolerate that not everyone conforms to their politically charged opinions and preferences – and to leftists, everything is political.
  A phrase describing the typical leftist activist attitude has been prevalent on the internet for years: “Your free speech is violence, my violence is free speech.”
  The saying acknowledges leftist tactics like bullying and the redefinit
  
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• Mississippi official pleads guilty in welfare scandal that involves Brett Favre

  22-09-2022 17:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  A key figure in Mississippi’s welfare spending scandal has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges under an arrangement that signals he may be cooperating,
  
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