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• Federal court strikes down major Trump climate rollback

  19-01-2021 23:50 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A federal appeals court has thrown out a rule that made one of the Trump administration’s most momentous climate rollbacks
  
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• Trump administration leaves Biden with 'confusing' Covid-19 vaccine numbers and states in limbo

  19-01-2021 23:39 via cnn.com
  
  • LIVE UPDATES: Trump has raised the idea of starting a new political party in recent days
  • Key takeaways from the first confirmation hearings for Biden nominees
  
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• Trump admin leaves Biden with 'confusing' vaccine numbers

  19-01-2021 23:39 via cnn.com
  
  States across the country say they're running low on coronavirus vaccine supply, with many officials insisting the vaccine delivery numbers reported by the Trump administration don't align with what they are seeing on the ground.
  
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• Trump admin. leaves Biden with 'confusing' Covid-19 vaccine numbers

  19-01-2021 23:39 via cnn.com
  
  States across the country say they're running low on coronavirus vaccine supply, with many officials insisting the vaccine delivery numbers reported by the Trump administration don't align with what they are seeing on the ground.
  
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• Trump in final parting shot hits Venezuela with sanctions

  19-01-2021 23:38 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Trump administration is issuing a final parting shot to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with a fresh round of sanctions
  
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• Wow! She actually said that': Cooper reacts to Fox Business host's false riot claim

  19-01-2021 23:07 via cnn.com
  
  On her Fox Business show, Maria Bartiromo falsely claimed that the mob that stormed the US Capitol was "infiltrated" by Democrats who dressed in MAGA clothes. CNN's Anderson Cooper and global affairs analyst Max Boot discuss.
  
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• CNBC host Shepard Smith reveals why he left Fox News

  19-01-2021 23:07 via cnn.com
  
  CNBC host Shepard Smith discusses his time at Fox News and why he eventually left.
  
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• CNBC host reveals why he left Fox News

  19-01-2021 23:07 via cnn.com
  
  Former Fox News host Shepard Smith discusses his time at the network and why he eventually left.
  
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• Key moments from Trump farewell video

  19-01-2021 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump released a farewell message video on his last full day as President, describing his accomplishments and offering luck and "best wishes" to the incoming Biden administration.
  
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• CNN explains why Biden's flight to DC is so unusual

  19-01-2021 22:40 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden arrives at Joint Base Andrews in a private plane ahead of Inauguration Day.
  
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• Pompeo uses taxpayer-funded Twitter account to attack multiculturalism

  19-01-2021 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  With one day left in his tenure, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took to his taxpayer-funded Twitter account and denounced multiculturalism, saying it is "not who America is."
  
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• President-elect Biden arrives in Washington ahead of inauguration

  19-01-2021 22:24 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden arrives in Washington Tuesday for the start of his inaugural ceremonies at a dark and solemn moment in American history, preparing to take his oath of office as the US approaches 400,000 coronavirus deaths and is more divided than at any time since the Civil War.
  
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• Georgia teen jailed in Cayman Islands for violating COVID restrictions says 'I deserved it'

  19-01-2021 22:14 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The Georgia teenager who was jailed for just over a month in the Cayman Islands for knowingly violating coronavirus restrictions said "I deserved it," according to media reports. 
  
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• Georgia student jailed in Cayman Islands for violating COVID restrictions says 'I deserved it'

  19-01-2021 22:14 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The Georgia student who was jailed for just over a month in the Cayman Islands for knowingly violating coronavirus restrictions said "I deserved it," according to media reports. 
  
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• 'Not who America is': Pompeo uses taxpayer-funded Twitter account to attack multiculturalism

  19-01-2021 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  With one day left in his tenure, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took to his taxpayer-funded Twitter account and denounced multiculturalism, saying it is "not who America is."
  
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• Keilar rolls the tape on the survivors of Trump's administration

  19-01-2021 21:52 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brianna Keilar rolls the tape on officials who have survived the past four years with the Trump administration and other officials who did not make it to the finish line.
  
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• Andrew Yang addresses criticism over apartment remarks amid NYC mayor run

  19-01-2021 21:30 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang discusses his run for New York City Mayor and addresses recent criticism he's faced on "The View" Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2020.
  
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• Trump talked out of pardoning kids and GOP lawmakers

  19-01-2021 21:01 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Trump set at least one record
  
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• US surpasses 400,000 Covid-19 deaths on Trump's last full day in office

  19-01-2021 20:53 via cnn.com
  
  The United States has reported at least 400,000 deaths from Covid-19 since the pandemic began, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University as of Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• US surpasses 400,000 Covid-19 deaths

  19-01-2021 20:53 via cnn.com
  
  The United States has reported at least 400,000 deaths from Covid-19 since the pandemic began, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University as of Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Emotional Joe Biden leaves for Washington

  19-01-2021 20:44 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden arrives in Washington Tuesday for the start of his inaugural ceremonies at a dark and solemn moment in American history, preparing to take his oath of office as the US approaches 400,000 coronavirus deaths and is more divided than at any time since the Civil War.
  
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• US accuses China of 'genocide' of Uyghurs and other minority groups

  19-01-2021 20:29 via cnn.com
  
  The Trump administration has determined that China has committed genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghur Muslims and ethnic and religious minority groups who live in Xinjiang, a remote region in China's far west.
  
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• Trump talked out of pardoning kids and Republican lawmakers

  19-01-2021 20:29 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump received an unsettling warning on his final Saturday night in the White House.
  
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• Joe Biden gives emotional speech before departing for Washington

  19-01-2021 20:29 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden gave an emotional speech in Delaware before he departs for Washington ahead of his inauguration tomorrow.
  
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• Biden gives emotional speech before departing for Washington

  19-01-2021 20:29 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden gave an emotional speech in Delaware before he departs for Washington ahead of his inauguration tomorrow.
  
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• Chinese Communist Party an 'existential' threat that Biden must confront: Pompeo

  19-01-2021 20:27 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Departing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed the incoming Biden administration on Tuesday to take the Chinese Communist Party seriously as an "existential" threat to the country, saying the "American people are counting on it."
  
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• Michigan man sentenced to prison in drowning of autistic son

  19-01-2021 20:26 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A former western Michigan college professor has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty in his severely autistic teenage son’s drowning death in an icy backyard pool
  
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• NBA star buys George Floyd's family a house

  19-01-2021 20:24 via cnn.com
  
  Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving bought a house for the family of George Floyd, who died last year at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer.
  
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• 'Squad' member Rashida Tlaib says 'Israel is a racist state'

  19-01-2021 20:22 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., lambasted Israel as a “racist state” during an interview on “Democracy Now!” on Tuesday while discussing the low vaccination rate of Palestinians.
  
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• Trump reportedly wants a 21-gun salute for his departure

  19-01-2021 20:09 via cnn.com
  
  As President Donald Trump prepares to leave Washington, D.C. for a post-presidential life in Florida, he has indicated that he wants an elaborate sendoff.
  
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• Chef arrested after images of sexually suggestive cakes at exclusive Egyptian club go viral

  19-01-2021 19:31 via cnn.com
  
  Egyptian authorities have arrested a pastry chef for baking cakes with genital-shaped toppings after images of them went viral on social media.
  
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• Mitch McConnell: Capitol Hill mob was 'provoked' by Trump

  19-01-2021 19:12 via cnn.com
  
  • Two Army National Guard members removed from inauguration duty
  • Former Trump campaign staffers worked on National Mall rally the day of the Capitol riot
  • Capitol riot investigators narrow in on extremist groups and military-style coordination
  
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• McConnell says Capitol rioters were fed lies

  19-01-2021 19:01 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) spoke on the floor of the Senate for the first time since a deadly riot at the US capitol and said that the mob who invaded the building were "fed lies and provoked by the President."
  
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• US accuses China of 'genocide' of Uyghurs in Xinjiang

  19-01-2021 18:51 via cnn.com
  
  The Trump administration has determined that China has committed genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghur Muslims and ethnic and religious minority groups who live in Xinjiang, a remote region in China's far west.
  
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• Scrapping Premiership relegation would not be right, says ex-England wing Monye

  19-01-2021 18:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former England and Harlequins wing Ugo Monye says removing relegation from the Premiership would diminish the competition.
  
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• Covid: UK records new daily high of 1,610 deaths

  19-01-2021 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The total number of deaths, within 28 days of a positive test, during the pandemic is now over 90,000.
  
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• Italy PM Conte faces crucial Senate vote to stay in power

  19-01-2021 18:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The vote in Italy's upper house was triggered by a row over EU funds to tackle Covid.
  
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• Without Australia, China's economic recovery could grind to a halt

  19-01-2021 18:45 via cnn.com
  
  China and Australia spent much of last year in a tense standoff on trade. But as the recovery of the world's second largest economy gathers pace, China needs more iron ore and Australia is still its main supplier.
  
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• Harry Brant, model and son of Stephanie Seymour and Peter Brant, has died

  19-01-2021 18:43 via cnn.com
  
  Harry Brant, a model and entrepreneur, has died, his parents said in a statement obtained by CNN.
  
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• Teen jailed for breaking Covid-19 quarantine speaks out

  19-01-2021 18:40 via cnn.com
  
  US college student Skylar Mack spoke to Good Morning America after spending more than a month in jail for breaking Covid-19 quarantine rules in the Cayman Islands.
  
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• Tiffany Trump announces engagement on her father's final full day in office

  19-01-2021 18:38 via cnn.com
  
  Tiffany Trump, the youngest daughter of President Donald Trump, announced her engagement to Michael Boulos Tuesday. Her happy news -- which happened at the White House -- comes on her father's final full day in office.
  
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• Biden to propose sweeping immigration bill on first day in office

  19-01-2021 18:32 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden will unveil a comprehensive immigration plan on his first day in office, a source familiar with the proposal tells CNN, describing an agenda that provides a multi-year pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants currently in the United States.
  
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• NY Mets sack general manager over explicit texts

  19-01-2021 18:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The New York Mets sack general manager Jared Porter for sending unsolicited explicit text messages to a female reporter in 2016.
  
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• FedEx to axe up to 6,300 jobs in Europe

  19-01-2021 18:11 via cnn.com
  
  FedEx has announced plans to slash up to 6,300 jobs in Europe.
  
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• Two Spirit Airlines agents injured, one hospitalized following carry-on dispute with passengers

  19-01-2021 17:52 via cnn.com
  
  Two Spirit Airlines agents were injured and one was hospitalized after a dispute over carry-on bags with three passengers turned violent on Sunday, according to a Spirit Airlines spokesman.
  
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• Vegan restaurant becomes first in France to earn a Michelin star

  19-01-2021 17:49 via cnn.com
  
  The Michelin Guide has awarded one of its coveted stars to a French vegan restaurant for the first time.
  
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• Trump's pardons pushed by criminal justice reform groups, source says

  19-01-2021 17:48 via cnn.com
  
  Several dozen of President Donald Trump's final slate of more than 100 pardons and commutations will be doled out to individuals whose cases have been championed by criminal justice reform advocates, a source close to the process tells CNN.
  
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• 'Several dozen' of Trump's pardons pushed by criminal justice reform groups, source says

  19-01-2021 17:48 via cnn.com
  
  Several dozen of President Donald Trump's final slate of more than 100 pardons and commutations will be doled out to individuals whose cases have been championed by criminal justice reform advocates, a source close to the process tells CNN.
  
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• See Putin take part in traditional icy Epiphany dip

  19-01-2021 17:46 via cnn.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin took a bracing dip at his suburban estate Novo-Ogaryovo on January 19 for an Orthodox Christian ritual which marks the feast of the Epiphany.
  
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• Putin takes part in traditional icy Epiphany dip

  19-01-2021 17:46 via cnn.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin took a bracing dip at his suburban estate Novo-Ogaryovo on January 19 for an Orthodox Christian ritual which marks the feast of the Epiphany.
  
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